my name is mumble, or dillon, or em, depending on where we meet and who's asking. i'll probably accept any friend requests but i'm unlikely to send any of my own, unless i send about a million all at once. i'm mostly here because i like the idea of casting my net out into the empty expanse and waiting to see if anything bites. and by my net i mean whatever i feel like rambling about in a blog post... » Continue Reading
there are films that display a mastery of storytelling, technical wonders, things of beauty, so precise and skillful in their creation that they are life-changing for it. and then there are films that are life-changing because they stare you directly in the eyes and tell you this isn't what life is supposed to be like. and you already know that. i saw the tv glow was viscerally upsetting because o... » Continue Reading
do you ever make like two lines of a song about some character? and even though the rest of the song doesn't actually fit them (and really, those two lines only fit in a very specific interpretation), it becomes the designated Song About Them? this happened with naked in manhatten by chappell roan. "touch me baby, put your lips on mine. could go to hell but we'll probably be fine." it's awful beca... » Continue Reading
i love reusing plastic water bottles. i think i get it from my dad. there's a lot i think i've gotten from him. a habit of reusability. we both stack our leftover containers for later, next to the stacks that are already left over. i had to force myself to throw away the plastic tub i kept in my apartment at the end of this last semester. i knew i would never actually use it--it wasn't anything me... » Continue Reading
this is the third book talk in a row now, and i promise i'm not intentionally only coming here to blog about books. it just happens that i've been doing a lot of reading as of late. i just finished the audiobook for bookshops & bonedust (the prequel to legends & lattes, which i'm getting to next) and i'm maybe just the teeniest little bit of an emotional wreck. it's been a slower process listening... » Continue Reading
jesus christ , do not waste your time reading this book. this truly is not worth it. the fateful mistake started with me and my roommates making fun of a certain series, the never after books by emily mcintire. these books are just.... baffling. spicy, dark romance modern retellings of disney movies, of all fucking things. focusing on how sexy and hot the villains of those stories are, or whatever... » Continue Reading
anyone else here familiar with goodreads giveaways? if you're not, here's the gist: authors and publishers can pay to host a giveaway on the site, offering either physical copies of books or kindle editions, users will enter and then at the end date winners are randomly chosen to receive one of the copies. if you win, you get an email congratulating you, and either the kindle book is immediately a... » Continue Reading
i am ever so slowly being driven more and more insane by one of my roommates. she is beyond passive aggressive, way too comfortable with saying rude shit to everyone's face, and makes weird comments about the food we eat (but ofc she only does that last part to the two of us who are fat). it feels like she's trying to act like my mom? like when you're out shopping with your mom and she's very will... » Continue Reading
a mug sits in front of me, radiating a warmth that i can feel even a foot away. from it, i'm enveloped in the scent of salted caramel. it was the only hot chocolate mix we had in the apartment. not my first choice, but it'll do. 3:59 am, awake since far too long ago (because i couldn't sleep last night, either). my eyes are heavy and i can feel the dreariness pull at the edges of my eyelashes. tug... » Continue Reading
it probably would be smarter to have one blog post for art in general (and maybe i'll update and switch things around to make this an overall art entry instead idk) but i wanted to show off the wip i've been working on today! » Continue Reading
woah this is like an entire website and a half, huh? i don't really go here--i just got here, really-- but i haven't ever really been on a blogging space quite like this so i thought it'd be fun to try it out :3 i first grew up in the poptropica/club penguin/fantage (does anyone even remember fantage...) era of the internet so forums and blogs were just a bit out of reach, adjacent to my early int... » Continue Reading