• high school musical, i still love the soundtrack and i remember watching the third movie on the theaters with two of my cousins. there used to be no shopping malls nearby so we took a long bus ride to get there and my mom paid for all our tickets. i got the cd for the soundtrack later on.
  • the goldfinch, i think this book shaped me in more ways i can currently tell. i used to carry it around summer school in 2016 (or was it 2017?) and it was the only thing that kept me going, since being in summer school made me terribly sad and anxious. i remember being wrapped in this bubble and thinking about the story all the time.
  • exo, composed most of my teenage years. made friends through it, cried over it and i still can't bring myself to sell my albums even though i barely care about them anymore. every time i think about it i remember the joy i felt whenever they'd arrive.
  • bungou stray dogs, i guess i wasn't really a fan of the main story but i really loved the light novels. i still keep a notebook with all my notes from the dark era novel and i wrote an awfully long essay connecting dazai's character to kierkegaard's philosophy. every time someone asks me why i know so much about kierkegaard i just go "well..."
  • hunter x hunter, if i talk too much about hxh i end up crying. it's the story i'm most fond of, with the characters that feel most human to me and it's written by an author who will always inspire me. i hope i never let it go.
  • the beatles, there was a period in 2017 where i felt genuinely upset over the fact that i couldn't pursue a career in researching beatles history. i'd spend days reading countless books, overanalyzing john lennon's childhood and going through every story i could find on harrisonarchive's tumblr (aka thateventuality).
  • princess diana, i think i watched all documentaries about her that are currently available. i still don't really understand my fascination.
  • radical behaviorism, a philosophy i was obsessed with during my second - up until fifth i think?, semester of college. i think it had to do mostly with the fact that it seemed like a difficult subject to most people and i was able to understand it through a bit of studying, which left me feeling satisfied with myself and i mistook it for interest. i still like it however and i stand on its defense since i had amazing teachers for it.
  • caio fernando abreu, my friend julia introduced me to his writing and i spent most of my second year of high school trying to imitate his style. i'm still fascinated by it.
  • dan and phil, if you know, you know. i still care about them and i always feel giddy when i see they're happy now. they feel like old friends i'm always glad to see.
  • buzzfeed unsolved (or just ryan and shane), through the years i watched a lot of different youtube content creators rather obsessively, mostly because it gave me a sense of company when i didn’t want to be alone. ryan and shane are still the ones that comfort me the most.
  • drew gooden, he IS my best friend. i watched every single one of his videos in less than a month. more than once. he's my little white guy.
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