2020 dec oh december, tell me, does it get any better?

• music
  • evermore (album) - taylor swift
  • tellusaboutyourself (album) - yerin baek
  • same page - tilly birds
  • happening - akmu
  • hyehwa (album) - eun ji jeong
• literature
  • over a cup of ginger tea by cristina pantoja hidalgo
• film/series/videos
  • run on (2020)
  • chicago typewriter (2017)
  • great men academy (2019)
  • up on poppy hill (2011)

2020 nov help

• film/series/videos
  • i told sunset about you (2020)
  • start-up (2020)

2020 oct aksjdajkfh

• films/series/videos
  • pearl next door (2020)
  • the gifted franchise (2018-2020)

2020 sept nakatakas na ata kaluluwa ko

• literature
  • the last true poets of the sea by julia drake
• films/series/videos
  • record of youth (2020)
  • 2gether the series and still2gether (2020)
  • gaya sa pelikula (2020)
• music
  • magkaibigan o magka-ibigan - coeli

2020 aug orbits once more, digging up little joys in chaotic times

• literature
  • the remains of the day (1989) by kazuo ishiguro
  • the little prince (1943) by antoine de saint-exupery
  • the midnight lie (2020) by marie rutkoski

2020 jul directionless; we persevere

• literature
  • aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe (2012) by benjamin alire saenz
  • the essential rilke (1999) selected and translated by galway kinnell and hannah liebmann
• films/series/videos
  • hi bye mama! (2020)
  • hospital playlist (2020)
  • little women (2019)
  • tune in for love (2019)
  • little forest (2018)
• music
  • nakikinig ka ba sa akin - ben&ben
  • my little corner of the world - yo la tengo
  • alat - munimuni
  • folklore (album) - taylor swift
  • lover (album) - taylor swift (i'm a late bloomer swiftie pls)
  • holo - lee hi
  • soul lady (album) - yukika
  • IRENE X SEULGI - the 1st mini album

2020 jun anger, anger, anger. transitions, movements, change

• literature
  • a tale for the time being (2013) by ruth ozeki
  • w.e.b. du bois: collected essays
• films/series/videos
  • extracurricular (2020)
  • when the camellia blooms (2019)
  • howl's moving castle (2004)
  • ↻ reply 1988 (2015)
• music
  • dear wormwood (album) - the oh hellos
  • i need to start a garden (album) - haley heynderickx
  • wildly idle (album) - hand habits
  • i can't tell you everything (album) - cheeze
  • punisher (album) - phoebe bridgers
  • maria (album) - hwasa

2020 may uncertainty, small bliss, strange times drag on but we persevere

• literature
  • neverwhere (1996) by neil gaiman
  • the song of achilles (2012) by madeline miller
• films/series/videos
  • what's wrong with secretary kim (2018)
  • hyori's homestay season 1 (2017)
• music
  • my old story - iu
  • good bye - wheein prod. jungkey
  • last night story - cover by iu
  • eight - iu feat. suga
  • absence - moonbyul

2020 apr small joys confined in a humble home

• literature
  • kafka on the shore (2002) by haruki murakami
• films/series/videos
  • prison playbook (2017-2018)
  • when the weather is fine (2020)
  • itaewon class (2020)
  • a taxi driver (2017) dir. bong joon ho

2020 mar a redemption of sorts (but not for the world); school year's exit, creative yearnings resurface

• literature
  • fahrenheit 451 (1953) by ray bradbury
• films/series/videos
  • crash landing on you (2019-2020)
  • extraordinary you (2019)
  • hotel del luna (2019)

2020 feb null, burnout's peak

2020 jan a return to the school year, beginning of a decade——lingering hope, an initiation of sorts, many high promises

• literature
  • catch a falling star (1999) by cristina pantoja-hidalgo
  • to kill a mockingbird (1960) by harper lee
• films/series/videos
  • anne with an e (2017-2019) dir. moira walley-beckett
  • parasite (2019) dir. bong joon ho