JohnnyTuturro
Hi, it's been years sup?
JojoDahlia
JojoDahlia
Hi! I'm back after some much needed spiritual growth. Been workshopping a new (old) book. Not sure what I'm pitching this as yet, but it's got 'The Bell Jar' vibes. Check it out! :)
https://www.wattpad.com/1045489352-tender-burns-1
JojoDahlia
It’s been quite the year. Here are a couple of books, music, film & tv that got me through it.
Books:
01. K.M. Szpara- Docile
02. Gabriel García Márquez- One Hundred Years of Solitude
03. John Boyne- The Heart’s Invisible Furies
04. Michael Snediker- The Apartment of Tragic Things
05. Ali Araghi- The Immortals of Tehran
06. Leigh Bardugo- Ninth House
07. Tomasz Jedrowski- Swimming in the Dark
08. Carmen Maria Machado- Her Body and Other Parties
09. Robert Webb- How Not to Be a Boy
10. Sue Monk Kidd- The Book of Longings
Albums:
01. Phoebe Bridges- Punisher
02. Chloe x Halle- Ungodly Hour
03. Woodkid- S16
04. Jessie Ware- What’s Your Pleasure
05. Fiona Apple- Fetch the Bolt Cutters
06. Moses Sumney- Grae
07. Everything Everything- RE-ANIMATOR
08. Grimes- Miss Anthropocene
09. Rina Sawayama- SAWAYAMA
10. clipping- Visions of Bodies Being Burned
Film/ TV:
01. And Then We Danced (2020 Film)
02. Rebecca (1940 Film)
03. A Separation (2011 Film)
04. Xena: Warrior Princess (1995 TV)
05. Stargirl (2020 TV)
06. Suspiria (1977 Film)
07. Die Hard (1988 Film)
08. The Grudge (2004 Film)
09. Emma. (2020 Film)
10. Sauvage (2018 Film)
Give 'em a shot if you're looking for something fresh to do over the holidays. Merry Christmas. Stay safe. Here’s to a better next year!
JojoDahlia
Fucklore.
JojoDahlia
Folklore.
JojoDahlia
One must avoid ambition in order to write. Otherwise something else is the goal: some kind of power beyond the power of language. And the power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to. - Cynthia Ozick
carolannewrites
Hi Josef. Thanks for adding THE PECULIAR LANGUAGE OF LLAMAS to your reading library. I hope you enjoy the story. ❤
JojoDahlia
Last year I shared a list of songs and films I liked over the year, and I thought I'd make a tradition of it.
Here's my Best of 2019 nobody asked for.
Best Songs:
01. James Blake feat. Rosalía - Barefoot in the Park
02. Vampire Weekend - This Life
03. Big Thief - U.F.O.F
04. Glass Beach - glass beach
05. Lana Del Rey - The greatest
06. Jamila Woods - BETTY
07. Ariana Grande - Ghostin
08. Charli XCX feat. Kim Petras & Tommy Cash - Click
09. Stormzy - Vossi Bop
10. Yola - Faraway Look
11. Orville Peck - Hope to Die
12. Elaha Soroor & Kefayah - Lalay Lalay
13. Weyes Blood - Something to Believe
14. Lil Uzi Vert - Sanguine Paradise
15. Shura - religion (you can lay your hands on me)
Best Film & TV:
01. Young Justice (2019 TV)
02. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006 Film)
03. Harley Quinn (2019 TV)
04. The Umbrella Academy (2019 TV)
05. The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (2019 TV)
06. Slaughterhouse-Five (1972 Film)
07. My Brilliant Friend (2018 TV)
08. Killing Eve (2019 TV)
09. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001 Film)
10. Avengers Endgame (2019 Film)
11. Marriage Story (2019 Film)
12. Hustlers (2019 Film)
13. AHS 1984 (2019 TV)
14. His Dark Materials (2019 TV)
15. The Souvenir (2019 Film)
Best Books & Comics:
01. The Testaments (Novel 2019) by Margaret Atwood
02. The Wicked and the Divine (Comic 2019) by Kieron Gillen
03. 5000 Km Per Second (Graphic Novel 2016) by Manuele Fiore
04. Like A Love Story (Novel 2019) by Abdi Nazemian
05. The Marked (Comic 2019) by Brian Haberlin & David Hine
06. Sapiens (Non-Fiction 2011) by Yuval Noah Harari
07. The Song of Achilles (Novel 2011) by Madeline Miller
08. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (Novel 2017) by Arundhati Roy
09. Becoming (Memoir 2018) by Michelle Obama
10. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in the Strange World (Novel 2019) by Elif Shafak
Alright, that's all. This year was surprisingly a good year for me personally despite all this apocalyptic anxiety. Here's hoping 2020 doesn't break me.
Now you try this.
Happy Hanukkah.
JojoDahlia
'Cause I'm just a teenage dirt bag, baby...
JojoDahlia
A couple of films I've enjoyed recently.
1. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) - Honestly the drag equivalent of A Star Is Born. Tommy Gnosis is my boyfriend.
2. A Star Is Born (2018) - Honestly the drag equivalent of A Star Is Born, I mean have you seen Lady Gaga sing La Vie En Rose? It's one of the most magical scenes I've ever seen. https://youtu.be/u93gJXcSyEs
3. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) - I wish I could write half as good as this. That ending just left me bawling and feeling lonelier than ever.
4. Female Trouble (1974) - Twisted af, and Mink Stole stole the show. The Dreamlanders might be a proto-American Horror Story cast, heck, John Waters might be proto-Ryan Murphy.
5. Lords of Chaos (2018) - Who cares if it isn't accurate or whether Mayhem hates it? It's got Sky Ferreira playing a groupie and that's most metal thing ever.
Any recommendations?