Two thousand and twenty-three
2023, you toughie.
Here are my favorite things I found while we spun around the sun, making progress.
Books
- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, which includes the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address.
- Make Something Wonderful by Steve Jobs.
Films
- Leave the World Behind, my favorite film of 2023.
- Suspiria, the 1977 original.
- Thunderheart, with Val Kilmer.
Songs ♫
- Love, Try Not To Let Go and Body by Julia Jacklin.
- Baltimore by Nina Simone, discovered in the free box of a vinyl record store (!)
- Catch the Rainbow by Ritchie Blackmore.
- Suspirium by Thom Yorke.
- I’m Doing Fine by the velvet bulldozer, Albert King.
- A Day In The Life by Wes Montgomery.
- Aegian Sea by Aphrodite’s Child.
- Comin’ Through by The War on Drugs.
Video Games
- Discovering Flight of Nova.
- Playing Jagged Alliance 3 for the first time.
- First win in Noita.
- Progressing further in Elden Ring and Valheim with friends.
- Looking at the environmental detail and jetting about in Starfield.
- This C-152 mod for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
- Playing Prince of Persia in a web browser (soon on stream).
- Starting a new playthrough of Thief: The Dark Project.
Visual Art
Berthe Morisot, Young woman sitting in front of a window, called Summer, oil on canvas, 1879. Via Jordan Mechner.
Websites
- Poor Charlie’s Almanack. Feel free to skip the gushing first chapters and head straight to the talks, like #2.
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Thanks to everyone who helped me, especially in my time helping my mom, an ongoing thing, and to everyone who spent time with me in my streams. It was very helpful. Thank you 
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- Pacing
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