slow nothings

Main

#blog - for longform posts and personal essays
#thoughts - for fleeting ideas, mostly in less than 3 sentences
#garden - a collection of collections

Tags

• #from substack - migrated substack posts
• #book reviews - book stuff migrated from wordpress and bookstagram + newer book reviews
• #readalongs - not sure if i'll keep this up tbh
• #mental health - where i mostly talk about my disabilities; please proceed with caution as some entries might be triggering
• #photography - i shoot digital and film
• #slice of life - occassional happenings in my life
• #cafe reviews - wherein my best friend and i pretend to be the gordon ramsay for coffee shops
• #travels - when a rare introbird¹ leaves her nest
• #film reviews - mostly spoiler-free or with minor spoilers; i try my best to escape the letterboxd one-liner hell
• #media recaps - spoiler-heavy recaps from my memory
• #meta - on writing and blogging
• #drafts - pieces stuck in time; may never be ever finished

Book Reviews

• 09 May, 2025 catalina by karla cornejo villavicencio
• 26 Apr, 2025 just emilia by jennifer oko
• 13 Apr, 2023 diary of a void by emi yagi
• 02 Aug, 2022 convenience store woman by sayaka murata
• 21 Jul, 2022 the water witch by jessica thorne
• 17 Jul, 2022 lapvona by ottessa moshfegh

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Cafe Reviews

• 16 Mar, 2026 cafe review: what about coffee?

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Drafts

• 06 Dec, 2025 yellow (draft)
• 02 Aug, 2025 draft 003
• 24 Jun, 2025 on the horizon (draft)
• 21 Apr, 2025 hands to hold (draft)
• 07 Apr, 2025 draft 002
• 25 Mar, 2025 caught up, rested, and human (draft)
• 21 Jul, 2024 to love is to give some wiggle room (draft)
• 09 Jul, 2024 goodbye sixteen, i turn twenty-two (draftt)
• 27 Jun, 2024 draft 001
• 16 Jan, 2024 still the year is yet to begin (draft)

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Film Reviews

• 15 Mar, 2026 hoppers (2026) dir. daniel chong
• 12 Mar, 2026 kpop demon hunters (2025) dir. maggie kang, chris appelhans

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From Substack

• 15 Dec, 2025 you already know how this one will end
• 24 Nov, 2025 immovable object on a moving planet
• 24 Nov, 2025 stop crying over spilt milk when everybody’s drinking alcohol
• 26 Oct, 2025 bare bones and skin
• 19 Oct, 2025 vestigial organ
• 21 Jun, 2025 reality bleeding
• 20 Apr, 2025 lazarus
• 22 Mar, 2025 isopropanol, iron, and betadine
• 31 Oct, 2024 until there's nothing left of me
• 28 Jul, 2024 the changing tides
• 12 May, 2024 i still have a life to live
• 05 May, 2024 strangers i meet on public transport
• 04 May, 2024 i still carry with me pieces of you
• 20 Apr, 2024 a proof of my heart

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Media Recaps

• 15 Mar, 2026 hoppers (2026) recap

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Mental Health

• 04 Apr, 2026 muay thai & my hate for endurance training
• 26 Mar, 2026 when it is, indeed, all in your head
• 23 Mar, 2026 working against my principles
• 13 Mar, 2026 today's win: i washed my dishes
• 24 Nov, 2025 stop crying over spilt milk when everybody’s drinking alcohol
• 21 Jun, 2025 reality bleeding
• 20 Apr, 2025 lazarus
• 22 Mar, 2025 isopropanol, iron, and betadine
• 27 Jun, 2024 draft 001
• 17 Jul, 2022 books that made me feel something

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Meta

• 03 Apr, 2026 bearblog is home
• 19 Mar, 2026 my dithering settings
• 15 Mar, 2026 resources
• 29 Jan, 2026 that unpublish button is seducing me

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Photography

• 18 Mar, 2026 some snaps from dubai

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Readalongs

• Mar 19, 2026 manga readalong: requiem of the rose king

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Slice of Life

• 23 Mar, 2026 working against my principles
• 20 Mar, 2026 okay, after all
• 31 Dec, 2025 low maintenance friendships
• 24 Nov, 2025 immovable object on a moving planet
• 02 Aug, 2025 draft 003
• 01 Jan, 2025 twenty four from my memory
• 05 May, 2024 happy birthday, starlord

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Travels

• 18 Mar, 2026 some snaps from dubai

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