october 2022 media roundup!

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every month i come on here and say no way another month has passed and im here Again. damn. no way we only have 2 months left in the year. things are getting scary lawl. 

watching

movies

um randomly watched 2 romcoms in one night for no reason,,  but yeah i do not be watching movies. 

> love, rosie (2014): ive never watched this before and i had no idea that sam clafin and lily collins did a romcom together like?! 2014 me wouldve lost my shit so i watched this and honestly didnt like it that much. it was cute but i didnt feel as crazy about it as i felt like i wouldve,, seeing as this was childhood best friends to lovers aka my number 1 trope ever. it was ok though

> set it up (2018): i watched this when it first came out but i barely remembered what went on so i rewatched and yeah i love this movie,,, such a good romcom i love when both main characters are likeable and idk charlie and harper are so dear to me. 

hopefully next month i watch a non-romcom movie :D

tv

> once upon a small town: no way i watched this This month? i LOOOOOVED this drama so much. like to the point that i was watching the last few eps and was missing it While watching,,, i binged it over the weekend that we had a hurricane come through and it was so perfect and comforting,,, and i loved it sm. i legit did not recognize the guy who played jiyul as the guy from you make me dance? woah? but he had sm chemistry w joy and i loved their cute little relationship like zero complaints it was exactly what i wanted it to be. i honestly thought it was a homecha rip off at first but i kinda ended up liking it more than homecha? it truly served a healing romance from beginning to end though so i loved it. 

> sasaki to miyano: this was a cute anime,,, short but i think its getting a s2 right? i hope so at least i loved the characters i would watch the shit out of the second season.

> cafe minamdang: i started watching this but i couldnt really get into it,, idk why but im giving up on it for now,,, i only made it through like 2 episodes

> blueming (rewatch): randomly wanted to rewatch this and i ate it up just like the first time. sooo comforting i love the simple cinematography sm just so good. i love all the characters’ storylines <3

didnt watch any kpop this month either,,, fr feel like im falling out of kpop for the moment at least,,, that and all my ult groups arent uploading any content so idk

reading

books

> when gracie met the grump (mariana zapata): i think the day has come when i finally stop reading mz bc wtf was this book T__T. i went in blindly and well that was a bad idea bc i was sooo confused expecting sports. like ayo why this man got superpowers all of a sudden. so anywho mz should stick to sports etc . i hated the worldbuilding in this and i am Sick of mcs who are the rudest ppl ever bc wdym gracie took alex in and he literally ignored her for like 2 weeks like no i hate that.

> silver under nightfall (rin chupeco): ate this book upppp,,, though my standards were pretty low after That book. but i liked this book!! the concept was sooo interesting like yes a disease that has to do w blood in a world of vampires? so good. loved the poly romance too and i will be waiting patiently for the sequel :D

> call down the hawk (maggie stiefvater): made a whole post ab my cdth and mi rereads so i dont have much to say rn but i think i liked this book more now than the first time i read it,, i think the very real possibility of adam d wording was enough for me to like fully appreciate every one of his appearances in this book. loved it though

> mister impossible (maggie stiefvater): no bc for some reason my brain blocked out the fact that ronan dreamt bryde??? idk why but yeah i experienced that so viscerally,,, and damn pynch were really in their snowbaz era by not having a single conversation the entire book. 

> greywaren (maggie stiefvater): this book was soooo good. such a good ending but it was so short and so packed w plot like i was fr feeling overwhelmed at some points,, but maggie really ended the series so well im so emo T___T i will miss ronan and adam and matthew and declan and hennessey and jordan sm :(

> if you could see the sun (ann liang): i needed something easy and quick to read after gw lol and i saw ppl saying that this served academic rivals trope really well so i read it and loved it ! it was definitely fun and quick and i loved alice so much thats my bestie. henry was fun too and i loved rainie. also loved that this wasnt set in america like that automatically made the school setting so much more bearable i need to read more realistic fiction not set in america bc phew i can not stand that. this was also the 30th book i read this year which means ive hit my reading goal for the year!! so happy lol i genuinely was unsure if i’d make it with the way my reading slump was going at the beginning of this month but reading slump is gone! (hope i didnt just jinx myself lol)

listening

total scrobbles: 2449
avg daily scrobbles: 79

top artists:
1. ab6ix (102)
2. cix (100)
3. the boyz (80)
4. grizzly (78)
5. seulgi (65)
6. seventeen (65)

top albums:
1. take a chance - ab6ix (69)
2. 28 reasons - seulgi (65)
3. absolute zero - baekho (61)
4. the second step: chapter two - treasure (58)
5. lethality - kwon eunbi (41)
6. antifragile - le sserafim (38)

top tracks:
1. favorite - grizzly, sole, punchnello (23)
2. flower shop - grizzly, sumin (23)
3. lalala - grizzly, youha (21)
4. merry go round - grizzly (21)
5. firework - grizzly, stella jang (19)
6. limbo - jun (19)
7. run - grizzly, chungha (18)
8. good parts (when the quality is bad) - le sserafim (18)
9. clap! - treasure (18)
10. crow - ab6ix (17)

discovered grizzly’s entire discography this month and its so good. baekho’s album was also so good and antifragile is so addictive genuinely,, but good parts is my fav song off the album lol. i think eunbi has the best post-izone discography i like everything she drops sm. 

writing

i need to retire this section at this point absolutely Nothing is getting written. wrote like maybe 200 more words for bbangnyukyu but that was basically it :D

overall

does anyone remember how i said i wanted to start working out again last month? well i did start working out again and its been so good for me <3 need to be doing anything that can release those endorphins lol i need those. in terms of hobbies though i still have no idea what i can do,, i feel like crocheting/drawing are too mindless bc like i will overthink every other part of my life while doing those activities,,, ig i’ll be sitting on that for another month.