the sunday currently, no. 7
Here’s a thing I used to do growing up called the sunday currently, a writing prompt started by siddathornton where, on Sundays, you write a low-effort, high-volume post about what’s been going on in your life. It’s also an opportunity for me to share things that sustain my silly little attention span. I’ve since tweaked my version of TSC to make it my own info dump :^)
reading
It crushes me to report that I have been in a reading slump for quite some time already. Not because I haven’t found books worth reading—they are a growing pile—but because I’ve just been too preoccupied with other responsibilities: my full-time job, some commissions, and even hangouts with friends. I’m trying not to feel so bad about it, and I have to admit that falling behind my Goodreads challenge adds to the guilt, but I need to constantly remind myself that I have these hobbies to have fun, not to feel any more pressure.
Here are books that I have yet to finish:
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman, recommended to me by one of my college best friends who’s #ActuallyAutistic
The Passion According to G.H. by Clarice Lispector, a BookTok recommendation by a philosophy professor
writing
My draft for this month’s blog post (besides this one)
Ideas for my TikTok and podcast (yes I am resurrecting the latter soon, just have to plan things out properly!)
Revisions of my current academic commissions (and am taking a break from them for a while by writing this TSC lol)
listening
I have fallen into the Pink Floyd rabbit hole again (this is an annual occasion), spending my lunch breaks watching video essays about the band and clips from documentaries that are probably lost in time.
Of course, part of this rotation is my favorite Floyd album: Wish You Were Here. This is the first album cover I’ve gotten a tattoo of, which some people have mistaken for Pulp Fiction (huh?!!!!) and even Hereditary (tbh understandable). Besides this being a strong follow-up to The Dark Side of the Moon, the making of this 1975 album adds a different kind of intimacy that shows another side of the band. I actually the like the album in its entirety, but if I had to choose my favorites, these would be Have a Cigar and Wish You Were Here.
Despite members of the band not liking Atom Heart Mother, I actually like this album. This follows the formula that would be perfected in The Dark Side of the Moon where the band went around taping sounds from wherever, such as their roadie Alan Styles talking about what he wants for breakfast. What made DSOTM a lot more special than Atom Heart Mother is that, well, it had a universal theme that resonated very magically. Atom Heart Mother, on the other hand, was pulled out of Roger Waters’ ass (Waters did say that the title came from a news headline that had nothing to do with any of the tracks). Favorite tracks are Atom Heart Mother, If, and Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast (which really does pick up by the 9th minute, I swear).
While Pink Floyd fans seem divided about the early days, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is an album that has aged well for me. Truly in their rawest, most unhinged form, this is completely different from the Pink Floyd that the rest of the world knows. A lot of these tracks would make good background music for when you’re having a bad trip and instead of having fun you’re starting to feel terrified of your own reflection, which I think is what psychedelic rock is all about. Fave tracks are Lucifer Sam, Interstellar Overdrive, The Gnome (which got featured in the last season of Sex Education!!!), and Bike.
watching
I spent the last few days of September watching the Wes Anderson shorts on Netflix, The Rat Catcher being the last one, and I am convinced that Wes Anderson should direct a horror movie.
Kisapmata had been on my watchlist for quite some time now but it took a random tweet praising it for me to remember that I was supposed to watch it. And I did watch it while at work, leaving me very unsettled by the time I had to clock out. Talk about war flashbacks.
One of my earliest parasocial relationships was with David Beckham, as he was a familiar face I would see lining up at the grocery on weekends when I was a child. He was always on celebrity magazines and tabloids, either on the cover or a section of a page devoted to him and Posh Spice. The nostalgia made me watch Beckham, a docuseries on Netflix about his stellar career, and I finally got to know him past the tabloid stories. Pretty great guy.
I met a new friend through Kito, who turned out to be a big Kino guy (affectionate)! We were talking about films we’d watched and some genres we really like, and after I mentioned being a fan of coming of age movies that talk about religion, Jason suggested You Can Live Forever to me. Now I understand why.
Googling
Oddly specific Google searches without context:
David Beckham natal chart
What happens to bail if found innocent
What do you call it when babies generalize everything
How did Green Boots die
Elite Gender Inversion
Emotional support Wikipedia pages:
Fouls and misconduct (association football)
Seven dirty words
Green Boots
Creature Comforts
learning
To believe that I do deserve more, and that there’s always space for better things in my life.
That I should know when to rest, and when to turn down opportunities (I’ve been very tired lately!!)
hoping
For better opportunities, and maybe clearer signs on what I should start doing for myself in other aspects of my life. Hoping to get a chance to talk to an old best friend soon, too.
wanting/needing
Wanting clarity, direction, and a vacation.
Needing more sleep (as always), a session with my therapist before the year ends, and a more consistent gym routine.
feeling
More sluggish, as the heaviness of my workload (that I am happy doing, by the way!) is finally catching up on me. I need to learn how to rest well. I’ve been feeling very melancholy lately, too, and I have this theory why I feel this way even if everything in my life is going so, so well right now, but I’m not sharing it here in fear of sounding crazy lol (I mean I am crazy, I just don’t want to show just how crazy I am lmfao).
remembering
Spent the last month hanging out with friends, accompanying my sister see one of her favorite bands, and flying to Bicol with an old friend! Also had my second face to face talk this year at a high school in Greenhills <3 Super fun times!
looking forward
To my two talks this week since it’s Mental Health Month!
The annual Halloween party my internet friends and I have
To seeing Mayday Parade with Jem
Undas break and Christmas break LOL
It’s Monday already but in my head it still is Sunday until I have fallen asleep and awoken lol this has been my Sunday currently—have a great week ahead!