words, words, words

this is how im passing my time. hopefully you will read a nice quote under commonplace, learn something neat from my rabbitholes, get a recommendation for a new book in media log, or at least find it amusing that my brain works in seven directions at any given moment.

keeping commonplace

Wikipedia: Commonplace Book
Commonplace books (or commonplaces) are personal notebooks used to compile any information the owner finds interesting or useful. They can variously contain notes, proverbs, adages, aphorisms, maxims, recipes, quotes, letters, poems, tables of weights and measures, prayers, legal formulas, and other professional references. They have been kept from antiquity, and were kept particularly during the Renaissance and in the nineteenth century.
Entries are most often organized under systematic subject headings and differ functionally from journals or diaries, which are chronological and introspective.

Joan Didion: On Writing
The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself. I suppose that it begins or does not begin in the cradle.

Mary Oliver: Sometimes
Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.

going down the rabbit hole

now that i have time on my hands, i'm watching the most random youtube videos and reading the strangest wikipedia pages

this is why im reading a book on nuclear war :) dont even worry about me. this is a normal thing to research
i've also learned about neanderthal dna, the akkadian empire, and gnosticism

play with me

Wikipedia: Infodumping
Infodumping is the supplying of a large (and often excessive) amount of information, all at once. The term was first used in 1978 in the Proceedings of the Southeastcon Region 3 Conference 353. Over time, the term "infodumping" was adopted in the context of literature (particularly within fantasy and science fiction) as well as by the autistic community.

found media

listen... i haven't done much this year. i'm just now getting back into reading for fun. i have seen a few movies recently, though! check out the media log page for my thoughts