nicole @nicole@myna.social

Oh darn, it’s raining again. And—gasp—the weather app says it’s going to rain all day!

No choice but to brew a pot of coffee, pile some dried figs into a bowl, and stay in bed reading books all day. 🙄

At some nondeterministic point, I will translate the coffee pot into a wine bottle.

@sparrowpost https://myna.social/@nicole/109603788054936459 🙇‍♀️

I watched A Touch of Zen (1971) last night. https://boxd.it/SFm 🥰

Oh, mad 💞 for the lordly women of this film, who fling knives and soup, arrange marriages and ambushes; for the loyal retainers who dramatize royally; for the humble bookworm whose learnings actualize gruesomely; and, of course, for the goon-flicking buddhists who stand taller than all the rest.

Originally, two films, here stitched together, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was three or more: it includes its own prequel, sequel and prologue within it. Lovely, lovely photography, with some delightful nature intercutting during later fight scenes that would be difficult or impossible to articulate with today’s hyper-realistic #cinema language.

@sparrowpost Thank you! That was amazing—I can’t believe I’d never seen it before!

@theconfusedyeti@tech.lgbt I think like this sometimes too. :)

@tillybridges 🙉Can’t wait Can’t wait Such a fabulous show! 🙉

@h5e @pry I always assume I’m going to have a hard time getting back into something that I’ve put down, but months—or even years—later, I’ll pick a book back up and within thirty pages be right back in the thick of it.

Wish I had the same level of recall for books that I’ve _finished_. 🙄

@tillybridges That’s most of us, I think. Approved!

@rooster that sweater is just the best. 🏆

Ah. Lovely #Mendocino. Sleepy coastal Californian town with gentle sloping wooden boardwalks, and, snuggled just behind, a 19th century Chinese temple dedicated to Kwan Tai, the God of War.