Yet another long month, with much more energy and happiness as before even though a horrible cough had me suffering for a solid week and a half!
It’s good to be « back to school », resuming roller derby training and Italian classes.
I’ve also received my replacement parts to play Ring Fit, which has done wonders for my health, physical and otherwise. Big thanks to my friend Jacky for giving me the motivation I needed to get back into it!
What I’ve read / Texte
📚 Books / Livres
In English
- Fiction
- I went into The Inn at Lake Devine with no information whatsoever on the contents of the book and was not disappointed.
En français
- Fiction
- Le Trône de Jasmin de Tasha Suri était très bien, dans la lignée de ses bouquins précédents, et échappe (de peu) à la tendance romantasy. La traduction est tout à fait correcte, ce qui fait du bien sur du Young adult récent.
- Non-fiction
- C’est pour un garçon ou pour une fille ?: la dictature du genre de Georges-Claude Guilbert était un bouquin passionnant, essentiellement parce qu’il parle de genre en 2004 et que beaucoup de choses ont changé. Un contexte historique intéressant, et ça s’inscrit dans ma volonté du moment de retrouver
📰 Web links / Liens web
In English
- What’s the best alcohol for a Molotov cocktail? by Mike Monteiro (scroll down a bit), but also « Where can I find some optimism right now? » (same post, scroll down more)
- The quite depressing Open Source is one person by Josh Bressers on Open Source Security
- The Atlantic wonders how Taylor Swift convinced the world that she’s relatable and I like their attempts at an answer (partial paywall).
- A beautiful profile on The Portland Bar that screens only women’s sports in The New Yorker (partial paywall).
- Face it: you’re a crazy person, on Experimental History (by Adam Mastroianni), is a great dissection of how we choose our careers. As the perpetually-pivoting person that I am, I was very grateful for this read!
- The Pentagon Pizza Index is great.
- Katja Hoyer, who wrote a book I talked about last month, also has a great newsletter where she talks about Germany, Prussia, and the Weimar Republic. In this post, she talks about Freikörperkultur (naturism) in German history and culture.
This image.
En français
Une double réussite pour Grise Bouille :
- L’essentiel Détendons-nous du spoiler. Étant moi-même gros lecteur d’analyses / wikis / etc. sur des œuvres que j’ai pas fini de lire/voir, je suis tout à fait d’accord !
- Le rigolo Perdu dans la traduction du cousin Bâh-Bèle (oui, ça parle de la tour à Bâh-Bèle)
What I’ve watched / Vidéo
I have watched nothing except for the first few episodes of the new Jet Lag season on Nebula.
What I’ve listened to / Audio
🎤 Podcasts
I only include links if the podcast has bothered to have a website. All episodes are available for free on your favourite podcast app / web reader. 🔏 are Patreon episodes: send me a message and I’ll send you the file.
In English
- On 60 songs that explain the 90s: Luniz − I Got 5 on It
- On Srsly Wrong
- On You’re Wrong About
- 🔏 Britney Book Club
- 🔏 Adapting the Stepford Wives with Sarah Archer
En français
- Sur Méta de choc : La série Enfant indigo et Starseed
- Sur Fuel & Facts : Récupération, performance et santé avec Stephan Kalfon
- Sur Torchon : San Antonio, J’ai bien l’honneur de vous buter
- Sur La Voix des Bijoux : Le gant d’infinité, le bijou aux super-pouvoirs
- Sur Et parfois, on gagne (Arte Radio) : Comment dégager un mini-Trump
- Sur RomComment ? : Glee, partie 2 : la chute d’un empire
🎹 Music
After a couple of years of not having a music streaming service and trying to bring back materiality and friction to my music consumption, I finally realized how miserable this makes me. So I subscribed to Deezer, meaning that I got to rediscover some musical faves of mine and will probably soon start sharing a monthly playlist, the way I used to.
What I’ve played / Jeux
- I have re-re-re-re-restarted playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Oops.
- As said in the intro, Ring Fit for Switch has been a top game of mine in the past month!
Wesh la ringfitterie 🎮🏋️♀️