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So many feelings —the plot was a mess, but those last two episodes were so damn goodLingering on, echoing with regret[MyGO Mujica fan theories and wild speculation[^1] —it’s rare to find a work this fiercely discussedJust a shame —“never again did I taste beans as good as that night, never again did I see a show as fine as that one”[^2]]Just as I was having these feelings, about to make peace with it all —There’s actually a sequel!!! I screamed the instant I found outGasping in sheer exciteme...

Yesterday I went on a church retreat[^retreat] (non-parishioners aren’t allowed in) — couldn’t make it to an English MassSo I woke up very early this morning to attend the earliest MassAnd on this day of Lent, I observed both the fasting and abstinence — no breakfast yet (the word “breakfast” literally means breaking the fast)Now I am the person who best fits this Jubilee Year’s[^jubilee] theme: “Pilgrims of Hope”But but actually the biggest reason I came here is that this is the cathedral of...

shanghaiqiutianTonight I visited Rome,and in the city they are absolute CaesarsFor his glory and victory, every citizen salutes him with fanatic fervorHe wields the power to make the crowd boil then fall silent, to make everyone squat down and then leap up togetherBut it comes not from authority — it comes from loveHe embraces every member, then steps off the stageThe crowd parts for him like the Red Sea for Moses — he came to embrace everyoneIn that moment I truly felt he was like a beam of ...

Wild Coop[^1]Someone had already let out a cry through their instrumentsA cry — I need only follow, straight to the soulThe soul, briefly breaking free from its shackles — let me free, even if just for tonightTonight — about the era, about choices, about life — they are revolutionaries of living, and I get a share too, their free, brave, passionate heartsFrom the heart, a thought suddenly surfaced — I want to distribute gratitude everywhere, and then begin a new life [^1]: Wild Coop (野外合作社, Y...

Green-skin train[^1] at dawn —clackety-clack[^2], crashing into Chengdu 💬 Comments LoulanRE (2025-03-21 07:52): Just stopped at Suining station. The government buildings on the railway side planted vast fields of rapeseed flowers. Looking off into the distance, there’s a residential street with buildings embraced by courtyards of flower seas. All along the way, wherever there are people, there are rolling fields of rapeseed blossoms following the terrain. You’d expect rice seedlings only a...

Take this magic attack, how about that, counselor[^counselor](Originally planned to have someone check in for me, but minutes before class I discovered my tablet account had suddenly expiredWell, no choice then —only Him! Direct showdown with the Boss[^finalboss]) 💬 Comments Qi (2025-03-05 22:36): Impressive Qi (2025-03-05 22:37): Today is also your birthday LoulanRE reply @Qi (2025-03-05 22:51): Little bird, may the Lord remember your kindness and double your wisdom and joy abc (2025-...

Daily Rituals How Artists Work (Mason Currey) How It StartedI came across this book while doing further reading from an article translated by Jarrett Ye, Cultivating Depth and Stillness in Research - Zhihu [^zhihu] The mistaken expectation is believing that progress should always be swift and constantly rewarding, and then spiraling into fear and self-doubt when you feel you’re not at your best What This Book Is About Epigraph: “Who could reveal the essence and mark of the artistic temperam...

It reached him, it reached him![^1]Read so many of his personal stories and translated articlesInspired by that open-source spirit, I made some contributions of my ownMy further reading on the original text got noticedFAN!DOM! VIC!TORY!In an instant —understood, became, a cognition stan[^2]Haha, alright, today I’m the happiest [^1]: “届到了 (todoketa) —Chinese internet slang derived from Japanese 届いた(todokita, “it reached/it got through”). It means “my message reached him” or “he saw it,” o...

Epigraph Who can unravel the essence, the stamp of the artistic temperament! Who can grasp the deep, instinctual fusion of discipline and dissipation on which it rests! —THOMAS MANN, Death in Venice Original TextNearly every weekday morning for a year and a half, I got up at 5:30, brushed my teeth, made a cup of coffee, and sat down to write about how some of the greatest minds of the past four hundred years approached this exact same task—that is, how they made the time each day to do their...

Went to the Lawson[^1] MyGO!!!!! x Ave Mujica collab store[^2]I figured the event spots would’ve been gone by this pointJust planning to drop by and take a lookWhen the clerk said there were still spots left, several people around me all went “Wait, there are still spots?!”The synchronization rate was hilariously goodRight away someone brought up the news about the Shanghai collab store shutting down over queuing and scalping[^3] disputes, and the fridge magnet point-collection[^4] event bein...