Weeknote 001
1/10/26
I haven’t done weeknotes on my blog in about ten years. I want to give it another go, but I don’t see myself doing these every single week. So, I’m going to number them (like Robb).
Side note: I’m continuing my monthly newsletter, which will overlap some notes from weeknotes. And that’s okay. Everything builds.
So this week –
On the blog
I posted my lists for 2025 books and movies.
TV shows
Percy Jackson (Disney Plus) . It’s fun to watch, even though the show suffers from the same thing as many other streaming shows. Instead of episodes that build the story over the season, it feels like one giant movie. So it goes.
Orphan Black (Netflix). This show has been on my list to watch for a longgggggg time. Apparently all 5 seasons were added to Netflix last September, but I didn’t know. I saw the show while I was browsing today, by chance, and immediately hit the play button.
Movies
Tron: Ares (Disney Plus). Tron: Legacy is a great movie, and I really wanted to like Ares. But this is just okay. Characters are thin. The story is a bit too simple. The special effects are the best part, but that’s pretty much a given for a Tron movie.
Reading
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by by Gabrielle Zevin. I finished reading this, and I wish I could recommend it. The book explores a lot of emotional themes, and it has received a lot of praise. But I struggle with novels where the main characters are not likeable.
Arts & crafts
I feel like I’ve been spending more time organizing than making things the last couple weeks. But some art projects are in progress.
- The current zine I’m working on is Planetesimal Issue 2. I have one page to finish writing, and then it’s time for test prints.
- I submitted a page to a contributor zine that’s coming out in February. More to come on that.
- I got a new bead board with different diameters for bracelet sizes. It should make measuring easier and faster.
- I got a new watercolor sketchbook to use with a watercolor set I got at Christmas. Watercolor kind of intimidates me. It feels like a process I can’t wrap my head around. I’d like to take some time just practicing, rather than trying to paint something right away.