this is unironically brilliant. it's like a parody show of silicon valley, but played entirely for straight. the "whales" are the butt of the joke and one almost thinks they don't realise
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wanted to use up some cooking chocolate, so i made this chocolate lava cake. doesn't look as good as it did warm but tastes gorgeous for a 40 minute recipe.
looked unreal. tasted pretty great too; apples had maybe a bit too much bite but i liked it.
also my first time in ages making dough, it's actually really fun and i wanna practise doing those little decorative touches again
8/10
(the apples were too annoying to peel for a 9)
the protagonist meets a girl he doesn't truly love
they have sex off a canal path, but it is presented as undignified and unromantic
the protagonist meets a friend who one gets the feeling doesn't really understand him in a bar, who tells him he should propose
the protagonist is initially skeptical; the friend replies "i think that's what life is - meet a girl, marry her, knock out a couple kids" or something to that effect
the protagonist buys an expensive ring from a jeweler who advertises it as being cool to the touch
(the book adopts a positive or hopeful tone)
however, when he goes to propose (by the canal?) he is rejected. he realises the ring was never cool to the touch. frustrated, he throws the ring in the river
i think there was some (recurring?) imagery of a subway. possibly has links to the title? i think it was also vaguely supernatural - the phrase "ghost train"?
i watched Arrival. good film.
i liked the static shooting, it complemented the film's slow pace. generally well acted and scored.
the plot was dramatic and weighty, though a little contrived at times.
i especially liked how little of the setting was explained. you get the sense that world & implications of the plot are much, much wider than the protagonist and scope of the film. very lovecraftian.
