monday, january 5th
in my search for thoughtful and intentional living, one of the goals at the core has been learning to be with myself more. in the past i have enjoyed time on my own, but recently i've wanted to priorize that time and choose moments to do things alone that i might otherwise not do. on this particular night, i chose to see a movie on my own. i took bart into the city and the bus over to precido theater to see hamnet (2025). the trip took nearly an hour and film was about 2 hours long, so overall the adventure took about 4 hours. to begin i was nervous to see a movie alone-- i have never gone out to the movies alone before and i thought i might not enjoy the experience as much by my self. i spent the commmute into the city reading the end of Definitely Better Now by Ava Robinson
(an incredible novel about sobriety, young adulthood, grief, and hardlearned lessons--click the picture on the left to support indie booksellers when you buy it). it was raining pretty hard which made it feel all the more adventurous. the bus i had decided to take picked me up across the street from Angelic Pretty, which felt like a sweet reminder from the world to engage in my hobbies and interests more. i paid for the ticket and my popcorn and sprite with cash which is not my norm but something i want to get into more, especially as i disengage from my phone.
hamnet was a FANTASTIC movie. i cried so hard that i was glad to be alone.
Chloé Zhao is a genius director and i was absolutely riveted by every single moment in the entire film. i am a big shakespeare fenatic so the deep understanding of hamlet shown in the film was important to me, but also the beauty and the talent UGH it was just fantastic.
