fullmetal optimist

"Lio Min is the acclaimed author of Beating Heart Baby and The L.O.V.E. Club, a longtime music writer, and a fullmetal optimist. They live in Oakland, California, and write toward the future." જ⁀➴ 加州作家 ✰ RADIOLIO newsletter ✰ best on desktop જ⁀➴ ⟢ The L.O.V.E. Club (2025, YA) ♪ Beating Heart Baby (2022, YA)

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Listen/purchase: Naraka by Boards of Canada

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48 hrs

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dreamed about rain, plums, new cats and old names...

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networking

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!

[rozieramati]

Kiki’s Delivery Service: Ursula’s painting (photo drawing). Featured in The Art of Kiki’s Delivery Service

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by far the ink i get the most compliments on

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battling hella demons—full body soreness from ill-advised loose gravel gorge crossing last weekend, insomnia, indigestion, inflamed mosquito bite, cold sore, amazon "helpfully" changing the bookstore's fulfillment policy from 2-day to same-day which i'm pretty sure is the stress source of the cold sore—but at the end of the day ... i am #blessed to actually like the work i get paid to do.

[emo--ocean]

Listen/purchase: Clermont Twins by Namasenda

every night is a win

[holybeings]

[grrl-beetle]

Björk

[claustrophile75-deactivated2013]

[miamaimania]

“The Nail in the Wall” (2020) ✦ Paul Rouphail

[boomer-mythology-destroyer]

[cosmicanger]

peach genealogy

[nobrashfestivity]

Helen Frankenthaler, Dream Walk, 1977

[grrlmusic]

capsule FLASH BACK release party jelly