#thanks garfbin!

[westernlarch]

🌻 uh oh this grew in my garden and I’m concerned about the long term climate implications of such an early bloom but here you go

Speaking of early blooms and gardens, it's dry as bone out here. I'm getting worried that things will die and burn even worse this year. We just installed a new irrigation system to save on water so crossing fingers it helps. Trying to go more native on plants to conserve too.

[westernlarch]

5 and 14 please!!

5. three people you wish you could meet?

Honestly, there have been a couple of people I’ve admired who I met before, and in general I think the old adage is true: never meet your heroes. Inevitably, they are going to be disappointing compared to what you envision in your mind.

14. piece of media that left a lasting impact on you?

That’s a hard one too. I’ll categorize:

Music: Tori Amos, Boys for Pele - probably the first thing I ever listened to where I understood how an entire album could be a single piece of art. Pianos beat guitars; plus, harpsichords are a thing

Books: Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote. Another first - the first time I realized a novel could be strange and fever-dreamish and still work. (It’s also notable as one of my first encounters with queer literature and was studied at a Catholic school. My school did not shy away from literature lol)

TV: Six Feet Under forever and forever and forever. The storytelling. The family. The angst. The joy. The sorrow. The beautiful complication. Life and death.

Film: Ghost in the Shell. Introduced to me by an acquaintance who was wearing a GITS tshirt. It has all the things I love in a film: amazing cinematography (animation in this case), philosophical underpinnings, interesting characters, and science fiction.

Games: I think you know the answer to this 😆