I haven’t really been feeling like myself lately. When I wake up I don’t wanna do anything. And when I get out of bed I don’t do anything. I just kind of waste my time. It’s funny because I have all these goals and ambitions but I just can’t bring myself to accomplish any of them.
Look, I know I live in an apartment building and it’s the middle of the night, but I just feel like if I would dramatically play the piano right now it would solve all my problems
“A 24/7 environment has the semblance of a social world, but it is actually a non-social model of machinic performance and a suspension of living that does not disclose the human cost required to sustain its effectiveness. It must be distinguished from what Lukács and others in the early twentieth century identified as the empty, homogenous time of modernity, the metric or calendar time of nations, of finance or industry, from which individual hopes or projects were excluded. What is new is the sweeping abandonment of the pretense that time is coupled to any long-term undertakings, even to fantasies of “progress” or development. An illuminated 24/7 world without shadows is the final capitalist mirage of post-history, of an exorcism of the otherness that is the motor of historical change.”
Jonathan Crary, 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep (London: Verso, 2013), p.9
New tools, he thinks. Some of these aren’t quite right. Calibrated wrong, or don’t fit my hands right. Just a hair off. I can do better.
His mind is off, running in ten different directions. His body may be slightly human now–he can actually feel himself aging, a horrifying experience he tries to ignore as much as possible–but his mind is all Time Lord. He can still do all the complex calculations he needs for whatever new thing he’s currently working on in his head, all while reciting A Christmas Carol and trying to figure out what to give Rose for her next birthday.
It’s late. Two fifty three am. He’s still got a perfect sense of time, too. Only it’s less comforting now. For one thing, he doesn’t like to think about time passing, because now time is finite. For another, he knows he should be asleep, or at least in bed with Rose. Holding her. Listening to her breath, to the beating of her heart.
Book Review: Sleepless by Sarah Vaughn, Leila Del Luca, Alissa Sallah, Deron Bennett; vol. 1-2
plot: so good!!! not overly complicated, which was good for such a short story, but I was still so invested. such a short period of time for me to adore and be so invested in the romance and the mystery of the story.
characters: POPPY MY BELOVED!!! i love her so much, i need more of her, she is such an active protagonist, so open about what she wants, so smart, so forgiving, I need so much more of her. and cyrenic!!! a sweetheart, i love his devotion, I love seeing him deal with his freedom and uncertain future… all the other characters were interesting and beautifully designed and drawn.
pacing: very fast paced, such a gripping story!! and yet we still had time for emotional scenes!!!
relationships: poppy and cyrenic are an otp now, love a lady and her bodyguard trope, absolutely beautifully executed. the CHEMISTRY!! and i enjoyed the friendship that developed between poppy and rellen was quite interesting and sweet.
worldbuilding: i could read so so so many stories set in this world, i want to explore it more!!
writing art style: im super picky about art style in graphic novels and impacts how many i read, but i loved this one as soon as i saw the cover and lovely color palette as well
themes: i didn’t process the themes much but im excited to reread and examine them!!
Who do you think of in the lonely hours? __________________________________ From my book To a Girl I Haven’t Met, which is available for purchase through the link in my bio. __________________________________ #zackgrey #book #roadtrip #sleepless #nights #insomnia #thinkingofyou #imissyou #quote #poem #love (at New York, New York)
Who do you think of in the lonely hours? __________________________________ From my book To a Girl I Haven’t Met, which is available for purchase through the link in my bio. __________________________________ #zackgrey #book #roadtrip #sleepless #nights #insomnia #thinkingofyou #imissyou #quote #poem #love (at New York, New York)
tumblr is a MORNING app. it should be enjoyed while eating breakfast, drinking your cup of tea or coffee, letting your meds kick in… sometimes I go on here at night but in my heart I know it’s wrong.
