Notes need shape before scale
Embedding every external post is easy to imagine and hard to keep coherent. A strong layout may matter more than total import coverage.
Source: Preview note
Texts
Longer essays and shorter notes now sit together here. I want to judge how one text section can hold archive writing, reading notes, and film notes without splitting them too early.
Spring 2026
Winter 2025-26
Fall 2025
Winter 2023-24
Barbie
Mainstream cinema with unusual sharpness in performance, timing, and self-awareness, even when the middle grows crowded.
Source: Twitter note
Open source note
Home Cooking
A warm, funny set of essays about cooking that reads less like a cookbook than a lived-in domestic archive.
Source: Reading log
Open source note
Review: Shadow of Hegemon
A spoiler-aware review of Shadow of Hegemon: intense and politically charged, worth reading for Enderverse fans, but not equal to Ender’s Shadow.
Pelican - Browse Articles by Language
A short note on building a Pelican plugin to browse bilingual posts by language instead of treating one language as the default archive.
Zhengding
A travel piece built around temple visits, pagodas, and the visual pleasure of moving through Zhengding’s Buddhist sites.
My Personal Slide Design Guidelines
A short argument for cleaner presentations: better alignment, less text, and fewer decorative effects.