Now
This page is inspired by Derek Sivers’ “/now page movement.” It serves as a personal reminder to stay focused and a public declaration of my priorities by logging current interests and ideas that haven’t yet materialized into full posts. Current as of the date herein.
Writing
Past
2025
An article on how to understand and make use of Hacker News.
Reading
Mlotek, Haley. No Fault: A Memoir of Romance and Divorce. Viking, 2025. [See also: review on LARB, cf. Bookforum.]
Past
2025
Arendt, Hannah. Love and Saint Augustine. Edited by Joanna Vecchiarelli Scott and Judith Chelius Stark. University of Chicago Press, 1998. [Full text]
Arendt, Hannah. What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt. Edited and translated by Samantha Rose Hill. Liveright, 2024. [See also: reviews on Poetry Foundation and LARB]
Harpman, Jacqueline. I Who Have Never Known Men. Translated by Ros Schwartz. Transit Books, 2022. [See also: reviews on NYRB and NYMag]
Rose, Phyllis. Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages. Vintage, 1984. [See also: review on NYT]
Watching
Stiller, Ben, dir. Severance. Season 2. Apple TV+, 2025.
Past
2025
Cortellesi, Paola, dir. C’è ancora domani [There’s Still Tomorrow]. Rome: Wildside, 2023.
Lopez, Alex Garcia and Laura Mora Ortega, dirs. One Hundred Years of Solitude [Cien Años de Soledad]. Netflix, 2024. [See also: review on NYT]
Miller, Suzie. Prima Facie. Directed by Justin Martin. Performed by Jodie Comer. London: National Theatre Live, 2022.
Romanek, Mark, dir. Never Let Me Go. London: Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2010. [See also: review on Hard Image (硬影像)]
Wong Kar-Wai, dir. In the Mood for Love (25th Anniversary Directors Cut). Hong Kong: Block 2 Pictures, 2025. [See also: review on NYT after the initial release]
Yang, Yu, dir. Ne Zha 2 [哪吒之魔童闹海]. Chengdu: Coco Cartoon.
Learning
Reading the Bible (KJV, ESV, RCUV).
Try learning the Latin language. Half-heartedly following Lingua Latina per se illustrata, a “natural method” text book written in Latin (via a comment on HN).
Past
2025
Fiddling
Refamiliarize myself with automation on iOS as I migrate back to an iPhone.