~*~wang yibo's hairy legs~*~

It's possible Ilya does not get this CD until, like, nine years after Shane burned it, and even then, it's only because he finds it in a box labeled "SHANE - CDs - DEN" when they are unpacking the new house. He knows it's for him bc it has the helpful title of "Music 4 Lily" written on it in sharpie

This mixtape btw is like. Jason Derulo's "Love Hangover" and John Mayer's "War of My Life" and probably Train's "Breakfast in Bed" bc even Shane Hollander knows "Marry Me" is too obvious. He debates adding "I Kissed a Boy" (the Cobra Starship cover of Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl"), but doesn't

Not me thinking about canon period accurate playlists for Heated Rivalry. No one will be able to convince me that Shane Hollander would *not* give Ilya Rozanov a mixtape (on CD of course)

LOL. You'll have to save it until the year-end graphics are available XD

Yeah, so far it is Really working for me as a tv show, in a way that it didn't in book form. I maintain that film is the superior medium for montage-style timeskips, and HR is a prime example of why

My sister makes her own graphics each month with fancy backgrounds and stuff, but I am not dedicated enough for that, especially since I can get SG to do it for me haha

I am lazy so I just screenshot and then crop out my username since it's my non-fandom internet name

It's from StoryGraph! If you have an account there, go to Stats > View Reading Stats for [select month from dropdown] > click View Month Wrap-Up Graphics. It generates a summary, a cover collage, a ratings collage (covers + your ratings), and a calendar, all of which can be downloaded or screenshot!

Five book covers. Top row from left to right: Ballad of Sword and Wine volume 5 (Tang Jiu Qing); Artificial Condition (Martha Wells); Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (K.J. Parker). Bottom row from left to right: Heated Rivalry (Rachel Reid); Life On Mars (Tracy K. Smith).

November reads (minus Yuletide canon review)! Top row was all top-notch (4+ stars on all of these). Mixed feelings on Heated Rivalry (pacing issues, sex scenes too long, dropped plotlines I wanted to spend more time with). Gotta sit with Life On Mars some more, but that's usually how poetry goes.

Realized the books I was reading were not sparking joy and kinda felt like chores so I have downloaded some middle grade/old school YA to read instead

The "I guess!" meme in two panels. In panel 1, a man is frowning with his arms crossed. In panel 2, the man has thrown up his hands and there is a speech bubble that says, "I GUESS".

every time I think I'm done with sports, they find a way to reel me back in.

oh I'm done with hockey, it's dead to me: hockey romance tv show tailor-made for me gets released

oh I'm done with baseball, it's dead to me: women's professional baseball league gets announced

me:

something consumable that would be a special treat? like fancy chocolates or expensive tea?

YouTube video by Janus Films MAGELLAN - Official Trailer

and then there is MAGELLAN, which also looks brutal in the best way, and a fitting bookend for Movies Legs Wants to See in Theaters

YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios Project Hail Mary | Official Trailer 2

if you are tired of Glen Powell, though, can I interest you in a Ryan Gosling? because PROJECT HAIL MARY also looks funnn

YouTube video by A24 How to Make a Killing | Official Trailer HD | A24

yeah, yeah, Glen Powell fatigue, but this looks like a juiced-up Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, and I'm here for it

YouTube video by CINEMA 21 Dracula: A Love Tale - Official Trailer

also, DRACULA: A LOVE TALE, which looks bonkers in the best way, but also probably tragic

YouTube video by Focus Features HAMNET - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters This Thanksgiving

then we have HAMNET, which is like Shakespeare in Love but make it More Sad and also directed by Chloe Zhao

YouTube video by NEON THE SECRET AGENT - Official Trailer - In Select Theaters November 26

time for another list of Movies Legs Wants to See in Theaters. starting off with THE SECRET AGENT, which looks brutal and fantastic

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH. WE DID IT BUT AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH. 😭😭😭

it has only taken us two years (literally), but @excited.bsky.social and I are about to finish Mr Sunshine and I'm 😱

The tragic demise of one of my favorite pairs of jeans (hole in the thigh) 😔

I do gotta say this year has been *very* good to me in terms of m/m ships to rotate in my mind. Jim Chee/Shorty Bowlegs, Lu Chia Le/Chou Hsiao Lung, Xiao Chiye/Shen Zechuan, and now Ilya Rozanov/Shane Hollander I guess!!

Increasingly convinced that when he gets tired of being the most famous boy in China, Wang Yibo will fuck off to live in a cave on the side of a mountain

ooh miso chicken 👀

A plate loaded with finger foods, including apple slices, three kinds of cheese, colorful carrots, a ham and cheese ball, crackers, olives, pistachios, sausage balls, deviled eggs, and dried apricots. There is a stemless wineglass with cranberry granita and ginger ale in the background.

Girl dinner tonight

Honestly I would prefer no heat at all at this point 🫠

aaaaaahhh this is actually good? and I was right about the tv format smoothing out some of the pacing issues (though it's still moving at a breakneck speed)

got the laundry done and some cauliflower roasting and I think next order of business is episode 1 of Heated Rivalry 👀

I have a hold already in place at the library for book 6 and I honestly don't know what I'm gonna do when the next one will be MONTHS away (maybe actually buy them and reread idk)

yessssssssss