Elena Existing
@elenaexisting.bsky.social
Gen X spinster aunt. Idaho to Louisville. Corporate drone from 8-5; devastatingly quiet from 5-8. Learning Mandarin. Going for a hike.
Let's take better care of each other, okay?
Let's take better care of each other, okay?
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My Script Magazine Interview with SEED OF THE SACRED FIG Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof.
Don't miss this film.
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Don't miss this film.
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Interview with 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' Award-Winning Writer and Director Mohammad Rasoulof
In this wide-ranging discussion, Mohammad Rasoulof reflects on his many years of dealing with censorship and the intelligence services, his imprisonments, his challenges in balancing the story for Ira...
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May 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My Script Magazine Interview with SEED OF THE SACRED FIG Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof.
Don't miss this film.
scriptmag.com/interviews-f...
Don't miss this film.
scriptmag.com/interviews-f...
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The Henley-style shirts worn by Bruce Lee in THE BIG BOSS were made by the Lee Kung Man Knitting Factory, which are still available and still made in Hong Kong.
Just something to consider if you’re in HK and looking for a unique souvenir.
Just something to consider if you’re in HK and looking for a unique souvenir.
December 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The Henley-style shirts worn by Bruce Lee in THE BIG BOSS were made by the Lee Kung Man Knitting Factory, which are still available and still made in Hong Kong.
Just something to consider if you’re in HK and looking for a unique souvenir.
Just something to consider if you’re in HK and looking for a unique souvenir.
Half of me is at work and half of me is wondering whether the pecan meltaway crumbs in the tin could be used for a pear crumble.
December 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Half of me is at work and half of me is wondering whether the pecan meltaway crumbs in the tin could be used for a pear crumble.
I have finally conquered Fruit Merge (well, merged two watermelons) officially releasing me from the tyranny of playing this game every morning when I first wake up and every night right before I fall asleep. Sweet, sweet freedom!
December 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I have finally conquered Fruit Merge (well, merged two watermelons) officially releasing me from the tyranny of playing this game every morning when I first wake up and every night right before I fall asleep. Sweet, sweet freedom!
Self-assembling snowman kit.
December 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Self-assembling snowman kit.
Sick Day Diary
Play Fruit Merge
Watch Joy Luck Club
Read some The Peach Blossom Fan
Hot Bath
Read some The Making of Japanese Manchuria: 1904-1932
Morning Nap
Play Fruit Merge
Watch Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Call Parents
Play Fruit Merge
Watch Grandpa Was an Emperor
Play Fruit Merge
TBD
Play Fruit Merge
Watch Joy Luck Club
Read some The Peach Blossom Fan
Hot Bath
Read some The Making of Japanese Manchuria: 1904-1932
Morning Nap
Play Fruit Merge
Watch Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Call Parents
Play Fruit Merge
Watch Grandpa Was an Emperor
Play Fruit Merge
TBD
December 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Sick Day Diary
Play Fruit Merge
Watch Joy Luck Club
Read some The Peach Blossom Fan
Hot Bath
Read some The Making of Japanese Manchuria: 1904-1932
Morning Nap
Play Fruit Merge
Watch Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Call Parents
Play Fruit Merge
Watch Grandpa Was an Emperor
Play Fruit Merge
TBD
Play Fruit Merge
Watch Joy Luck Club
Read some The Peach Blossom Fan
Hot Bath
Read some The Making of Japanese Manchuria: 1904-1932
Morning Nap
Play Fruit Merge
Watch Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Call Parents
Play Fruit Merge
Watch Grandpa Was an Emperor
Play Fruit Merge
TBD
Day two of runny nose and sore throat. Guess I will just have to spend the day drinking tea, reading books, taking hot baths, and watching movies. A terrible fate.
December 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Day two of runny nose and sore throat. Guess I will just have to spend the day drinking tea, reading books, taking hot baths, and watching movies. A terrible fate.
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Someone on r/Cleveland discovered an abandoned microwave on a park bench and people have started visiting it and leaving it holiday gifts 😄
December 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Someone on r/Cleveland discovered an abandoned microwave on a park bench and people have started visiting it and leaving it holiday gifts 😄
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Thrilled to have a poem in @crowkeys.bsky.social!
There is a ghost in the tower. It doesn't do much. Just lingers, and watches. It has seen many things. It has even seen you. It has also seen this poem.
"The Mother of Ghosts" by @ezhang77.bsky.social
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"The Mother of Ghosts" by @ezhang77.bsky.social
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December 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Thrilled to have a poem in @crowkeys.bsky.social!
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Boosting
I’m looking for 100% Filipino people who are willing to submit a cheek swab test in hopes for a genetic match to my aunt, who is battling blood cancer. The registry for stem cells doesn’t have many Filipino people in it, and joining it could help many. Please share/reach out to me!
bit.ly/4aiUIKQ
bit.ly/4aiUIKQ
December 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Boosting
I just sneezed so hard directly onto my chromebook that I unpaused a movie. 🤧🥴🤣
December 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I just sneezed so hard directly onto my chromebook that I unpaused a movie. 🤧🥴🤣
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I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model
December 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model
Reading The Peach Blossom Fan, eating a breakfast burrito, and contemplating ritual propriety as a public litmus test for the health of an empire, "reassuring the people," etc.
What a nerd. I love vacation.
What a nerd. I love vacation.
December 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Reading The Peach Blossom Fan, eating a breakfast burrito, and contemplating ritual propriety as a public litmus test for the health of an empire, "reassuring the people," etc.
What a nerd. I love vacation.
What a nerd. I love vacation.
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I found this like 10 years ago, and it's one of the funniest deep-dives into local lore you can get about an absolutely cursed area. I think about it more than I should.
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Madisonia: Mississippi’s Lost Greco-Roman Colony
Once there was a Greco-Roman city-state named Madisonia, situated in that region where Italy, France and Switzerland meet. It was a city-state of only homeowners, located on lots of half an acre or…
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December 20, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I found this like 10 years ago, and it's one of the funniest deep-dives into local lore you can get about an absolutely cursed area. I think about it more than I should.
misspreservation.com/2015/04/01/m...
misspreservation.com/2015/04/01/m...
Can confirm that last Sunday in the Louisville airport a high school volleyball championship's worth of tall teenagers were jostling in front of the Smashburger counter anxious to see which lucky kid was going to walk up to grab the six seven order.
I told my son that the Atlantic reported that the “six seven” phenomenon was over and my kid rolled his eyes and said, “respectfully, no kid is reading that magazine.”
December 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Can confirm that last Sunday in the Louisville airport a high school volleyball championship's worth of tall teenagers were jostling in front of the Smashburger counter anxious to see which lucky kid was going to walk up to grab the six seven order.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Hi Folks, we're about $2K shy from the halfway mark. Can you help us get there?
Excited to kick off my holiday read-a-thon with 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘮 𝘍𝘢𝘯.
𝗡𝗘𝗪 @asiancha.bsky.social —Jeff Tompkins on Kong Shangren’s 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝐵𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑚 𝐹𝑎𝑛, trans. Wai-yee Li: "[T]here cannot be a better point of entry into the Hsu-Tang series. That may seem like an extravagant claim for a tome that weighs in at more than 800 pages..."
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December 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Excited to kick off my holiday read-a-thon with 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘮 𝘍𝘢𝘯.
December 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hello, you have my attention.
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Hello, you have my attention.
2025 Book #55
By special request of my parents, who have been telling me about this book since the summer and finally brought me a physical copy in September when they came to visit.
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, & Deception on the Eve of World War 1
By Douglas Brunt
By special request of my parents, who have been telling me about this book since the summer and finally brought me a physical copy in September when they came to visit.
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, & Deception on the Eve of World War 1
By Douglas Brunt
December 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
2025 Book #55
By special request of my parents, who have been telling me about this book since the summer and finally brought me a physical copy in September when they came to visit.
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, & Deception on the Eve of World War 1
By Douglas Brunt
By special request of my parents, who have been telling me about this book since the summer and finally brought me a physical copy in September when they came to visit.
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, & Deception on the Eve of World War 1
By Douglas Brunt
Must one get out of bed and go to work on the Friday before a major holiday week?
December 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Must one get out of bed and go to work on the Friday before a major holiday week?
I am being tempted by a used Volvo.
December 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I am being tempted by a used Volvo.
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Thursday 12/18 at 7pm Eastern: my annual A Christmas Carol Live Read returns! Join me while you make cookies or sourdough or lick late envelopes or whatever. Donation link to St. John Center in the description.
A Christmas Carol Live Read 2025
YouTube video by Rannygazoo
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December 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Thursday 12/18 at 7pm Eastern: my annual A Christmas Carol Live Read returns! Join me while you make cookies or sourdough or lick late envelopes or whatever. Donation link to St. John Center in the description.
Based on this post, I binge watched both seasons of Paatal Lok this week. I love a smart, gritty investigation and know less about India than I should, so I really enjoyed* this.
*My only caveat is that I was unprepared for the amount of casual face punching and slapping, incl by the detectives.
*My only caveat is that I was unprepared for the amount of casual face punching and slapping, incl by the detectives.
Day 12: A platonic relationship you loved. #EYDC2025 A shoutout to #PaatalLok, an excellent Hindi police procedural on Amazon Prime. The platonic relationship b/w Inspector Chaudhary (Jaideep Ahlawat) and newbie Ansari (Ishwak Singh) is easily the best I’ve seen all year.
December 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Based on this post, I binge watched both seasons of Paatal Lok this week. I love a smart, gritty investigation and know less about India than I should, so I really enjoyed* this.
*My only caveat is that I was unprepared for the amount of casual face punching and slapping, incl by the detectives.
*My only caveat is that I was unprepared for the amount of casual face punching and slapping, incl by the detectives.
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Blooms in a jug 💐 Here’s a happy little scribble.
#art #artist #life #joy #flowerpower #drawing #illustration #LineDrawing #design #bloomscrolling #ArtAdventCalendar ✨
#art #artist #life #joy #flowerpower #drawing #illustration #LineDrawing #design #bloomscrolling #ArtAdventCalendar ✨
December 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Blooms in a jug 💐 Here’s a happy little scribble.
#art #artist #life #joy #flowerpower #drawing #illustration #LineDrawing #design #bloomscrolling #ArtAdventCalendar ✨
#art #artist #life #joy #flowerpower #drawing #illustration #LineDrawing #design #bloomscrolling #ArtAdventCalendar ✨