wednesday watches

Wanted to keep track of what I've been watching week by week (and also give myself an impetus to watch something every week because my to watch list is too long)
(Yes, it's not Wednesday anymore, shh....)

Medici - 1x01-4
So I saw a gif from the end of the second season that hit me just right, and decided I needed to watch this show for the familial dynamics present especially in the later seasons. The first season is nice watching too, the 1400s Florence atmosphere is just very rich and easy to watch. Also, Richard Madden in eyeliner is very easy on the eyes. And the character Contessina de Bardi riding into the town hall and giving a speech whilst on a white horse was a moment to behold.

Very looking forward to continuing with this one.

Kinnporsche - Episode 1
One of my Tumblr mutuals posts about this a lot, and I saw Thai men in love and was like 'I'll give that a shot.' Turns out, the basic premise is 'second son of a mafia family hires bartender and underground boxer to be his bodyguard, which the latter accepts because his family needs money.' Which was interesting, but I like it.

Probably going to watch this one more slowly, but I'm intrigued by the first ep.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
So Sci has actually never seen most Disney films - knows the plots, has heard some of the songs, yes, but never seen most of the films all together as films. (To be fair, Sci hasn't seen most things that could be called classics, including any Star Wars or Middle Earth content, which she does really need to get to at some point.)

Whilst there are interesting things in the film that date it to 1937 in terms of attitudes (aka Snow White met the Prince for like, 10 minutes before instalove), I do have to admit that the animals, particularly the birds, are really cute.

experiments in tea #13: ginseng guardian (yumchaa)

So, I've had a sore throat that turned into a cough that hasn't gone away for a week (not COVID, just a cold), which means having this one in the list was actually quite timely. I put this one in the middle because I knew I didn't want to have it last, because I didn't think I was going to like the ginseng particualrly much. I was right.


( Ginseng Guardian )

( Brewing notes )

( Tasting notes )

thursday reads

Getting sick lead indirectly to my library book pile going down from 32 to 20, only 4 of which were actually finished. Most of those were from the library that I volunteer at, so I can just pick them up again when I get back, but one will need to be reserved again. And a £5 late book fine, which sucks, but at least I learned now rather than when I went away from my local library for a few weeks which meant I would have racked up more fines... anyway. Book time!

( Books I Finished )

( Currently Reading )

( Up Next )