Pavla Horakova: Theory of Strangeness

Gonna go hands down and say the best book of 2021 I've read was by this lady. And special kudos to the translator, because she nailed it.

About this blog

Passions: books drawing, photography, food, shows, cartoons and movies, Warcraft, Youtube, hitchhiking, philosophy, talking to people all over the world in ridiculously late or early hours, getting up at 5am, presents, Fishing dailies, Dogville situations in life, cute things Japanese, archeology, large minimalistic interiors, coffee smoothies and looking for mushrooms in the woods.

Scorns: family fights, noisy people, having nowhere to park, people who make a fuss about being photographed, hypocrites, parasites, lousy professionals (say, dentists), dirty things that should be clean (like restaurants), most Slovenian movies, religion, tradicions, royalty, orange food and being noticed. don't notice me. I am the camera, I am the pen. that's all.

Books currently at the side of my desk

Slovenian Ethnological Encyclopedia
Brian Fround - The world of the dark Crystal

Shakespeare's sonets

HHhH

Art of World of Warcraft

Lotter

Terry Pratchett - The Art of Discworld
Nanny Ogg Cookbook
Garth Nix - Sabriel
Gray's Anatomy
David Bilsborough - The Wanderer's Tale
Tom Robbins - Even Cowgirls get the Blues
Amano's Dream Hunters

The Sandman shit (and tons of other horror comics)

Webster's dict.

The Reader on the 6.27

Once and Future King

Kako zorijo ježevci

Thug Notes

Tolkien - Hobbit
Sergei Lukyanenko - The Twilight Watch
plenty of Bryson

Selma Lagerlof's Gosta Berling
Natsuo Kirino's Out
.....and a looot of half-read National Geographics

Movies I saw several times (for various reasons)

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (favorite)
Lost in Translation (favorite female director)
Blade Runner (favorite male director)
The Duelists (that director's best movie IMO)
Immortel Ad Vitam (favorite bad movie)
Station Agent (favorite indie)
La Grande bellezza / Youth (favorite foreign director)
Cabaret Desire (favorite softcore)
Dual (favorite Slovenian)
Miami Vice (favorite editing/action flick)
Labyrinth, Willow, Goonies, (grew up on these)
Legend (favorite fuckable villain)
Predator (also very fuckable villain)
Hero (because beautiful)
General's daughter (dunno, just like that movie)
Tigerland (favorite (anti)war movie)
Code 46 (really depressing)
Dogville (that's how you make an exit)
Holy smoke (fav Kate Winslet movie)
Impromptu (so cute)
Kill Bill (because it's so awesomelly stupid and great)
Orlando (no reason needed)
Shawn of the dead (because awesome)
The Magdalene sisters (because I'd have burnt them to the ground)
Wonderboys (right up my alley)
La Reine Margot (because it feels accurate)
Midnight in Paris (because that's how I feel most of the time)
The Pillow Book (the editing)

TV shows I watch over and over again

Samurai Champloo (because it's the best in a really good genre)
Firefly (because there has never been a better sci-fi show)
Newsroom (because it's an ideal idealystic setting)
Luther (because)
Vera (because it's like Luther, only with a bitter old lady)
Sherlock BBC (because it's smart)
Cracker (because it's the smartest)
Rome (because it's scary telltale)
Smash (so cute)
The Good Wife (my chick flick)
Xena (because I loved it from the first minute on and always)
Bleach (but also One Piece and many others)
Ugly Betty (integrity of character in a girl, even though G says they tried hard, but couldn't hide the fact she was always very beautiful)

Paper Kay - the traveller, stargazer, storymonger, paintmaker

Friday 10 December 2021