Switching off movies

Amanda Riddell
Apr 19, 2025
1 min read

Something I've begun doing. It used to be that my brother and I would sit through almost everything that we watched together, but now I'll turn off a movie if I'm not feeling it. I might return to it, but probably not for a few weeks. The Perfumed Garden has definitely attracted some interest, particularly if Jacinda has seen the various sketches, so it feels like working with the weight of the world on my shoulders. Bipolar grandiosity, but yeah... the other ones were selfish by comparison.

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