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As acertain pop staronce sang, August slipped away.
And once you dig into its uncanny plot, youll quickly see why were declaring it a must-read.
(Also like her protagonist, Huang is a professional musician.)
Huang also cites another unlikely source of inspiration:Shrek.
And so I feel like a lot of my life has been processingShrek.
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When I was writing this, I was very jaded.
I drank the Kool-Aid so hard when I was working at the wellness store.
Now, after writing it, I think Ive found more of a balance.
Everything that I purchase, Im trying to honor myself as I am and my ancestors.
So I am less jaded now.
I sometimes joke that this will be a nonfiction book in a few years.
Well, I realized I was backsliding.
I was also spending way too much money that I didnt have.
Im trying to make that as sexy as new products in my life.
I spend a lot more time outdoors and thats really greattheres almost nothing about a hike thats homogenous.
Theres no trees that look similar.
I venture to listen to my body and eat whatever it wants to eat.
So its a really different and new kind of relationship.
Im trying to be intuitive.
Your career, or your job, is not the sum total of who you are.
Youre a more complex person.
Were all enough as we are.
I really believe that.
I love directors Julia Ducournau and David Cronenberg, also Ari Aster.Midsommarwas just really transcendental for me.
ProbablyThe Wavesby Virginia Woolf.
The second one, Id say, is the entireNeapolitan novels collectionby Elena Ferrante.
They have been so influential to me in terms of how I relate to women in my life.
The third isPiranesiby Susanna Clarke.
I just missed that main character so much after reading it.
I listen to a lot of Beethovenhis late quartets and slow movements.
I listen to symphonies.
And then besides that, I love Frank Ocean, James Blake, Dan Deacon, and Mitski.
Ive had some pretty amazing body work massages.
They scrub away everything until youre a brand-new person.
Its wildyoure just their play-thing on the table.
I did have an amazing facial atBiologique Recherchein ParisI wanted to do the mothership thing.
Something that happens to me often is what I call avocado face.
It would really feel like an avocado.
And then I would have to go on steroidsit wouldnt go away by itself.
I would get out of bed and not be able to stand up.
It happened after I took something to help me sleep, full of different mushrooms.
So then I was like, Okay, maybe no more.
If youre ever feeling insecure, know that its not a natural feeling, necessarily.
