Off the clock

Books, films, shows, games, and football. A record of my taste, with room for both Dostoevsky and Friends.

Books #

The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas. My all-time favorite.

Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse. Near the very top of the shelf.

Other books I love:

• Kafka on the Shore — Haruki Murakami
• The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Brothers Karamazov — Fyodor Dostoevsky
• Animal Farm and 1984 — George Orwell
• The Metamorphosis — Franz Kafka

Growing up, it was Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, and The Mortal Instruments. They belong on the shelf too.

Films #

The Shawshank Redemption is my favorite, by a considerable distance. Oppenheimer is personal. The rest of this list is deliberately unranked.

• Interstellar, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Godfather, Whiplash, Shutter Island, Marty Supreme, and Ford v Ferrari.
• The original Jurassic Park and the original The Conjuring.
• Spirited Away, WALL-E, Up, Ratatouille, How to Train Your Dragon, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
• Om Shanti Om, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, the original Gol Maal, Dangal, 3 Idiots, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, and Queen.

Shows #

Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Only Murders in the Building and Silicon Valley. For the lighter, more familiar end of the spectrum: Friends, The Office, and Schitt’s Creek.

Also Avatar, Naruto, and Attack on Titan.

Games #

FIFA, Stardew Valley, Brawlhalla, Old School RuneScape, Zelda, and Horizon Zero Dawn. I play on PC and PS5, and GTA VI is on my anticipation list.

Football #

Barça. Always happy to talk football, though I make no promises of neutrality.

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