8-31-2025 MY FAVES: waiting for the train

 books of the week

i am officially halfway with tajna krvavog mosta and there has been multiple deaths (many of them still alleged) and i could not even fathom who is suspicious.

i got a really annoying email the other day, of vogue proudly announcing a subscription needed for the runway app. now, this app is essential for any fashion nerd - especially in may and september, during the fashion month peak. i've canceled my subscription recently (been disappointed with ai ads, uninspiring covers, and stories of billionaire wives who may inherit conde nast in general), but the runway app is something i enjoy checking still. the perk of it was that it was free and you didn't have to have a vogue subsription to use it. i use it to check the newest shows, and dig through old runway archives. this feature hidden behind a paywall is heartbreaking for the fashion enthusiasts.

the libby app has a magazine subscription for free with your library card, and each library has a selection, mine not at all disappointing, having the new yorker, elle, vogue, vanity fair, grazia, architectural digest and many more. this was a fabulous compromise to a now expensive treat. it's not runway, but it is something to keep me in the fashion loop. i am still wondering how i'll check each runway look, but i'm hoping hf twitter won't disappoint.

music of the week

top albums of august were:

bjӧrk - vespertine

fave songs:

it's not up to you

hidden place

rosaline soundtrack

fave songs:

dancing on my own

it must have been love

all by myself

the boy is mine

movies of the week

my hometown has been under fire recently for news that would take a whole separate entry. but i felt inspired to watch a short film called knin-zadar (2023), directed by journalist melita vrsaljko, who documents a day in the life of her father who runs the local train station, but no train ever comes. because the last train that ran through the town was in 2014. there's no interviews, no heavy research, no documentary feel, or political questions and probing, just emotions, shots, and shadows that speak louder than any professional could. faces, and stances of men working at the train stations, with every day being exactly the same, and an ending scene with a song about a train that never arrives - that's all. 

melita vrsaljko is a remarkable journalist asking questions no one dares to ask, and is often pointing out the elephant in the room of our tiny town. i am excited to see what other boxes this pandora will open...