Senses working overtime #593

1 The feeling this week:

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2 Reading: Songs from the Shaky Isles (A short history of popular music in New Zealand) - Gareth Shute

I picked this up from the sale bin outside Paper Plus in Waipukurau this week. I'm already engrossed in the origins of music in New Zealand.

3 Not reading: The Virginian - Owen Wister

I've decided to shelve this novel 150 pages in. I wasn't looking forward to reading it and started reading other books instead of it, hence the decision to stop. Maybe I'll come back to it in the future.

4 Watched: The first three Terminator films

All of the scary speculation about AI's future vs the benefits it brings to humanity meant we watched the first three Terminator movies this week. I suggest the boffins at Open AI and Anthropic do the same, as news reports of a potential US/China conflict in the Middle East thanks to AI surfaced. 

5 Listening: Hemi Hemingway's album Wings of Desire

This was Kevy's choice for the week. My review is here.

Overtime: André Gide (in 1925)

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.