I'd love to hear what others think are some common characteristics attributed to a 'himbo'-- is this mostly attitude, or some action/behavior done?

I have to admit: I wasn't entirely sure what this book was about. As a Filipino with relations in the Philippines and Hawai'i, US imperialism is completely and grossly obvious-- how tf could this Empire be "hidden"? But, ah. Immerwhar points out that for those not living/ experiencing US imperialism from colonies as a native, a notion of Empire isn't as obvious. And this was done on PURPOSE. i.e. the government softening the perception of empire by using "territory" instead of colony," US history classes merely mentioning the acquisition of the Philippines in 1898 then never bringing it up again.

Aiight, Immerwhar. I'm sorry I doubted you. Tell me more.

Am I the only one who laughed because the orphanage is abbreviated as HOA?

Has this ever happened to anyone?

I mean, Pride Month is coming to an end, and this month I decided that I wanted to read a lot more books with lesbian or bisexual women as the main characters. And I kind of succeeded. I read around seven or eight new books, but my goal was 12. What I realized—and I don't know why I'm surprised—is that if I give myself a list of books to read, if I make a plan, my brain immediately wants to rebel. It just goes into this reading slump where it's like, "Okay, now I don't want to read any of them."

Because tell me why I picked up some of the most beautiful books, and it felt like such a chore to get through them. There was nothing wrong with the books. My brain was just like, "No. You made a plan. You forced me. Now I'm not going to read them." In my head, I thought it would take me maybe two or three days to finish each book. Instead, it was taking me weeks to get through a single one, even though I was enjoying it.

I think my brain just likes randomly picking books from my reading list instead of following a plan of what I should read. I don't know if this happens to anyone else, but it definitely happens to me. The moment I make a reading plan, my brain just goes, "Nope."

But yeah, I still achieved some of my goals, so that was nice. I think I'm just going to keep the rest of the books from this month's plan on my main reading list and pick them up whenever I feel like it instead of forcing myself. I also think this weird rebellion from my brain probably affected some of my reviews. I might have rated a few books lower than they deserved, just because I wasn't in the right headspace while reading them.

But I really enjoyed the whole process. So yeah, tell me if this happens to anyone else?