A collection of things I love, things I reach for, and things that make life just a bit more beautiful.
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To name a few… favorites change, old loves resurface, and new obsessions earn their place. The Edit is always evolving.
From sweeping fantasy to dark comedy, cult classics to a good love story - I’ll watch just about anything if it makes me feel something.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s · Funny Face · Singin’ in the Rain · The Great Escape · The Wizard of Oz · Casablanca · An Affair to Remember
Moonlight · Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · Anora · Fried Green Tomatoes · Blood Diamond · A Star Is Born · Catch Me If You Can
French Kiss · Only You · My Best Friend’s Wedding · Pretty in Pink · Happiest Season · P.S. I Love You · Voicemails to Isabelle
Doctor Sleep · The Silence of the Lambs · IT · Frankenstein · Requiem for a Dream · Joker
Fight Club · Pulp Fiction · Death Proof · Love Lies Bleeding · Poor Things · Bugonia · V for Vendetta · Sin City
Jennifer’s Body · The Rocky Horror Picture Show · But I’m a Cheerleader · The Big Lebowski · Donnie Darko
The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy) · Avatar (Trilogy) · The Matrix (Trilogy) · The Fifth Element · Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds · Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith · Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Fantasia · Alice in Wonderland (Animated) · The Princess Bride · Pan’s Labyrinth · Legend · Moulin Rouge
Mean Girls · Grandma’s Boy · Superbad · Bruce Almighty · Liar Liar · Clue · Billy Madison
Jaws · The Dark Knight · The Crow · John Wick · Deadpool · Pirates of the Caribbean · 300 · Barbie
I’m an audiophile, a songbird, and I’m fairly certain my heart beats to a drum beat. I don’t know how to listen to music without feeling it through my whole body. Give me something I can turn up loud enough to echo through my bones, and I’m happy.
Tool · Sleep Token · In This Moment · Disturbed · Volbeat · Ghost · Deftones · YUNGBLOOD
Evanescence · Hozier · Florence + the Machine · Sara Bareilles · Lord Huron · The Cranberries · Paramore · Kacy Musgraves
Lucky Daye · RAYE · Jungle · Leon Bridges · Duffy · Five Alarm Funk · Dua Lipa
Porcupine Tree · Fair to Midland · ODESZA · Gungor · Lindsey Stirling · Alexander Jean · Buckethead
FKA twigs · BANKS · Billie Eilish · Sia · Halsey
Jimi Hendrix · Led Zeppelin · Pink Floyd · The Beatles · Stevie Wonder
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I’ll read something that makes me question everything and follow it up with a book that made the world feel magical when I was younger. I have a particular weakness for fantasy—both new worlds waiting to be discovered and the timeless stories that captured my imagination years ago and still pull me back in.
The Chronicles of Narnia — C.S. Lewis · The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk · Little Women — Louisa May Alcott · The Hobbit — J.R.R. Tolkien · Making Faces — Kevyn Aucoin · Night — Elie Wiesel · The Screwtape Letters — C.S. Lewis · The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde · The Princess Bride — William Goldman · The 20th Century Year by Year — Charles Phillips · Phantastes — George MacDonald · The Secret History of the World — Mark Booth · Gulliver’s Travels — Jonathan Swift · The Lord of the Rings — J.R.R. Tolkien · The Scarlet Letter — Nathaniel Hawthorne · Many Waters — Madeleine L’Engle · The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — Stephen R. Covey · The Secret — Rhonda Byrne · The Princess and the Goblin — George MacDonald · Ageless Body, Timeless Mind — Deepak Chopra · The Space Trilogy — C.S. Lewis · The Art of Makeup — Kevyn Aucoin · Anathema: The Eating Woods — Keri Lake · The Devil’s Atlas — Edward Brooke-Hitching · Audrey Hepburn biographies · Art books · Coffee-table books
My watchlist is all over the place, and I like it that way. Give me something dark and beautifully made, something genuinely funny, a story I can disappear into—or a reality show that has me yelling at people who cannot hear me.
What We Do in the Shadows · The Haunting of Bly Manor · The L Word · The Golden Girls · Interview with the Vampire · The Haunting of Hill House · The Fall of the House of Usher · Parks and Recreation · Living Single · 90 Day Fiancé · Derry Girls · The Office · Bob’s Burgers · The Great British Baking Show · Grace and Frankie · Sons of Anarchy · Breaking Bad · Orange Is the New Black · The Good Place · Life in Color · The Green Planet · KAOS · Bleach · Anything involving dancing
My perfect day starts early, with breakfast and tea before heading out to wander through a handful of vintage shops with nowhere I particularly need to be. I’ll find a little spot for lunch, lose some time in a local bookstore, and when it’s finally time to head home, I’ll take the long way—soaking in the music, the scenery, and those extra few miles where the day still feels entirely endless.
If I’m staying home, I still love an early morning—just a much slower one. I’ll lounge sleepily in bed with music playing until I’m ready to greet the day, make some tea or a cold brew, stretch into a little yoga, and then follow whatever feels good: writing, singing, making art, creating something simply because I want to. If the sun is out, you’ll probably find me curled up outside with a book. Then it’s a little self-care, a facial treatment, something good to watch, and meditation before drifting off to sleep.
Amy Jelsma
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