Since the Winter Olympics is underway, this is the perfect time to post Surya Bonaly doing her back flip on ice. Judges used to underscore her and I loved that she did the backflip in her last performance before retiring as a big FU to the establishment.
don't let 2026 scare you. you scare it. defy a prophecy. grow a forest inside your house. write something beautiful and unhinged. haunt your enemies. collect even more books. be the unmanageable literary horror you want to see in the world.