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I prefer mini-series over ongoing TV.

  • uzumaki (2024) ʜᴜʟᴜ
  • disenchantment (2018)
      • s01e05 ∙ ɴᴇᴛғʟɪx
  • futurama (1999)
      • s10e13 ∙ ʜᴜʟᴜ
  • regency house party (2004)
      • s01e1? ∙ ʏᴏᴜᴛᴜʙᴇ
  • moomin (1990)
      • ✓ random episodes ∙ ʏᴏᴜᴛᴜʙᴇ
  • pride & prejudice (1980) ᴛᴜʙɪ
  • the avengers (1967)
sep 29 2023 ∞
apr 24 2026 +
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borrowed from

  • 1000 Times Good Night (2013)
  • 45 Years (2015)
  • 8 Women (2002)
  • A Beautiful Mind (2001) ✓
  • A Judgement in Stone (1986)
  • A Judgement in Stone (1995) ✓
  • A Necessary Music (2008)
  • A Page of Madness (1926) ✓
  • A Patch of Blue (1965)
  • A Single Man (2009) ✓
  • A Touch Of Spice (2003)
  • Alice in the Cities (1974)
  • Amy (2015) ✓
  • Artificial Paradises (2012)
  • Atonement (2007) ✓
  • Audition (1999) ✓
  • Autumn Sonata (1978)
  • Belle de Jour (1967) ✓
  • Betty Blue (1986)
  • Billy Elliot (2000) ✓
apr 5 2023 ∞
may 7 2025 +
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  • bee! i’m expecting you!
    • emily dickinson
  • pretty words
    • elinor wylie
  • the black art
    • anne sexton
  • tribute to the angels #29-32 *
    • hilda doolittle
  • the moon and the yew tree
    • sylvia plath
  • three enter the dark wood *
    • lesley jenike
  • self-portrait as the gesture between them [adam and eve] *
nov 18 2023 ∞
apr 9 2026 +
apr 13 2023 ∞
apr 1 2026 +
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  • Margo Berdeshevsky’s “visual poem” series, Les Ombres de Versailles (The Ghosts of Versailles)
  • the first two lines & other parts of the Lolligags’ All the Deer Daughters
    • ice cream surprise ?
    • I scream surprise ?
  • Shimmies in Super 8 (1993)
    • specifically for Huggy Bear’s “Snow White, Rose Red”
  • the reason I wrote "Die Schlaflosigkeit" in an old note (likely a reference from a forgotten book)
oct 24 2024 ∞
mar 26 2026 +
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Dreams are a time to be safely crazy, so that we can stay sane during the day. ❞⠀—Mrs. R. Cartwright, Director of Sleep Laboratory, University of Illinois *

It’s well we cannot hear the screams / We make in other people's dreams. ❞⠀—Edward Gorey, Verse Advice

  • ᴍᴀʀ 22
    • Early 1960s brothel & blonde madame (1930s heiress) have tea in a café. Tinder in the air as we all duck down in a panic before a match is struck. Cut to madame in a pink dress sitting at the wheel of a blue burnt-out beetle car. She's physically unharmed but regressing to when her strict father used to lock her up in a heart-shaped cage. Steel bars bolt down after the beetle into the white ground floor of her former mansion, metal noises screeching as madame aims to drive the car up th...
apr 5 2026 ∞
apr 5 2026 +
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that I encountered while reading:

  • shagreen
    • sharkskin used as a decorative material
  • étuis
    • a small ornamental case for holding needles, cosmetics, & other articles
  • kinmokusei
    • osmanthus
  • mummix
    • Pennsylvanian Dutch beef stew with potatoes
  • Titivillus
  • sistrum
oct 21 2024 ∞
apr 14 2026 +
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  • 1983 issues of Vogue
  • "Essay on Fashionable Literature" (fragments) by Thomas Love Peacock
  • "Myths Over Miami" by Lynda Edwards
  • Bad Like Me by Courtney Love
  • Aldous Huxley
    • "Fashions In Love" (article?)
    • "The Vulgarity of Modern Life"
  • Vogue, August 1965, "Youthquakers"
  • Marie-Claire, January 1995, "Karl Lagerfelds Skandalfrau: Anita" by Sabine Schwabenthan
apr 15 2024 ∞
nov 28 2024 +
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  • ʙᴀʟᴇɴᴄɪᴀɢᴀ ∙ l'essence
  • ʙᴀʀᴏɴᴇss ᴄᴀʟɪ ∙ tarocco
  • ʙᴠʟɢᴀʀɪ ∙ eau parfumée au thé blanc
    • ᴇʟɪᴢᴀʙᴇᴛʜ ᴀʀᴅᴇɴ ∙ white tea is similar
  • ᴄʜʟᴏᴇ́ ∙ love
  • ᴄʀᴀʙᴛʀᴇᴇ & ᴇᴠᴇʟʏɴ ∙ himalayan blue hand cream
    • allegedly different from the ᴇᴅᴛ
  • ᴅɪᴏʀ ∙ poison esprit de parfum
    • too bad about the phthalates (literally poison), so I wear a vintage knock-off oil from ᴀsɢʜᴀʀ ᴀʟɪ instead
  • ᴅɪᴘᴛʏQᴜᴇ ∙ tam dao
    • ᴏʀɪʙᴇ ∙ desertland
      • somewhat similar
mar 4 2024 ∞
apr 14 2026 +
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┊ cosmetic bag ┊

  • ʙᴜʀᴛ's ʙᴇᴇs ∙ mint cocoa
    • smells/tastes like M&Ms
  • ʙᴇᴄᴄᴀ ∙ cherry ganache

┊ vanity table ┊

  • ᴛᴀsᴛᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛʏ ∙ caffe latte
  • ᴋᴇʀᴢᴏɴ ∙ smack: iris & raspberry
    • dries out my lips
    • repurposed as solid perfume
  • ʟᴀɴᴇɪɢᴇ ∙ berry lip sleeping mask
  • ᴄʜᴀᴘsᴛɪᴄᴋ ∙ peach tea lip oil

┊ lip brush to the bottom ┊

  • ᴛᴀsᴛᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛʏ
    • hot chocolate
    • snowberry
  • ʙᴜʀᴛ's ʙᴇᴇs ∙ sweet orange
sep 11 2023 ∞
mar 30 2026 +
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  • ʙɪᴏʀᴇ́ ∙ charcoal micellar water
  • ᴜʟᴛᴀ ∙ perfectly purified gel cleanser (discontinued, but I stocked up when they sold for $5 each)
  • ʙᴀɴɪʟᴀ ᴄᴏ ∙ clean it zero brightening peeling gel scrub (discontinued?!)
  • Fʀᴇᴇᴍᴀɴ ∙
    • manuka honey & tea tree clay mask/cleanser
    • banana-oat instant smoothing mask
  • in case of seborrhea/dandruff:
    • no Fʀᴇᴇᴍᴀɴ masks or azelaic acid (they sting during flare-ups)
    • ɴɪᴢᴏʀᴀʟ ∙ shampoo (contains ketoconazole)
    • ᴘᴀᴄɪғɪᴄᴀ ∙ vegan ceramide jelly patches
  • ᴄᴏsʀx ∙ aha/bha toner
  • ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴋᴇʏ ʟɪsᴛ ∙ 10% azelaic acid serum
  • in warm weather: ᴛᴀʀᴛᴇ ∙ mermaid skin serum
    • (discontinued? looking for a replacement)...
apr 15 2024 ∞
apr 8 2026 +