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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 ∞
may 2 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

  • ᴍᴀʏ 22
    • Pulled an all-nighter & tried to take a nap this afternoon, but ended up visualizing shredded spaghetti monsters with tomato sauce, barbecued teddy bears, & strange mirror reflections of Paris Hilton's face with hot-dog tanned skin.
  • 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...
apr 5 2026 ∞
may 23 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 +