There's a conversation in Twin Peaks S2 where Harry mistakes a chickadee for a finch. The town is doomed.

what's going on out there?

Made this list a while back - fave hxh moments by arc

Aesthetic evolution: Korean melons -> melon-shaped celadon ewers (popular in the Goryeo era) -> the beautiful bambewer

Things that have delighted me lately: salon scene in Safe; shot of Captain Kirk's boots scrabbling against a cliff in "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"; Kirk's vaguely lascivious reconciliation with Ensign Garrovick in "Obsession"; veggie lo mein

I posted this on twitter and Luke debated me for 2 hours

but also, la lucha sigue www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

If I don't finish the Pelican Town Community Center, I'll never be able to buy a nice house for Pam & Penny If I finish the Pelican Town Community Center, the Jojamart will close and Shane will lose his health insurance

it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."

I reviewed a popular 21st century movie letterboxd.com/wajda_long_f...

Feel like my cat would enjoy Essie Belugaria. You know how they're always rubbing their heads on rough surfaces.

how to be brushed

This dental phantom was made around 1900 for dental students to practice their skills before treating real patients. A hat-maker’s dummy has been added to represent the head of the patient. The jaws contain removable brass teeth allowing various dental procedures to be practiced. (RCSIC/Z 149)

Just rewatched A Gentle Woman. Fucking screamworthy even now that I've effectively medicated my mental illness away. I really think it's Bresson's 5th best movie.

Reread Farber's quote about Samuel Fuller, that "Fuller's concentration has the curiosity of a kitten," and got knocked over again by how true and sweet that is

I've reviewed two Ozu films so far this year letterboxd.com/wajda_long_f...

There's no actual civet in Ella by Arquiste but it does smell like there's a lot of musk ketone, aka the last form of nitro musk (a key component of 20th century perfumery) you're still allowed to use after the others were banned for neurotoxocity reasons. Adorable.

If I was a leader in warrior cats I would annoy the hell out of my clan by giving everyone "moment" as a suffix. Leafmoment. Nightmoment. Firemoment.

tension

Cockatoos have learned to operate drinking fountains in Australia. The behavior—never before seen in birds—may be a developing cultural tradition among one population: scim.ag/4kIi12G

clingy

rose kiss

Early and late afternoon Luke discourse

It's a little bit funny

Recent fragrance rotation: Gres Cabochard, Chanel No. 5, & Rochas Femme. Dry leather chypre, sweet floral aldehyde, & carnal spiced plums. Getting back in the game.

Al Pacino's height is the most attractive thing about him. I could carry him in my purse like a chihuahua.

it's hard to be someone with high laughing and playing needs in a society that doesn't support grown adults laughing and playing and engaging in general frolic

felt conflicted letterboxd.com/wajda_long_f...

One fun thing about the Pope Odyssey (which I've just started) is that the exchange between Telemachus and Athena has a level of bite and embellishment that truly suggests two queened out friends gossiping & venting together. You don't rly get that with e.g. Fitzgerald

If super juice is so good then why do people only talk about it in the context of cocktails? I would also like to have big batches of long-lasting citrus juice on hand but I don't trust cocktail guys

The original Star Trek tricorders were kind of cunty. You know that device Spock wears crossbody like a little black purse. Not sure what it does

made a carrot banana smoothie today :)

I feel like Serge Daney's Kapo-Rivette piece underrates the value of death-aesthetics as an instrument of mourning & remembrance with cultural roots far older, deeper, and more varied than cinema itself, but I have seen even fewer movies than he has so it is hard to say

(Adorno voice but he's a 2010s liberal feminist) Astrology does not offer any special or "feminine" form of knowledge, but simply less knowledge. Thus it holds greater sway among those already conditioned to ask for less than their rightful share.

"Film is a visual medium" is a lie people tell themselves to escape in order to escape the truth, which is that films are often ugly & boring in ways that would take a lot of effort to articulate

the people's cuntimal

Honestly I love how incredulous my boyfriend gets when I tell him that restaurant curries & sauces are too sweet. It makes me feel excited to age into an old Asian person so I can really annoy the hell out of him

I think I like kale & soy milk smoothies bc they satisfy the same part of my brain that gets stimulated by reading about Victorian pervert treats like cucumber ice cream & cucumber tea sandwiches

When cats get brushed and petted they subjectively perceive that as hard work that they did - that's why they take a nap after

trying to finish Real Literature by important authors before I go back to the niche nonfiction book I downloaded on a whim

2024: the year of normal in comics

Contextually funny thing for Adorno to say considering how many of his statements could be considered "a bit of a reach"

When someone has a 5-figure following count on twitter it's a bad sign but on bluesky it's straight up frightening

SOTD is Amouage Lyric Man, a dark musky rose

Wearing Equipage, which I find more astringent now than I used to; less creamy and sweet than Zino, without the oddly edible anisic touch of Azzaro Pour Homme; crisp and beautiful in its own right.