I Walked Past Some Lilac Bushes On My Way To Lunch Today And The Smell Brought Me So Much Joy. I Almost
I walked past some lilac bushes on my way to lunch today and the smell brought me so much joy. I almost forget, from one spring to the next, how much I love it.
I'm thinking about getting some lilac scented stuff, but it needs to be as realistic as possible.
Anyone have any recommendations?
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Lyrical Ballad, in Saratoga Springs, NY is one of my favorite used bookstores in the world.
Twitter thread by Melissa Caruso about a labyrinthine magical bookstore in Syracuse, NY. Link to the first tweet in the thread; most pictures have image descriptions! Now here are the screenshots of that thread:
And then a hero of the labyrinthine magical bookstores of the world put all the bookstores that people listed in the replies on a map! (Google Maps link)
I get so frustrated with myself sometimes. I have THOUGHTS about a serious topic, but when I try to express them, they never make as much sense to other people as they did in my head.
Not that I think it's particularly likely anyone will want to...
bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements
I've made very little progress on either this scarf or this book.
The scarf I'm not bothered by. Any knitting project I'm not having fun with I'll either set aside and come back to or unravel and do something else with the yarn. No big deal.
The book though...
It's like, I want to know what happens, and the answers to the various mysteries, but I'm not actually enjoying the process of reading these novels. The writing style just doesn't fit my brain.
I'm considering just abandoning the book and reading the Wikipedia page instead. That'll answer my questions well enough.
Current knitting: a simple garter stitch scarf, using fuzzy yarn from Dollar Tree. I'm working in random colors, with two strands together. The goal is warmth and softness rather than beauty.
Current reading: "Area X" by Jeff Vandermeer. This is the omnibus edition of the Southern Reach trilogy. I finished the first book, and honestly, I'm not sure I'd keep going if the second book wasn't in the same volume. It's not bad, but it's a very different writing style than I usually read.
I've also considered stargazing and archery.
planning to start birdwatching soon cause all of my hobbies go like this
and I need a hobby that goes like this
to try and fix my back ya know?
You know what would be cool? A story about a mideval Strong Rebellious Warrior Woman... who actually enjoys sewing and embroidery. Like, yes she dreams of riding horses through the fields and swinging a sword, but is also looking forward to returning home after a long day of fighting to finish that really cool lapel piece shes been working on all month.
If you don't have a person handy to do this to, try going to YouTube and searching for "[your favorite piece of media] reaction".
It's really easy to find folks reacting to music, and there are also some folks who do reaction videos for movies, games and shows.
You can never experience watching your favourite show for the first time again, but you CAN convince someone else to watch your favourite show and vicariously enjoy all their raw reactions to seeing it for the first time, which is honestly nearly as good.
My absolute favorite outfit from the 2025 Met Gala, because of its sheer cleverness.
Janelle Monáe attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) if you want to support this blog consider donating to: ko-fi.com/fashionrunways
The thing is, it DOES work... sometimes. But the older you are the less often it will work.
Like, when you're in your teens, absolutely you can fix a screwed up sleep schedule with this sort of hard reset. It'll work 95% of the time, and will still help at least a little bit in the remaining 5% of cases.
In your 20s it will solve the problem about 80% of the time, help 15%, and make things worse 5%.
In your thirties the ratio becomes 50/25/25%
In your forties there's still a chance the hard reset will work, but the odds don't favor it. Something like 29% chance of solving, 19% chance of helping, 50% chance of making things worse, and a 2% chance of triggering a major crisis.
I haven't gotten to my fifties yet, but I can see the pattern.
Currently doing an Insomniac's Gambit. For those of you who don't know, this is when you mess up your sleep schedule badly enough that you attempt to fix it by skipping an entire night of sleep then going to bed at a reasonable hour the next day. Crucially, it does not work
Current knitting: a simple garter stitch scarf, using fuzzy yarn from Dollar Tree. I'm working in random colors, with two strands together. The goal is warmth and softness rather than beauty.
Current reading: "Area X" by Jeff Vandermeer. This is the omnibus edition of the Southern Reach trilogy. I finished the first book, and honestly, I'm not sure I'd keep going if the second book wasn't in the same volume. It's not bad, but it's a very different writing style than I usually read.
