Mundane

nick 28 she/they an anxious lesbian trying to figure everything out

[mundanedevil]

Kind of crazy to think that I’m finally getting top surgery done after spending years contemplating it ??? And heading to Europe next year for the first time ever like…whoa maybe life is worth living sometimes idk

[mournfulroses]

Nikita Gill, from Your Heart is the Sea: Poems; "The Scars You Left on my Mind Want a Talk With You," originally published in 2018

[heavenhillgirl]

The Love Witch (2016), dir. Anna Biller

[lamentelle]

stalk my shit you freak i thought you loved me

[cosmonautroger]

David Lynch

[fadeintoyou1993]

BLUE VELVET (1986) dir. David Lynch

[pierppasolini]

Blue Velvet (1986) // dir. David Lynch

[mentiranordica]

RIP David Lynch (1946-2025)

[thorniest-rose]

Read my first book of 2025 and really proud of myself because I said I wanted to read more books this year.

[mundanedevil]

you can’t just say something like this and not drop details 😒

[thorniest-rose]

It was The Guest by Emma Cline! Not as good as her first two books imo (her debut The Girls is one of my favourite books) but I still loved its air of menace and unease. About a sex worker who's obsessed with getting back with her former sugar daddy and who hangs around the luxurious upper class beachside town he lives in, causing chaos and destruction. Really interesting as it's about a woman who's just trying to get by and who sees her youth & beauty as her biggest assets but who's grown jaded and will use anyone if it means getting a bed to sleep in or something to eat. She isn't malevolent or cruel, she's just trying to survive, but that means she causes a lot of damage too because she takes advantage of people who show her kindness or have vulnerabilities that she can exploit.

[mundanedevil]

Don’t hate me but I haven’t read any of Emma Cline, but this sounds really interesting, so I’ll look out for it. I don’t know if you’ve read it but Berlin by Bea Setton might be something you’d like. It has a similar atmosphere to what you’re describing in The Guest, but the narrator in Berlin is wholly unreliable and that in addition to the unease and paranoia that follows her throughout the novel makes it really worth reading imo.

[mundanedevil]

as relieved as I am to know that the ceasefire is official, I can’t stop thinking about the image of that little girl’s decapitated body that I saw on Twitter. It has haunted me for months and just to think about all the countless other children, women, and men that didn’t get to see the ceasefire come to fruition feels like a gut punch.

[schoolhater]

while this ceasefire news is certainly cause for celebration, i do hope that all of us in the west remember that the nightmare is not actually over.

i spoke with my friend siraj @siraj2024 about this and he had this to say:

Despite the announcement of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, many residents are still suffering from the devastating repercussions of the war, which has left widespread destruction in homes and infrastructure. Although the truce has contributed to stopping the violent bombing, the reality on the ground still holds great challenges for civilians, as many are still in urgent need of tents as temporary shelter. The destruction of homes as a result of continuous bombing throughout the conflict has left many families in Gaza homeless, and tents are the only solution available to some at the present time. Even with the cessation of fighting, the reconstruction process remains complex and time-consuming, especially in light of the restrictions on construction materials and the deteriorating economic conditions. Therefore, the tent becomes a temporary hope for many families facing harsh conditions.

echoing his point here - it doesn't seem like the blockade, which has only gotten more restrictive since october 2023, will be removed as part of this deal. associated press said last october that under such conditions, it will take gaza 350 years to rebuild itself completely. this isn't even getting into the fact that the iof will definitely escalate attacks in the final days before the ceasefire comes into effect, and almost certainly break the ceasefire afterward.

i don't want us to feel like we have to stop celebrating, but we do have to face the facts. we can carry the hope this news has brought us into action to continue to help the people who need it most. and i hope we can start with siraj. consult this post for my most recent summary of his situation, or read through his blog for more information.

tl;dr is that he had two gofundme campaigns that were unjustly terminated, and he lost around $27,000 USD as a result. he is now fundraising on chuffed. he's a father of three and breadwinner for 23 other people, including 10 children. he's been fundraising for a tent because he lost the means to pay rent for an apartment. tents, along with most supplies, are incredibly expensive due to the blockade. lets start here.

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[ladychlo]

The ceasefire is official. Glory to the resistance, glory to the martyrs, glory to Gaza.

[thorniest-rose]

Read my first book of 2025 and really proud of myself because I said I wanted to read more books this year.

[mundanedevil]

you can’t just say something like this and not drop details 😒

[mundanedevil]

I don’t really like the idea of creating resolutions because when I don’t reach my goals, I tend to be disappointed in myself, but after having one of the worst years of my life last year I figured it probably wouldn’t hurt. I’m sort of determined to get out of this rut that left me in such a foul mood, so I want to get back into things that used to interest me and try out new hobbies. So, I bought a ticket to go see Nosferatu and I have a bag full of gouache in my car with a case of beer.

[sosuperawesome]

Erika Lee Sears on Instagram

[antigonick]

“Do you love this world? Do you cherish your humble and silky life? Do you adore the green grass, with its terror beneath? Do you also hurry, half-dressed and barefoot, into the garden, and softly, and exclaiming of their dearness, fill your arms with the white and pink flowers, with their honeyed heaviness, their lush trembling, their eagerness to be wild and perfect for a moment, before they are nothing, forever?”

— Mary Oliver, excerpt of “Peonies”, in Blue Iris

[galina]

Went to see the Rodin exhibition last week. It was so quiet, it felt like it was just me in the whole building. I spent about two hours just wondering around alone in the absolute silence with these sculptures. I love these estranged shapes, anguished poses, disruptions of the expected body