[fairycosmos]

literally feels like a myth that there are people who don't struggle with basic tasks like getting out of bed or going to the shops or seeing a friend for coffee. how does everything not feel like a painstaking chore for them. how do they have the physical and emotional energy every single day

[canirove]

I just finished watching this Spanish show called "Un cuento perfecto" (I believe it's been translated as "A perfect story"), and it was such a nice and enjoyable show!

It is based on a book, and according to what I've read, it is a really good adaptation, which always is very welcomed. The chemistry between the actors is really good (so good that they are now dating 😅) and the plot is something I would like to write one day. It's cute, romantic, sexy, there is a bit of drama, the secondary characters are a bit crazy... It has given me a bunch of ideas for the future 👀

It only has 5 chapters and it's from Netflix, so if you are bored this weekend and don't know what to watch, I highly recommend it!

Bonus points: the guy is super handsome and has brown eyes like many of you around here like your men 😁

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

La bête dans la jungle (Patric Chiha, 2023)

[drunkwhenimadethis]

“There are two ways to reach me: by way of kisses or by way of the imagination. But there is a hierarchy: the kisses alone don't work.” Anaïs you were so right….

[gagosianwife]

“What you are after as a seducer is the ability to move people in the direction you want them to go. But the game is perilous; the moment they suspect they are acting under your influence, they will become resentful. We are creatures who cannot stand feeling that we are obeying someone else’s will. Should your targets catch on, sooner or later they will turn against you. But what if you can make them do what you want them to without their realizing it? What if they think they are in control? That is the power of indirection and no seducer can work his or her magic without it.”

Robert Greene, The Art of Seduction

[gagosianwife]

“Rules direct us to average behaviors. If we’re aiming to create works that are exceptional, most rules don’t apply. Average is nothing to aspire to. The goal is not to fit in. If anything, it’s to amplify the differences, what doesn’t fit, the special characteristics unique to how you see the world. Instead of sounding like others, value your own voice. Develop it. Cherish it.”

[gagosianwife]

“Not only does romance transform love into an investment, but it plays a crucial role in the development of capitalism by suggesting to consumers that they can find the perfect commodity, the commodity that will create wholeness for them. Every act of consumption has its basis in an attempt to access the lost object, to find the perfect commodity that would provide an ultimate and lasting satisfaction. Although this fantasy underlies every purchase of a commodity, with most commodities we see easily through the illusion. Very few buy a roll of toilet paper thinking that they’ve found their lost object once and for all. With a Twinkie, the fantasy becomes more tenable. But with a romantic object, one can fully invest oneself in the promise of the object. Romance immerses subjects in the capitalist fantasy of the perfectly satisfying commodity, and this commodity has a precise name—the soul mate.”

Todd McGowan, Capitalism and Desire: The Psychic Cost of Free Markets

[limperatricedesvices]

Gym hoes from IG selling lies to young women are something else.

Sorry to break it to people but what people find attractive (body shape etc.) is 90% of the body composition; it’s not found at the gym club doing weird exercices in suggestive poses. As it’s not, it’s being injected now lol yet it’ll always be out of balance-looking.

[limperatricedesvices]

As if it was their body… No it’s mine and you just exist in my reality if I want to. Either you live to make me live better or to give me orgasm or both.

[aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman]

Work, dealing with finances and having to have an income is so boring. I’m just a bimbo at heart. I love romance and poetry. I’d rather look beautiful and lie in a bed of roses all day than work at a musty corporate office with asbestos in its walls, boomers cheating on their wives, and an old water cooler full of mildew.

[unbotheredmuse]

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

forgive yourself. do it often.

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

small steps to getting there:

1. remember that you are flawed and human as we all are

2. keep in mind that you can’t go back and undo mistakes but you can learn from them moving forward

3. think about how this experiences has changed you in positive ways

4. seek forgiveness from others if needed but learn to be okay with them not accepting your apology, it doesn’t make you irredeemable

[smiles-advice]

there is no such thing as being "behind in life" but it's okay to recognise that you missed out on some things whilst you were busy surviving

[stuckinapril]

having short-term memory is like. this book profoundly affected me. that show bared my soul. i don’t remember a single thing about it. but it did

[infected]

David and Saul, oil on canvas, 1885

by Julius Kronberg (Swedish, 1850-1921)

[wedarkacademia]

- Evelyn Waugh, from Brideshead Revisited (1945)

[decadentseduction-deactivated20]

Being extremely desirable means nothing if you can’t translate it into currency for you. Financially, emotionally, physically, socially, etc. No matter the avenue, something needs to be given in return to make their shallowness feel worthwhile bc there’s no avoiding it.