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Book nerd, tv nerd, general embarrassment to humanity. Also a tennis fan. Elder millennial
I really appreciate that Taylor Swift’s discography is so large that she has song people can make fan vids to for every episode of Heated Rivalry 😂
December 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I did it! I finished #Clarissa2025!! Now I want to run around and scream LET THIS EXPIATE!!!! at people (a certain someone's last words) ✉️🎉
December 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Holy crap I am totally shocked that Ferrero and Alcaraz are parting ways! I wonder if we will ever know why. And what Carlos will do in the new year
December 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I am desperately clinging to my 12-year-old discontinued IKEA chairs, but now one of them has lost two screws that I can't find. Here's hoping the IKEA spare parts replacement comes through even with the furniture itself is discontinued. 🤞 I really don't want to have to buy regular chairs.
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I actually remembered to read another letter in #Clarissa, where we see Lovelace and Morden go 'oh no, you choose, after you' about which weapons they would duel with. Leave it to Lovelace to somehow make the lead-up to a duel whiny and almost boring. ✉️
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I know I am late posting, but rereading Age of Innocence has been so interesting. When I first read this as a teen I really wanted Archer and Ellen to run off together. Now, this line (in Archer's thoughts about Ellen) really convinces me that if they had, it would have been a terrible mistake. 🏹
December 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I do feel bad for Mrs. Beaufort, especially since she probably had nothing to do with her husband's business ventures, but "[your name] was Beaufort when he covered you with jewels, and it's got to stay Beaufort now that he's covered you with shame" is *such* a great dramatic line. 🏹
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I like that my car insurance co lets me just access my proof of insurance through an app instead of those little cards I always lose. But I just got an e-mail that the app will be unavailable for maintenance from Thursday through Saturday. Cool timing, nobody will be driving more than usual then!
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The scene with the shoe is my favorite part of the book but I also can’t help but think that the person Ellen imagines Newland to be is way better than the Newland we see 🏹 #monthofinnocence
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Caught up on yesterday’s Age of Innocence reading and I wonder, does Newland ever see a play/opera/whatever he hasn’t already seen several times? I guess it’s another example of the constricted nature of NY society. 🏹
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Semi-outsider Ellen is the one who clocks that the up side of all the weird rules of New York society is that they can make you "feel cared for and safe" and that she wants that sense of safety, while Newland, born to the rules, is the one chafing at them a bit. 🏹
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Newland has these shockingly feminist thoughts - women should be as free as men are, there's no honest reason women shouldn't be allowed to have sexual experiences before marriage - but also is aware that he says this because he knows no nice women would exercise those freedoms. 🏹
November 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I thought that during this reread of Age of Innocence I'd try to pay attention to Larry Lefferts since I saw a play adaptation last spring where a reviewer was annoyed that this character was played as if gay. So far he is introduced as an authority on shoes so I don't get the critic's upset. 🏹
November 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I really enjoy how funny The Age of Innocence is when pointing out the million hypocricies. I particularly liked Newland "was glad that his future wife should not be restrained by false prudery from being kind (in private) to her unhappy cousin" but not in public, egads! 🏹 #InnocenceReads
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This month I'm trying to take part in a group read of Age of Innocence, so if anyone is confused by any posts I make with a 🏹 that's what's going on! I really liked Edith Wharton, so I'm excited about this :-)
November 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Good morning! After the first listen, my favorite song on the new Taylor Swift album is Elizabeth Taylor. Also, it’s hilarious that Actually Romantic is about her haters 😂
October 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Reposted by A
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I started watching the anime of Nana, a manga I loved when I was in college and have mostly forgotten, and now I'm so sucked in I'm like, forget all other shows and interests, MUST SEE NANA AND REN REUNITE. Also, so glad for serializd where I can see ep by ep reviews of other people hating Shoji
September 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Folks who are curious about the #Clarissa2025 group read, please be advised that Lovelace continues to be an absolute trip. He wants to remove Clary's heart from her body & carry it around with him in a golden receptacle. He also wrote poetry in which he refers to her lips as "those spicy doors" ✉️
September 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
For anyone who is curious about updates in the #Clarissa2025 real-time readalong, Clarissa died today. RIP. I do not consider this a spoiler because she has been slowly dying for hundreds of pages. It was starting to feel like a darker version of 'when will she leave her parents' house?'. ✉️
September 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
my sole history with the Alien franchise is that one scary part of The Great Movie Ride at Disney MGM. And I will say that the random sparks flying as we go down the hallway in Alien Earth has effectively brought that feeling back to me. Surprise nostalgia!
September 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Oh man that match was so great. I’m so happy for Naomi, she’s been working so hard to get back here, and she is so locked in. I’m excited for the semis!! 🎾🎾🎾
September 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Omg watching Venus and Leylah Fernandez at doubles and this is so good!! 🎾
September 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
What I like most of all is that Naomi is smiling in the little clip montage as we go to an ad 🎾
September 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Coco vs Naomi is a match I am so nervous-excited about. I am a fan of both of them (although Naomi's my #1), so I'm happy whoever wins, I just hope it's a good match 🎾
September 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM