I was really taken out of a steamy scene one time when an early 1920s man *unzipped* another man’s pants. Another book claimed a wool overcoat was “ruined” by rain when wool is very durable! That’s why they make coats out of it!

He brings on young designers, has them design his shows for him hoping for credit and cuts them loose without recognition. He is a parasite and I’m furious that the industry continues to allow this.

His name is Ira, he is 15 years old

Crucially he did not work there he was just visiting

I bought a bottle and tried to get holy water from the fountain at St. Mary if the Angels in Assisi but the aperture was too small and the water wouldn’t go in. A priest saw me at it and just put tap water in and blessed it, which he insisted counted.

I was a big weirdo, so it was anime soundtracks (Gravitation, Cowboy Bebop, Utena) mixed with the Corrs, the Darkness and opera

I sing this to my birds every morning when I uncover them so it is perpetually stuck in my head

@maureenjohnsonbooks.com looks like there’s a market after all!

“You can tell us if it’s really accurate!” -24 year old friend

I did, I expected it to be more homoerotic but Andrew Scott’s take on Ripley is really different. He seems colder, almost a sociopath. It’s beautifully shot and designed, I enjoyed the black and white.

I’m listening to the PenumBook Club episode on this right now! My question is: what do you think of the recent adaptation with Andrew Scott?

I can’t afford to board them for 6 weeks, fiscally or mentally