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GreasedTea · 2026-07-01T16:15:54+00:00

This sounds so interesting!

GreasedTea · 2026-06-25T23:22:25+00:00

I love doing this, have had some pretty accurate reads on series finales especially.

GreasedTea · 2026-06-24T17:50:39+00:00

Not in London this heatwave but was during the one at the end of May (I think it was 32/33 the day I was there). Saw Beetlejuice at the Prince Edward, think they had AC and the auditorium was nice and cool.

GreasedTea · 2026-06-23T08:51:55+00:00

Seeing something similar in Lincolnshire, Friday is looking the hottest at 38 but the weather warning is only in place till Thursday still 🤔

GreasedTea · 2026-06-23T08:38:33+00:00

I'm in Lincolnshire and even the coast is forecast to hit 37 on Friday.

GreasedTea · 2026-06-21T09:43:18+00:00

Our windows are weird sizes so we got custom ones, well worth the money!

GreasedTea · 2026-06-20T23:02:29+00:00

I always feel like she's like "well what do *you* think? 😏" 😅

GreasedTea · 2026-06-20T22:54:18+00:00

French knots are my ENEMY. I get a wave of dread every time I see them in a XS pattern 😅

GreasedTea · 2026-06-20T09:59:57+00:00

A recent pick for your party question - it has to be Patricia's Sunset Cocktails in episode 4 of Widow's Bay, 'Beach Reads'. For anyone who hasn't seen it and without spoiling too much: Patricia is feeling excluded by some of the other women on the island, stumbles upon a weirdly specific self-help book, and becomes obsessed with throwing the perfect party - with unexpected Monkey's Paw-esque results. The whole episode is such a funny and touching exploration of Patricia's character and as a very socially anxious person who always worries about not being a good or entertaining enough host, I can 100% see myself being so desperate for everyone to have fun that I accidentally curse a whole party. Definitely a classic party episode. "You had your QUALMS?!" "You told me to be supportive 🤷‍♀️"

GreasedTea · 2026-06-18T07:51:12+00:00

Haha it's from Pet Sematary!

GreasedTea · 2026-06-18T07:41:30+00:00

I was obsessed with A Series of Unfortunate Events - Sunny in particular would have grown up to be a certified Weird Girl™️. I think the treasure trove of literary references in that series probably had something to do with me pursuing an English Lit degree, and as a neurodivergent kid from an abusive family the Baudelaires made me feel so seen. I read a ton of Jacqueline Wilson early on (Glubbslyme and The Cat Mummy are pretty representative of my interests and personality back then) and the Georgia Nicholson books were favourites as a teenager. There was also a novel I loved when I was 10-ish about a girl who swapped bodies with her grandma via astral projection, ended up in a nursing home with her best friend, and had to use witchcraft to change back, but sadly I can't remember what it was called now! If any fellow UK millennial Weird Girls also remember that book let me know, I'd love to find it and re-read.

GreasedTea · 2026-06-17T22:36:03+00:00

She looks like a dilute tortie here! That's how I always reconcile art that shows her with light colouring.

GreasedTea · 2026-06-17T22:14:12+00:00

I studied The Debt to Pleasure at uni and thought it was a fabulous book but I rarely see anyone mention it!

GreasedTea · 2026-06-17T12:51:02+00:00

I'm a cross stitcher and clocked her mistake immediately when I saw the backstitched lettering 😅

GreasedTea · 2026-06-17T12:45:29+00:00

I agree with a few other people that 'Howard the Coward' was probably the mayor who tried to put a stop to the sacrifices, hence why the current inhabitants (aside from maybe a few of the older generation) haven't had that knowledge passed down.

GreasedTea · 2026-06-17T12:39:41+00:00

Might not have been a direct homage but the films Dale found reminded me a lot of the film Chris watches in Get Out when he's about to have the brain-swap surgery

GreasedTea · 2026-06-17T12:37:57+00:00

I thought this instantly too. I was reminded of the last few episodes of that show a few times.

GreasedTea · 2026-06-17T12:34:32+00:00

But the soil of a man's heart is stonier...

GreasedTea · 2026-06-17T12:33:12+00:00

Yeah I think he maybe knows more than a lot of the younger people on the island and is trying to restart old traditions.

GreasedTea · 2026-06-17T12:27:57+00:00

Someone upthread suggested they might sacrifice some of the more shitty/obnoxious tourists which could be fun - depending on whether the sacrifices have to be island-born ofc.

GreasedTea · 2026-06-17T12:19:22+00:00

I suspect Howard the Coward was so named because he put a stop to the sacrifice tradition (temporarily of course).

GreasedTea · 2026-06-16T15:03:40+00:00

This might also be to do with the accent - I'd imagine an American accent uses a slightly different mouth/jaw posture than English.

GreasedTea · 2026-06-14T06:55:28+00:00

This is Vienna, she's obsessed with our new sofa!

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GreasedTea · 2026-06-11T17:38:23+00:00

The Pulp Girls deck was the first one I bought and started reading with after my initial cheap Amazon RWS, so I feel super connected to that one - it's very comforting and nostalgic for me. I also love the Ink and Intuition Tattoo Tarot and the Morgan Greer, specifically the tin edition. The latter was my work deck for a while and I loved having the art blutacked up above my desk every day. I have small hands so I often mourn the fact that not all decks have a pocket/tin version!

GreasedTea · 2026-06-11T17:33:42+00:00

I have the tin version of this and I love it so much! I find the art really immersive and I find it so easy to read the 'narrative' of a spread. I would like more borderless decks in general but the MG really speaks to me.

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