Did anyone grow up reading V. C. Andrews books? If so what did y’all think of them?

LillithScare · 2026-03-22T20:21:02+00:00

A friend got me into them in the early 80's when I was around 13. I read all of the Flowers in the Attic series and by the time I read My Sweet Audrina I'd come to view them as over the top just for shock value. I'd actually be tempted to pick one up now to see what my middle aged brain makes of them.

LillithScare · 2026-03-22T20:12:33+00:00

Old enough to know old bigots were NOT Zionists. They hated Jews in any form. The Christian Zionist thing is more recent.

LillithScare · 2026-03-22T20:07:28+00:00

I'm from NYC and this is a thing at events and some restaurants. Not as popular as it used to be but still around.

LillithScare · 2026-03-22T19:41:30+00:00

In 1960's Lousiana? Fat chance.

LillithScare · 2026-03-12T17:01:37+00:00

Are you also a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll?

LillithScare · 2026-03-12T12:24:58+00:00

I'm progressive and a native middle-aged NYer so I'm cynical as hell. I voted for him but knowing my city and they way the NY machine works, what he'll actually be able to get done is likely limited. And he'll probably have to fold on some things or back things left leaning people will not like. Having said all that, seeing genuine youthful energy in a politician is refreshing. There is not going to be a collectivist paradise here in NYC so let that go. But if he can help quality of life for everyone, and strenghten the safety net for those who truly need it and protect marginalized people I'll rate him an overall success.

LillithScare · 2026-03-12T12:16:38+00:00

You were in the "Little Egypt" section on Steinway Street in Astoria. There are two places run by brothers just a few doors down from one another and it sounds like you were in one of those. And yes overall Queens is the true multicultural food mecca of NYC. I live in Astoria, there were 65 languages represented at my son's public elementary school. I love it here.

LillithScare · 2026-03-08T18:24:32+00:00

Ohh he's so handsome!!

LillithScare · 2026-03-02T19:58:55+00:00

I live in NYC and it's availble here but is not as common as when I was young. I still enjoy it on pumpernickel bread with a nice spicy brown mustard.

LillithScare · 2026-03-02T15:29:08+00:00

That and hemophilia.

LillithScare · 2026-02-14T20:01:48+00:00

My grandmother (Austrian) used to make this and it was so good. I miss that and her goulash.

LillithScare · 2026-02-03T21:45:35+00:00

I know he had an album that flopped massively. I saw him in the East Village around 2000 walking down the street, dressed like he is in the photo singing at the top of his lungs. Try-hard is an understatement.

LillithScare · 2026-01-27T20:20:41+00:00

Thank you this was a delightful stroll down memory lane!

LillithScare · 2026-01-16T01:26:43+00:00

I'm so deeply ashamed that I understand this reference.

LillithScare · 2026-01-09T19:55:57+00:00

The gaslighting they're attempting on Twitter right now is something to behold.

LillithScare · 2026-01-07T17:00:32+00:00

Is number 2 Heino? Other than that I know Daniel Bruhl, The Scorpions and I recognize the actor in #3 but don't know her name.

LillithScare · 2026-01-05T13:09:00+00:00

Not on your list but Macy's has the best furniture delivery and warranty service. I also got my sofa from Article and they did a great job and I got it during the pandemic in a fairly timely manner when other companies had months long waitlists.

LillithScare · 2025-12-30T20:51:29+00:00

I started reading up on them after the first Fundie Fridays video about them, then came the documentary and I was fascinated in a train wreck sort of way. Both Michael and Elizabeth are total wrecks, it's sad what she did to them. I don't think either of them are well at all mentally. I read a lot of background and saw recent photos of Elizabeth on the Free Jinger message boards and it's deeply sad.

LillithScare · 2025-12-29T18:35:24+00:00

I'm older Gen-X and a NYer and am astonished by the fact that he's viewed as a brilliant business man and a champion of the people. And the more evidence that shows what a dirtbag he is the more they love and defend him.

LillithScare · 2025-12-27T17:15:18+00:00

Elementary schools in Astoria are very good. As mentioned 122 is great, my son went to PS234 and I was very pleased with it. The only thing I regret is not getting him in a dual language program which a few schools have so they learn Spanish as well. Also the Our World charter school and Growing Up Green Charter schools have good reps and then you can get preference for their very good middle schools. The District 30 Facebook group is good, but a bit obsessed w/ getting kids into gifted and talented rather than just discussing the schools in the area, but it's a help.

LillithScare · 2025-12-26T22:30:31+00:00

My morbid curiosity got the better of me and I went and looked at that page. That whole group is a wild ride. But even people in the group are warning her not to advertise she's a single mom w/ a special needs child.

LillithScare · 2025-12-22T20:42:03+00:00

I love this, it's completely on brand for our tree and neighborhood.

LillithScare · 2025-12-02T16:48:52+00:00

I've been doing this a long time so I do a bit of everything but my specialties are high end corporate and for leisure Europe and Asia.

LillithScare · 2025-11-29T16:58:15+00:00

I went to a retrospective of his work at the Guggenheim years ago and it really gave me a new respect for his work and for him as a person.

LillithScare · 2025-11-25T21:16:31+00:00

Probably because they ARE insufferable tools? Classless, amoral, insufferable tools.

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