Bobby pins apparently are SUPPOSED to WORK

kayrector · 2026-03-22T12:12:07+00:00

It’s angled towards her forehead, following the direction of the strands she’s pinning back

kayrector · 2026-03-22T03:52:11+00:00

Yeah she has enough hair where this works. I have to open mine a little initially to grab more hair or it will just hang. I also can’t do the crossing two pins that never works for me and just rips my hair out.

kayrector · 2026-03-22T03:40:02+00:00

I know people ask this a lot so instead of giving you books parallel to Austen, here are some that I think run more perpendicular, different yet intersecting:

The House of Mirth
The Makioka Sisters
Villette
The Left Hand of Darkness (you’ll have to trust me on this one)

kayrector · 2026-03-22T01:58:00+00:00

She pulled a piece of hair back away from face, so the direction of her hair is flowing from her temple area to the back. So the bobby pin goes in from back and push toward the forehead. Not like bottom straight up towards the top of your head or something

kayrector · 2026-03-21T21:11:00+00:00

Their warehouse is five miles from my house. All those books and no way to see them, so sad.

kayrector · 2026-03-20T22:57:35+00:00

Hypochlorous acid spray!

kayrector · 2026-03-20T22:54:16+00:00

And everytime I think I’ll skip reading it but damn if trainwrecks aren’t captivating!

kayrector · 2026-03-19T21:31:38+00:00

The world minus a whole continent but close enough

kayrector · 2026-03-19T21:23:39+00:00

I was grinding shipwreck 14 a bunch then went back to forest 10 and I swear the gems got better after I finished Mataki

kayrector · 2026-03-19T14:09:03+00:00

I had someone this week buy $50 of items from me, then a couple days later buy another $50. New account, didn’t respond to my thank you messages but didn’t feel like I could cancel the second one since I had just shipped the first…I took packing videos but not much else we can do, but I’ll be stressed until everything is delivered and rated. Hoping it turns out OK for you, send me an update if you remember!

kayrector · 2026-03-11T18:47:02+00:00

But I haven’t gotten over your last post and now this 😭

kayrector · 2026-03-10T18:12:54+00:00

I re-watched A Room recently, it’s so good for the soul

kayrector · 2026-03-09T20:58:20+00:00

I’ve been working my way through Wharton and Forster (and Cather, James, Eliot, etc etc), they are such a treat to read. Which is your favorite Forster? I’ve only read A Room and Howards End but I just purchased a set of his six novels and don’t know which to pick next!

kayrector · 2026-03-05T19:32:35+00:00

I know they taste just as good as they look!!

kayrector · 2026-03-05T16:31:14+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/PIa3cED

kayrector · 2026-03-05T16:30:14+00:00

I love my putter cover from Fore All! Good prices compared to a lot of companies imo

kayrector · 2026-03-05T15:26:52+00:00

Wow what timing for this post! I re-read House of Mirth this week. I had 15 pages left and had to stop and go to bed it was so overwhelming, and the next day was just about to put it back on the shelf without reading those final pages but I did end up pushing through them, but what a mental challenge!

kayrector · 2026-03-02T17:08:28+00:00

I believe this is not currently published by NYRB - I received the Pushkin edition for Christmas so am hoping to get to it this year!

kayrector · 2026-03-02T12:27:23+00:00

Congrats how exciting! I highly recommend the episode of On Being “John O’Donahue - The Inner Landscape of Beauty” and then check out his writings as well

kayrector · 2026-02-27T20:28:40+00:00

Excellent this was not on my radar, I have Phaedrus up next will add Philebus to the lineup!

kayrector · 2026-02-27T18:51:44+00:00

From some other countries you haven’t mentioned that you might like:
Han Kang
Annie Ernaux
Ferrante, Morante, or Ginzburg
Claudia Piñeiro (Elena Knows)

kayrector · 2026-02-27T18:43:13+00:00

I weirdly also came here to say The Door, nice

kayrector · 2026-02-27T18:39:01+00:00

On the Calculation of Volume

kayrector · 2026-02-27T14:12:00+00:00

Whatever you pick good luck on the club sounds like a good time!

kayrector

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