#60: the end of year best in class 2023 & some quick fire predictions with little to no explanation
joss' end of year best in class (assorted nonsense)
anyway, welcome back (okay, presumptuous of me!!!) to sent from my iphone with love, your hot links to epic things that i have found On The Line and the irl bit, which is hot reccos for Real Life Living™.
thank you for tuning in for the end of year best in class 2023 episode of sent from my iphone with love. this took me a weird amount of time to write because as it turns out, the simpler something looks, often the harder it is. kind of like skateboarding. or maybe i’m just a certified Silly Billy. anyway, this year has been really fun. thanks for hanging. can’t wait to hang in ur inbox next year too <3
gaza in 2006 by anja niedringhaus
best in class 2023
best thing to listen to at almost any given point in time
my spotify wrapped is a moot point because over the course of this year i suffered several TLCs (tragic lesbian crushes). therefore i can claim victimhood- my listening history was not a reflection of my taste, but rather a reflection of self soothing/self indulgence.
in between belting king princess, i kept coming back to time and time to whip it up by roza terenzi. a perfect track.
best location to sit and performatively write in your diary
single o surry hills (miss u love u).
best place to spend too much money at
if there’s one thing you need to know about me, is that i loveee to spend money. a second thing? i’m good at it too. nearly anything and everything can and will be justified. oh a second black leather trench coat? i was drunk when i bought it and thought it was green but it’s got a cute faux fur rim so it feels important to keep. oh another cocktail on a tuesday afternoon? it’s a gorgeous day and i’m young once and what else is a girl to do? squander my good looks and iconic fit in front of the television? me thinks not!
now, if i wanted to do the maths properly than i’m sure i could see where i truly have prodigalised the majority of my liquid assets, but when you can see actual figures it becomes less fun and more harrowing, so let’s settle with some probability, yeah?
cafe freda’s has got to take the metaphorical cake. it’s always only for one, but then you’re camped up in the sun and you’re people watching and what’s the rush anyway and so then you’re really 5 or 6 deep and crunching on a pickle because if you’re here, why not?
best trend that i’ll probably be repulsed by in a few years
skirt over pants. so cunt.
literally swag
best thing to consume at almost any time or place:
a negroni.
this shouldn’t be a surprise, because i have oft wrote about my perchance for them. dunno why i’m writing like i’m trying to get off with mr darcy. anyway, these were what i was definitely spending way too much money on at freda’s. but who cares?! can you ever truly regret a sexy drink with good company? i couldn’t even if i tried. it’s why i work a 9-5. it’s fortifying. it’s life affirming. it’s heaven.
quick fire predictions with little to no explanation:
being a chef will be the new being a dj.
newsletters will garner the same reputation as podcasts (lol).
cds/cd players will be the new vinyl.
3d glasses with the lens popped out will have an ironic moment that turns into post ironic that people will think is cunt (it won’t be).
post release of saltburn, priscilla and the sweet east we will reach peak jacorb elordi, then he’ll probably get canceled for a micro second.
and post priscilla release we will see the renaissance of the cat eye/twiggy style eye makeup.
magazines will become the new bows (everywhere- particularly online).
and bows will become naff.
there will be a rise of very short hair for fems winona ryder 90’s style. it won’t suit everyone, but for the people who it does suit, i instantly get a major crush on all of them.
gel will be in in a big way.
and following on from that, spiky gel hair will be the new floppy hair for boys.
skinny jeans will come in in an ironic way, then they’ll be worn seriously. i will seriously not be wearing them.
the influencer drawl will turn into a super animated chipmunk-esque way of speaking because of our depleted attention spans.
we’ll have a full circle moment where monogamy comes back in and is kinda brave and post ironic.
i will become seriously rich and people will commission me to write lots of fun and awesome and silly articles and work on cool projects (email me) (please).
and you will have all your hopes and dreams achieved in a way where you had to work for them a bit so it was satisfying and you feel like you deserved it but you caught all the breaks so you didn’t really have to break a sweat.
lots and lots and lots of love, love your friend joss <3