#84: how to be a couple, vermouth & being on twitter when a new the cut article drops
hola chicaaaas
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™.
emma chamberlain for chamberlain coffee lmao
this is the online bit
★ watching asmr to fall asleep every night ★
my screen time has been going through the roof because before i go to bed i have been chucking on a 3 hour asmr video so i can fall asleep to the gentle scratching of someone else’s dry scalp.
i know there is something still weird and kind of gross about asmr, and i am not trying to be an ambassador or change your mind, but im just saying hey it’s easier and cheaper to access than melatonin or like klonopin or something and has the same effect which is cool.
i can fall asleep fine without aid but why would i not want all the bells and whistles? it feels like not putting parmesan on your pasta- delicious without but you’re not living as indulgently as you could be.
my fave of all time is this video. enjoy.
★ notes from march: ropes of shit, pedialyte, and personal landmarks, i will do whatever i want ★
this was a particular joy to read. think fleabag/ lena dunham-core/ bridget jones style writing. extremely funny, vulgar, relatable. girlhood <3
My new favorite subreddit is r/celebrityscatfantasy (x). It’s become a new cope for when I get sad. I spent a lot of time alone this month and reading a bunch of freaks hypothesize about how thick the ropes of shit that come out of Dua Lipa’s ass must be makes me feel a whole lot better about how I spend my time.
★ being on twitter when a new inflammatory the cut article drops ★
a true field day for the terminally online. a joy to behold.
this is the irl bit
☆ knowing how to be a couple in public ☆
before i am accused of being bitter and single, i would like to say that actually, i only identify as one of those things. i’d like to think i’m someone who’s very love is love, but recently i’ve come to think that perhaps i am not. this revelation has come to the fore after seeing two h*terosexual couples (one on the subway, one at the airport) kiss each other in ways so intimately (slowly, open mouthed, as if they were a mother bird feeding their young) that i would have been less offended if i’d actually seen them root.
☆ vermouth ☆
before travelling to ESPAÑA last week, i totally thought vermouth was some kind of exotic spirit that i’d never had before. somehow i managed to forget it is one of the three ingredients of my favourite cocktail, and have therefore actually been drinking litres of it every week for the past 3/4 years. things to think about.
i, of course, rectified my mistake by getting over familiar with her as the star of the show, as opposed to an equal contributor to a three piece.
here’s what i’m saying; a couple of vermouths in a square, a tray full of fat olives, and a couple of girls to bitch with… delicious.
☆ travel reccos for valencia + madrid- written with love from lily and ben also ☆
dress for the season you want, not for the season you have.
learning to mouth breathe will vastly improve your experience. old towns are so charming until you remember that means everything is old and it smells like the town has been struck by a gastro epidemic since roman times.
knowing the lyrics of a rosalía song is not the same as having conversational spanish
just because you’re queer doesn’t mean you have to go to the bear bar. queer liberation can be walking out, not in.
eating and drinking does not have to punctuate your day - it can be your whole day.
buying a pack of cards on day 4 does not mean your friendship is on life support.
museums are a fiscal extravagance, rooftops are a necessity.
a shared wardrobe is key. choose your travel companions based off who you share a similar size/style.
do not give your instagram out to people on dating apps. mystery is sexy. they do not need to know you have a substack before you meet.
that’s all!
ty from self-conscious ASMR loving girlies everywhere
the travel recs are perfect, naturally