vol #7: dolphins, negronis & (being) selfish
hi diva!
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™
tyler baudelaire, tyler the creator’s character for CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
this is the internet bit
our planet: coastal seas, david attenborough
mia told me this story about how when she was young she wanted to be a mermaid so bad that she tied her legs together with rope and thrashed around in the pool.
i’m not saying i’m about to do that because that sounds kinda fucked up, but if someone was like you can swap bodies with anyone for a day, i’d totally be a dolphin. whenever you tell anyone you wanna be a dolphin when you grow up, people are all like “oh yeah its because they have sex for fun”. NO. it’s literally because they giggle and jump around with their friends all day you sick fuck. you cannot tell me anyone has a better life than dolphins.
anyway, in this doco you get to hang out with dolphins, otters (also a pretty big fan of those freaks) and at least upwards of 3 fishies. and it’s free. sounds like a pretty good 45mins of your life to me.
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emma winder has the coolest wardrobe and just runs around london looking gorgeous and interviewing people. sometimes good content is not that deep. being hot also helps.
things i love for robb report, tyler the creator
i wasn’t a tyler the creator fan until i listened to flower boy for approximately 6 months on repeat in the winter of 2018. i was living in glebe at the time and i went on a date with a boy who i knew in high school who was clearly pretty depressed and also who i found so hot that i almost couldn’t believe we were on a date. in case you’re wondering, my self worth has improved since then.
anyway, tyler just released the CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST: the estate sale which got me thinking about him (tyler not boy who i went on date with), and then listening to his music, and then watching his music videos on his youtube channel, and then watching this things i love for robb report video.
something that i admire so much about him is his world building. he has such a distinctive sense of style and visual aesthetic that anything he makes is so obviously him. honestly i would do some crazy shit for access to his wardrobe. if anyone knows him, i would appreciate it if you could let him know that we could totally fall in love if he wants.
“i was in africa in a diamond mine”.
this is the irl bit
selfish, kim kardarshian
mia and i were on the way to the trans rights rally (brag) when we found a copy of kim’s selfish on the side of the road. this book retails at a chill $104 which is insane to me because it is literally a collection of her selfies from 2006-2014 and the captions are clearly the scraps of throw away comments that some poor assistant had to chase her around for e.g. i took a selfie at a traffic light. i think that’s illegal now.
if i wanted to intellectualise the book (i do), i’d say that it’s a post modern study into the art and commodification of narcissism through an exploration of the 21st century’s favourite median, the selfie. if i wanted to praise kim (i do) i’d say that i think it’s pretty amazing how she has managed to build a career where she can literally value a bunch of her blown out selfies at $104.
as summarised in slate: selfish is an insane project, a document of mind-blowing vanity and deranged perseverance. It’s also riveting. I can’t recommend it enough.
*because i am a good and diligent journalist i did some research. turns out the book retailed for USD$19.99 but it was printed as a limited edition which is why it is now so extortionate. tbh makes me more impressed because its like pretty genius to make it a cultural relic.
negronis
last week my mum read my newsletter, saw the bit on taramasalata and dill pickles, and messaged me at 11.38am on Facebook asking if i was pregnant. no, i responded. at 3.32pm she responded to the email and asked if i was pregnant again. here, in this newsletter, i once again respond with no.
the best part about not being pregnant, amongst things like having agency over your your body and being able to do whatever you want, is negronis.
i had one on friday, i had one on sunday whilst studying selfish, i had one on monday, i had one on tuesday and goddamnit i’ll probably have one tonight too. three ingredients, hard to fuck up, gets the goddamn job done. makes you feel like a classy motherfucker. exquizzi (never said that before but lets see if it catches).
one final thing
originally found this online but can’t find the link so too bad so sad
ciao freaks!