pickling in the bog, mistaken for a log.

Malteasers

Phoenixes

Cocoa, hot chocolate, or any variation thereupon

Protein bars

The concept of a smart coffin

Dice (albeit I play D&D so this is a given already)

Instant coffee

Insects (I want to have that level of encyclopaedic knowledge)

Ravens (but to be fair, I’m already not normal about corvids generally)

Veuve Cliquot (which I’d never even heard of)

Mysterious voicemail greetings

So many myths, legends, and fairytales I couldn’t fit them in here

Similarly, an unnameable amount of historical figures

Stonehenge (iykyk)

An incredibly specific café in Paris

History, people, the infinite variability of a person’s life from one country, house, or time of year to the next

Stories; who tells them, what they tell us, who listens

Death, in all its honesty, extravagance, and simplicity

Life, in all its honesty, extravagance, and simplicity

Love me some podcast characters that roam in my brain rent-free.

Magnus Archives - Tim Stoker (literally can do no wrong)

Malevolent - Noel Finley (I adore him)

Welcome to Night Vale - Kevin (obsessed wit him)

Midnight Burger - Caspar Scott (SCREEE)

Kakos Industries - Corin Deeth III (I need to comfort him)

Penumbra Podcast - Peter Nureyev (SLAYYYY)

The Amelia Project - Piotr Kozlowski (he’s my fave <333)

Desert Skies - Tendy the Attendant (sweeeeeeeetie :3)

Wolf 359 - Doug Eiffel (AUGH)

Victoriocity - Archibald Fleet (I have a thing for protags)

Sherlock & Co. - Sherlock Holmes (His voice)

Red Valley - Clive Schill (ASSHOLE /A)

The Meat Blockade - Karl Berenger (Hope he’s okay)

Hotel Daydream - Lionel Autuary (love him)

Ghost Wax - Owen Voncid (AAAAAAAAAAH)

The Patient Files - Lucian Donahue (I hate him, but I love him)

The Technomancy Projects - Elijah Long (WARLOCK)

Archive 81 - Nicholas & Christine (best siblings. hands down)

Dream Boy - Dane (:3)

Brimstone Valley Mall - M/Nisroch (best deemon eva!)

Death By Dying - O.W (my posh pathetic princess)

Fawx & Stallion - James Stallion (kiss kiss)

The Silt Verses - Paige & James (don't speak to me abt them. just don't)

KILLJAM XXX - Jesse & Randy (RAAAAAAAAAAAH)

MERCY - Wayne Sawyer (himbo cowboy hubbahub-bub)

KIND - Sujin Baek (I want him to be happy but it'll never happen ;'))

REDACTED - Lucas Kip (dork (squeezes him))

Smackies Smile Shack - The Employee (obviously. he's the only one)

matcha originated in China about 1200 years ago, açaí has been consumed by Indigenous communities in the Amazon for centuries, and Dubai chocolate was invented by combining chocolate with knafeh, an 1100 year old SWANA snack.

western (usually white but seemingly not in this case) people love to call nonwhite foods suddenly becoming popular in western mainstream culture "industry plants" as if they haven't always existed.

some pics i took at The Haunted Mansion in Orlando.

this is my dream house tbh. when i was a kid i wanted to live here so bad. i especially want the library but without the cobwebs. well maybe some for the vibes