Gretchen von Tongeln
@metalligretch.bsky.social
Roy Scheider in a turteneck
I don't want anything to look like a sardine, except maybe a sardine.
December 13, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I don't want anything to look like a sardine, except maybe a sardine.
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Our defeat took its toll. The very air was melancholic. That’s when I withdrew a flageolet from my vest pocket and began playing All Star by the band Smash Mouth
December 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Our defeat took its toll. The very air was melancholic. That’s when I withdrew a flageolet from my vest pocket and began playing All Star by the band Smash Mouth
Love to read about "stocks."
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Love to read about "stocks."
I collect half full bottles of hair product.
December 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I collect half full bottles of hair product.
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I’d give my eyeteeth to have the chance to go to a Tchaikovsky‘s Nutracker dance party. Like … how many of us dimwits grew up aching to move to a live orchestra while showcasing our most sublime Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, I’m betting it’s non-zero
December 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I’d give my eyeteeth to have the chance to go to a Tchaikovsky‘s Nutracker dance party. Like … how many of us dimwits grew up aching to move to a live orchestra while showcasing our most sublime Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, I’m betting it’s non-zero
Bellbottoms are really only good for standing around.
December 10, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Bellbottoms are really only good for standing around.
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I'm not saying life is a vicious circle. But it may be a cruel rhombus. Or a callous trapezoid. At the very least, life is a bloodthirsty parallelogram
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I'm not saying life is a vicious circle. But it may be a cruel rhombus. Or a callous trapezoid. At the very least, life is a bloodthirsty parallelogram
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Reynolds Danish Knitting Designs, 1967 #SweaterWeather
December 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Reynolds Danish Knitting Designs, 1967 #SweaterWeather
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Hark! Are those carolers I hear? Oh. Someone's breaking into a car.
December 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Hark! Are those carolers I hear? Oh. Someone's breaking into a car.
Going to decorate the curb mattress with some lights and maybe a little tinsel.
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Going to decorate the curb mattress with some lights and maybe a little tinsel.
A famous person walked past me and I googled him to make sure he was still alive.
December 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A famous person walked past me and I googled him to make sure he was still alive.
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Peter Handke (with scenes from the Wim Wenders film "The Wrong Move", adapted from Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Handke) - BOTD
December 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Peter Handke (with scenes from the Wim Wenders film "The Wrong Move", adapted from Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Handke) - BOTD
Just saw my future self walk by and honestly it wasn't all that enlightening.
December 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Just saw my future self walk by and honestly it wasn't all that enlightening.
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Found a tiny container of caesar salad dressing in the fridge, anything can happen if you just believe.
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Found a tiny container of caesar salad dressing in the fridge, anything can happen if you just believe.
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You’ve worked hard today. How about a cover from the Japanese gay magazine (1977-1982) My Life My Way?
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
You’ve worked hard today. How about a cover from the Japanese gay magazine (1977-1982) My Life My Way?
Most of your basic space odysseys are pretty relaxing.
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Most of your basic space odysseys are pretty relaxing.
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Too anxious for breakfast, too busy for lunch, too poor for dinner, somehow still fat
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Too anxious for breakfast, too busy for lunch, too poor for dinner, somehow still fat
I don't do well with different temperatures.
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I don't do well with different temperatures.
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I need all soup to be so salty that it’s basically a volcanic brine containing the building blocks for life
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I need all soup to be so salty that it’s basically a volcanic brine containing the building blocks for life
Felt has a lot of uses. I don't trust it.
December 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Felt has a lot of uses. I don't trust it.
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Despair (1978)
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Screenplay by Tom Stoppard - RIP
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Screenplay by Tom Stoppard - RIP
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Despair (1978)
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Screenplay by Tom Stoppard - RIP
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Screenplay by Tom Stoppard - RIP
I feel like I ate a lot of corduroy, but in a good way.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I feel like I ate a lot of corduroy, but in a good way.
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There’s nothing I can do
Mitsubishi Eclipse of the heart
Mitsubishi Eclipse of the heart
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
There’s nothing I can do
Mitsubishi Eclipse of the heart
Mitsubishi Eclipse of the heart
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Ranking of traditional Thanksgiving dishes by how far I could throw them:
1. sweet potatoes (pre-bake)
2. pumpkin pie
3. cranberry sauce (canned, congealed)
4. Brussels sprouts
5. turkey (raw)
6. rolls (baked)
7 sweet potatoes (post-bake but balled up)
8. turkey (cooked)
1. sweet potatoes (pre-bake)
2. pumpkin pie
3. cranberry sauce (canned, congealed)
4. Brussels sprouts
5. turkey (raw)
6. rolls (baked)
7 sweet potatoes (post-bake but balled up)
8. turkey (cooked)
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Ranking of traditional Thanksgiving dishes by how far I could throw them:
1. sweet potatoes (pre-bake)
2. pumpkin pie
3. cranberry sauce (canned, congealed)
4. Brussels sprouts
5. turkey (raw)
6. rolls (baked)
7 sweet potatoes (post-bake but balled up)
8. turkey (cooked)
1. sweet potatoes (pre-bake)
2. pumpkin pie
3. cranberry sauce (canned, congealed)
4. Brussels sprouts
5. turkey (raw)
6. rolls (baked)
7 sweet potatoes (post-bake but balled up)
8. turkey (cooked)