happy new year to the fran magazine community. i also liked udo in the secret agent. additionally i liked that every bad guy in the movie was a huge drastic incompetent, because that's how it is in 2025 america too—the people who will eventually kill you and dance on your grave are somehow really bad at their job, which is killing people and dancing on their graves. shoutout to mello buckzz and monaleo mr. riedy!
i haven’t! i occasionally thought of peter straub’s mr. clubb and mr. cuff, or embarrassingly of hazel and cha-cha from umbrella academy. but the resemblances are mostly superficial there.
10. The jalapeño bush that simply wouldn’t quit (I have two gallon bags of jalapeños in my freezer right now)
9. Autumn joy sedum (succulent native to Illinois, loaded with tiny pink flowers that you’re supposed to pinch off in the summer but I never do because the bees love them)
8. The lilac bush I planted three years ago that finally started to bloom in earnest this year
7. Black tulips!
6. The coral peony I planted last year that turned yellow as the blossom aged
5. Purple coneflowers (attracted so many butterflies this summer and birds this fall)
4. Hella butterfly weed
3. The glow-in-the-dark phosphorescent petunias that I babied all spring (caterpillars got to them in August, RIP)
2. The Lady of Shallott rosebush (peachy yellow blossoms that smell divine)
1. The autumn gold raspberry bush I planted last year
Honorable mention to the evening primrose stump that gave me a splinter so big I had to go to urgent care because I couldn’t get it out myself
someday i am going to get to be on the end of year extravaganza despite having no actual reason
This is also my life’s dream
trust and believe
Noted for next year 📝
“Steve was magnificent cleaning up the girls.” suddenly the sentence of the year!!
IM IN got me laughing and laughing….
Thanks Veronica for recalling Fran! Fran! Fran! chant from Fran and Phil's wedding. Gave me goosebumps.
Love to see Sun make the list of top 10 guys from Lost 🙏
I third the J Crew Rollneck Sweater.... i have two
What colorways
Black and the blue flecked one <3
Wow and I have the white one!!!
Joining to say I have brown w white stripes!
this is so beautiful..
Fran I really think you could do a silksong for a year.
OK I need the masses to weigh in on this one...
It’s hard but you did Elden Ring. It’s really fun and very beautiful. There are many cute creatures.
I do like the art...
WEIGH PEOPLE, WEIGH
Bobby Finger did you buy any OBAA cosmetics
He texted us the Xenomorph in Nikes next to Teyana Taylor at one point but TBD on the cosmetics of it all
I hadn’t seen Marty Supreme when I sent my list but I will add: Marty Supreme would have been on my list!
Bobby so valid
a happy new year and a happy #yearofhusbands to anyone who has or is getting one next year like me :)
happy new year to the fran magazine community. i also liked udo in the secret agent. additionally i liked that every bad guy in the movie was a huge drastic incompetent, because that's how it is in 2025 america too—the people who will eventually kill you and dance on your grave are somehow really bad at their job, which is killing people and dancing on their graves. shoutout to mello buckzz and monaleo mr. riedy!
Me too - have you read any Manchette? The hitman duo in 3 To Kill remind me of the hitman duo in Secret Agent so much.
i haven’t! i occasionally thought of peter straub’s mr. clubb and mr. cuff, or embarrassingly of hazel and cha-cha from umbrella academy. but the resemblances are mostly superficial there.
Top 10 things I grew in my garden this year:
10. The jalapeño bush that simply wouldn’t quit (I have two gallon bags of jalapeños in my freezer right now)
9. Autumn joy sedum (succulent native to Illinois, loaded with tiny pink flowers that you’re supposed to pinch off in the summer but I never do because the bees love them)
8. The lilac bush I planted three years ago that finally started to bloom in earnest this year
7. Black tulips!
6. The coral peony I planted last year that turned yellow as the blossom aged
5. Purple coneflowers (attracted so many butterflies this summer and birds this fall)
4. Hella butterfly weed
3. The glow-in-the-dark phosphorescent petunias that I babied all spring (caterpillars got to them in August, RIP)
2. The Lady of Shallott rosebush (peachy yellow blossoms that smell divine)
1. The autumn gold raspberry bush I planted last year
Honorable mention to the evening primrose stump that gave me a splinter so big I had to go to urgent care because I couldn’t get it out myself
thinking back on the year and just realized that "it's not clocking to you that i'm standing on business" is from only six months ago - cheers to '25