❤️ 🍵 Tea’s Recommendations 🍵 ❤️ [February 2023] [Things I Like That You Might Like Too]

Yo, Teacups!

If you haven’t seen one of these posts before, this is just what it says on the tin - a recommendations post. Sometimes I get caught in a cycle of the same movies, books, activities, and whatever else. If you also suffer from this, I hope this small collection of recommendations can be of some help.

P.S. These are obviously just things I like and if you don’t like them too, then that’s absolutely a-okay ❤️

January is a new beginning for us all. So, let’s kick things off with some fresh media and ways to spend our downtime.

✨Series:✨

Happy Valley:

In this troubled town, it’s a bit fecking grim! But then again, that’s just the north of England!

Happily it’s also incredibly binge-worthy. If you love badass grandmas, dysfunctional families and exploring the aftershocks of generational trauma, Happy Valley is just what you need.

Follow Catherine as she balances her work as a police officer, caring for her troubled grandson, and getting revenge on the man who ruined her daughter. Hold onto your cuppas, it’s gonna be a bit of ride!

Everyone Else Burns:

Huzzah! It’s the end of the world! Or at least, it’s the practice run!

Meet the Lewis family. Repressed, strained and exactly like everyone else - except, of course, for the fact that they’re in a fanatical religion who believes the end is very much neigh!

If you love people being awkward, struggling between their beliefs and their wants, and general British oddness - this could be just the ticket!

Primal:

It’s a caveman and a T-rex being best buddies. Is there anymore to say?

Feel Good:

Wanna feel giddy, and embarrassed and utterly enchanted with two awkward lesbians?! I knew you would! Join Mae and George as they fall in lust, love and sometimes right on their faces. Full of complexity and grey areas, its just a really lovely story about people caring for each other, despite not always knowing how.

✨Movies:✨

Chicken Run:

“No chicken escapes from Tweedy’s farm!”

Well, we’ll see about that! Watch a bunch of animated chickens form a plan of escape from their prison coop. Great animation, it’ll make you laugh, and the villains are the perfect blend of hilarious and dastardly. I mean, they are from the North, so, it makes sense!

My Neighbours the Yamadas:

One of the less appreciated Ghibli films, My Neighbours the Yamadas is a lovely little movie, perfect for settling down at the end of the day. Based on the popular Japanese comic, the movie follows the inconsequential and wholly relatable lives of the Yamada clan, navigating work, school and family life. It’s cozy, it’s cute, it’s an hour and a half of “mm, lovely”.

✨Activities:✨

Move Your Furniture Around:

There’s no better way to get in touch with your inner child than to move your shit around and think “ah, feng shui”. Try the bed in up against the wall, the dresser in the corner, move that neglected plant into the sunlight. Have fun playing around with your environment.

Send Someone a Thank You Note:

It can be a text to your friend, a post-it to your mom, a kind word on a torn-off piece of paper. Gratitude keeps us grounded and helps us be better people. It’s really easy to see what we don’t have, or how things could be better, but showing appreciation for the people in our lives is a great way to make everyone’s day better.

Go for a Night Drive to Nowhere:

And by nowhere, I mean MacDonalds. Smartie McFlurry, yes please :)

Brush Your Teeth More Often:

I’m serious. Good hygiene and sparkly teeth will make us feel better.

Romance Yourself:

Change your sheets, light a candle, create a warm and cozy ambience. 

Then run yourself a bath, dress in fresh pjs and climb into your lovely bed. After that, whatever floats your boat: gobble a romance movie, a smutty manga, erotic fiction, role-plays, whatever makes you feel like a giggly teenager. Have fun with comfort and escapism.

✨Music:✨

This Hell - Rina Sawayama

World’s Smallest Violin - AJR

Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton

Purge the Poison - MARINA

Karma - Taylor Swift

The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite

Tell Me Ma - Sham Rock

Seize the Power - YONAKA

Crazy - Gnarls Barkley

And that’s my humble offer, guys. Stay safe, drink water and get some rest.

All the best,

Tea