I finally watched AMC's IWTV and all I have to say is: Irish Stage Manager Vampire and German Wardrobe Vampire I love you

I think I'd really be ok not hearing any trending audio from tik tok on instagram ever again

How do freelance people stick to a schedule? Like one day for this, one day for that, etc. Or maybe the question is how do freelance people who are also people pleasers set boundaries around their schedule?

A random selection: Der Student von Prag (1926) A Matter of Life and Death (1946) House (1977) Wings of Desire (1987) Le Vourdalak (2023) Flow (2024)

The Death of Rasputin AT THE MCKITTRICK? The crossover fan fiction writes itself! tell-no-one.co

Found my new favorite website: www.weimarcinema.org

Leave it to me to wait until now to finally buy Affinity only to find they've been scooped up by Canva and have taken down all their products smh

To the people who can sit in silence with zero background noise like the tv on something harmless like the Food Network or even a fan or other ambient white noise, what's that like? Is it nice?

My dad insists that you don't need to fork stab a baked potato before putting it in the oven. Granted his reference for this declaration is a cookbook that was first published in 1896. So make of that what you will.

Oh hey there's a call for chapters out there for scholarly writing on masculinity in Weimar cinema, which is cool and all, except that I, for as much as I have to say on the subject, don't use words like pedagogy or hermeneutics in my writing so I guess I don't count as scholarly

wth apparently the bonus track, "Sparkle Lounge Blues", has disappeared from every streamable version of David Lynch's Crazy Clown Time? It's such a good song whyyy

Koloman Moser Bookplate Spring 1895 - 1900

Currently reading:

Film/TV Pet Peeve No. 257: When the writers use modern phrases in a period piece. There are some exceptions, like when it's something that doesn't take itself too seriously (ex: Our Flag Means Death). But otherwise it just makes the writers look lazy.

THIS 👏🏻 CAST* 👏🏻 They don't make star-studded ensemble films like they used to. *Except Albert Finney, yikes

What a weird week, almost got taken out by a canker sore and a violent encounter with a spider cricket.

Using a GIF, video, or pic, share a preacher, priest, or nun. The power of social media compels you! 🖤

What movie do you consider "perfect"? (Jaws, dir. Steven Spielberg, 1975)

Trans people are not "violent extremists". Trans people are not the enemy. And if you take issue with that statement, you have no business being on my page.

"Because my father was a slave, and my people died to build this country, and I am going to stay here, and have a part of it just like you. And no fascist-minded people will drive me from it. Is that clear?"

Conrad Veidt as Captain Andersen Contraband (Blackout), 1940 Dir. Michael Powell

Sometimes listening to your favorite album WILL lower your blood pressure. Or it could make it worse depending on what kind of music you listen to.

I know awards shows are kind of a joke but I'm going to get on my soapbox for a second: I think it was a missed opportunity to not do a Twin Peaks tribute at the Emmys, esp with the advent of David Lynch's passing. Without his big brained ideas, we wouldn't have half the prestige tv we do today.

I'm still really on the fence about publishing this blog I've been thinking about for a while. I have this backlog of stuff I've written about a fairly niche topic and I'm like, wtf do I do with all this, do I do anything, do I hoard all of it until the sun burns out, what?

So what's the deal with the MD Renaissance Festival being sold out? How does that make sense? People aren't staying the whole day, are they? Granted, the last time I went was nearly 10 years ago, so what do I know. Was there a safety issue about capacity at some point?

Other people going for a walk: Relaxing, good for mental health, fresh air, etc Me: Constant inner rage at people* who don't understand or can't be bothered with sidewalk etiquette

For whatever it's worth, if the shoe were on the other foot, I don't think the biggoted, far right, white supremacist types would be offering any empathy. And they certainly wouldn't offer any neutral statements about gun control.

Currently reading (on loan from my brother):

if i don’t fix my life in September i’ll just have to wait and try again next year

The X Files is such a wet show. It's either raining or about to rain or they're somehow otherwise wet.

Currently reading:

i don’t know what i’m doing with my life i was supposed to be born as a mushroom growing out of a log

I really wish I hadn't been in the middle of a major depressive episode when I went to see The Burnt City in 2022, I probably would have liked it a lot more. ⚱️💐🍶🕯

Maybe this is a basic pick but the Lord of the Rings trilogy. These movies brought my core friend group together back in the day. A lot of my relationships have been based on shared interests but LotR is different, it created these long term connections based on values of care and hope.

Rewatching The X Files and getting really into online text-based interactive fiction games what year is it

I'm an idiot and I accidentally reposted something when I meant to quote it and when I went to delete the repost I couldn't, so I clicked "hide post" but now I can't quote it. 🤡

Ok who wants to buy me this costume from the Downton Abbey auction?

Wake up babe it's about to be Feral Florence Fall

Blixa Bargeld, early 1990s

Conrad Veidt | Hands

Read somewhere that excessive use of em dashes are a possible sign of AI writing. THEY TAKE EVEN THIS SMALL JOY, THIS PLEASURE OF PUNCTUATION AWAY FROM ME? JAIL, JAIL FOR ONE THOUSAND YEARS.