Trump accepting his Temu Peace Prize:

My brain: It's winter break! Me: We still have several assignments to complete by next week. My Brain: Or we can go to the movies and watch Christmas classics! Me: NO WE CAN'T, WE HAVE A 15 PAGE PAPER ON SOCIAL REPRODUCTION THEORY! FOCUS! Just one more week and I'm fucking LIVING at Screenland.

Yeah, I'm also flabbergasted that Sinners didn't make that Rolling Stone "Best Films of 2025" list, but I'm also pretty thrilled that Best Wishes to All got some recognition.

Obligatory spotify wrapped post. The age post was pretty on point, just a couple years off. Lo-fi is only my top post because it's my study music, but the rest is legit.

I don't hate every Tarantino movie I've ever seen, but I definitely hate every Tarantino "hot take" I've ever heard.

"What is wrong with me!?" I scream as I chip away slowly at my homework, unable to fully focus. For 2 hours. Before I remember that I didn't take my ADHD meds this morning.🤦‍♀️

"Why is Haunted Santa watching me pee?" And other fun phrases I'm pretty sure we only say in my household.

My limit is 2 near-accidents before I turn my tiny car around and tell my boss I need to work from home. If I needed a sign, as soon as I turned around, a slow plow showed up and guided me home.

Sometimes I think between YouTube, streaming, and my own ineptitude, I've failed to instill a love of movies in my kids like my dad did for me. Then there are days that I tell my son we're going to see Zootopia 2 and he proceeds to sing "Happy Day" while dancing around the house. So not all is lost.

Christmas gift shopping makes me feel 500 years old: "I just don't see how a Barbie doll should ever be more that $20" "Why are half these toy ads fake AI product images? What is the world coming to?" "Was this kids book written by a real person?" "I'm just getting them gift cards. Fuck this."

I'm been neglecting Biscuit's pedicures because he's a big ol baby about it. Today I'm determined to get all the hair off between his pads and coving his nails so I can trim them. Look at the difference between a trimmed paw and an untrimmed one!

Biscuit is VERY invested in Good Boy.

Had to run a few errands before work, so I came in about 8:20am. Was told my 9am appointment had already come in and left, but said they'd be back. It's now 9:15 and they aren't here. I have another appointment at 10 and I'm 98% sure they're going to show up again right as that starts if at all.

This 2025 adaptation of Cyrano De Bergerac where chatGPT woos your girl for you is weird.

I took a survival job as a college receptionist and then just kept getting promoted.

Getting ready for part two of my triple feature!

@amandabw425.bsky.social *after watching the Wake Up Dead Man Trailer*: There are so many attractive men in that cast. Me: Eh... We have different tastes in men. *Johnathan Bailey appears on screen* Ok. We can definitely agree on SOME things.

Me talking about social media to a group of police academy students: My right to post a bunch of ACAB stuff online is protected, but the school has a right to fire me because it directly conflicts with the needs of our students and my job. Police student: What's ACAB? Me: Um... You can Google it.

I made the mistake of sharing my Letterboxd with a student who then saw all the shlocky, b-tier trash I love to watch. Yesterday they mentioned a movie and went, "It's not very good. Tess, you would like it!" FUCKING SAVAGE AND I WILL NEVER RECOVER!

My daughter is 16. That's a sophomore in high school. That's someone who can barely drive. If a 22-year-old EDUCATOR seriously thought she could consent to "engage in an encounter", my response would put me in fucking jail. My heart goes out to this victim.

HR: We need a start date for this employee Me: You haven't given approval on their hiring yet. I can't set their schedule until they're approved. HR: We can't approve Until we have an accurate start date. Me: Ok. how about *date?* HR after date: That start date was inaccurate. BECAUSE OF YOU!!

Helk yeah, KC!!

Welp. It's only noon and I've already spilled an ENTIRE MUG OF COFFEE on a student during an appointment. So my Monday's going GREAT.

"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..." Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night: www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Behold my strange turkey son

About to start #2 of my impromptu triple feature. Tuesday class was cancelled, so it's nice to be able to do $6 Tuesdays again.

I hope the community is better now, but this is why I only went to 2 Crypticons in my life before bowing out. Edgelord horror fans were insufferable.

My ADHD ass avoiding my homework by helping my very ADHD son do his homework feels so hypocritical of me.

@horrorweekly.bsky.social 😆

Student: I had a late class, so I got to watch the new episodes of *Show* this morning! Me: I love that show! I watch it with my husband, so I can't wait to see those new episodes with him today after work. Student: No spoilers, but... *proceeds to spoil major plot points*

Last time I got tickets to see @wineandcrimepod.bsky.social was 2020 and it (like everything) was cancelled. Now I get to see them in my actual happy place! Hell yes.

OK, Vogue Australia. I didn't ask for this kind of call out. Mind your business. This is a discussion for my therapist. shorturl.at/fUnx4

Happy special election day to all who celebrate!

I'M SORRY HOW AM I JUST NOW FINDING OUT @wineandcrimepod.bsky.social IS GOING TO BE AT MY FAVORITE MOVIE THEATRE THIS THURSDAY?!?!!?

Backstage at the K because my job is freaking COOL sometimes! @royals.com

Overheard yesterday at Spirit Halloween: Parent: I'm NOT getting you that costume! You're going to change your mind 30 times by next Halloween and you'll probably outgrow it by then. Child *sobbing uncontrollably holding a reaper's scythe like a teddy bear* NO I WON'T!!! Get it in writing, parents.

Number 31 of #HorrorMovieChallenge2025 is always meant to be a little deeper in the horror iceberg than I tend to wander for my own leisure. I went back and forth, but landed on my second guinea pig movie. Because it is short and mermaids sound fun.

The Halloween tree is up!!

Checked to see how I'm doing with #HorrorMovieChallenge2025 and holy crap! I'm all caught up. This is number 30. I've been doing this self-imposed challenge for 12 years and it always goes so fast. Which makes me nervous because number 31 is traditionally...Not fun. But that's Future Tess's problem.

My bro is a big @realgdt.bsky.social fan so we try to see his movies together in theatres. His schedule is crazy so I'm FINALLY fitting this one in. #HorrorMovieChallenege2025

Randomizer wheel landed on "House of Psychotic Women" and this is one from that book that I haven't seen yet that's been recommended to me a few times, so let's go!! #HorrorMovieChallenge2025

Superdog needs a super nap after delighting our students at the resource fair. More than one student threatened to steal him from me and at least one did NOT seem like they were joking.

My office mate for today is Krypto the Superdog.

Taking in a German medical horror before bed. #HorrorMovieChallenge2025

Accreditation visit day! Everyone freak tf out!!

Hit my goalpost for today, so I get another one for #HorrorMovieChallenge2025 before bed. I've read this comic, but never seen the film, so I'm excited to cross this one off.

Some Bela Lugosi love for #HorrorMovieChallenge2025. Am I only choosing this because it's 65 minutes long and I have other stuff to do today? Of course not. How dare you suggest such a thing!