Date night we said goodbye to THE Mandarin.

My dad turned 76. This photo was taken in Colombia after he had been roughhousing and had not changed into his Sunday best for his sister's first communion....at 6AM!

Oh shoot. Gonna have to go back again soon before it closes. I've been going there since 1999. I miss the old Canada Square theatre next to it too. toronto.citynews.ca/2026/01/02/t...

Somebody should do a big edit of all the films that have a woman brushing her teeth in a t-shirt and underwear while contemplating their next move. Watching Mia Hansen-Løve's BERGMAN ISLAND.

Happy 2026!

100 days sober today. Hardest thing I've ever done and will continue to.

Bosses have given me the day off. Trop bien ! 🥳

Si, y porfavor manténganse seguros. ;-)

Before it even starts: "SHOT ENTIRELY IN 35MM FILM" To be honest, if I'm screening you on my tv, I don't care. Just be good.

I have nachos. #nachos

I'm work busy until the 2026 so here are 172 films I watched (so far) in 2025: letterboxd.com/jacqvalencia... (still hope to make a review post of my faves) 🎬 #letterboxd And the #95books read. Only made it to 93. I was lucky cuz they were all great books. 📚 jacquelinevalencia.ca/95books/ #books

AI is another form of white supremacist colonization in art and poetry.

No ice for kiddo and I's commutes, so #Toronto with the exception of the rain, time to do this limbo work day. :-P

Hey #Toronto. Grabbing backup batteries and tealights. Charging the phone. possible #icestormTO

And today was all Schattenfroh, which is an insane, but beautiful read. A challenge I might actually finish it before 2026.

Today was all about Terence Davies films. Sublime.

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

Happy Boxing day! Here's our jindo with his first winter boots/tap dancing shoes. You're truly Canadian now, Norm!

Kiddo managed to wait and let her brother and I sleep in...until 6:30am. I went a little overboard this year, but how could I not? They're adults now, but forever like this in my head. Merry Christmas to those that celebrate.

For anyone who wants "festive" this morning but doesn't want Jingle Bell Rock etc, CBC Radio One is streaming Handel's Messiah, as performed by Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Doods. Boyfriend has surprised the kids and I with reservations at MANDARIN. ¡Bitches, our noche buena has upscaled to noche espectacular! 🇨🇴

THE PIANO TEACHER is definitely not a Christmas movie.

Feliz noche buena, bitches!

"Help them to learn Songs of joy instead of "burn, baby, burn" Let us show them how to play the pipes of peace Play the pipes of peace" youtu.be/B3q4Up5ugTc?...

Completed my cybersecurity course that came with work! Next year: more B1 level French, which I've had to learn as I go, with some French clients. Une sieste s'il vous plaît.

Was watching Haneke's THE PIANO TEACHER last night and had forgotten about this Schubert banger. youtu.be/PXis0PtqdXw?...

Instead of the annual sisters' high tea, we went Medeival. And it was grand.

Happy Solstice and happy Hannukah to those that celebrate. May you love the life and light that love has brought you. May it be revealed and enjoyed.

Hey a book I'm in, "DEVOURING TOMORROW," is on Toronto Star's best of 2025!

Annual THE SHINING xmas rewatch. Kiddo only stays for the Wendy Carlos beginning.

Gifts wrapped. Now to send jeebus memes to my elderly Tias, so they remember to send some noche buena. 🇨🇴

Small break from the cold.

Dug up film cartridges and got my Super 8 to work again last week. Big learning curve, but fun to continue creating some home and city small gauge, that's not from a smart phone.

#Letterboxd #LastFourWatched Just started SENTIMENTAL VALUE.

IT'S THE BURGERMEISTER MEISTERBURGER!

Today's sunrise. High of 9C.

These portraits are of enablers, background sleep paralysis demons waiting to accost you so they can gather soul energy supply for their leader. They're the evil shadow spirits in The Shining. Anderson gifts us with The Shine.

Work holiday lunch! A non-alc pilot nor that was actually good. I had the roasted halibut with cauliflower caponata (olives and potatoes). Twas quite yum. I guess I'm really enjoying cybersecurity. Who da guessed? No one would've.

I don't do much film reviewing anymore, but I still get a lot of media mailings. Today was for a doc for the orange guy's wife/henchwoman. Unsubscribed so fast my fingers bled.

I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television

Took the day off to do some things and ended up with a career success. After getting kiddo, came home to hot from the dryer pjs and a slowcooker curried chickpea stew. Huzzah! Now a winter sunset of purples and pink is the cherry on top.

Just waiting for an appointment at UofT and went into the Rare Book library at Robards. Guyzzz it's Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce, first edition, owned and annotated by Marshall McLuhan. And a tattooed bound version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

He falls asleep to the water waves in the rower.

Worst few days to raw dog it, but I am 2 months and 29 days sober. Bring it.

My lovely friend Anna is so freaking talented. She made me this lovely fox plate.

Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries. Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.

Rob Reiner's murder has kinda shocked me. Mostly cuz like many I grew up watching his progress from All In The Family with my parents. Gonna watch all of his films all over again. Glad we saw Spinal Tap 2 in the theatre. Today And So It Goes.

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every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different

The vespa is in storage. It's saved me from my own head so much this year. Pulled out the bicycle and its trailer out today. This bitch still gotta head and it helps with the groceries. 🛵 🚴