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Not what I usually post about and I’m not sure why I’m frothing with rage over this on a random Monday morning but here we are.

Malignant (James Wan) was one of my favorite movies of 2021. I like watching movie reviews on YouTube after I’ve seen a movie to see what other people thought and holy shit the film bro reviewers were even more annoying than usual over this film. “I just can’t tell if this is genuinely bad or if it’s trying to be over the top” this film could literally not be more clearly camp. The opening scene concludes with a doctor in a cartoon-level gothic hospital saying “it’s time to cut out the cancer” then it smash cuts to the credits playing with a bad rock song. It’s camp. “I guess it’s good if it was supposed to be an homage but it’s bad if it wasn’t” what a fucking cop out how bout you do your job and make an informed assessment about what you think the films intentions are and stick to your guns about whether you think it’s good or not.

Even worse everyone was like “James Wan’s work is solid otherwise but this was a total flop.” I don’t totally hate the conjuring universe or insidious or whatever but those films are formulaic, uncreative snooze fests that everyone goes nuts over for some reason I can’t decipher. At best they’re fine. Malignant was fun. It was brave. It was wild. It was hammy. It made me feel something why do people hate fun.

Also lots of people compared to Malignant to The Room which strikes me as completely absurd. Even if you think Malignant is bad, The Room isn’t the only other bad film ever made and there are very few comparisons to be made between the films. Let’s stop comparing everything movie we think is bad to The Room 2k24.

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coloring book no. 10

"vengeful"

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I’ve shared a lot of Tugboat on here recently but I don’t think I’ve ever shared some of my favorite photos of Tug and Jackalope from back in the day. So I’m rectifying it. Photos taken by @glorifyed

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Andrew Wyeth; Wind From the Sea 1947

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umm how to be a dog by andrew kane. btw.

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I’ve posted them before, but have some more Picasso bugs because they are so dang cute.

Sphaerocoris annulus, Scutelleridae (Jewel Bugs). Found in sub-Saharan Africa

Photo 1 by alastair61, 2 by nielspouldreyer, 3 by bartwursten, 4 by b_louboutin, 5 by azizhingora007, and 6 by also_sprach_susscrofa

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A bigger decorative piece with cave painting handprints. River pebble and tempera

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the hike was nice also

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april in northern california, 2024

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a study on american fields

Large format 4x5 color film

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Hallow met my friend’s new puppy yesterday. Here she’s trying to get him to play the keep away game with her. She hasn’t been around little puppies since she was a puppy so this was new! she was mostly gentle. Emphasis on mostly, hah.

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Winty, Dot, and Ted, 1908.

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Logan broke a nail and had to go to the vet. He's feeling very sad, drugged up, and trapped in the cone of shame.

Everyone please feel sorry for Logan :(

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Locals gather around lava from a volcano eruption near the city of Reykjavik, Iceland (2021) Photo: Brian Emfinger

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Deerfield

2023

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“Holding The Moon” Knights Ferry, California by Eric Hock

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