#Terry Weaver

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"A Long Night Cry" by Terry Weaver

Criminal Code vs Moral Code #books #bookreview #reading #readerviews

A Long Night Cry Terry WeaverIndependently Published (2023)ISBN: 979-8390259535 Reviewed by Terri Stepek for Reader Views (06/2023) Terry Weaver’s “A Long Night Cry” is the third book in the Eli Ridge Novels series, and I know fans of the first two books are rejoicing that it’s finally here. Eli Ridge is a detective with the Houston PD. He’s a former vet, having served overseas as a combat…

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Aliens (James Cameron, 1986).

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Terry Carr - Cirque - Dobson - 1977 (jacket design Richard Weaver)

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Chappie (2015)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

I’m man enough to admit I was wrong about Chappie. I was initially dazzled by its special effects and unique approach to the story. I see clearly now. This picture ultimately throws away its potential thanks to a dumb climax and a misguided belief that we care about its criminal protagonists.

What if the first fully self-aware, sentient artificial intelligence was raised by the worst people? in crime-ridden Johannesburg, Deon (Dev Patel) has created Chappie (voiced by Sharlto Copley). Unfortunately, the young robot isn’t being raised by its maker. It’s been stolen by criminals Ninja and Yolandi (played by the African rap artists of the same name): thugs who teach the robot to commit crimes and settle their drug debt.

Chappie begins with a solid idea. When we typically explore the subject of "artificial intelligence", it's either misunderstood until it befriends a friendly child or becomes evil immediately and plots mankind’s extinction. Chappie may be made of metal and circuits but it’s little more than an easily-impressionable child in a body whose strength and endurance exceed any normal person’s. It’s endearing to see it misinterpret the deluge of profanities uttered by Ninja and you’ll grow nervous watching the criminals trick it doing their dirty work. You feel for Deon, who desperately wants to get his creation back.

Along with this unique take on the Frankenstein story, the picture’s got a lot of style. The soundtrack by Ninja and Yolandi fits perfectly with their bizarre vernacular, graffiti-laden hideout and the film's general tone. They’re childish but dangerous all at once. One thing you could never call Chappie is "generic".

As the story moves along, details about it foreshadow trouble. Deon is one of the dumbest scientists we’ve ever seen. He’s got absolutely no sense of preservation whatsoever. He's constantly coming back to visit Chappie and his family despite having guns waved in his face. He never even considers calling the authorities when every sign points towards the former police robot being used to commit crimes. You might say it’s because he’d get in serious trouble with his boss (Sigourney Weaver, doing Neil Blomkamp a favor by appearing but having little to do) but who are they going to believe, the scientist, or the criminals? Even if the seemingly reasonable Amerika (Jose Pablo Cantillo) corroborated their story, there’s no way the police wouldn’t side with the robotics genius!

Oh but it gets worse. In the end, this film is about much more than artificial intelligence: it’s also about ripping off Robocop. With a smidge of transhumanism thrown in. The film’s villain isn’t actually the criminals who have adopted Chappie; it’s Hugh Jackman as Vincet Moore. He's a cartoon character obsessed with pushing his urban pacification robot as the next best thing. One look at it, and you wonder what the hell he’s thinking. It’s a 10-ton, bipedal behemoth that can fly, shoot rockets, slice people up with its saw OR its giant mechanical pincer and is equipped with infra-red sight, a railgun and who knows what other goodies. This beast would feel out of place even on the lawless streets of Escape from New York. Why hasn’t he been shut down yet? Every scene with Moore might as well be set in front of a giant neon sign that reads "evil”.

The strategy seems to have been “introduce an even BIGGER villain so that we forget how unlikable Ninja and Yolandi are. Na-unh. It doesn’t matter how action-packed and explosive the film’s last scenes may be. They’re not enough to make you overlook what happened before, certainly not when they're as predictable as this. It only gets worse from there. It’s a giant misstep following a long trip down the stairs.

It doesn’t even take long to see what’s wrong with Chappie. The signs are all there from the start and no effort was made to deviate from the wrong direction it was headed for. I enjoyed Chappie very much when I saw it in theatres. Now, it’s a little embarrassing to have been that enthusiastic about it. Maybe if you’re a big fan of Ninja and Yolandi, or if you get a kick out of seeing your hometown of Johannesburg in a movie, you’d get something out of this picture. Otherwise, stay away. (February 22, 2019)

[izzielizzie]

who do you ship in the kingdom keepers? is there anyone that you would wish would get with someone outside of the series? cause i wish that ridley would make willa get with a girl that’s into art or something lol

okay so between canon characters my ships are:

finn and amanda

jess and mattie

willa and maybeck

i really love the idea of philby and charlene being single bc they deserve it. also every now and then i'm like hmmm,, jess and willa??? or jess and maybeck?? the three of them are three different forms of artist and i love that trio so much. i def think willa belongs with someone artsy you're so right.

[mariocki]

The Saint: The Contract (3.14, ITC, 1965)

"You have the reputation of being a very hard man to kill."

"It's a reputation I'd be very sorry to lose."

[weaversweek]

Which game shows have had the most episodes? Part 2, BAA-BOB

This week, it's shows beginning with B.

Big Brother has a lot of programmes.

Blockbusters ran for ever.

Steve Wright's The Big Quiz racked up almost ten years on air.

Blankety Blank is a load of BLANK.

Bob's Full House spawned lots of imitators, all lesser because none of them had Bob Monkhouse.

And drive-by mentions for The Big Breakfast, Blue Peter, Beat the Teacher, and Bamzooki.

[wherekizzialives]

2024 in books: February

This month I have been struggling with insomnia, which is reflected by the fact that I have read eight new-to-me books this month, plus one re-read (continuing my Discworld in publishing order read through), six of which I consumed in gulps to distract me from the fact that it was stupid o’clock in the morning and my brain would not shut off. Of those six, if you enjoy time slip novels with…

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Anyone interested in a Hobbit fixer-upper? Its roof has turned to hay, so the shire is in dire need of some sod. It has quite an oversized garage, though, doesn't it? (The 3rd bay is for an RV.) The 1988 hobbit house in Elverson, Pennsylvania has 3bds, 2ba, $450K.

This is nice, I like the curving stairs, and I'm a sucker for old knotty pine.

It actually looks like a normal house inside, but you can "shire it up." The living room is pretty big and gets lots of natural light.

Open dining area and kitchen. The carpeting has to go, though. Double sliders to the outdoors and some closets, plus knotty pine paneling complete the space.

The kitchen's dated and has the cheap laminate cabinets, but they don't looked chipped or anything. The tile floor is in good shape, too, and the appliances look new. Check.

Let me just show you my idea about how you can "shire it up." It's one of my favorite homes. This is the kitchen in Terri Windling's former home called "Weaver's Cottage," and if this isn't hobbit decor, I don't know what is. Isn't this cool?

And, this is the living room of Weaver's Cottage. Can you picture this home looking like it? If you'd like to see more, here's the link: https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/houses/page/4/

Bedroom #1 is off the the dining room.

This bath has typically retro tile. I've taken off the shower doors in one house I lived in, they're easily removed.

The bedrooms are pretty much the same. Blank canvases.

The upstairs bath has more hobbit-y cabinetry, but I don't know what happened to the one on the right.

This one has nicer tile.

It's nice up here. They working on that structure, and it looks like it may be for a wood burning stove.

There are sliders to a terrace, too. This is a nice space.

There's an RV in the garage. I don't know if it conveys or what the story is.

The house is on a 4 acre lot.

Seems to be a nice area. I don't know how this works in the winter, but there's no paved driveway to this home.

[kwebtv]

Terry Carter (born John Everett DeCoste; December 16, 1928 – April 23, 2024) Actor and filmmaker, known for his roles as Sgt. Joe Broadhurst on the TV series McCloud and as Colonel Tigh on the original Battlestar Galactica.

Carter acted in numerous television series, specials, and theatrical films. Carter was a regular cast member of The Phil Silvers Show (popularly known as Sergeant Bilko), appearing as Pvt. Sugie Sugarman in 91 episodes between 1955 and '59. Carter played boxer Rosie Palmer in a 1964 episode of the ABC drama Breaking Point. In 1965 he was the only black actor to have a role in the World War II drama Combat! in the season three episode "The Long Wait". He is best known internationally for his co-starring role as Colonel Tigh in the popular science-fiction TV series Battlestar Galactica. He was originally cast as Lieutenant Boomer, but was cut following a roller skating accident that fractured his ankle. After replacing Carter with Herb Jefferson, Jr., producer Glen A. Larson instead offered Terry Carter the role of Colonel Tigh, second in command of the ragtag fleet of starships, giving the series the distinction for the time of having more than one regular African-American character in the principal cast. Carter also starred as Dennis Weaver's partner, Sergeant Joe Broadhurst in the detective series McCloud for seven years.

In 1975, Carter started a small Los Angeles corporation, Meta/4 Productions, Inc. for which he produced and directed industrial and educational presentations on film and videotape for the federal government. Carter was president of Council for Positive Images, Inc., a non-profit organization he formed in 1979, dedicated to enhancing intercultural and interethnic understanding through audiovisual communication. Under the council's auspices, Carter produced and directed award-winning dramatic and documentary programs for presentation on PBS and distribution worldwide. (Wikipedia)

[raayllum]

TDP Reflections: Lost Child breakdown 

“Know your roots and know yourself…”

Loss of sense of self motif for Viren, Claudia, Callum, and Rayla continues.

Claudia blinked in surprise—she didn’t realize she’d been followed from the campsite—and the creature blinked back. She tilted her head, and sure enough, the homunculus did the same.

LIKE A MIRROR REFLECTION YOU SAY, aaravos transforming her like a butterfly for his own ends

Something flickered behind its lamplike eyes—like someone passing in front of a flame—and Claudia realized that the air in her lungs was growing stale.

fire elarion motif (his touch a blaze, a gift, a spark) nobody’s business

Burbling happily, it offered her the mess like it was the prize of its many labors. Worms dangled helplessly in the air, many broken apart by the being’s sudden movement, their blunt ends wriggling in confusion.

IT’S FUCKING FISH B A I T, like bait on a hook, hook line and sinker

She uncorked her flask and plunged it into the pond. Bubbles sprouted from the lip, like someone drowning.

Her hands itched with the horrible lightness of each scattered piece, her feet ached as she walked and walked and walked to gather her father back together… And then the voice, the thread she had caught and clung to and used to haul herself out of the darkness.

I know the patience of a woven tapestry, how the weaver plaits the purpose of every thread, even as they disappear into the beauty of its design. (Patience, first Aaravos short story) / string and puppet symbolism

+ bonus dark isn’t always bad / light isn’t always good continued thread of symbolism / duality

It’s up to me again, she thought. It’s always up to me.

It’s also a perfect parallel to their own dynamics with their respective boyfriends. Terry is right there, actively supporting Claudia, but she can’t seem to fully trust that she can rely on him (just as Rayla feels she can’t fully rely on Callum - without getting him killed, perhaps) because they’e both too wrapped up in their tunnel vision of “I’m the one who has to sacrifice to keep other people together/safe” even when it’s detrimental to them and untrue. 

“So is that it?” she asked. “Aaravos left me too, huh? Like dad and Soren, and my mo—”

Lissa had left her years ago, but the space she had owned in Claudia’s heart remained. It was a dark place now, hard and hateful, its edges raw as a wound that had forgotten to heal.

A FESTERING WOUND / dark and light symbolism again as well as a parallel to Aaravos’ (missing) chest piece and according Key to his Heart theory

Surprised, Claudia looked up to see the homunculus. Its wings caught the sun, bathing it in a soft halo of lavender light. Its eyes glowed gold and luminous, almost warm, almost… patient.

A moment later, she blinked into the pond; her reflection beamed up at her. Her eyes brighter, her face fuller, more color in her cheeks. Small changes, but still—There I am, she thought.

Not only is this a smaller version of Viren’s butterfly spell to hide his physical dark magic corruption (and seemingly rejuvenate himself too) and it shows Claudia going down that path, but it’s also a parallel to 3x03:

But instead of being brought into the fold by someone else (and therefore supported through clarity rather than guise), Claudia is alone, because of course she is. 

“Let’s go,” Claudia told the creature. “I can fix this. I can fix anything.”

Her brother squirmed. “Clauds, Biscuit’s—” “—I know. But I fixed it. Now we can still play with her.” (Rise Again, S4′s Claudia short story)

She reached for its hand—and flinched. The remains of the second snail coated the homunculus’s palm, a stain of crushed flesh flecked with colorful shards of shell. The being seemed unperturbed. It gazed up at her, eyes bright and luminous. Like a helpless thing, Claudia thought. Like a child.

Re: Sir Sparklepuff being compared to both Claudia and a child, thus tethering Claudia to that same childlike comparison makes me find it especially interesting that seconds before this, Claudia reaffirms her sense of herself that she’s uniquely Strong vs her father’s “If we are led by a child king--” “He’ll make bad choices?” “He will make weak choices” as well as the juxtaposition of This, always: 

as well as the whole concept of being Lost (with Ezran and now Aaravos’ “lost and found” / game of “hide and seek” thing that’s going on) and Rayla’s “Don’t look for me and don’t follow me, I don’t think you’ll find me anyway” and Clarity of Vision amongst blackened (dark magic) / whitened (possession) eyes and

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Movie Recs In Honor of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

I decided to write out a list of movies to watch in honor of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes coming out very soon. This list will feature movies with apes besides the POTA movies, or movies with weird and bizarre friendships/found families.

The Original Planet of the Apes Franchise (1968-1973, Amazon Prime)

Honestly, I've only watched the 1968 movie a handful of times. I decided to watch all of the original franchise leading up to the release of Kingdom. They're all a lot of fun, with social/political commentaries at the time of each film. If you're a movie collector, or like behind-the-scenes/director's commentaries, I highly recommend buying the Blu Ray compilation pack.

2. Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes (2001, Disney+ or Amazon Prime)

I know, hear me out. Yes, it's over-hated, and yes, there was A LOT of potential for this movie. There were definitely too many "cooks in the kitchen" when drafting this movie. Imho, I think it's a guilty pleasure, popcorn movie. If you're a fan of makeup effects, Rick Baker (THE modern makeup effects master) does an absolutely phenomenal job with the designs of the apes in this movie (and check out his Instagram too). I do like the production and the ape costume designs for this film as well.

Tim Roth and Paul Giamatti are such a blast in this movie, too!

And the posters for this movie look so cool.

3. Planet of the Apes Reboot Trilogy (2011-2017, Amazon Prime)

I think this is what the 2001 movie should have been, and was trying to go for. While the three movies did make their money back at the box office, I have two theories why they almost went under everyone's radar (again, this is my opinion):

A. Because of the mixed reception from the 2001 movie.

B. Because of the abundance of comic book & remake movies coming out during the 2011-2017 years.

I put this trilogy right up with the Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. The storytelling is great, the special effects hold up well, and this reboot's version of Caesar has became one of my favorite main characters in modern film.

4. Mighty Joe Young (1998 remake, Disney+)

I don't know why this movie doesn't get talked about that much. Rick Baker, once again, does incredible work on the special effects for Joe. There's also a great musical score by James Horner. And Bill Paxton and Charlize Theron give amazing acting performances. And I think it's actually one of the better remakes that came out from the late 1990s.

In fact, the team that worked on the 1933 King Kong also made the 1949 film. Even Robert Armstrong (Carl Denham) came back for the '49 film. Ray Harryhausen worked under the supervision of Willis O'Brien for the special effects for the original movie. He also has a cameo appearance alongside Terry Moore (Jill Young) in a party scene.

Aaaaand I just found out the writers, Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner, also did an uncredited rewrite for the 2001 POTA movie.

5. Tarzan (1999, Disney+)

Of course, who doesn't love Tarzan??? And Phil Collins's A.M.A.Z.I.N.G soundtrack???!!!

6. King Kong (1933, 2005, Amazon Prime/MAX)

Okay, technically it's a giant monster movie and the OG prior to Godzilla. And it also set the standard of film making overall. However, it is also a bit of a Beauty and the Beast story, hence the lines: "It was Beauty killed the Beast" and the "And the prophet said: And lo, the Beast looked upon the face of Beauty. And it stayed its hand from killing. And from that day forward, he was as one dead." I also recommend watching the extended cut of the 2005 remake.

7. Lilo & Stitch (2002, Disney+)

Again, who doesn't love Lilo and Stitch???

8. How to Train Your Dragon Trilogy (2010-2019, Amazon Prime/Peacock App)

Once again, who doesn’t love HTTYD (and why are they remaking it as a live action movie????)???

9. Gorillas in the Mist (1988, Amazon Prime)

This movie is about Dian Fossey (played by Sigourney Weaver), a primatologist who studied mountain gorillas and she was part of a trio of women who studied great apes; the amazing Jane Goodall and her study of chimpanzees, and Birute Galdikas who studies orangutans. The movie is also based on her book of the same name.

I use past tense for Dian, because she met a tragic and horrific death while she was conducting her research on gorillas. I have in-lined a link to Dian Fossey's Wikipedia article for further reading.

Rick Baker, once again, does some amazing practical creature effects work for the gorillas.

10. George of the Jungle (1997, Disney+)

One of my favorite Brendan Fraser movies, and such a fun, and a bit of a campy movie based on the cartoon series (which is also a spoof of Tarzan). I quote this movie every so often. Unfortunately, Rick Baker did not do the ape designs for this movie. The creature effects this time around was done by none other than the Jim Henson Creature Workshop!

[justforbooks]

The director and producer Norman Jewison, who has died aged 97, had a career dedicated for the most part to making films that, while entertaining, included socio-political content. His visual flair, especially in the use of colour, spot-on casting and intelligent use of music, enabled him to raise sometimes thin stories into highly watchable films.

He hit the high spot critically and commercially with In the Heat of the Night (1967), which starred Sidney Poitier as a northern US city police detective temporarily held up in a small southern town and Rod Steiger as the local sheriff confronted with the murder of a wealthy industrialist. The detective mystery plot was perhaps mainly the vehicle for an enactment of racial prejudices and hostilities culminating in a grudging respect on both sides, but it worked well. The final scene, much of it improvised, in which the two men indulge in something approaching a personal conversation, was both moving and revealing.

The film won five Academy awards – for best picture, best adapted screenplay, best editing, best sound and, for Steiger, best actor – and gave Jewison the first of his three best director nominations; the others were for Fiddler on the Roof, his 1971 adaptation of the Broadway musical, and the romantic comedy Moonstruck (1987). In 1999 Jewison was the winner of the Irving G Thalberg memorial award from the academy for “a consistently high quality of motion picture production”.

The son of Dorothy (nee Weaver) and Percy Jewison, he was born and brought up in Toronto, Ontario, where his father ran a shop and post office. Educated at the Malvern Collegiate Institute, a Toronto high school, Jewison studied the piano and music theory at the Royal Conservatory in the city, and served in the Canadian navy during the second world war. On discharge, he went to the University of Toronto, paying his way by working at a variety of jobs, including driving a taxi and occasional acting.

After graduating with a bachelor of arts degree, in 1950 he set off with $140 on a tramp steamer to the UK, where he landed a job with the BBC, acting and writing scripts. On his return to Canada two years later, he joined the rapidly expanding television industry, producing and directing variety shows for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Jewison was spotted by the William Morris talent agency and invited to New York, where he signed with CBS and was given the unenviable task of rescuing the once successful show Your Hit Parade, which was by then displaying signs of terminal decline. He revamped the entire production and took it back to the top of the ratings. He directed episodes of the variety show Big Party and The Andy Williams Show, and specials for Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Harry Belafonte, Jackie Gleason and Danny Kaye.

On the Belafonte special, Jewison had white chains dangling above the stage, an image that displeased many southern TV stations, which refused to screen the show. This was the first indication of his stance on racism.

Success brought him to the notice of Tony Curtis, who had his own production company at Universal, and Jewison began a three-year contract with 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962), starring Curtis. This was followed by the likable but light Doris Day comedies The Thrill of It All (1963), Send Me No Flowers (1964) and The Art of Love (1965).

In 1965 he got out of his contract to make the first film of his choice, MGM’s The Cincinnati Kid, starring Steve McQueen (the Kid) and Edward G Robinson (the Man) and centring on a professional poker game between the old master and the young challenger. He took over the project from Sam Peckinpah, tore up the original script by Paddy Chayefsky and Ring Lardner, and commissioned Terry Southern, the result getting him noticed as a more than competent studio director.

In 1966 he made the beguiling but commercially unsuccessful comedy The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, about a Russian submarine stranded off the coast of Cape Cod. This was at the height of the cold war and gained him a reputation for being a “Canadian pinko”, although it was nominated for a best picture Oscar.

In the Heat of the Night was followed by The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) in which McQueen and Faye Dunaway played thief and insurance investigator respectively and engaged in a chess game that evolved into one of the longest onscreen kisses, as the camera swirls around and around above their heads. The theme song, The Windmills of Your Mind, was a hit and the film a success.

Fiddler on the Roof, with a silk stocking placed by Jewison across the camera lens to provide an earth-toned quality, won Oscars for cinematography, music and sound, and a nomination for Chaim Topol in his signature role of Tevye.

Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), his adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera, and Rollerball (1975), starring James Caan, were followed by F.I.S.T. (1978), a tale of union corruption starring Sylvester Stallone as an idealistic young organiser who sells out, and And Justice for All (1979), starring Al Pacino, a deeply ironic portrayal of the legal world.

A Soldier’s Story (1985), based on the Pulitzer prize-winning play and including an early performance from Denzel Washington, dealt with black soldiers who risked their lives “in defence of a republic which didn’t even guarantee them their rights”, and some of whom had internalised the white man’s vision of them.

Moonstruck, a somewhat daft love story but a tremendous box office success and for the most part a critical one, won the Silver Bear and best director for Jewison at the Berlin film festival and was nominated for six Oscars, winning for best screenplay, best actress for Cher and best supporting actress for Olympia Dukakis.

Then came Other People’s Money (1991), a caustic and amusing comedy on the new world of corporate finance and takeovers, in which Danny DeVito played a money hungry vulture, made largely in response to Reagan’s era of deregulation, and The Hurricane (1999) in which Jewison again worked with Washington, who played the real life boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, falsely convicted of a triple murder and imprisoned for years before the conviction was quashed. The latter film aroused controversy over its alleged manipulation of some facts and, despite its undoubted qualities, this fracas probably contributed to it being commercially disappointing.

In the early 1990s, Jewison had begun preparations for a film on the life of Malcolm X, and had secured Washington to play the title role, when Spike Lee gave his strongly expressed opinion that only a black film-maker could make this story. The two met, and Jewison handed over the film to Lee.

Jewison’s last film, The Statement (2003), starred Michael Caine as a Nazi war criminal on the run. He was also producer for films including The Landlord (1970), The Dogs of War (1980), Iceman (1984) and The January Man (1989).

He had returned to Canada in 1978, living on a ranch north of Toronto with his wife Dixie, whom he had married in 1953. There he reared Hereford cattle, grew tulips and produced his own-label maple syrup. In 1988 he founded the Canadian Centre for Advanced Film Studies, now known as the Canadian Film Centre, in Toronto.

He was a confirmed liberal, a man of integrity who turned in his coveted green card in protest at the Vietnam war and saw film not only as entertainment but also as a conduit for raising serious issues.

Dixie (Margaret Dixon) died in 2004. In 2010 he married Lynne St David, who survives him, as do two sons, Kevin and Michael, and a daughter, Jennifer, from his first marriage.

🔔 Norman Frederick Jewison, film director, producer and screenwriter, born 21 July 1926; died 20 January 2024

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[rabbitindisguise]

Lav year in review:

Visited my friend on the east coast for christmas and new years

Most importantly

Total written in 2023: 41,955 🎉

(sidenote; about a third of the way through this I was like "oh neat I did a lot of stuff I didn't realize! I should feel proud of myself for tha-" to quickly going "oh god what have I started, when will it end" so feel free to skip the end for anime)

Life events:

Started and finished cross stitching my mob psycho III project

Started a crochet blanket

Started playing dc again after 10+ years, and started a new game (tfo)

Got all four wisdom teeth removed

Moved to a different county

Increased medication dosage

Got approved for SSI

Wrote (at least part of) 7 fics

Made a bunch of great friends

[Frustrating legal stuff and insurance stuff]

Worked on the four ornament cross stitch project (it was really difficult, this might take me years honestly)

Learned to weave (!!!)

Got a rigid heddle loom (!!!!!!!!!)

Got a bunch of helpful tools for cross stitch and the supplies for three projects

Gridded and hemmed aida for first of three projects and got started

More or less completed the game A Little to the Left, and played lots of slimerancher

watched SO MANY anime

Cross stitch projects:

Anime:

Mob Psycho (all three seasons)

One Punch Man (all seasons)

Bocchi the rock

blue lock

Tomo-chan wa onnanoko!

Sugar apple fairytale

Yamada-kun to lv999

Jigokuraku

Spy kyoushitsu

Mononogatari (season 1 and 2)

Dead mount death play (season 1 and half of season 2)

Jujutsu Kaisen (second half of season 1 and most of season 2)

Akaka

Mignon

Tsurune (season 2 and movie)

link click (both seasons)

MDZS (all three seasons)

got caught up with Boku no Hero Academia (watched seasons 5 and 6)

The case study of vanitas (all)

Caught up with Bungou Stray Dogs (season 5)

Sasaki and Miyano

Heaven's Official Blessing (half of season one finished, then most of season two)

re-watched Howl's Moving Castle

Undead girl murder farce

Deranged Detective

4 Cut Hero

Haikyuu (season 4 and 5, and rewatched up until the end of the 2nd season)

Tokyo Revengers

My New Boss is Goofy

Ojou to banken-kun (half of season 1)

OVERTAKE!

Sousou no Frieren

Started 16bit sensation

re-watched My Hero

Dakaichi

The dreaming boy is a realist

Golden kamuy (half of season one)

Onmyoji

Manga:

Akane-Banashi

Books:

The life changing magic of tidying up by Marie kondo

The god of Arepo (yes it's a real book now!! It's amazing, someone made a comic of it)

Read this if you want to take good photographs + other photography books

You're a mean one, Matthew Prince and Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky

(Part of) how to keep house while drowning

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (plus a re-read of other tlt books)

Basketry books

Origami books

Mary Oliver poems

Rockhounding books

Some of Trauma Stewardship, Unmasking autism, Laziness Doesn't Exist, and A Short History of the World According to Sheep

Archery books

Weaving books [including: weaving today - selecting and using a weaving loom, inventive weaving on a little loom, mastering weaving structures, pattern weaving, role of yarn tension in weaving, the Weaver's idea book, and weaving made easy]

Some of Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett

Part of The Geek who Saved Christmas and probably many other mlm books I didn't think to keep track of (I read a lot of mlm before bed)

Movies:

Rewatched Going Postal and The Hogfather

Rewatched Klaus

(fndjsk is it obvious I like Christmas a lot?? I might be agnostic but it certainly helps to look forward to stuff in the winter months)

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STARTER FOR: @thecjwelford LOCATION: the labyrinth / cardinal hill

The Labyrinth fell somewhere in the middle of the nightlife Blue Harbor had to offer; it neither seemed as daunting as the karaoke bar aptly named Mic Drop! some streets over, nor as seedy as the establishments by Weaver Ridge. Much as Terry had valued the silence their cabin in Forest Lake afforded, Terry wanted the kind of genuine respite they'd ever gotten in bars.

These rituals had always seemed intriguing to her: how everyone could hang back their poker-faced professionalism after long work days in favor of something realer and more transparent, in a way they'd truly never been with anyone else. And, given the virtual impossibility of birding at late nights—save for the occasional barn owl—people-watching seemed to be the next best thing.

Sitting on a barstool, Terry slightly shifted their seat to bear witness to the growing crowd of patrons. They rested their back slightly against the worn wooden countertop, the murmurs of conversation and the clinks of glass almost functioning like white noise. They traced the condensation building around their cocktail glass before taking a sip with what they believe to be The Labyrinth's interpretation of an amaretto sour, judging by the key ingredients in the menu. Only instead of the slightly sweet and tangy taste that they'd most associated with their guilty pleasure of a drink, it had been... bitter?

What is this, an Amaretto bitter?

They shifted again in their seat to face the bar and called the bartender's attention with a raise of a single digit. "Excuse me?" They'd taken another sip, and another, and another—only to find themselves frowning each time. "Can I take this back? I'll have what he's having instead. Unless he's also drinking the same drink as I am..."

"That's you, isn't it? Er, Welford?" After some uncertainty, Terry recognized the man as being the very same figure they'd encountered sporadically in airline and hotel bars. "Huh." Here, though, his figure felt almost displaced. Like a ghost, which did not quite haunt in some tragic sense, but one that just made their presence known, as it were. "Do you live here?"

[dirty-bear-rick-sanchez]

Can we all please take a moment to appreciate the fact that Justin Roiland seems to just make every (main) character bi by default

3/5 of the Smith family are shown to be interested in people of other genders as well as people of the same gender (who aren’t them), and the remaining 2/5 have been shown to be interested in their clones (Beth in the show and Morty in the comics)

And in Solar Opposites, as well as Terry and Korvo being explicitly shown to be bisexual, Jesse says she’d ‘put a bun in that oven’ in regards to Sigourney Weaver and Yumyulack considers the possibility of marrying Mark Melner.

I feel like the sexuality of most of his characters is ‘bi eventually’ where, given long enough, the character will express attraction to someone of their own gender (even if it’s just to their own clone)