#ree blake

[blessyourpixels]

Louie | Emma | Ree

@nonsimsical thanks for the edits Dani!

[floorman3]

Masters of The Air Review- A Crowning Achievement In Television This Year, Gripping and Action Packed

 Masters of the Air is the third series from producing partners Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.  The first two Band of Brothers and the Pacific both aired on HBO, while this new one airs on Apple TV Plus. It’s the culmination of these two greats in the film industry’s three-part saga, celebrating the men and women of our armed forces during WWII. The first two were widely celebrated, and the…

[kim-ruzek]

Do you have any ideas for Sylvie and Gallo's exits? What do you think would be good exits for these two characters?

Ooh what a fun ask!

For Sylvie: Well, I'm fairly certain it will be her moving to portland with the baby and Matt, either as an engaged woman or a married one. I'm hoping we'll at least to get to see their wedding before Sylvie leaves, but I'll settle with her having a lovely goodbye bash, especially if they can't get JS back for the exit. This I think in general is a pretty good exit, and honestly my only complaint is I wish they knew sooner that Kara would definitely be leaving so that we could've avoided the brettsey break-up entirely. I just really need a cute final scene of Sylvie, Stella and Violet.

For Gallo: This is a little less straightforward, because how I'd like him to leave the show versus how I'm fairly certain he'll be exiting. Depending I'm pretty sure he'll be killed off, I can say that I'll be extremely disappointed and upset by that as an ending.

However, my ideal ending for him would be him leaving because of something about his aunt. I can't see Gallo ever just deciding to leave the station, unless he's quitting being a firefighter, and I can't see him doing so unless forced. And that, imo, wouldn't be a good ending for the character. So I'd like it to be for some reason, probably to help his aunt which involves him having to move or whatever, and so he transfers to another station but it's all in all a happy ending for him.

Thank you for sending me this ask!!

[heartsinthebasement]

17 February

“The group arrived at the Teddington Studio Centre on Broom Road in Teddington Lock, Middlesex, for an 11am rehearsal. They made a beeline for the canteen for some strong coffee, initially attempting to eat a vase of flowers in the middle of the table. They told Pearson their plans for a holiday in the Canary Islands-without Paul, who said he would be taking a bus tour of Chester. He didn’t.

Asked their personal ambitions, John said, ‘I’d like to record in English’; Paul, ‘I’d like for us to be in a big TV show with lots of sketches-only none of us can draw’; George ‘I’d like to sing an instrumental’; and Ringo ‘To play lead drums’. John was also asked what he would have been if he hadn’t left school to take up rock’n’roll. ‘The biggest boy in school,’ was his reply.”

Later that day…

“They mimed to ‘Please Please Me’ at the afternoon recording, which aired the following Saturday. Artist Peter Blake, who later designed the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band sleeve, met the group for the first time.”

— The Beatles 1963 by Dafydd Rees

Bold text my own. It’s interesting that clearly the Tenerife holiday was already in their diary, with the expectation that they’d go as a group. And Paul joking about not going.

[adamwatchesmovies]

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)

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...

The way Sylvester Stallone ended up starring in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot is much more interesting than the film itself. In the ’90s, the kings of action blockbusters were Arnold Schwarzenegger and Stallone. After reading the script by Blake Snyder, William Osborne and William Davies, Schwarzenegger knew it was awful. Knowing his rival would jump on the project if he feigned interest, Schwarzenegger told the press he was “very interested”. In no time, Stallone underbid him and got the role. Later, he would go on to call it one of the worst of his career. That's funny. This movie is not.

Sergeant Joseph Andrew Bomowski (Sylvester Stallone) dreads the upcoming visit from his mother, Tutti (Estelle Getty). When she attempts to illegally buy him a firearm, she witnesses a murder. Now the two must work together to determine who is selling high-powered weapons on the black market.

This movie (and the similarly awful Cop and a Half) is the ultimate bad buddy cop “one’s a” movie. We’ve seen movies where one’s a white cop and one’s a black cop, where one’s a man and one’s a woman, where one’s a young guy and one’s an old veteran, and so on. When they’re good, they deliver a compelling police action film and memorable bits of comedy that take advantage of the differences between the leads. When they're bad, you get this.

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot was sold on the gimmick alone - they certainly didn’t have a stack of amusing scenarios in mind. There’s maybe a single joke that lands. The rest is painfully unfunny and unoriginal. It isn’t even a movie about a cop being paired up with an old lady; it’s a cop paired up with his overbearing, irritating mother. You know the kind. We're talking about a woman who sees a perfectly clean room and decides it’s filthy but then goes on to destroy prized possessions in her attempts to make everything “spotless”. All this at 3 in the morning because common sense is something that escapes her.

I understand the movie is a comedy but even so, its characters are just way too dumb. Sure the movie “had to happen” but you never believe this scenario would play out the way it would. Every attempt at hilarity just makes the film longer and fills you with resentment. You look at Stallone’s face and you can tell he knew exactly how bad a movie this was. He puts no effort into the role. Even Estelle Getty isn’t particularly good and she should be the star of the show!

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot feels like an episode of a TV show that would've been canceled after 15 minutes stretched out to an hour and a half. At most, This should’ve been a short skit parodying buddy cop movies. Maybe this began as a joke someone took too seriously or director Roger Spottiswoode had a vision that got lost on the way to the screen. Regardless, you’re sitting there, powerless to do anything about the barrage of anti-fun coming your way. You accept it’s going to be bad within the first few minutes. You hope you can somehow acclimate yourself to the level of dimwitted writing and just when you're about to, Stallone delivers a title drop that lands like a blue whale on an inflatable pool. It just drains away all of your remaining will to live. This was made in 1992? Good gracious. (On VHS, June 14, 2019)

[kwebtv]

Eamon Boland, Susie Blake, Roger Rees and Judy Loe in “Singles”

[duckprintspress]

Celebrate Bisexual Awareness Week with 18 Awesome Books with Bi Characters!

September 16th to 23rd is Bisexual Awareness Week, culminating in Bisexual Visibility Day on the last day! To celebrate, we cooked up a list of our 18 favorite books featuring bisexual characters!

The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths and Magic by F. T. Lukens

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Guardian by priest

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

When the Stars Alight by Camilla Andrew

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall

The Heartbreak Bakery by A. R. Capetta

Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake

What are YOUR favorite books with bisexual protagonists? Tell us so we can get our read on even more!

This post was compiled with contributions from numerous Duck Prints Press contributors. We’ll have another post coming out on the 23rd, with Duck Prints Press publications featuring bi characters!

[howlingday]

Blake: Get. The fuck. Out of my way.

Cardin: Whatever, you fucking furry.

Blake: AAGH! (Jumps him, Beats his face in) I'M NOT A FURRY! DON'T EVER FUCKING CALL ME A FUCKING FURRY! FUCK YOU!

Blake: (Panting)

Ruby: Uh, hi?

Blake: Don't... Don't look at me.

Ruby: (Looks away) Yeah, yeah, no, sure.

Nora: Psst! Ruby~!

Ruby: Wh- Nora?! What are you doing here? I thought you were going yo break me out!

Nora: Relax! I still have my one phone call!

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Jaune: (Waiting by the phone)

Pyrrha: (Waiting by the phone)

Ren: (Waiting by the phone)

Yang: (Waiting by the phone)

Weiss: (Waiting by the phone)

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Nora: Besides, jail seems like a great place to meet new friends!

Velvet: Oh god, I'm freaking out! I'm freaking out! Nothing is right and I'm freaking out!

Nora: Hm...

Blake: Calm, Blake. Calm. Make gull noises. Gulls calm you down. REE! REE REE REE!

Nora: Hm... Maybe not.

Velvet: H... Hot... I'm so hot...

Nora: Okay! Time for the phone call!

[blessyourpixels]

More waterpark fun!

Side note, Dani makes the prettiest sims, like look at these models! @nonsimsical

[the-forest-library]

September 2022 Reads

Swordheart - T. Kingfisher

Ten Thousand Stitches - Olivia Atwater

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance - For Meadows

Kismet - Lauren Blakely

The Sweetest Connection - Denise Williams

Do You Take This Man - Denise Williams

How to Love Your Neighbor - Sophie Sullivan

Lucy on the Wild Side - Kerry Rea

The Holiday Trap - Roan Parrish

The Most Likely Club - Elyssa Friesland

Nothing More to Tell - Karen M. McManus

How to Survive Your Murder - Danielle Valentine

Vengeful - V.E. Schwab

All of Us Villains - Amanda Foody

Babel - R.F. Kuang

Carrie Soto is Back - Taylor Jenkins Reid

Just by Looking at Him - Ryan O’Connell

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Joan Aiken

Striking Distance - Sarah Rees Brennan

Fence Vol 1 - C.S. Pacat

Fence Vol 2 - C.S. Pacat

Fence Vol 3 - C.S. Pacat

Hark! A Vagrant - Kate Beaton

Step Aside, Pops - Kate Beaton

Sweaterweather - Sara Varon

Spinning - Tillie Walden

Lore Olympus - Rachel Smythe

If You Find a Unicorn, It is Not Yours to Keep - DJ Corchin

Coven - Jennifer Dugan

Unretouchable - Sofia Szamosi

American Born Chinese - Gene Luen Yang

Fun Home - Alison Bechdel

And Now I Spill the Family Secrets - Margaret Kimball

How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You - Matthew Inman

When Life Gives You Pears - Jeannie Gaffigan

Nine Nasty Words - John McWhorter

Resilient - Rick Hanson

Ask Me About My Uterus - Abby Norman

That Sounds So Good - Carla Lalli Music

Unbelievably Vegan - Charity Morgan

Bold = Highly Recommend Italics = Worth It Crossed out = Nope

Thoughts:

Lots of really decent reads this month, but the standout is once again Olivia Atwater. I think I enjoyed Ten Thousand Stitches even more than Half a Soul. Just delightful. 

I also read a bunch of graphic novels while I was recovering from surgery and finally got around to reading some that have been on my TBR forever. 

Goodreads Goal: 311/350

2017 Reads | 2018 Reads | 2019 Reads | 2020 Reads | 2021 Reads |

2022 Reads

[bulletnotestudies]

23 books i want to read in 2023 ✨

or, if you know me, 23 books of which i will maybe read 5 bc i am a mood reader to a fault lmao

in no particular order:

hell bent - leigh bardugo

we all fall down - rose szabo

because internet - gretchen mcculloch

call down the hawk - maggie stiefvater

all that's left in the world - erik j. brown

if we were villains - m. l. rio

babel - r. f. kuang

the atlas paradox - olivie blake

spell bound - f. t. lukens

jade city - fonda lee

heavenly tyrant - xiran jay zhao

cursed bunny - bora chung

senlin ascends - josiah bancroft

ace - angela chen

portrait of a thief - grace d. li

in the dream house - carmen maria machado

something wicked this way comes - ray bradbury

in other lands - sarah rees brennan

the long way to a smal angry planet - becky chambers

the marriage portrait - maggie o'farrel

a gathering of shadows - v. e. schwab

a conjuring of light - v. e. schwab

why we sleep - matthew walker

tagging @upside-down-uni, @serendistudy, @selkiestudies, @dreamofghosts, @melaschnie and anyone else who wants to share (some of) their 2023 tbr! <3

[illreviews]

Books I'm reading

Passing Nella Larsen (being read for class)

The Atlas Six Olivie Blake (being read for fun)

The Curated Closet Anuschka Rees (also for fun)

[haveyoureadthisqueerbook]

Hello! First of all: love this blog! Second: I read a lot of queer books and as it turns out a lot of them weren’t already on your spreadsheet so uh. Sorry in advance for what I’m about to do to your inbox/queue 😅

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

The Time Slip Girl by Elizabeth Andre

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

The Queen of Cups by Ren Basel

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron

Werecockroach by Polenth Blake

In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard

Wain: LGBT Reimaginings of Scottish Folktales by Helene Boppert and Rachel Plummer

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown

Tremontaine: The Complete Season One by Patty Bryant, Malinda Lo, Racheline Maltese, Joel Derfner, Ellen Kushner, Paul Witcover, and Alaya Dawn Johnson

This Other World by AC Buchanan

In Memoriam by Nathan Burgoine

The Dark Beneath the Ice by Amelinda Bérubé

Felix Ever After by Karen Callender

Last Bus to Everland by Sophie Cameron

Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron

Once & Future by AR Capetta and Cory McCarthy

The Brilliant Death by AR Capetta

XX by Angela Chadwick

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

The Vela by Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon, Yoon Ha Lee, and SL Huang

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

The True Queen by Zen Cho

The Terracotta Bride by Zen Cho

The Water that Falls on You From Nowhere by John Chu

The Shape of My Name by Nino Cipri

A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark

Girlhood by Cat Clarke

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova

Dreadnought by April Daniels

Sovereign by April Daniels

Thornfruit by Felicia Davin

Nightvine by Felicia Davin

Shadebloom by Felicia Davin

Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

Stay Another Day by Juno Dawson

Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi

The Drowning Eyes by Emily Foster

Bingo Love by Tee Franklin

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman

The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez

We Go Around in the Night and Are Consumed by Fire by Jules Grant

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg

Keeper of the Dawn by Dianna Gunn

The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall

The Outside by Ada Hoffman

The Fallen by Ada Hoffman

The Infinite by Ada Hoffman

Mindtouch by MCA Hogarth

Sing the Four Quarters by Tanya Huff

The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson

The City of Woven Streets by Emmi Itäranta

Godkiller by Hannah Kaner

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann

The Beast of Callaire by Saruuh Kelsey

The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy

An Excess Male by Maggie Shen King

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen

Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner

The Faerie Godmother’s Apprentice Wore Green by Nicky Kyle

Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live by Sacha Lamb

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

Goldie Vance Vol. 1 by Hope Larson

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee

Not Your Villain by CB Lee

Not Your Backup by CB Lee

The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee

The Fever King by Victoria Lee

The Fox’s Tower and Other Tales by Yoon Ha Lee

Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

Adaptation by Malinda Lo

Inheritance by Malinda Lo

Natural Selection by Malinda Lo

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

The Hand, the Eye, and the Heart by Zoë Marriott

Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald

Luna: Wolf Moon by Ian McDonald

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire

Forbid the Sea by Seanan McGuire

In Sea-Salt Tears by Seanan McGuire

The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara

An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows

A Tyranny of Queens by Foz Meadows

All Out: The No-Longer Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages ed. Saundra Mitchell

Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

Princess Princess Ever After by K. O’Neill

The Tea Dragon Society by K. O’Neill

The Tea Dragon Festival by K. O’Neill

The Tea Dragon Tapestry by K. O’Neill

Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Loveless by Alice Oseman

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Stormsong by CL Polk

Soulstar by CL Polk

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Tiger’s Daughter by K Arsenault Rivera

The Phoenix Empress by K Arsenault Rivera

The Warrior Moon by K Arsenault Rivera

A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

Birthday by Meredith Russo

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

Dying for a Living by Kory M. Shrum

Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver

History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie

The Edge of the Abyss by Emily Skrutskie

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding

The Traitor’s Tunnel by CM Spivey

Nimona by ND Stevenson

Chameleon Moon by RoAnna Sylver

Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time by KM Szpara

As I Descended by Robin Talley

Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

Drowned Country by Emily Tesh

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull

Crier’s War by Nina Varela

Iron Heart by Nina Varela

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

System Collapse by Martha Wells

A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White

The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang

The Red Threads of Fortune by Neon Yang

The Descent of Monsters by Neon Yang

The Ascent to Godhood by Neon Yang

Waiting on a Bright Moon by Neon Yang

Taproot by Keezy Young

Phew! Finally got all of these queued! Thank you so much for the list, and for arranging them so neatly, which definitely made it easier to transfer over to a spreadsheet!

[kwebtv]

Singles -  ITV  -  June 19, 1984 - August 21, 1991

Sitcom (22 episodes)

Running Time:  30 minutes

Stars:

Susie Blake as Jackie

Eamon Boland as Clive

Simon Cadell as Dennis Duval  (series 3)

Judy Loe as Pamela

Gina Maher as Di

Roger Rees as Malcolm (series 1-2)