i have a lot of thoughts about poor things (2024) but most of them ultimately boil down to how refreshing it is to see a story that so wholly embodies an autistic perspective on sexuality, joy and self-discovery
Okay but for real, the season finale for the first season is something else, just in terms of Jane’s actions. He gets all upset with Lisbon about their plan and being led to Red John and Jane has so little regard of his own life. Even when Maya is mentioned, he just. All he wants is Red John. If he can’t have a go at him, he needs Lisbon to get him, even if it means his own death.
This guy is practically allergic to guns most of the time. But the moment this guy makes a move - as obsessed with Red John as Jane is - Jane shoots him in defense of Lisbon. Like he doesn’t even think, he just picks the gun up and does it. And then his hand kinda shakes and he drops it immediately.
Say what you will about the first season of The Mentalist, it’s more episodic nature and Jane’s behavior etc., but the dude cared about Lisbon from the get-go more than he probably gets credit for. And I appreciate that.
'People expect so much of an attractive person. I mean people are very critical on me. It makes me tense. Even when I lay down I'm tense. I've got an enormous imagination. I imagine all kinds of things. Like that I'm washed up, I'm finished. I think sometimes that people don't want me around. I don't like to be alone though. When I'm alone my imagination gets all creepy.' -Sharon Tate
The wind sound huffed, once, and then the moist thud jolted us, the sound of a watermelon breaking open
video description: a short animation of cecilia lisbon couching and drawing her initials in the street muck. she looks up at the viewer, then the scene changes to one of her jumping to her death, ending with a watermelon breaking on the ground.
Every time I see travelling influencers say “I travel on a budget and only do free tours” baby girl, one: free tour guides are not paid. They rely on tips. If you’ve ever done a free tour and found it weird that they took a picture of the group at the end: that’s because they’re “counting heads” and they’re gonna show it to the boss because most free tour guides HAVE TO PAY A FEE THEMSELVES TO THE BOSS. There’s a company in Lisbon that pays 3€ per person, and another that pays 5€ per person. The photo is so the guide cannot lie because free tours ALWAYS start off with 40 people and end with 20. The photo will let the boss say “there’s 24 people in here, so you owe me 72€”. That’s why they need tips. Even if all those 24 people tip 5€, of the 120€ they’ll put on the guide’s hand, only 52€ is for the guide. Which okay you might be thinking “but in the summer if they keep doing groups of 20-40 that sounds like a deal!” well, 1: not every day you’re going to have groups of 40, not even in June, and expect a huge drop in August, 2: if 40 people sign up for a tour and there’s 5 guides available, you’re getting a small group, and finally, most importantly, 3: not everyone tips. Not even americans. Americans aren’t stupid, they’re fed up of tipping culture, come here and KNOW we don’t have a tipping culture, so they abstain themselves from participating in it. Also it’s tacky as SHIT to pick up a cloth hat and say “our tours survive on tips” like when I saw this I felt embarrassment.
and TWO: you have no idea the wild shit I’ve heard free tour guides say. Rest assured there are good guides out there who do free tours, and many college students studying tourism start out this way. But if it’s an overly confident tour guide. Baby run.
Exploring the Best of Portugal: From Porto to Lisbon
Things to do in Porto, Nazare, and Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal Travel Itinerary3 Days in Porto1 Day in Nazaré (Batalha Enroute)4 Days in LisbonGeneral Thoughts
When I was six months pregnant, my husband and I decided to sneak in one last adventure before our baby boy arrived. As you know, we’re definitely not all-inclusive or sunshine and beach type travelers, so as relaxing as lying on the beach and reading a book sounded, we knew we would’ve been…