same!! I have been starving for it!
same!! I have been starving for it!
and then it is wise to have a little follow-up prepared for when the person complains some more, where you look deeply into Timmy's eyes and you say "I too have unkind opinions that I am keeping to myself. I am doing it right now. You see? Do you understand now?"
by the time you are 30, it is wise to have a little speech prepared to say "you may have been being honest, and you may have represented the truth as you see it, but that does not mean that what you said was kind or necessary."
misinformation. it's THIRTEEN words and they are "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
all the parts are sad! I was thinking about that time Vyvyan Holland was like, yeah, everyone said my mother had no sense of humor, "but then again, she had little to laugh about." it's just! God! SO SAD.
hahaha yeah, the problem is that I literally can't think about Oscar Wilde for more than five seconds without becoming unbearably sad
how is every one of his line readings perfect
let's all watch this this weekend
"Itβs ironic, perhaps, that Bridgertonβs most fantastical romance yetβa nobleman in love with a maid!βshould turn out to be its most grounded and realistic love story."
Lacy Baugher Milas reviews Bridgerton's season 4 finale!
#Bridgerton
and I still feel I get it wrong half the time. lol! criticism is hard!
I KNOW. every sentence it's like... what are you TALKING about? ahahaha I love it.
it's such a weird needle to thread and I think about it a lot. I have a post-it note next to my desk that says STAY IN THE TEXT. it is beyond my scope of expertise what the authors intended (unless I can link to where they said it explicitly) or why the readers crave this type of content.
right! this! yes! because I think there's been a backlash to the idea of having an aesthetic opinion, but you're still okay to have a moral opinion.
Lowkey I think part of the problem with book criticism now is that the market rewards universal positivity or harsh takedowns but not, like, developing a critical ethos and maintaining consistent aesthetic standards.
A copy of Nobody's Baby by Olivia Waite standing on top of a copy of Murder by Memory, also by Olivia Waite.
The happiest of book birthdays to Nobody's Baby by @oliviawaite.com, the sequel to Murder by Memory! π πΆ
Hey, it's Flytrap Tuesday! This week, worker-owner @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social writes about how the media ignored evangelical support of Donald Trump--and now, we are all paying the price.
oh noooooooooooooo
right? I have been waiting SO LONG
This is the entirety of my weekend plans.
~saturday morning plans~
please let me know your findings, I am interested in the answer to this
I absolutely cannot wait omg
I saw this proshot in the theater and it is so worth watching
bahahahaha
the casting was good all around! just wall-to-wall great stuff in my opinion!
hahaha he made such bad decisions every time! crazy how many and how terrible his decisions!
right? like in my adulthood I have come around to, I think, a more nuanced view of the relationship between those two guys... and yet. I have a physical rage reaction to seeing Jude Law's face.
(except for he's very sweet in The Holiday)
this man should have gotten whatever he needed to stay on Who for as long as it gave his heart joy. I'm so mad about it.
ahahahaha wowie this is absolutely incredible and I love it
you are so welcome! I cannot wait!
and Oscar Wilde lowered his voice and said, of course it's a vicious slander, but what they are SAYING is... that The Importance of Being Earnest is better acted than An Ideal Husband.
and then he alighted out of the cab and went about his way