Well, it’s a week before the tin anniversary of m’girl’s death date, and folks are rolling out the red carpet (or the newsstand equivalent), in commemoration. Those of you who are old enough~* to remember, LIFE put together a lovely hardcover tribute to her life and career in 2003, and obviously I own, like, three copies because when you’re steadily obnoxious about a celebrity for about five years and then that celebrity DIES, people like to dump things on you, covered with said celebrity. (I now have no idea where any of these copies are.) I’d heard that LIFE was doing something similar for the 10th anniversary of her passing, and went to my local supermarket to check it out. So, for those who asked: No, I am not buying this. Because it’s the same book with ‘10 Years Later’ slabbed on the cover. Also, it’s paperback. BUT, seeing as how I’d specifically made the trip for this one thing, I decided to be a dumbass with it. An activity that hasn’t ceased being the source of so much unadulterated mirth, even though I’m technically a grownup. Nothing is more amusing than this.
Behind a cut, just ‘cause.
“Tango” - Michael Nyman via The Smith Quartet, 두번째 사랑/NEVER FOREVER OST
Gregory Peck and Ann Todd in publicity still for Alfred Hitchcock’s film The Paradine Case.
Yeah, I don’t know what it would be, either. Probably respectable. I’ve turned the Hepburn “”“fandom”“” into a sewage dump. MAYBE SOMEDAY I’LL WRITE A LEGITIMATE RETROSPECTIVE ON HER CAREER (UNLIKELY), BUT THAT DAY IS NOT TODAY.
Haaaaaay.
Oh, all right, here’s fo-ah mo-ah:
- X-FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE, dir. by It Doesn’t Matter
- 두번째 사랑/NEVER FOREVER, dir. by Gina Kim
- ORLANDO, dir. by Sally Potter
- LES VACANCES DE M. HULOT/MR. HULOT’S HOLIDAY, dir. by Jacques Tati
This is false. I take sugar and cream, but I opted for the other joke because I’m a hack.
Minimalism.
Handwritten Post Day TMI
| 1: | Write your URL in some writing that you thought were super cool when you were younger. Eg, bubble letters, digital clock letters, letters with lots of embellishments, or letters with smiley faces in them. |
| 2: | Write a list of all the countries or states you’ve been to. Write a comment on each of them. Or some, if you can’t be bothered. |
| 3: | List your top three statistical Tumblr crushes and draw their icons. |
| 4: | Draw a selfie. |
| 5: | Name three things you like about yourself. |
| 6: | Do you like the climate you live in? What do you like about it or what would you change? |
| 7: | What is your current mood? Write and/or draw. |
| 8: | Can you tie a bow-tie? A regular tie? If yes, how and when did you learn? |
| 9: | Pick something from your immediate surroundings and tell the story behind the item. |
| 10: | The last time you noticed you’d put a piece of clothing on incorrectly, i.e. backwards/inside out/etc? |
| 11: | What is a typical breakfast for you? |
| 12: | How do you take your favorite coffee? Eg strong or weak? Black or with cream/milk and/or sugar/sweetener? Filter, espresso, French press or instant? Hot or iced? Regular or decaf? None of the above? |
| 13: | Describe your favorite food. Who makes it? |
| 14: | List 5 movies that you love. |
| 15: | What is a wanky memory from Tumblr that still makes you blush? |
| 16: | What brought you to Tumblr? |
| 17: | Have you had any real Tumblr crushes? If you want to keep your mystery, answer with a drawing. |
| 18: | Do you prefer to text or call your friends? |
| 19: | Write an autograph version of your URL. |
| 20: | Pick up the nearest printed material in your first language and copy out a random paragraph. |
HAPPY FLAG DAY, YA’LL.
