#I'm almost halfway thru the movie now

[fledermoved]

Over the past few days I've been re-iconing a movie bc I kinda half-assed it and boy let me tell you. It will. CERTAINLY be an icon set once I'm done with it.

[thlrlwalls]

You know when I decided to rewatch Sailor Moon many months ago I didnt think I'd still be deep in my obsession w it

[trissaysmoi]

August 23rd, Friday

Moi!

This morning, I got fed up with my cousins who still has to wait for me to clean our cats' mess when they're already old enough to be doing household chores. Ugh, I hate lazy people.

It's our weekly meeting today so I went to the office. Our editor-in-chief got impatient halfway in the meeting. 💀

Anyway, we're going to be deployed in Manila on monday so the office let us borrow cameras that we're going to use for the coverage. I know how to take pictures but I never owned an actual DSLR camera. I was scared that I won't be able to maneuver thru its buttons but luckily I got it right away.

It was fun hanging the camera bag on my shoulder while on the way home tho. Now I know the feeling of having a camera and I wish I can get myself my own one very soon.

Before going home, I stopped by the supplies store to buy a lanyard that I'll be using for my press ID. I've attached my ID to my university ID before which was a bad idea when there were cops snooping around especially at rallies. It's better to be safe you know.

I also wanted to buy myself a makeup setting spray since I'm out almost everyday and I want my makeup to stay intact despite the harsh commute. It was bloody expensive tho so maybe next time lol.

Btw I finished Interstellar last night and it was life changing. I also got to rewatch "The Imitation Game" (2014) which is one of my fav movies hehe.

[officialcheesecakefactory]

idk yall. i was saving up to get my own place but now my emergency fund is almost completely gone since i've been fired and have no income, and i still won't be able to drive (and therefore get a fuckin job) until like halfway thru may - and even then, that's only if this medication transition goes smoothly and i don't have another seizure, which would set me back another 3 months.

my partner's been promising to take me to this movie i want to see for two weeks now, but every day he has a new excuse and he says "tomorrow i'll take you, i swear." we go to see his family at least once a month (even though they live 2+ hours away) and i've been telling him for weeks he has to come with me to see my family for once (30 minute drive) but two days before he suddenly has a lot of homework and can't, even though he waits until the last minute to even start his work and he does it all with chatGPT anyway. i'm always expected to go with him to see his family and his shitty abusive dad but every single time i want him to come visit my family he's suddenly busy or feeling sick or something.

he's also been promising to go to therapy for three of the four years we've been together but he still doesn't even have his damn health insurance card cuz his mommy and sister do everything for him.

i need to figure something out because i can't stay with him, but i'm not sure i can bear to live with my parents either. my mom is pretty much the whole reason i can't bring myself to pull the trigger and leave him because she's showed me my whole life that love is staying with someone who disrespects you and makes you miserable, and right as i was about to break that stupid cycle i get diagnosed with epilepsy and then fired. idfk what to do but i really really need to do something.

[notebookmusical]

Hi!!!! I'm so sorry I didn't reply again until now. I wanted to reply the other day but basically my ask got deleted halfway thru replying and I didn't have time again until now. I'm so glad you had a great time at the movie. It seems like you had a lot of fun and i'm glad you were able to see it again. I expected there not to be a lot of people at the last show since it was so late and it was an added show on Thursday. It did make me wanna see it again just to experience it with other people but I don't know if I will. I hope it comes to streaming so I can watch it over and over. I loved noticing new things seeing it up close. What did your friend think of the whole show? Sometimes I forget how incredible it is how Taylor created and came up with it mostly by herself..a true mastermind! I'm grateful that I was able to go to the show at least once compared to the people that didn't. It did make me nostalgic for my show but I also loved the surprise songs cuz it was like how the fans that have been there from the beginning since Our Song to now with You're On Your own Kid just made it special. Aww she really put it on and said it was her favorite!!! I knew about the cut songs beforehand but my sister didn't and it took her some time to realize any were cut. I understand some of them cuz it didn't have choreography and I guess the movie maybe felt a little long but also everything went by fast too. But that was the one that hurt the most cuz its one of my favorites. It's also the only single from the album so I couldn't believe she cut it. I love them all but my favorites are probably Speak Now and Folklore too, along with rep.

I never listened to Renee's EP cuz I was waiting until her album but I do plan to hear them together probably next week. The few songs I've heard so far I've liked though. I have to give Holly's album a few more listens as well before I know my favorites but which ones did you like the best? I also enjoyed Boygenius as well. Ya I am curious about the movie version but I'm not excited about it or anything. I don't think it would change much from the stage version, but I'm happy it's at least people kinda from Broadway. I never saw anything from Sabrina if she ever was on Broadway, cuz I can't remember..but I agree..she could've been a great Cady. I remember the stunt cast for Cameron Dallas and apparently he was so bad lol. I'm sorry you didn't get to see it on Broadway but I might see it on tour in a few months to compare it to the movie. I also heard a Waitress proshot is coming soon so I'm probably more interested in seeing that, cuz I couldn't on tour.

So one of the reasons I didn't reply to you was cuz we went to see Les Mis last night!!! We were trying to go on Wednesday but it didn't work out so I didn't wanna tell you I was seeing it if I wasn't sure I could go. But it was so amazing and probably top 5 shows I've seen. I would want to go again to have better seats and cuz there was a lot going on, on stage, that I missed. It was really funny though cuz I hadn't thought of the musical in a while but of course I still knew all of the words haha. It felt really fast paced and I wish I could've paid more attention or soaked it in more..that was kinda my first time seeing a sung through show, so it was a good thing I knew it so well lol. My favorite parts were I Dreamed a Dream, The Confrontation, Stars, and One Day More, but I really loved the flow of Act One. The barricade scenes were good too, but the set was pretty dark which made it kinda hard to see. Of course I thought of you every time they said Cosette! And I noticed it was a lot haha. Anyway I also remembered I saw Moulin Rouge on tour almost the exact same day last year which is a crazy coincidence! I only know that cuz it was around when Midnights came out..which is today and I wanna know how you feel about it when it first came out compared to now. I think it's grown on me a lot and I do love it way more now. I can't believe 1989 is only a week away! I'm so excited to hear new Taylor songs to react to..it's so fun and will be fun to see if we have the same favorites.

Wow cool..that's awesome that you met up at your show! You're so sweet to say that and I realized we have been talking back and forth for a while now. I definitely think of you as my friend! Sometimes I worry that I have nothing interesting to say but then I also worry I talk so much lol. But that's why I say you shouldn't worry about replying..but I didn't want you to feel like I forgot about you either. I really do enjoy our conversations and how we just talk about our interests since I don't really have anyone else to talk about this stuff with. It feel weird that you don't know what I look like or that I'm just online, and sometimes I feel weird about it. Books are something I'm glad we can bond over, since my sister doesn't have as much time for reading, and I'm excited to start the book soon. If we are reading the Night Circus too, it's okay cuz I can read two books at the same time but just let me know. I read the summary of those on Goodreads and it reminded me of Only Murders in the Building, even if I haven't even watched the show yet but it's on my list. If you've seen it, let me know how it is. I am not a big thriller or mystery reader but it did seem interesting so I'm glad you enjoyed them! I'm sorry if I forgot anything, but I might not be able to reply until Monday if you reply to this though..just to let you know. I hope you have a nice weekend!

hi friend!! hope you're having a good weekend 🤍 i saw something on twitter about it maybe going to prime, but i take most things i see on twitter with a grain of salt 😭 my friend really liked it — and is super excited to see her next year 🥺 i understand why a lot of them were cut (choreo, etc) but i was really bummed because i love long live and the archer and cardigan and - well, all of them. i was talking to some friends on thursday about how if we could change anything in the eras setlist in a way that wouldn't alter production too much (i.e. costume changes, choreography, speeches, giving her time to rest a bit, etc) what would we change and so i want to ask you the same question! what would you change if you could? i think i said i'd switch out i knew you were trouble with holy ground or red! i would personally also maybe switch all too well 10 for the 5 minute version, and then add our song or i'm only me when i'm with you (or both) instead, just so i could get my little debut songs in. but i do think it's pretty perfect and even the songs that i don't gravitate towards listening to regularly are SO much fun live. the rep set is SO good; we've talked about how it's not my favorite album of hers but honestly one of my favorite eras performances i think.

i think elvis impersonators, cocoon, and ghost me are in my top 3, but i'm not entirely sure yet! i can't wait to hear more of your thoughts on holly's album!! sabrina was only cady for like, two days so not a whole lot exists out there! but i really liked her take on cady. i feel like more often than not i am disappointed with stunt casting (i understand why they do it though) — speaking of stunt casts, i'm curious to see how jordan fisher does as orpheus in hadestown! i'm seeing the tour in a few weeks and i'm super excited to finally see someone who isn't reeve carney haha! and yes — waitress proshot! it was announced yesterday or the day before, i think! my friend texted me about it but i'm not sure if i'll have time to go see it in cinemas. hopefully it gets put on streaming sometime soon too!! i just remembered broadwayhd exists — there's so much on there that i haven't seen (that being said, if you've never seen daddy long legs the musical, i do recommend it because megan mcginnis' voice is beautiful and i just love her — although the actual musical content/plot is a bit questionable — and of course, she loves me and allegiance are also ones i'd recommend)! i didn't know they did a proshot of snapshots — john cardoza was in it and i really like him (i saw him in the notebook + really like what i've heard of him in moulin rouge + like what i heard of him in the snapshots cast recording) so i might give that a watch sometime! and i forgot they filmed the production of first date that sam barks was in! i was also just thinking of submissions only, which was a web series back in like 2012 and is pretty scrubbed from the internet now, unfortunately but i loved it. did you ever watch smash? now i'm feeling incredibly nostalgic!

oh my gosh did you have fun at les mis!!! i really liked the marius on tour (gregory lee rodriguez) — his marius is so earnest and so charming; i saw him in a show here in seattle a few years ago and i remember thinking he was a very likable actor so i was really excited to see him in les mis when i saw the tour in june! the barricade scenes are some of my favorites, but yes — lighting can be tricky! i've been meaning to rewatch the movie at some point as well, but it's so long and such a commitment. i was also ... doing a VERY good job of working at my les mis reread/annotations but then ... did not do that. so we'll see if i pick it back up or if i decide to push it off to next year haha. and no way! that's such a cool coincidence!

i really like midnights; i think it's a solid album — but i do find myself reaching for the 3am tracks over some of the songs on midnights proper a lot! it's interesting because my friends and i did a little ~ prediction ~ of our favorites based on names and i could not have been more wrong. i said lavender haze, anti hero, you’re on your own kid, question…? and sweet nothing were ones that stood out to me, and i do like them, don't get me wrong, but the only one i listen to A LOT is you're on your own kid. i think my top listened to midnights tracks/favorite midnights tracks are (in no particular order): yoyok, mastermind, the great war and dear reader. what about you?

you don't need to worry about not having anything interesting to say! i love chatting with you — you can literally come talk to me about anything you want! and you don't need to apologize for taking your time to reply either! and i'm happy to do whatever works for you reading schedule wise / buddy reading wise! i haven't watched OMITB but i've heard really good things and there's apparently a lot of broadway people cameos in the third season? which is fun!

hope you're having a good weekend 🤍 🤍 !!

[jakeperalta]

This is a weird coincidence but I just saw earlier today that Taylor Jenkins Reid announced a new book today after I just asked you about it so I thought I would tell you. It seemed interesting enough and I would give anything she writes a chance so that's cool. Maybe it will give me motivation to finally finish her books now. Also ya..it seems like some of her books are becoming movies or shows now..One True Loves, Daisy Jones and potentially Evelyn Hugo I think. I still need to get thru Sally Rooney too before Conversations With Friends comes out..seems like i will enjoy it more as a show. Did you watch the Normal People show and if you did..did you like it more than the book? I'm almost done with that one and about halfway thru Conversations With Friends.

yeah I saw, it looks like it could be interesting and I trust her enough to always write something half decent. I'm super excited for the daisy jones mini series, the casting looks great for it!

I watched bits and pieces of normal people because my mum was watching it and I thought it seemed like a really good adaptation - my main issue with the book was the ending not really working for me but I felt like they did that better in the show.