#Madeline Adams

[bagesims]

It's a big day for Madeline♥

[paintingsandrecords]

horse; ink and watercolor

last seven day’s listening:

bruce springsteen & the e street band - live/1975-85

the juliana hatfield three - become what you are

juliana hatfield - anemia b/w mean + evil

the new lost city ramblers with cousin emmy - the new lost city ramblers with cousin emmy

aerosmith - toys in the attic

dowsing - no one said this would be easy

santana - santana iii

the michael character - patti in the dining car

paul baribeau - paul baribeau

common rider - last wave rockers

madeline - kissing and dancing

spice - viv

[toffeethief]

Madeline - Mountain Heart

[asoftepiloguemylove]

MY ONE AND ONLY // ON LOVE THAT ISN'T ENOUGH

Madeline Miller The Song of Achilles // 呪術廻戦 Jujutsu Kaisen (2018-) wr. 芥見下々Gege Akutami // Adam Silvera They Both Die at the End // Lorde Ribs // Chris Abani Dog Woman // System of a Down Lonely Day // 呪術廻戦 Jujutsu Kaisen (2018-) wr. 芥見下々Gege Akutami // Catherynne M. Valente Deathless // 呪術廻戦 Jujutsu Kaisen (2018-) wr. 芥見下々Gege Akutami // Olivia Gatwood "The Lover as a Cult," Life of the Party // Sufjan Stevens Mystery of Love // @/perennials on ao3 (link to fic) // 呪術廻戦 Jujutsu Kaisen (2018-) wr. 芥見下々Gege Akutami // Azra T. (quote via @wedarkacademia)

[raisunii]

lover. | a web weave

take me to church, hozier / pride and prejudice (2005) / selected poems, alexander blok / we'll never have sex, leith ross / letters to milena, franz kafka / the disappearance of eleanor rigby / the song of achilles, madeline miller / burn this, adam driver and keri russell / letters to milena, franz kafka

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Characters, book, and author names under the cut

Ronan Lynch/Adam Parrish - The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

Patroclus/Achilles - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

[godzilla-reads]

“The book’s message is simple but powerful: the world can be a dangerous place, and there is no one coming to save you. Yet in kindness, courage, integrity, and community we find our hope. Most of us can’t be Bigwig, but Hazel, the true hero, is within reach of anyone willing to try to care for those around them, to make the world a better place.”

—Madeline Miller in her Introduction to the 50th Anniversary edition of “Watership Down” by Richard Adams

[high-potential]

High Potential | 1x04 Survival Mode Stills - Part 1

[browsethestacks]

Original Art - X-Men Annual #09 Pg 06 (1985) by Arthur Adams, Mike Mignola, And Al Gordon

[adamwatchesmovies]

Mixed Nuts (1994)

Remakes are rarely what they should be. In theory, what you should do is take a movie that’s either bad or almost but not quite there and try it again, taking the opportunity to fix the blemishes. In execution, we most often get something akin to "cloned with damaged DNA”. I haven’t seen Le père Noël est une ordure so I’m assuming Mixed Nuts is the latter because it shows promise and then builds to an ending so lame and lazy it sours the rest of the film.

In California, on Christmas Eve, Philip (Steve Martin) is the head of the suicide-prevention hotline “Lifesavers”. The organization is about to shut down thanks to the eviction notice from the landlord, Stanley (Garry Shandling). On what is sure to be Lifesavers’ last day, Philip and his co-workers Mrs. Blanche Munchnik (Madeline Kahn) & Catherine O’Shaughnessy (Rita Wilson) will have to deal with a trailer-trash couple, an annoying neighbor that loves to make up bad songs (Adam Sandler), a depressed transvestite (Liev Schreiber), angry rollerbladers (Parkey Posey and Jon Stewart) and the “Seaside Strangler”.

Directed by Nora Ephron (which she co-wrote with her sister, Delia), a fair number of jokes land - particularly if you’ve got an off-kilter sense of humor. All of the characters are so neurotic that a normal, everyday scenario would end up with tears, outrage and a gun being fired. On Christmas Eve, at a suicide-prevention hotline, in a building whose elevator is out of commission and whose tenants are all being evicted, with a serial killer on the loose, the question is how big of a mess this will become and how the weirdos will fit together. Despite all this, I swear Mixed Nuts isn’t as ridiculous as it initially sounds.

I probably shouldn’t have enjoyed the film as much as I did and I must confess that thinking back, I can only think of a few times it made me laugh. The most noteworthy element of the film is Liev Schreiber in his film debut. His character is over-the-top like there’s no tomorrow but the performance is surprisingly sensitive when the jokes simmer down. Also enjoyable are key interactions between Catherine and her callers. She’s so empathetic towards them it’s a wonder she can do her job. While this raises some questions about how the operation could’ve possibly worked and requires you to find the humor in suicidal thoughts, it just might be bizarre enough to make you smile.

The ridiculous feels-like-they’re-improptu-but-they-actually-aren’t songs courtesy of Adam Sandler’s character (who speaks in the same annoying childlike voice he chooses when he isn’t playing a fantasy version of himself), the various neuroses and escalation lunacy manage to rack up enough points for you to like the film. You're having a good time, wondering why people are so down on Mixed Nuts. Then, we get to the final act. The conclusion doesn’t come out of nowhere but that's only because someone went back once the script was finished and added hints of what was coming retroactively. It starts by making you cringe, then keeps getting worse until you’re sitting there, wondering “Did I somehow convince myself I was having fun earlier, or was the whole movie like what I'm seeing now?”.

There are a lot of big names in Mixed Nuts and they should’ve added up to a Yuletide comedy for the ages. It doesn’t live up to its potential. In fact, I’m now in the position of trying to defend a movie that I’m not even sure I enjoyed that much in hindsight. I thought of concluding this review with "Mixed Nuts is a mixed bag" but I'm filled with such doubt about the end results that I'm not sure I can even muster that statement. (December 20, 2021)

[brunhielda]

As someone who lives out in the mountains, the lilacs are only just now beginning to fade away, and it has set me to thinking.

This site has WRECKED me, and I can only think of lilacs in terms of Sir Terry Pratchett and “The Glorious 25th of May,” even though the lilac generally blooms a week after that around here.

But, as in most things, Sir Pratchett remains a literary genius, and the lilacs aren’t really about the specific date. It’s about the seasons changing and what that brings.

Spring is when the sleeper wakes up. When humans shake off old thoughts of winter and have the energy to make changes, to be incensed, if need be, about things that have been going on for generations. When do protests happen? May into June.

Does weather play a part? Absolutely. It is easiest in Spring and Fall for outside activity and travel. But it is also about what is happening inside your mind and heart with a shifting of the seasons. Connection to the earth and the rest of humanity plays such a big part in making things RIGHT, whether we recognize it or not.

Pratchett recognized the pattern. I don’t know if he recognized it consciously, but the importance he put on those flowers makes me think he did.

I would credit that pattern recognition to his love of old things. History, folklore. Other people I also see as showing wisdom in their work- Neil Gaiman, the Green Brothers, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Douglas Addams, various writers of fantasy and science fiction- they enjoy history. They read folklore and mythology and other ancient tales. They delve into old things that connect humanity.

I guess what I am saying is really obvious, but…

If you enjoy storytellers who suddenly hit you with something that feels like TRUTH, some of that is an intentional care in thier stories, but some of that is thier brain chemistry being changed, as we put it, by some really ancient humanity.

I would suggest if you love Pratchett, love Gaiman, love some of the impactful storytellers, you should consider what made them so good. Consider not just thier works, not just newer wisdom, but ancient wisdom. Connect back to some of the roots of humanity.

Don’t just read Song of Achilles. Read the Illiad too.

[bagesims]

M: Go to your room, Bianca. I have to put Noah to sleep. B: But mom, you promised me I could watch the episode! M: He sleeps best in the living room. You will watch it tomorrow.

[douglasbradburyverne]

The cult Christmas comedy "Mixed Nuts" was released 30 years ago today on Dec 21st, 1994

[paxbe]

honestly one of the best decisions i've ever made was to start dyeing my hair ginger. all the hot bitches are red heads

[dapperinsanity]

The Mindscape Inferno

Finally, some official OCs from me! I’ll be honest, I was a little nervous posting this as it’s self-indulgent outlet and not meant to be a serious when it comes to development. So, I know for a fact things are going to be cringey and dare I say, maybe even fanfic-ish/wattpad like. But hey! I’m becoming a little bit more confident when it comes to anything I post that would surely be seen as cringe back in the day. So, take this as a cringe warning as well I guess?

Anyways, feel free to send in any questions you have about any of my ocs or anything related to The Mindscape Inferno if you want! My askbox is always open. If enough people are interested, there’s a chance I might make a side ask blog for these ocs in the future. That’s all folks!

[kittzuxp]

I just thought of a tag game where you describe the ending of a book with another book’s title because the book i currently won’t shut the fuck up about fits perfectly with another. Idk if anyone came up with this before me but here goes..

Oh also massive spoilers

(I havent read they both die at the end dont kill me)

Uhh free tag ig since ppl arent going to see this and i am a coward to tag someone