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allislaughter · 4 years ago

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A look at some of my best pieces from each month this year! I started two new comics this year, did a 100 day challenge, got into a new fandom enough to make OCs and challenge myself by both writing and illustrating multiple fanfics. Creative-wise, not a bad year!

Additional notes about each piece shown under the Read More:

January: From an RP I did with @glowstickia - it’s Footlight telling his life story via visuals for a neat effect/usage of the Skeleton ability to speak in images

February: The month I had that momentous dream that led to me creating Rig. Made this image and used it in the first chapter of The System is Rigged

March: Shippy Nick/Deacon using a palette - I did a lot of palette stuff this year they’re so fun to do

April: Finally finished chapter 7 of SIT! This is an important page because originally I was going to save Alistair’s name/gender change for a different arc but it was bothering me that it would take so long to get to, and I realized that I could just throw it in as a casual conversation at the very end of this chapter and I’m a lot happier for it ♥

May: Nick/Echo, @falloutglow‘s OC - I really love Glow’s characters and Nick/Echo makes me happy and I’m so grateful Glow let me use Echo for my fanfics. It helped shape the stories a lot having Echo along for the ride, and it’s also a lot of fun to intentionally throw in shippy things of her to tease Glow wink emoji. This illustration is from Ye Mighty and Despair, the sequel to The System is Rigged

June: One of my favorite Clown Boy comics, a project I started earlier this year. The fun thing about this comic is that I have a set end-date for it (52 comics) which is good for me since otherwise I end up with things like SIT where it’s both Long and also idk when it’ll end (well I know what SIT will end with just not when we’ll get there)

July: Another Ye Mighty and Despair illustration, featuring a happy Rig in his “season 2″ outfit (pineapples instead of flamingos!). I like this fanfic a lot since I get to explore Rig’s relationship with Nick in it (which means... a third story focusing on Rig’s relationship with Echo is needed :3c)

August: This is the month I started the 100 face challenge! I hadn’t drawn a lot of the characters for it either in a while or at all, so it was fun to do this. I had fun with Rapid Fire’s by adding dramatic lighting hehehe. Note: I also challenged myself by doing body poses for as many of the faces as I could

September 1: More dramatic lighting with Suriv’s face challenge; the idea behind this one is that [Spoilers for Et Al] it’s mid-Vitrular civil war where Suriv still trying to get close to Emissionary to alert him to the unethical cloning experiments the previous Dracon leader had ordered and that are still happening, and as he’s looking up at Emissionary he just gets a big huge crush. [End Spoilers]

September 2: And then we have an illustration for the Apollo/Hancock AU which I love for that really great lighting ♥ - Shout out to @diredigression for letting me use their setting for the Apollo/Hancock stuff (we ought to discuss it more when you’re not so busy! I want to talk more about Apollo and Sole’s interactions :>)

October 1: Is it clear yet that I really love the dramatic lighting? A Man Named Law is a fave of my recent characters, made this year for a future comic project. A really enigmatic man who seems to want to stop Footlight’s party from helping West Side and who also wants to stop Creed from looking for his wife

October 2: Rig Miller in the Teashop AU Mark II Glow and I were discussing. Serious Rig is really fun to do - Also there’s a part two to this piece where the tentacles grab onto Rig to drag him away, so rest assured, they are not his tentacles ;3c

November 1: Doomrail! One of the clones from a certain experiment, and one of my favorites of the clones. He compulsively says the opposite of what he means, with the twist that if he wants to he can turn on a program that lets him say what he actually means (though it drains him more than he’d like) - So it’s impossible to tell if he’s bluffing about that whole “you aren’t going to die” thing

November 2: And another clone, Mirrorsmoke! tbh I just really like this one because of the bright green on the background it makes me really happy to look at. Look at this little jerk, he knows what he did and he’s glad for it

December: And finally, the second page of the second comic I started this year, this time featuring Rig in an original setting! I’ve been wanting to do a Rig comic and I decided that I didn’t want to wait until I had a story idea and that I’d write this one as I go and see what happens. The fun thing about this one is that in order to fill out the cast, I’m using characters from other projects of mine, like some of my Et Al characters and human(?) versions of my SIT characters, and more! I’m particularly proud of the last panel on this page, doing the aerial view of the city. I referenced a few different cities in florida, including my own, for that, making up an original beachside city that currently does not have a name.

A lot of art and a lot of art improvement this year, with the goal for even more in 2021! Heck yeah!

#art by allislaughter #i know it's not the end of the month yet but i wanted to cross this off my to do list #and besides look at all the cool stuff i did this year!#2020 year in review

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yayninjabob · 5 years ago

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A story behind a story

I have never wrote 100,000 words of anything in my life and 9 months ago when I first sat down to write Villain: Redux I definitely did NOT anticipate the length it would reach by the end of Part I. Now that it is done though I feel like I can talk about it. Well not really the story but the story behind the story?

A very lengthy and personal author's note for Part I: Remote Control

How I started writing again: My relationship with my writing was non existent for years. I honestly went through a very long drought where I felt like everything I created just sucked so bad and I had zero motivation for creating shit. I would talk with my therapist or my wife and friends about feeling so out of touch with my creative side and feeling pretty lost without it. Really, I pretty much felt like it was dead forever. I eventually started a personal journal again... And little drabbles here and there would come to mind... It felt alright but meh. "What did you enjoy about writing that you still feel is missing?" I was asked. Ffffffuck me I dont know. Writing as a teen and in my early twenties wasn't something I ever thought about even when I did it every damn day of my life. I guess I missed having that ongoing plot in the back of my head that I could escape to whenever life was lame. Daydreaming crazy stories as a kid was just my favorite past time and writing went with it. But I just didnt have any more stories in my head. Nothing new or exciting enough at least. Anyways. January was my dads bday. 2019 and that year my dad asked for something. Now my dad isn't one to ask for gifts. No, normally he is extremely frustrating and expects everyone to read his mind while saying "I dont care" yet if his gifts dont meet his secretive expectations he gets all butthurt and emo and says that nobody knows him. Ok but January 2019 he asks me to write him something. "What? A story? A poem? A birthday card?" "I dont care just write me something." Typical. "I dont care." Yeah right. What the hell does he expect from me jeez.... My dad was the OG storyteller in my life- real shit or bullshit- he could spin a crazy story like no one else. My uncles and his friends would sit around smoking and drinking and listening to one wild tale after the next. He could entertain people for HOURS just with the shit he’d say. I always thought he'd make a brilliant stand up comedian but my dad would just laugh at the idea. So for his gift I figured I'd retell one of his personal wild tales - his first encounter with a mountain lion at 12 during a hunting trip with my late great uncle Joe who was his adoptive father figure. Honestly my dad was always so incredibly descriptive and I heard that tale about a bazillion times growing up, and even though he hadnt shared it in probably 15+ years, it was easy to recall. I could just close my eyes and see it clear as day. I stayed loyal to his story but I used my own words. It really surprised me how easy I found those words though. Writing had been such an impossible challenge for so long yet when I finished the short story I had written 12 pages in a single afternoon and I was shocked but in a good way. It was his story so I was pretty sure he would like it. He's got a pretty big ego lol. I typed it up on the typewriter my dad had gotten me back when I was a teen and serious about becoming a "real writer." I figured he would appreciate that. I gave him the story on his birthday. He didnt read it right away. We went to the backyard and the two of us shared a joint and while I started chasing the dogs in the yard for a bit I saw he finally picked the story up. And when he finished he started crying. Which is always weird when it's your dad right? He isn't one to cry easily. Last time I saw tears in his eyes was three years prior at my wedding but even that wasnt like this. He told me "You need to write again. You need to try." But I still felt like I couldn't. I never really thought I was good at it anyway. Sure, people told me they liked my writing and it meant a lot that my dad was moved so much by my short story that I started to believe “hey maybe I can write,” but... I dunno. I had a rough idea for an original novel that I sat down with later that month and tried to work out... But it just felt forced and uninteresting. It wasnt a story my mind could just escape to effortlessly. The passion just wasnt there. After a while my wife suggested to me "Well when you retold your dad's story that was easier right? Maybe you should retell another story that you love." And so in August 2019 I sat down and wrote what would eventually become the scarring scene for Villain: Redux

Part I: Remote Control I spent the rest of August, September and October slowly falling back into my old world of Villain. I reread both Villain and VillainE for the first time in yeeeeeears. What. A. Trip. So much stood out to me that was like "Ok young me, I see where you were going but this could be so much better." I made my list of what I liked and what I wanted to change.. Constructed my outline and then I just went for it. Halloween night that year was spent finishing my first draft of chapter 1. It was still in Buttercup's limited POV. I liked it OK enough but I wondered if it would be improved if I tried third person instead. I said "fuck it why not" and went for it again but in third person, adding the beginning history of Townsville and then the opening scene with Mojo. When I finished it I was pretty amused with it and I found myself just starting right away on chapter 2 and adding even more details to my overall outline- it became a trilogy. It was flowing SO easy and for once writing didnt feel like some forced chore I was performing. The entire time though I debated whether or not to share any of it. I didn't think anyone would read it. But personally, I was falling in love with my new rendition and I really didn't want to stop writing it. So once again I said "fuck it why not" and I started this tumblr to start documenting my new commitment to rewriting Villain for good. I edited the first chapter and uploaded it a couple days before Thanksgiving. And the support I got from readers honestly made me cry haha... I really really thought the story would go unnoticed. After all, when I first started writing for the PpG fandom it was always an uphill battle and 90 percent of my first reviews were just flames and criticism. The original Villain really took a while to gain much of a readership and even though it had its moment of somewhat popularity in the fandom, that moment came after it was completed. A brief glance at the PpG section on FFnet showed me that things really hadnt changed- still 99 percent PpGxRrB romances. Man, it just seemed so unfair. I freaking love this show and TBH I will never understand the fandom's fixation on those damn Rowdyruffs. Whatever. It is what it is. But because of that and because I hadnt been an active writer in the fandom for like a decade I really thought I'd be lucky to get one review. And I did! On the first day! And I was PUMPED lol. Then over the next couple of days I got more and most from names I recognized from the past! I was so touched by some of the things you guys said, you will have no idea what those first 7 reviews meant to me. And of course the reviews to follow throughout the next chapters only continued to motivate me further. And now I'm done with Part I. Jeez what a freaking journey. I feel like I've learned a lot though and I hope that the story only improves from here. Today, this story invades my subconscious more than I would like to admit. But. It is so nice to have an exciting story to escape to once more. And I feel like I can say that my creative drive is finally restored again which feels amazing. Who knew it would be this rewrite of all things to do it. So yeah. I owe the biggest thanks to my readers (the reviewers especially), my wife, and of course my dad. I know we are just at the beginning of this story, but personally I just feel like I've accomplished more than I could've imagined already... like I said... 100,000 words is something I’ve never done before lol. And I cant wait to share the rest of the story with everyone. Anyways that’s my long soppy backstory on how I decided to rewrite Villain. Thanks for reading. :)

#writing #fanfic #behindthescenes #personal #villain #villainR #yayninjabob #PPG fandom #ppg fanfic #family

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callioope · 6 years ago

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Another two months, it must be time for me to do an Iceberg post again. Yeah, I’m still here. Haven’t really made much progress, but still here. (Wedding planning is rough, and my wedding is in October. Literally only have 2 free weekends between now and then.)

Writing

Here are things I am currently working on, in order of priority:

1. Learning Curve | due ASAP, like, basically yesterday | current status:

Chapter 3: 10,160 words, with beta

Chapter 4: 1,298 words written, plot outline is complete

2. Rebelcaptain Food Travel AU - Turkey | due Nov 4 | current status: outline

3. How to Lose a Spy in 10 Days - sometime this coming winter

it’s very weird because this idea has been at the back of my mind since even before the Rom Com Challenge was started in June 2017 or whenever, but for some reason it’s proven very difficult for me to write. I guess it’s a little outside my comfort zone, which is a good thing but makes for slow going.

I do have a ton of other ideas that are sitting at the back of my mind that I want to work on. Maybe I’ll try to make moodboards or something first before committing to writing the actual story. Some of the ones I’m more excited about (which means, the ideas that distract me from brainstorming/plotting the ones listed above)

A Revel with Some Rebels - Luke/Bodhi meet cute fic inspired by ‘Helpless’ from Hamilton

Action Figure Prison Heist - when I opened my Elite Series action figures I photographed it like Jyn was breaking out of prison and rescuing Bodhi and Cassian. So I have all the pictures done, I just want to edit them and I have no idea what the best way is to present them. I took over 160 (some are different angles of the same shot so there will be some weeding)

You’ve Got Mail - in universe AU. Back in December an anon left me a very nice prompt which was to write an AU based on your go-to comfort movie. So I’m taking the general story of You’ve Got Mail and making it another Jyn-and-Cassian meet earlier kind of thing. Jyn runs her own rebel cell and Cassian, representing the Alliance, starts recruiting on the planet she’s holed up on. Also, somehow, they’ve been communicating anonymously (and knowingly as rebels, giving each other advice and so forth) but I haven’t really worked that part out yet.

But I have a list of over 30 ideas so who knows which particular one will strike my fancy whenever I have free time again.

What are your creative anxieties? And, more importantly for the purposes of this discussion, how do you cope with them?

(Apparently their are questions and challenges and prompts to these now -- which is super awesome -- but this is the first time I’m able to participate so cool.)

So. What are my anxieties? Ha. Everything. Probably. I’m a walking stressball of anxiety, just in general.

As far as writing goes, I’m constantly anxious of “is this a good way to phrase this? is it clear and understandable? does it flow well? is it a trope/cliche or is it unique and different?” I majored in Creative Writing so I am very particular about that, which means I’m the kind of writer that tries to edit as she goes, which impedes progress. Part of the reason this happens is because if I write something “incorrectly,” it might impact events later, particular with regards to a character’s internal logical reasoning.

To combat this, I try to plan and outline extensively before I begin writing, I daydream a lot. I’m always trying really hard to get into the habit of writing drafts first and editing later. Keyword, trying. It’s difficult. Productivity hours have, in the past, been super helpful for me when I give myself a word count target, because it limits my available time to edit. I haven’t done any of these in awhile but they were helpful when I was doing them.

I’ve written about this before, but I felt kind of guilty writing after my dog died. That honestly just took time to grieve and move forward, coping wise.

I have a lot of anxieties about posting, of course, because who doesn’t? I usually squeeze in an extra round of copyediting as I’m posting on AO3, then I hit that post button and flee. Close my browser. Do something else, do not look at tumblr or AO3 as much as possible.

Then I check in and feel really sad. Contemplate quitting the fandom in general. Don’t write for several weeks.

Eventually my imagination sets in again--when thinking about rebelcaptain and fandom doesn’t just immediately make me sad--and try to remind myself that the reason I write is because there’s a story inside me that needs an outlet, needs to escape my mind and exist somewhere on paper, even if it’s just for me to read and be like, oh yeah. This is fun. And try to remind myself that this fandom is small and shrinking and I don’t generally have the desire to write the fic that are popular/mainstream and writing the stories that compel me is just good practice. That as long as I’m writing something, that’s what matters. The end goal is really to keep me writing, to keep the muscle working, and ultimately find the inspiration to get back to my original works eventually, anyways.

Reading

So, I know I have not been super active in reading and commenting on fics this year. I have been commenting on every fic I have read, so if I haven’t commented, I haven’t read it. I don’t have much time and I squeeze reading in when I can.

I do have a vague list of fic that I’ve been meaning to read, it’s sort of loose depending on whether I feel I have time for one-shots or chapter fic. I’m making my way through it somewhat sporadically, when I have the time, which, I’m sorry, is unfortunately very limited at the moment.

Commenting/Tumblr Notes

I’m very behind on responding to comments on AO3 -- I don’t particularly even go on AO3 often tbh -- and also I think I have a few tumblr notes from last week to respond to. I wasn’t quite sure how because any kind of social interaction leaves me overthinking what I should say, but I have off tomorrow so I might try to respond to some things tomorrow. Anyways, point is, I see y’all who have interacted with me and I appreciate you reaching out, I’m just being an awkward turtle about what to say in response.

#rebelcaptain icebergs #my writing #wip #fic update

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fibula-rasa · 6 years ago

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August 2018 in Review

I have a weird memory. It’s highly pattern-driven and very visual. This means that my memory of films I’ve watched is based on images and series of images that made an impression instead of plot points. It’s why I rewatch movies so often. Even though I’ve been tracking my movie viewing habits for two and a half years, that doesn’t mean I’ve created strong memories for all those movies. That’s why I’m gonna start doing monthly roundups of the new-to-me films that struck me, one way or the other.

[If you wanna know all the films I’m watching, I keep full lists on letterboxd and imdb.]

The reviews below are essentially transcriptions of the notes I took right after watching the films. Because of Summer Under the Stars and my cosplay challenge, this month was pretty TCM heavy for me.

Full Roundup BELOW THE JUMP!

Teen Titans Go to the Movies (2018)

27 July 2018 | 84 min. | Color

Directed and Written by Aaron Horvath and Peter Rida Michail

Starring Greg Cipes, Scott Menville, Khary Payton, Tara Strong, and Hynden Walch

I’m already a fan of the show and the movie kicks it up a notch with its humor and style. [If you liked the original series, give TTG a chance already.] TTG to the Movies is a great superhero movie for anyone who’s down for superhero stories but is fatigued by the current spate of offerings. Grain-of-Salt warning here because I think Superman III (1983) is great.

Fun that they included some gags here and there for the parents out there who’ve had to hear the Waffles song a few too many times. Also, one of the best ending gags for a kid’s movie ever.

Where to Watch: Still in theaters, but I’d imagine Cartoon Network will be playing it soon.

Doctor X (1932)

27 August 1932 | 76 min. | 2-strip Technicolor

Directed by Michael Curtiz

Written by Earl Baldwin and Robert Tasker

Starring Lionel Atwill, Lee Tracy, and Fay Wray

I made the statement that Darkman (1990) is the most comic-book movie that isn’t adapted from a comic book. I hadn’t seen Doctor X yet though.

The set pieces are phenomenal. Each shot is artfully constructed and the way the shots are strung together makes the most of the production design. If one were to do a comic adaptation, it would take some imaginative work to not just mimic the film. The 2-strip technicolor is particularly effective in the laboratory scenes in creating an eerie aura. Sensational.

Lee Tracy is playing, as usual, a press man and he’s doing so perfectly. Tracy is so underrated.

Where to Watch: Looks like the DVD is out of print, so maybe check your local library or video store. TCM plays it every once and a while and, since Warner Bros has a deal with Filmstruck, I wouldn’t be surprised to see it pop up there eventually.

The Half-Naked Truth (1932)

16 December 1932 | 77 min. | B&W

Directed by Gregory La Cava

Written by Corey Ford and Gregory La Cava

Starring Frank Morgan, Eugene Pallette, Lee Tracy, and Lupe Velez

You might very well think Lee Tracy was a featured TCM star this month. (Maybe next SUTS? Pretty please.)

Lupe Velez is so talented and natural it was nice to see her in a film where her wits were matched. I’ll be honest, I’m a big Lupe fan but, for most of her films, she’s the only good reason to watch them. This wasn’t the case here! There are a lot of wonderful moments with small movements and gestures that make Velez and Tracy’s relationship feel very real, as if they’re actually that caught up in one another. Eugene Pallette, Franklin Pangborn, and Frank Morgan round out the ensemble. The running eunuch joke might not be all that funny, but it’s a masterclass in not saying what you mean. Also, very cute chihuahua.

Where to Watch: The DVD is available from the Warner Archive. (So, once again, local library or video store might have a copy.)

The Cuban Love Song (1931)

5 December 1931 | 86 min. | B&W

Directed by W.S. Van Dyke

Written by John Lynch, Bess Meredith, and C. Gardener Sullivan

Starring Jimmy Durante, Lawrence Tibbett, Ernest Torrance, and Lupe Velez

Lupe is wonderful in this. She plays a Cuban woman who sounds an awful lot like a Mexican woman--which might be something you have to overlook to enjoy the film FYI. Lawrence Tibbett has a shocking dearth of charisma in the lead, but Jimmy Durante, Ernest Torrence, and Louise Fazenda take the heat off him well. It’s a little hard to root for Tibbett’s character and the ending is disappointing. (Spoiler: privileging of the affluent “white” couple.)

The songs are great. I love the habit of placing people in musicals so that they are singing full force directly into each other’s faces. I don’t know why I find it so funny, but it’s not a mood ruiner for Cuban Love Song. The editing is fun and energetic. Until the war breaks out, there’s a lot of solid humor.

After watching so many Lupe films this month, I’d love to sit down with people who do and don’t know Spanish to talk about her films. There seem to be some divisions on social media and across blogs about Lupe’s films that might be attributable to whether or not one understands Spanish. I myself understand Spanish reasonably well and I think knowing what Lupe and others are saying makes almost all of her films funnier. And boy, does Lupe like calling men stupid animals.

Where to Watch: This one seems kinda rare. Looks like there may have been a VHS release, but you may just have to wait for TCM to play it again!

The Night Stalker (1972)

11 January 1972 | 74 min. | Color

Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey

Written by Jeffrey Grant Rice and Richard Matheson

Starring Carol Lynley, Darren McGavin, and Simon Oakland

and

The Night Strangler (1973)

16 January 1973 | 74 min. | Color

Directed by Dan Curtis

Written by Jeffrey Grant Rice and Richard Matheson

Starring Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, and Jo Ann Pflug

I loved that these films are exactly like the Kolchak TV series. My SO and I have been watching the show weekly as it airs on MeTV and so he surprised me by renting the movies that kicked off the series. Honestly, watching backwards may have made the movies even more entertaining. How is Kolchak still working for Vincenzo in Las Vegas?? The answer is in Seattle.

The TV movies were intended as a trilogy, but after the success of the first two films, it was developed into a series instead. It’s cool to see how every piece of the Kolchak formula was in place immediately and how firmly Darren McGavin had a hold on the character. His chemistry with Simon Oakland (Vincenzo) is spectacular--a great comedy duo TBH. If you like their shouting matches on the show, Night Strangler has a humdinger to offer you.

Night Stalker is a pretty straight-forward vampire story, written by Richard Matheson, one of the great spec-fic writers of the 1960s and 1970s. Matheson also wrote one of the best undead novels of all time, I am Legend. What elevates the film over the basic mythology, aside from the great performances, pacing, and editing, is that the story’s really about how suppression actually goes down--how mundane and frustrating it can be even in the face of the supernatural.

Night Strangler is a little more creative with its monster. They integrate the nature and landmarks of Seattle in fun ways. The stripper characters are delightful. Jo Ann Pflug gives a truly funny performance and feels like a natural contender for Kolchak. Even his romantic relationships should be affectionately combative. The ditzy lesbian, Charisma Beauty (Nina Wayne) is hilarious and Wayne’s timing is impeccable. (BTW: they don’t explicitly call her a lesbian but it’s still made very overt.) There’s also a wonderful cameo by Margaret Hamilton.

As far as I can tell, it’s easier to get access to these films than the series. They’re worth seeing even if you haven’t seen the Kolchak TV show. They’re also a good pick if you’re a fan of X-Files, as Kolchak is the mother of that show. Even though I’m an X-Files fan and grew up watching it, Kolchak is edging it out for me lately. Maybe because if you’re telling a story about fighting for truth against the suppression of information, you undercut yourself by making the protagonist a fed.

Where to Watch: Kino Lorber is releasing restored editions of the films on Blu-ray and DVD in October!

The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)

1 July 1944 | 95 min. | B&W

Directed by Jean Negulesco

Written by Frank Gruber

Starring Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Zachary Scott

This was great! I loved Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet together. If you’re looking for a mystery story that flows and escalates well and presents a parade of interesting characters and locales, Dimitrios is for you. It’s also always nice to see Lorre in the lead.

Where to Watch: The DVD is available from the Warner Archive. (So, once again, local library or video store might have copy.)

Strait-Jacket (1964)

19 January 1964 | 93 min. | B&W

Directed by William Castle

Written by Robert Bloch

Starring Diane Baker and Joan Crawford

I mentioned in my Joan Crawford CUTS post that I’d been meaning to see this for years. My enjoyment of the film didn’t suffer a bit from that length of anticipation.

I like William Castle’s movies a lot. I like the campy humor and quirky stories. This one is campy still, but not as heavy on the humor--unless you have a real weird sense of humor. That’s not a strike against Strait-Jacket though. Castle builds so much tension that by the end of the film, you feel like anyone could be axe-murdered at any moment, which becomes absurdly fun. The ending might be a little predictable, but it’s fun to go along for the ride. I didn’t particularly like the tacked on ending but I guess every JC movie needs to end on JC?

Largely unrelated, but if you’re a Castle fan, have you checked out his TV show Ghost Story/Circle of Fear? The first episode, The New House, in particular is top notch.

Where to Watch: It’s on Blu-ray and DVD from Sony (your local library or video store might have a copy) and it’s for rent on Amazon Prime. It’s also still on-demand via TCM for another few days.

One I didn’t write up: Cairo (1942). I brought up in my Jeanette MacDonald post that I was hoping to find a MacDonald film I enjoyed watching on her Summer Under the Stars day and I did!

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viaverona · 6 years ago

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Hello lovelies, it’s been a while! HAPPY OCTOBER!

So, since my dozen wips are going slowly and badly, I’ve decided to try something else to get my creativity rolling. Hopefully it will help me get out of this new slump...

Anyway there’s a lot of challenges on tumblr this month and I’ve decided to make my own. Nothing special, just 15 prompts that I am going to try to write as may of as possible until the month is over. tbh if I manage to do half it would be incredible

montober challenge

1. “Please don’t say you love me.” 2. “You might not think so, but you look really good right now.” 3. “You were in my dream last night.” 4. “I like it when you say my name.” 5. “You’re bleeding all over my carpet!” 6. “It’s only you, me and Shrek here.” 7. “Have I mentioned I fucking hate Halloween?” 8. “Why are you walking around naked?” 9. “I need a place to stay.” 10. “This right here is why they don’t want us in the games anymore.” 11. “I don’t think we should go in there.” 12. “I didn’t ask for any of this to happen to me!” 13. “That last bag of kit-kats is mine!” 14. “Tell me what you’re thinking right now.” 15. “We cant keep this up forever.”

I’m not going to make a concrete posting schedule because i know i won't stick to it, but hopefully i’ll manage to post something every few days. If i dont have anything by the end of this week, please kick my ass tnx

Feel free to do these too if you wish!

#monsta x scenarios #montober

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misguidedwarriors · 6 years ago

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For Munday, have some snaps fro the Graduation aka one of the proudest days of my entire life. It was such a fucking fantastic and fab day. Before I become everyone’s MCM though... ;) I slacked off for the first year of the course, because I dunno? I was too focused on outside things. But for the second year, late 2017 and the whole of 2018 I worked hard, I busted my tail, regained my passion and grew so much. One of my lecturer spoke to me about how vast the difference is, from where I was at the start of the course, to the end of it.

I went from doing a short video for one of my units, that wasn’t all that great, it’s even listed as a “developmental piece” on my Youtube channel, to directing a BTS film that was shown at the Graduation itself and seen by everyone there. It’s gotten a decent amount of praise, and you know what? I think it’s deserved tbh, by the effort everyone involved had with it. Just man, it’s a new and little weird the feeling of having a Director Credit attached to something you’re proud of and is quality, goes to show doesn’t it? How much potential there is with me, to actually make quality and creative things, when I actually make the effort and work hard.

I’ve grown so much this year, with my course stuff, my video and photo stuff and in other areas like my personal life, and my mental health shit. Can honestly say I’ve bean to grow into a pretty decent guy, and a much better man and human being overall. Other people have taken notice of this, and mentioned it to be. It makes me feel like all of my effort was worthwhile, because shit is hard most of the time with me, not gonna say I have it worse than anyone else, but there’s struggles and challenges and the fact I haven’t allowed them to define me as much I have before, it’s an achievement to me. October itself has been an AMAZING month for me in terms of growth, a new job, improving my skills within that area, the whole me taking responsibility for my shit, and being a lot nicer to be around and as a person overall. I ain’t perfect, I’m rough around the edges, but I’m a good guy tbh, I’m not a bad person, and eventually? I’ll get there, to a point where I can say I’m okay, I mean who is okay these days though right? But a point where I’m more happy within myself, and life overall. Ain’t gonna happen for awhile I think, these things take time. But woah, was 2018 a fucking brilliant kickstart!

Enjoy these pictures now aha, my mobile photography in terms of quality is as consistent as Lesnar’s schedule...You can probably tell which ones were taken by bae, aka my Canon. <3

^^^oh btw, the lads aka Ben, Lewis & Luke > The Elite > The Shield > Everyone.

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unnursvanablog · 8 years ago

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Month(s) in review. Okt-March.

I used to do these big month in review blogs - on this blog and my Icelandic one - for almost a year before I gave up on it. It was kinda tasking writing them and I felt a pressure (for no one but myself) to include certain things in them. Like all the shows that I was watching, the kpop groups that I liked and so forth.

And while I found myself missing doing them after a while, I wasn't really in the mood to start writing these massive posts every month. But getting an overview over and seeing what stood out when the month ended was something that interested me. So I decided to do these mini 'month in a reviews' in my tiny bullet journal. I like documenting things, hence why I like blogging so much.

And so I did. And after having kept at it for almost six months a thought struck me. I could certainly write these little notes up and do mini 'month in review' posts on my blog. They didn't even have to be monthly. They could be quarterly, or just every six months. This blog is the result of that.

I have very limited space on each page of my bullet journal, so I didn't pressure myself to include specific things. I just dotted down things that stood out to me after each month passed. Or filled out couple of lines weekly. Whatever I was in the mood for. Some of these are of course things that I have to do (or can't forget) in that month. But it made the whole process a whole lot easier, and a lot more fun.

Some, or most of these things, aren't anything special, useful or very important. But I still think it is fun to do and to look over in couple of months time.

October 2016 - Song of the Month: 1 of 1 - Shinee

Did my review of Victoria

Decided to finally go to that six weeks creative-writing course at my local library. I really struggle with letting people read over my work.

Prepping for NaNowrimo

Decided to really try to use this bullet journal more. Been really slacking off these past months.

Booked a flight back home for Christmas.

Finally found a way to connect my phone to the wifi in my apartment.

Been watching a ton of Bullet Journal vidoes / flip-throughs on youtube for inspiration.

Goldenhands was released and I really enjoyed it.

Decided to try and knit a Gryffindor scarf.

November 2016 - Song of the Month: Playing With Fire - Blackpink.

The big Nanowrimo month. I am aiming for 50.000 words, like always.

Finish my creative-writing course and it didn't turn out as frightening as I though it would be. I sent in 4 texts for other to review.

Started Jane the Virgin and Legend of the Blue Sea.

Dropped Entourage (after one and a half episode of something) and K2.

Fantastic Beasts came out.

Very busy with Nano but it is has been good so far, even if I don't have time for some other things. I have only skipped one day so far (I blame Trump, tbh).

Nano udate: got sick for two days and only wrote 1000.

My family came over for my birthday and we went to see Mamma Mia.

That Gilmore Girl special came out.

Nanowrimo victory!!

December 2016 - Song of the Month: Wonderful - Jessica

26, 29 and 31 are the Gayo Daejun festivals.

I fly home on the 23rd and I have to fly back on the 30th.

More than a week at home during the Christmas Holiday will do me good.

I have spent way to much money already.

There is no snow. There should be snow during Christmas.

This cold is never going to go away.

I was going to keep writing after Nanowrimo ended, but looks like that isn't working out.

Dragged myself to my cousins b-day party. At least that side of the family can't complain about never seeing me for a little while.

Big Bang comeback. Mixed emotions T.T

Still no snow and it is almost Christmas eve and no Rock ptarmigan (a bird that we almost always have during christmas) this year. It doesn't really feel like Christmas.

There is this snapchat account were different lgbt+ people come and talk about being lgbt+ in Iceland.It is great! No asexual person yet, though.

I managed to get in two writing sessions before going home for Christmas.

It was of course a blizzard when I was going to go home (happens every year) but I managed to get an early flight.

January 2017 - Song of the Month: Excuse Me - AoA

I have been in a reading slump lately.

38 books set for my Goodreads challenge this year.

Saw Rouge One. It wasn't as good as I had hoped.

I am trying out this detox water thingy. Maybe it will help my skin.

I am still in a reading slump, but at least writing is finally going well.

I feel like I have spent way to much money this month. Better budgeting next month!

My skin is so dry, even if I drink so much water. I need a good moisturiser.

There is pop in our national selection for Eurovision. I could not be more pumped for this thing to start.

2ne1 and Wonder Girls left me in a span of one week (or so). #neversaygoodbye2ne1 #Thnakyouforbeingsowolderful

I have been very good at not eating snacks and candy.

February 2017 - Song of the Month: Don't Recall - K.A.R.D

Remember to buy a new bus-card. The one that you got expires this month.

27-28 of February is Bollu- og Sprengjudagur (special days in Iceland).

25. Mars is when our Eurovision season officially starts.

I finally finished Faleyjarsaga. This six part story that I have been writing (and having fun with) since April 2013. Even if I officially started it in November 2009.

Goodreads finally has a re-read option.

I am still two books behind on my Goodreads reading challenge.

I decided to try and make another last.fm account for my spotify account. Because spotify messed up my year in review last year and I am a dork.

I never thought I was a scented-candle person, but I totally am a scented-candle person.

My skin is finally doing great. Let's keep it that way.

Allirlesa (a national challenge to get people to read more) ended and I read for about 1815 minutes.I have been eating a lot of fruits lately.

the Eurovision bug has hit me with full force.

I am listening to a lot of Sergey Lazarev and K.A.R.D songs these days.

I can't find my Deathly Hallows necklace. That is bumming me out. (But I found it two days later).

March 2017 - Song of the Month: Fingertip - GFriend.

1st of March is Öskudagur (our version of Halloween). I 'dressed up' for the first time in 13 years or so.

4th of March the University of Iceland has a open day. Got to at least check out their creative-writing program.

18th of March I am going to a concert. Don't forget!

Booked a flight home over the Easter Holiday (but not all of Easter).

Hidden Version of Don't Recall released!

My mom and dad in town. They took me out to dinner.

#TeamDaði all the way (in Eurovision). If only he had gone all the way.

I am trying super hard to enjoy Eurovison, but some people around me are so damn negative about it that it's hard.

I am very drained and moody lately. Very anxious as well and emotions are right at the surface and it is hard to keep them in check sometimes. I need more alone time, I guess.

I tried to watch this British show Snatched (for the cast) but it was so bad.

I finished going over my very first story for the 10th time (or something) and then sent it to another person to tear it apart. Hopefully for the last time.

Decided I was indeed doing Camp Nanowrimo this April.

I booked a flight to the UK this summer, for about a week.Then I am going home to my family for about 3 weeks.

I bought a concealer the other day, because my skin is not good these days and I just want hide some of the redness. And I usually never wear makeup.

I am so far behind on my goodreads-reading challenge, that I decided not to worry about it.

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amcnh · 7 years ago

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Marlene

This September while she was in Los Angeles, Marlene wrote, in a series of tweets, “Why does everyone in LA trying/claiming to have as many professions as possible?? I'm not sure I trust you being good at all that tbh #chill Like, are you a model just cause you take selfies for you ig? Is that how this LA thing works? Then let me give you my LA version of who I am and what I do... In LA i'm a singer, songwriter, producer, director, stylist, seemstress, MUA, graphic designer, model, actress, cook AND human. Did you get that? Or do you want me to repeat? Well to make it easier, let's just say I'm an artist. Ok bye.” The thing here is, Marlene actually is all those things. It’s not a stunt; it’s just a fact. Her art, it’s hers, and she’s doing the work for it.

She grew up in a small town, Jönköping, far away from the city. “I… think that growing up in a small city where no one was really cool or famous or anything shaped me… We were always out biking or picking flowers in the woods all days and didn’t really care about anything else, if you know what I mean,” she told Galore. She voiced to Bon Magazine that she has neither the time nor the patience for major labels, saying that, yeah, the money of a label and their ability to easily get songs playlisted would be nice but, ultimately, she’d have to give up too much control. On April 5 of this year, she tweeted, “I’ve been working very hard, since I release my music on my own label. I am so tired right now but I love it! Haha. It’s so worth it.” When Harper’s Bazaar premiered her music video for “Next To Me,” she said, “I asked Adrian Wigerdal, an incredible photographer in Sweden and someone that I’ve worked with a lot, if he would be up for making a really stripped-down video, just him and I. No director, no stylist, no make up artist, no producer or anything. We had to be really creative and work with what we had. I always love challenges like that!” She ends her comments with, “DIY FTW.” In April, across her social media, she shared a picture of a bouquet of flowers she received with a note, in Swedish, saying, “Congrats and long live your independence.” Marlene’s total authorship and say over everything she’s doing makes her music the utterly special thing it is.

This year, Marlene released a collection of songs called Sweet and a single “Miss You A Little.” She’s making pop unlike anyone else. She pulls inspiration from all across the map, citing Solange, Kanye, Janet, Frank, Jhené Aiko, Ariana, Niki & The Dove and Devonté Hynes as influencing her sound and approach. She told Galore that one of her top played songs on Spotify is Alicia Keys’s “In Common,” which, when you experience Marlene’s pop, makes total sense. She stated, “I’ve developed a lot since my last EP, and I’m trying really hard to be more minimalistic in general than I was before. I’ve learned a lot about letting music breathe and to let it have some air. I want my voice to have the main role. I’ve been super inspired by dance music the past years, like the UK underground scene with two-step and other 90’s vibes. I’ve also been super inspired by gospel music and older soul music.”

The songs on Sweet are about the end of a relationship and the beginning of a new one with someone she met on the day of her breakup, after her own gig. "I just expected myself to be single for... I don’t know how many years! It was overwhelming. It feels weird to talk about love, because it’s the foundation in everyone’s life. I was supposed to focus on myself after that breakup - 'Now I’m just going to go into the music full-time, and spend all of my energy on myself!' But I just got into that new relationship, and it was crazy. And really good. I just had to write about that,” she told Billboard. To Galore, she detailed, “’Next to Me,’ ‘New Love,’ ‘Aurora’ and ‘All I Want’ are all about falling in love with someone, and about those first days or months when everything’s new and you know too little about this person, but you still know that all you wanna do is to be with him or her. I played a lot with that scene of waking up next to someone after the first night together, in a new bed that feels like home and where you feel safe. Like you’ve made it through a rough and dark winter and then you wake up to the first day of spring and you realize you’ve made it through.” Of another song off Sweet, she said, “I wrote ‘Beautiful Life’ when I really wanted to break free from everything and do things for myself, so that’s the ‘breaking free song.’ A duet with a pitched down Ji Nilsson, the track is a glorious, hopeful slice. She sings, “You know that I want you, but I need my freedom,” and “When we’re in the right place and in the right time, you and me will have that beautiful life.” “Sweet,” she tells,” is that post-breakup anthem. That, “Oh, shit, I’m moving along from that hurt, and I’m gonna be okay, wow!” She sings, “I just wanna have a good time. I’ve learned the beauty of a goodbye.” It’s a glittery, summery thing that sounds like the experience it’s describing. Sweet dropped at the start of June, and its place as a summer soundtrack was already written. On Instagram, after the project was out, she wrote, “Thanks for all the love on the EP - I'm completely overwhelmed. I've read every comment, every dm, every tweet, every mention and it's gone straight to my little heart that now feels like cotton candy.” The love for Sweet was so real that she’s currently nominated for “Pop Of The Year” at the P3 Guld Awards. Expressing her thanks on Instagram, she once again drove home how much this means to her as an independent artist: “I'M NOMINATED FOR ‘POP OF THE YEAR’ for my EP ‘Sweet’ at the @p3guld awards ! ! ! Can't really describe how much I appreciate this and how proud & happy I am. You should have seen my tears when I found out about this... For an independent artist like me this feels huge. Thank you to everyone involved in making the ‘Sweet’ EP with me. You know how much I appreciate you all? I'm forever grateful.”

This refrain of thanks is common on her social media. She knows it’s a rare thing she is – an independent pop maker who produces and writes her own material. Her success is a testament to her uncompromise. On October 13, she thanked us again. “Thank you soooo much for all the overwhelming love on ‘Miss You A Little’! Your words are more valuable than gold to me. You have no idea... Releasing music on your own label is fucking awesome but sometimes I just feel so vulnerable and don't know if I might be the only one who understands myself and my music and if it will make sense to anybody else, but then I get your response, your love and I feel like I'm connected to you and that's all I need to continue.” “Miss You A Little” is, in my ears, her greatest achievement to date. It’s a damn epic and earning her, such deserved, praise.

On November 5, she gave us a hint of what’s to come in a post on Instagram. “I have so many songs to write! I have a document in my phone where I collect all of my ideas and fragments of lyrics and concepts of songs that I come up with during the days, that I'll use when I sit down to write. That document has 75 sentences/ideas atm just waiting to be turned into full songs. All I want to do right now is to lock myself in to the studio and write write write wriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiite!” Knowing her work ethic and singular, unrelenting vision, we’ll get those songs. She says a full album is coming next year. After this year, with her artistry coming into masterful focus, I’m sure it’ll be a classic.

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livelovecery · 7 years ago

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1 October 2017

Last day / hours before i’m saying goodbye to thirty-three. TBH I love the number. Well :(

Tomorrow; i’m going to 34. And next year it going to be 35. It’s scary shit out of me to looked back at how fast time flies. Every birthdays came, it always a good time to reflect your life isn’t it? How’s my life been for 33 years? Have I done good enough to people surrounds me or do I treated my self better in every each year? What kind of achievement i’d already achieved? Did I made myself proud? Did i still do the same mistakes? Did i ever change to a better?

Hmm.. Although I put up those question to myself, i also feel hard to answer most of it. By means, nothing change much i guess. so it would a proper resolution to be made hahaha by tonight i really should plan my life well so called The Plan and The Back up Plan ver 1 LOL.

First Reso

I need to analyse my financial thoroughly. So next year going another pain-year to finished all the debts (debts cari sendiri heh) n to keep the TRAVEL plan to a temporary silence I guess. And need to find other financial resources as a back up to current life. Online business?? I don't think anywhere soon, so many attempts i did but unless i really learn to manage my time properly, def big NO to jump in the online business yet.

Second Reso

Learn new skills probably new languages. Currently learning german still in the early stage learning the words etc. so far so good. and planning to re learn french too.

Next set of skills i need to learn is to make full use my MacBook. Rather use it to watch my korean drama (insert eyes rolling emoji here) i should use it to learn creative things like design? before i decided to bought this mac i already have aim like to have my own youtube challenge and do the vlogs but apparently i don't have any other equipment such as a good camera (current dslr cannot record more that 5 mins video heh) so the idea just hang there haha. Love arts though i don't have any creative hands whatsoever but no harm to try. so probably explore adobe more.

to improve my photography skills. to take more photo. to edit more. whats more?

Third Reso

To give my self priority above anythings else (family is exempt in this reso of course) give priority to health condition. lose some more weight. grooming more ahahaha (i don't know if i can)

decorate the house - saving up to buy sofa (Cik Normah already nagging bout this quite a lot hoho)

read more self development books. To start listen to a podcast. motivational one. tech podcast? since my preference in books already had major changes since last year (a big thanks to AW) from lovey-dovey novel to more productive books hahaha. (always bring one book in my bag pack now) again struggle to finished one book but it just I'm not focusing not about the book not interesting or what. such meleceh. dats me :P but let’s try to finish one book for one month. i’ve bought a lot last year so now officially became book hoarders. so yeah before next big bad wolf expo, i shall finished it all.

Fourth Reso

HMMMMMM.... to keep it as secret. this one def no need to disclose in here. spiritual thingy you know. that one def to improve. we don't know when we are going. the bekalan still low. the more added years the more you near to death. so yeah. this going to be way better than ever.

to appreciate mak more. appreciate your time with family more than ever. to take care anak -anak better too.

to ignore the ignorant people in the office. whatever they have in their mind, let them be. not going affected at all. whatever conspiracy between boss and the advisor hahaha let them be. if they not being professional then let them be. focus to complete my work. do the fucking best and I'm going to home sharp 5.45pm ahahaha. no more working late. sesekali okay. but never let people taking advantage on me, coz i’m not married yet so i can work at anytime, the fuck. i can't take my annual leave the fuck again. but no more after this. I'm sorry boss. I'm not going to let you distress myself anymore after this. i just hate office politics but what to do that is life but NO MORE THANK YOU. limited contact with negative people. limited to meaningless talking with others. no more gossiping I'm tired with all the nonsense. I'm just want to have a happy working life :)

Fifth Reso

This is a major thing. idk, but we do have plans to settled down. it just a matter of time. but like i said before. I'm not going to waste another more years waited for nothing. let’s make it happen by next year. INSHAALLAH. Since he going to be super busy the two months i hope by December we both can have a proper planning and execute it accordingly. i need to drag him for sure. or else he going to immerse with the works so much and never bother do the planning with me.

last checking, we do still in same direction until now, still love each other. Alhamdulillah. He did change throughout these years, one step at a time. from ignorant to more caring and concern me a lot. Alhamdulillah. we both change so much in fact. we still learn and going to learn more in the future. May Allah SWT ease our matters baby. hashtag tilljannah. ich liebe dich so sehr meine Hase. ich vermisse dich :(

Although he not remember my birthday haha been giving hints but well knowing him, i learned not to put higher hope huhuhu. So I'm going to prepare to cry if he did forget. of course kecil hati meh. but I'm totally in prepare that he not going to remember hihi.

Last year he did sang a birthday song to me (indonesia ultah song), buy me a slice of my fav cake :) he did want to buy me a present but he change his mind last minute, gak mahu spoilt me much (ala i know u r such a cheapskate la hahahaha) but I'm okay with it. as long as you remember it’s already enough for me :)

so yeah that it for now.

last not least,

HAPPY 34TH BIRTHDAY SHERRY.

LEARN TO LOVE YOURSELF MORE. APPRECIATE LIFE. BE HAPPY. BE HEALTHY. MOGA SENTIASA DALAM RAHMAT ALLAH SWT. BE THANKFUL FOR EVERY SINGLE THINGS HAPPEN. FOR THE GOOD AND THE BAD.

love,

The 33 years old Sherryyanafazren

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