#as usual oppy is just gorgeous

[tai-janai]

instead of doing work i am procrastinating by designing the rearranged mixes that i hadnt done yet

[mermaidsirennikita]

so i know the globes are no longer relevant (or at least they shouldn't be) but i will still be asking for your thoughts on the nominations.

Hahahaha thanks for your consideration!

Best Picture--Drama: I'm so glad to see Past Lives nominated! It was really gorgeous and made me cry and was touching in a way I didn't expect.

Oppenheimer obviously was going to get nominated. It's probably my favorite Nolan movie besides The Prestige (which SLAPS) so I'm fine with this. It is very impressive, even if it's a sausage fest per Nolan and it probably runs too long and has some issues (the depiction of women).

Kills of the Flower Moon... is one of my favorite movies this year. I will acknowledge critiques from Osage people noting that it is a white perspective, which I agree with; I also agree with the comments that it is the best possible perspective someone like Scorsese could offer. The acting is phenomenal across the board, the visuals are stunning, it actually EARNED its runtime, and the writing is really strong. Fantastic movie, should win this category in my opinion.

I haven't seen Maestro but based on the various issues I'm seeing surrounding it and Bradley Cooper doing... the most... for promo, I'm very turned off by it right now. I will see it in order to critique it honestly, but I'm not super thrilled to see it here.

Haven't seen the other two. This will be a battle between Oppy and KOTFM imo.

Best Picture--Musical/Comedy: I don't see a world where Barbie doesn't win this. I thought Barbie was a lot of fun, and Ryan Gosling was fab. But I don't really fully subscribe to the hype.

I'm excited for Poor Things but haven't seen it; I love Yorgos's eye and I think he and Emma do make a great team, even if I'm meh on her in general.

The Holdovers I haven't seen and don't super want to see but my brother says he's forcing me to see it so I guess I will.

May December is a great movie. It's not a comedy in any way, shape, or form. But this category usually does that so I'm not surprised. This is a dark, intense, heartbreaking, tragic movie. It's deeply disturbing. I love it, but it's not a comedy.

Haven't seen the other two.

Best Director: Again, BCoops is being insufferable and I generally dislike everything I'm hearing about this. Sorry you didn't get an Oscar nom for ASIB my guy, get over it.

I knew Greta would be nominated and I will say that I love the visuals of that movie, but I think the visual greatness of Barbie is super dependent on the production and costume design, so... I'm not saying it isn't deserved, but I'm not in love with it.

Again, haven't seen Poor Things by Yorgos is fab.

Nolan was a foregone conclusion, I think the movie does look great and is very interesting.

Scorsese should win, sorry, he put his heart and soul into that movie and you could tell with every bit of it. Listen, people can dog this man out all they want, but he is THAT GUY and I consider him one of the last Truly Legend Status directors working right now, so. I think this will go to Oppenheimer, but. Meh.

And again, I'm happy to see Celine Song nominated! Past Lives had a really unique vibe to it and I think she offered a film that we don't see as much of anymore.

Screenplay--Based on what I've seen on this list, should be KOTFM, I can see it going to Barbie. Oppy being written in the first person might woo some people, though.

Best Actor--Drama: Should absolutely be Cillian, he carried that movie and it wouldn't have worked without him. Just a fabulous performance. I can see Leo maaaaybe edging him out? He was really good in KOTFM. It is truly wild to me that Barry was nominated, lol, I haven't seen a rush of buzz for him in Saltburn though he is the best part of the movie. I don't think it was his best work, compared to Banshees.

Best Actress--Drama: If this isn't Lily Gladstone I'll screech. Incredibly moving, and another movie where this thing would not have worked if anyone else had played that role. I don't see this category being super competitive against her.

Best Actress--Comedy/Musical: I can see them giving it to Margot for the press. I think Emma has had the strongest buzz of this category, but Fantasia could totally dark horse it.

Best Actor/Comedy Musical--I have no opinion on this, but I'm going for Jeffrey Wright because he's generally so good.

Best Supporting Actor--Charles Melton DESERVES this, people. He's amazing in May December. Heart crushing. An absolute breakout revelation performance.

One person I could see him giving him a run for his money is De Niro, because he was also amazing in KOTFM. Absolutely loathsome. I can also see them giving it to RDJ, because he is entertaining in Oppy, and I'm getting "it's time" vibes, which I hate... but Charles has also been cleaning up with smaller critics' awards.

Best Supporting Actress--Da'Vine is getting some great reviews, I feel like she's got a really good shot. Julianne is very good in May December, but she's also a very decorated actress. Um, sorry, Emily Blunt was not anything special in Oppy and if she gets this I'll be so baffled.

Best TV Series--Drama: I can see this going to Succession or possibly The Last of Us. Succession has the final season going for it, and it was actually amazing. TLOUS has fandom hype going for it, which the Globes likes. The Diplomat won't win, but fwiw I liked that show a lot.

Best TV Series--Comedy: Abbott Elementary better win is all I'll say. The Bear and Barry shouldn't even be in this category lol.

Best TV Actor--Drama: I feel like this will be a duke it out between Jeremy and Kieran. I'd be thrilled with either winning, but Jeremy's already won and Kieran has an "it's his time" vibe, his last shot to win with what may end up being the defining performance of his career. Brian Cox is such a dick for submitting in this category and the awards shows are such dicks for nominating him, lol.

Best Actress--TV Drama: If Sarah Snook doesn't win I'm burning this city to the ground. Why is Emma even nominated lmao. I do love a Keri Russell, but nah man, nobody here compares to Snook.

Best Actress--TV Comedy: Tbh I think Elle gave the best performance in this category.... easily.... but Quinta is great and I'd love to see her win, too.

Best Actor--TV Comedy: I don't care for any of these nominees. Nicholas Hoult outsold everyone here, bummer that he doesn't have a nom.

Best Supporting Actor-TV: I'd love for Alan Ruck to pick something up, but Matty Mac did once again obliterate lol. Askars was amazing but I don't think he had enough PUNCHY moments.

Best Support Actress--TV: Elizabeth Debicki was great but didn't have the material, imo. Christina Ricci would be my pick here, but I feel like it's gonna go to Hannah Waddingham because last season and all that.

Best Limited Series--Beef is easily the best one here, but the horrible way that the casting controversy was handled may have ruined their shot. In that sense, I think Steven gave the best performance but it could go to Matt Bomer or Jon Hamm. For actress, I would've picked Ali Wong but.... Also, I will say, nobody saw Dead Rings but me apparently but I'm so glad Rachel Weisz got nominated here because she was INCREDIBLE. Will probably go to Brie Larson knowing my luck, though I don't think Lessons in Chemistry made the impact they thought it would.

Best Supporting Actress--Limited: Glad to see Carla here, she was great. I have no idea who this will go to but it probably won't be here lmao. Also, The Fall of the House of Usher should've gotten a nom for best Limited, but c'est la vie the awards shows hate horror. Also, I don't know if this is controversial but brave... I would've nominated Bruce for Best Actor. That could be my weird attraction to him in that role speaking, though.

[vasilinaorlova]

imperatrix Ekaterina, o!

a goat                                               there was a thunderstorm in the lyceum’s garden                           when I dreamed these lines                                                                   the garden was royal blue and deep                                                                       (Vrubelesque) green,                                                                        under a looming threat of thunder                                                                        I half-woke (for from half-sleep                                                                        one could not fully awake, since                                                                      the sleep was not full either) and                                                                  I found out that there is a                                                                 jelly fish of lines                                                          amorphous form, not even promising                                                   the magnificence that I glimpse,                                          unless I invite you (which I do)                              specifically with my additional explanations that really      do not                                             help that much. (well, they do of course) clepsydra. timepiece: liquid measuring time (and vice versa) cataleptic                                                                 a face of sun lethargic                                                                   in the medieval gravures Cleopatra, annoyed by the bowl with grapes--every day, every single day the same bowl with the same grapes, this is insane, everyone would have their nerves snapped. (very visible.) form. majestic. a beast--a huge dog, I want to say, dog dog, but maybe a mastiff, if they only existed at the time, enters the hall. it carefully carries in its teeth a Cleopatra's slipper, holding it carefully in its terrifying molars.                                                        much like it is in the dra

don’t flatter yourself, you have not broken the spell: wings of children, and  there was no spell.                                                     so is the moon, la luna you were not charmed:                                              only the moon              there were no charms.                                               has only one eye you were merely afforded a glimpse                          as a rule into the reality that, it turns out, you rightly suspected, existed. and this is not to be forgotten.                                    луна

I will be associated first with Russia, and then with Texas. evil fate. playful

I sail with ease                                                           кораблик of saliva. via dolorosa                                                с парусом is all in bloom: red roses                                            бригантина iron nails                                                                    I just saw these words I parted with my dolors                                              in my native language and I acquired a pearl.                                              funny how the native

Sybil’s Book, handwriting of course                           language is something should be calligraphic but - - - (I don’t know when I’ll type it, probably I’ll do it post-mortem.)                                                           undeniable

system of retorts,                                                 lispy beastsomething to cogged wheels,                                                    of the Apocalypthewhich   running rubber rope,                                             ipse venitthere really   rotating mirrors and one crystalline ball.                                         lilliputiancouldbeno                                                                                tulipexplanation

                                                                               или яbutitjustis                                                                                залипла*forwhatitsworth

“Some died without speaking, others spoke without dying; some died in speaking, others spoke in dying.” (Rabelais)          I dont know hilarious                                                            anthems to autumn                                                                          sang long into winter. prophecy                                                          ex libris: (self-                                                                 an ink agglomeration  fulfilled)                                                             of ice and flowers.

it was a secret bar in Austin–a tribute to the bootlegger past–you had to know the code to open the door, and it was advertised on the web as a repair office for floppy disks. it was recommended to call them if you had floppy disks that would not open. 2017. needless to say, there was no telephone either. the everydayness of tireless transliteration: Nabokov uses the fancy “ï” to represent Russian letter “ы.” “Dïmnïy iris” and such (“smoky iris”; “дымный ирис,” Bloc’s phrase). Nabokov does a lot of crazy stuff. what else to expect from a writer who he does not think French warrants translation. usually “ы”’s official representative is “y” in English, but of course “ï” attracts so much more attention. Nabokov is a primal attention seeker. Nowadays searching engines won’t recognize it as an “ы” substitute, that’s the obstacle if I should wish to to adopt this Nabokovian practice (of all Nabokov’s legacy). On the English-language (skewed) keyboards “ï” is as gloriously absent as “ы” itself.

he wrote to me 14.875 letters. (why not 15.712, I wonder)

toilet bowl white elephant fallopian tubes

pelican reviving its dead fledglings by its blood. the allegory of what? of about everything you wish to read in it.

all these pompoms                                             “imperatrix Ekaterina, o!”**                pompous                                               Vasily Trediakovsky, 1732 … I told you, not the best style imaginable and empress Sisi’s dresses were so much better: simpler, plainer, lines clearer sigh

endless fascinations. ha ha ha this is truly and really hilarious. poor possums. I would never. foams and forms.

indeed my observations of the (English-speaking) BDSM community on the web suggest that dominant women do not necessarily want or demand sexual services first and foremost; they seem to be wanting to get their stuff done, plainly. how prosaic. the figure of a dominant woman is a figure of denial.

(as such, dare I add, it is a completely patriarchal role. there seems to be no escape for women; inevitably they’d perform the overarching structures of patriarchy by their very existence.)

imagine a dominatrix, a formidable, strong woman (she's got to be strong, it's a standard thing: strong legs, arms). in a resplendent latex costume. splendiferous.                                                         Daffodils galore, I would imagine                                                       Trumpet-shaped crowns, why that really does captivate                                 Numerous varieties, imagination                                                             Great numbers. all those sleek creatures                                                              what a voracious imagination you have. a flying lobster        and a rider: a proud foot  on the carapace                                                        a little half-animal encrusted                                                                   half-bird with sapphires.her mantle is billowing,                         eats a flower one breast full,                                                               from a shiny page another’s empty and free, she holds a sail unfurling, a stubborn fabric seeking to depart,and a loyal lamb follows jumping                                                                         from one cloud to another, a fleur-de-lis in teeth.                                                                                            bureaucracy                                                                                            of crying                                                      scrupulous scribbling if I had to pick up a monster to fight, I’d choose a gigantic moth with grand antennae. I am asked if such monster will spew its antennae as a porcupine, a daring darter, throws its quills- - - well, 

______________________ *or I am stuck (Rus) **translation is of course mine but there is not much to translate to be fair, this line, which gave rise to the numerous parodies in Russian literature, is exactly “императрикс Екатерина, о!” it sounds very twenty-first century, if you ask me. Trediakovsky belonged to the period when literary Russian was brewing and melting and was about to be wrought into paragons of gorgeous smithery. Trediakovsky undoubtedly belonged to the circles of modernists which were to emerge much later.