#dong jeffrey

[bloodwrittenballad]

the bond between me and fictional/celebrity men old enough to be my father

[mlemedt]

☀️Summer Reads ☀️

I'm so happy to have actually completed my goal of reading 10 books this summer. This was mostly just to motivate myself back into reading again but it appears I've gained a taste for fantasy novels (I regret nothing...)

In total I have read 3509 pages. So I'm pretty proud of that. To conclude here's some made up book awards:

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-Psyche & Eros ⭐⭐⭐Luna McNamara

Raised My Standards

-In Memoriam ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Alice Winn

Most Human

-Orphia & Eurydicius ⭐⭐Elyse John

Made Me Cry Most (Sadness + Disappointment)

-Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop ⭐⭐Hwang Bo-Reum

Most Comforting

-The Bell Jar ⭐⭐⭐⭐Sylvia Plath

Most Cutting

-The Virgin Suicides ⭐⭐⭐Jeffrey Eugenides

BEST WORST NARRATOR

-Fake Dates & Mooncakes ⭐⭐⭐Sher Lee

Best Food + Cutest Couple

-Powerless ⭐⭐⭐⭐Lauren Roberts

BEST ROMANCE

-Reckless ⭐⭐⭐Lauren Roberts

Best Sequel

-Six of Crows ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Leigh Bardugo

Best Characters + Best World Building (I will die on this hill)

Average Rating: 3.4

I want to challenge myself like this again but I doubt I can read as much with school around the corner- but hopefully my goal can help remind me to take a break sometimes. I'm going to give myself until the New Year to read just 12 more books. Hopefully evenings, weekends and holidays can add up to give me some time.

[thecolorsfucked]

behold the survivor

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

For the planned American adaptation of “Extraordinary Attorney Woo”, this would be how I’d cast the series:

(Note: obviously the names would be changed due to the difference in setting)

1) Kayla Cromer as Woo Young-woo

2) Rish Shah as Lee Jun-ho

3) Lance Reddick as Jung Myung-seok

4) Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Woo Gwang-ho

5) Chloe Bennet as Choi Su-yeon

6) Anthony Ramos as Kwon Min-woo

7) Maya Hawke as Dong Geu-ra-mi

[eulaties]

i think we as a society need to talk more about how cute jeffrey tung is

[dozydawn]

“Formerly displaced women work together in a community vegetable garden on April 12, 2017, in Dong Boma, a Dinka village in South Sudan.”

Photographed by Paul Jeffrey.

[mideums]

still looking for someone to write against my muse (manny jacinto fc) for this plot:

muse a is a talented violinist that moved to new york without much of a plan besides becoming the best at her craft. without much financial support she finds herself waiting tables and praying that something will come out of the small gigs she takes. there, she is scouted by muse b: a multi-faceted musician that sees promise in her. (mentor x mentee / whiplash inspired… lots of emotions and intensity and competitiveness (no longer looking for this plot)

OR something supernatural and gothic for my overly devoted angel muse (myoui mina fc).

more info under the cut!!

i am 20+ and only want to write with muns that are also over 20.

discord only for now.

for these two plots i’m looking for mxf or fxf.

some of the fcs i’d like to write against (my favorites are bolded): lee felix, amandla stenberg, emilio sakraya, jeffrey dean morgan, madelaine pestch, cailee spaeny, mia goth, kim mingyu, alisha boe, sabrina carpenter, jung somin, lee dong wook, etc

i enjoy lots of plotting to help build the vibes before we dive in.

i typically write 2-3 paras in third person plus texts if the verse allows it.

i am open to doing single para replies or just matching your length, too!

overall i am very laid back when it comes to writing. open to writing smut but also willing to fade to black if you prefer.

i typically reply 2-3x per week depending on my availability and how long our threads are.

like this if you’re interested, also check my banned fcs and rules before interacting pls and thank you!!

[endlessthoughtsofafangirl]

Only I can stop this ship from sinking! Only I can keep the corporation afloat! The train of time is moving forward. To gain traction, some people inevitably will be sacrificed in the process.

Li Naiwen as "Jeffrey" Xu Yunfeng Johnny Keep Walking! 年会不能停! (2023), Dir. Dong Runnian

[brutish-invasion]

okay NOPE! that music post sealed your coffin.

gay man crush on a straight guy? cool. fine. happens all the time.

but that boyfriend song.. it's giving jeffry dahmer.

Alright, alright. Just a tick here...

Wait.

Are you trying to be out here implying my slimy feelings for/and ongoing dynamic with Ding Dong Daddy Dowd are reminiscent of JEFFREY DAHMER???

Firstly, what the cunting fuck are you on about?

Secondly, he's 6'10" when slouching, has spent at least 25 years in prison, and I've seen him deadlift an ambulance before.

Do you really, truly believe I could take him in combat and proceed to BUTCHER him to make dowdburgers or whatever.

Beside that, I think I'd be a far better Berdella than a Dahmer.

[melciana-blog]

Dalam bahasa Korea ada sebuah frasa : 퇴근 (thwegeun) menjelaskan tentang aktivitas "pulang setelah bekerja". Ini adalah waktu-waktu yang sangat menyenangkan, matahari terbenam dan sudah saatnya untuk meninggalkan pekerjaan, istirahat atau melakukan hal lain yang menyenangkan.

퇴근 juga termasuk aktivitas favoritku. Karena aku tinggal dekat dengan kantor, biasanya pulang dengan berjalan kaki. Waktu yang dibutuhkan bervariasi. Waktu di Menara BCA butuh waktu 15 menit. Waktu di TCT butuh waktu 7 menit saja. Waktu di kantor Suryopranoto, kos pertama membutuhkan waktu 10 menit. Kos kedua membutuhan waktu 30 menit (jadi aku lebih sering nebeng atau pakai gojek, hehe). Kos ketiga membutuhkan waktu 40 menit menggunakan Transjakarta karena macetnya Jalan Raya Tomang.

Karena sedang dalam perjalanan, artinya bergerak dan sedikit banyak ada di antara lalu lintas, aku tidak bisa melakukan aktivitas yang menyita terlalu banyak perhatian (bahaya dong). Jadi, waktu-waktu ini diisi kegiatan pasif atau sambilan, contohnya mendengarkan lagu, thelogical talk sama Jeffrey, dan yang paling sering kulakukan adalah: berpikir.

Kalau orang biasanya overthinking sebelum tidur, aku biasanya overthinking saat jalan pulang ke rumah. Mulai dari malam ini makan apa ya? Lalu menuju, hari ini aku ngapain aja, apa yang membuat aku kesel, apa yang membuat aku happy. Lalu, opini-opini, sumpah serapah, dan stress yang tertahan sepanjang hari ini. Tentu saja tidak kukatakan keras-keras, semuanya adalah aktivitas dialog dalam hati, agak aneh ya? Lalu pikiran-pikiran tentang apa yang aku pingin lakukan di masa depan? Apakah aku di sini karena aku menyukainya, atau aku terjebak? Dan sebagainya-sebagainya. Kalau lagunya sedang pas timing dan keadaan hati, tak sekali air mata keluar begitu saja, persis seperti adegan-adegan di drama Korea.

퇴근 jadi sebuah kebiasaan dan kesempatan buat aku berbicara dengan diriku sendiri, menguraikan hal-hal, memproses keadaan hati dan pikiran. Waktu untuk aku menguraikan pilihan-pilihan dalam mengambil keputusan. Lalu, seperti membersihkan cache pada device, memberikan aku ruang untuk menerima, memahami, berdamai, dan melepaskan.

[pulptv]

mw 30+ faces?

⠀⠀ ◜ ★ ⠀ I'VE ASKED OUR lovely members and the biggest request is for pedro pascal ( times three might i add ) but here are some others as well !

jeffrey dean morgan, steven yeun, riz ahmed, edgar ramirez, tom hardy, idris elba, bill skarsgard, pablo schreiber, murrary bartlett, colin farrell, oliver jackson cohen, hiroshi abe, jacob anderson, barry keoghan, keita machida, jon bernathal, peter gadriot, harrison ford, keith urban, jake johnson, taylor zakhar perez, daniel henney, jeffrey wright, lewis tan, logan lerman, berker güven, diego luna, alexander skarsgard, mahershala ali, ebon moss-bachrach, kiowa gordon, arian moayed, yahya abdul-mateen ii, timothy olyphant, alp navruz, george clooney, woo do hwan, oktay çubuk, forrest goodluck, david tennant, manny montana, cillian murphy, kofi sirobe, lakeith stanfield, robert de niro, daniel kaluuya, lee dong wook, henry golding, rami malek, fujioka tatsuo, adam brody, david castenada, ken watanabe, donnie yen, kiernan culkin, mads mikkelsen, hiroyuki sanada, omar sy, dev patel, tony leung, javier bardem, manny jacinto, alex meraz, and robert pattinson !

[mlemedt]

The Virgin Suicides- Jeffrey Eugenides

[Minor Spoilers]

TW: As the title suggests, here I will be discussing suicide, if you struggle with mental health, perhaps give this a miss.

As I mentioned previously, so far my reviews have all been by female authors. Well, this change ought to have been refreshing, but unfortunately the difference was noticeable. Also I’d quickly like to note the book I have lined up next and have begun reading as I write this, is much lighter. I am on holiday after all, and there’s only so much teenage suicide one can read in a week. It was hardly intentional. I was debating between this and ‘Lolita,’ but landed on Eugenides simply because it was smaller and I’m currently travelling.

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Similarly with ‘Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop’ I’ve had this review in my drafts for quite a while, (over a week!) simply because I don’t have much to say. To be honest, I was disappointed. The novel starts impactfully with the reader immediately understanding all 5 of the Lisbon girls kill themselves. However the quality quickly begins to decline. It’s unclear the circumstances of narration, and only properly addressed in the very last pages. What little you do learn, is that it's a record of perspectives from the neighbourhood boys, now grown up and looking back. (Although this is seldom made note of.) However at times it seems to present itself as an investigation, with scenarios and objects referred to as 'Exhibit#.' We learn later these are items of the sisters, collected by the boys into 5 different suitcases, one for each girl. (The novel makes you consider this is an amateur investigation, but the narrator quickly interrupts this thought, stating clearly it is not, that they've already interviewed everyone they could to no avail. It's rather a record of what they do know.)

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I read a couple of other reviews before this as I scrambled for meaning in this book and found two particular reviews that have puzzled me since, ‘I truly felt like one of the neighbourhood boys talking about the Lisbon sisters’ and ‘flare from my own secret world, all the inchoate longings and obsessions of being a teenager.’ The boys, perhaps, were not intended to be reliable narrators and are meant to leave you with questions, but I found it quite unsatisfying. I don’t understand how this extent of obsession can be relatable. Five suitcases with items labelled, and with detailed stories attached, for girls these boys could barely tell apart, and for the most part had little to do with- it just doesn't make sense to me. It would’ve been more understandable if the narrators simply had some depth or described some reason for obsession, but they are utterly vapid. I suppose infatuation has little logic, but the novel doesn't even read like this, just simple observation with little emotion attached. Dry, it was completely dry. I simply can't fathom, why an event of such magnitude, especially in its contemporary, could not warrant a drop of emotion. I suppose grief impacts people differently, but this level was simply robotic.

Simply put, with such a provocative conceit you would imagine Eugenides to explore the reasonings of such tragic teenage suicides, but it ultimately remains a mystery. The lack of emotional perception from the narrators is just tiring. It was sad how something so powerful could make me so bored.

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Additionally, the many uninteresting tangents that had little to do with the main plot were suffocating. It felt like a whole chapter was dedicated to the daily musings of an old Greek neighbour, as put concisely in one of the other reviews I read; ‘I struggled to get through it and how much it diverged from the plot and went on seemingly insignificant tangents.’ However, it could hardly have been a chapter, since Eugenides thought a quarter of the book was appropriate for his fifth (and final chapter, I may note,) in which the other four suicides take place. As I said, the first chapter was interesting, enticing us with a seemingly impossible tragedy, and then fully exploring the first Lisbon's suicide. How, 240 pages can be divided into just five chapters baffles me, with two dedicated to just one suicide. (These two were also comically shorter than the other chapters.) The entire story occurs within those first two chapters and about twenty pages in the final chapter when the joint suicides take place. The pacing was simply awful.

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Upon the notes on emotional perception, ultimately I felt I learnt little about the Lisbon girls. Small details dropped throughout the book help create a picture of the personalities and aspirations, but there is little on what caused the turn to suicide, which is what I would've expected the focus to be upon.

Detailing this now, I suppose the novel was meant to be a record of teenagedom, but even so, poorly realised characters still create a dry and emotionless book. I should elaborate on 'poorly realised' for my final note: the 'male gaze'.

This certainly felt like an instance of 'men writing women.' The narrators make note upon ‘brassieres hung upon crucifixes,’ ‘their plump bottoms,’ ‘Cecilia’s unformed chest.' It seems bizarre, but this imagery and these comments, just stuck with me for how uncomfortable they made, and how awkward it was to read. The boys are describing the attempted suicide of a thirteen-year-old, and yet they make note of her body and intimate items from around her bedroom. I understand how the 'excitement,' for lack of a better word, of the introduction to this other world, will make such details noticeable, but is it truly necessary when discussing the youngest sister? The 13 year-old? I just felt the focus was all wrong. Even if it was a record of teenagedom, which it does seem to be, why are the suicides necessary? I think most teenagers struggle with mental health, if not all, yet apparently our narrators don't. The suicides of the girls do not call upon questions of their own mortality, or seem to have much profound impact at all, except they are still reminiscing upon it years later for its mystery of all.

Finally, there's the characterisation of Lux. The 14 year-old sexual deviant. I'd say the majority of the book discusses Lux (and earlier Cecilia, then she is little mentioned), with only a few mentions of Bonnie, Therese and Mary. There is a small discussion on the decline of Lux's mental health, but is hardly explored, as after all, our narrators are unreliable. However, the narrators do explore Lux's love-life, in quite some depth. (This is why I'm lead to believe it's a record of adolescence, with such a great focus on intimacy- the novel certainly seems as though the girls were only interesting for their visual quality.)

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As I'm discussing this, underlying meanings are perhaps becoming clearer, which ought to add to the quality of the book, but the primary experience of reading it just didn't spark much in me. It seems insane that I wasn't moved to emotion much at all, when discussing the suicides of 5 teenage girls, much the same as myself. It's this that is confusing me so much. Was the focus the suicides or the virgins?

Its greatly interesting that the top two reviews on the Waterstones site I've linked below are 4 and then 1 star, yet I agree with both. I think the lack of answers and characterisation is undoubtedly purposeful, trying to lure you to contemplate the themes of the book, and also discuss the dark nature of the male gaze.

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I would be greatly interested in any discussion on the role of the novel, and for this lingering contemplation I will avoid ranking 'The Virgin Suicides' low. The quality of literature, at least for me, is a fine balance of 'What is the author trying to tell me?' and how well they tell me.

I understand both the high and low reviews now, and there certainly is a discussion to be had on the purpose of this book, but ultimately I did not enjoy it when I read it. But I'm enjoying discussing it. I think sometimes these can be the best books, the ones you don't like, but have some supernatural ability to make you continue questioning it, until you feel you've unearthed all it's purposes and references and details and devices.

For this reason I cant rate 'The Virgin Suicides.'

♥♥♥

-Gaia

⚠Content Warnings⚠

-Suicide (not just discussion, includes graphic description that could be distressing)

-Sexual themes

-Infrequent swearing

[dinofurygirl]

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Ding Dong Daddy in Titans season 3

[dozydawn]

“A young Dinka woman walks among cattle in Dong Boma, a village in South Sudan's war-torn Jonglei State.”

Photographed by Paul Jeffrey, 2017.

[fuckyeahdanielkitson]

A Reason to Wake Up - January 4, 2023

Tracklist: 1. The WAEVE - Something Pretty 2. Bodega - Doers 3. John Grant - God's Gonna Cut You Down 4. Anchorsong - Expo 5. Company 2006 Broadway Revival Cast - Being Alive 6. Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin 7. Divorce - Checking Out 8. Darren Hanlon - Trust Your Feelings (When You Wake) 9. Warmduscher - I Got Friends 10. McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now 11. Snapped Ankles - The Fish Needs a Bike 12. Hen Ogledd - Gondoliers 13. McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (again) 14. Wu-Lu - Scrambled Tricks 15. Bar Pandora - Two Colours 16. Sylvan Esso - Sunburn 17. Generationals - When They Fight, They Fight 18. Captain Ding Dong - Waggle Dance (you've got me on this one) 19. Shabason & Krgovich - I Am So Happy With My Little Dog 20. Yard Act - Rich 21. PVA - Untethered 22. Jeffrey Lewis - You're Invited 23. Dan Deacon - When I Was Done Dying 24. My Latest Novel - The Reputation of Ross Francis

[endlessthoughtsofafangirl]

If we can’t deal with the issue, then we just will have to first deal with the person who brought it up.

Li Naiwen as "Jeffrey" Xu Yunfeng Johnny Keep Walking! 年会不能停! (2023), Dir. Dong Runnian