#ny152

[stage3evo]

You??

[astrike81]

I saw @chordialy 's post and thought it was only right to join in. All these are probably cliche to put on a top list, but if a movie is like a friend, it's worth listing. I hope I did this right...

[aroundthecornerblaine]

[ryebecca]

“‘What will NY152 say today?’ I wonder. I turn on my computer. I wait impatiently as it connects. I go online, and my breath catches in my chest until I hear three little words: ‘You've got mail’. I hear nothing. Not even a sound on the streets of New York, just the beat of my own heart. I have mail. From you.” 👩🏻‍💻 💌 👨🏼‍💻

[roamwithahungryheart]

Ted Lasso, You've Got Mail, and the strings that bind them:

Frank Navasky, The Independent/Trent Crimm, The Independent

'Daisies are my favourite'

NY152 & Shopgirl/LDN!52 & Bossgirl

(YGM Original script) Metal grates are pulled up to open flower shops, nail salons, the pharmacy, fish store, the Cuban Chinese Restaurant, Zabar's/Ted Lasso 3x07 - Metal grates are pulled up to open flower shops, bakeries, A Taste of Athens

The Wizard of Oz references

Digital (mis)communication

'One mystery store. Sleuth, on 86th and Amsterdam.'/Amsterdam episode (maybe a stretch, but still)

One of Kathleen's favourite books is Pride and Prejudice/One of Keeley's favourite books is Sense and Sensibility

'I could never, under any circumstances, love anybody who had a sailboat.'/Rebecca's fling with the Dutch boatman

'You're at war. "It's not personal, it's business. It's not personal it's business." Recite that to yourself every time you feel you're losing your nerve. I know you worry about being brave, this is your chance. Fight. Fight to the death.'/'Everyone is laughing at us, Ted. At you, at our team, at me. Rupert is laughing at me, Ted. And I am begging you, please, fight back.'

[queenvernage]

in celebration of discovering my favorite trope is called "two person love triangle", please enjoy some of my favorite examples:

joe x kathleen x ny152 | you've got mail (1998)

mamoru x usagi x tuxedo kamen | sailor moon franchise

barry x iris x the flash | the flash (2014-)

bonus doubled up version: the stranger from town x cinderella x prince christopher x the mysterious lady at the ball | cinderella (1997)

and now featuring, yuka x keitaro x osada-san | kamen rider 555 (2003)

[oriri-thoughts]

Ry's Favorites 1 / ? (Spoilers, as always!)

My favorite movie of all time has to be You've Got Mail. I grew up watching this movie with my mom, and as a child enamored with books and the dream of being a writer, I was instantly in love with a story about competing book salespeople. It's not necessarily a Christmas movie, but I always watch it in wintertime to get me in the festive mood. There's a lot of debate as to whether a movie is really a Christmas movie, if it only happens during Christmas, and I'm inclined to say that it certainly can be. But I digress. My favorite thing about this film in particular is not just the cozy vibes, but the depth of Tom Hank's character Joe Fox. He is a cutthroat businessman, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. But online, we get to see that this is all just a front. He doesn't want to end up the cold, callous divorcee that the men in his family tend to be. His character is directly paralleled with Meg Ryan's Kathleen, who runs an independent bookstore she inherited from her mother. Kathleen struggles to be brave, sticking to the comforts of familiarity. Kathleen's monologue about living a small but valuable life is something I feel deep in my bones. Kathleen also lives a double-life, not quite as contradictory as Joe's- but disingenuous nonetheless. She preaches individuality and independence, yet lives in the shadow of her mother. Both characters are wonderfully multi-faceted, which is demonstrated beautifully with the way they interact online juxtaposed with the way they behave in person. Joe's knee-jerk reaction to be meanspirited and his immediate remorse afterwards is so endearingly human. We're not doomed to be the worst versions of ourselves. I love the emailing as a form of modern pen-pal letter sending, and I especially love the montage of Joe and Kathleen going on friend dates, all while Joe tries to help Kathleen figure out who her mystery online man is (It's him!) This plot is so simple in terms of tropey will-they-won't-they, but it feels unique and not your run of the mill story. Now, I warn you, friend- there's been some argument over the years as to whether it is manipulative for Joe to withhold his identity from Kathleen for so long. I get it, objectively. However, both characters acknowledge that if he hadn't been Fox Books, and she hadn't been The Shop Around the Corner, -if they were not these public images with specific agendas- they would've been friends, lovers, even. Joe, as a transition from living his IRL life as Mr. Fox Books to NY152, slowly chips away at the hard wall Kathleen has rightly constructed between them, as Joe Fox. He comes to her and admits the hurt he's done to her, the way he's put her out of business. He takes full accountability and builds a relationship with her, as the man who wronged her. Even his online persona starts to become unappealing by comparison, Kathleen showing hesitance at meeting NY152- because she's come to like Joe so much. She even admits, after all is revealed, "I hoped it was you so badly." She knows the man she fell in love with, flaws and all. Dear friends, this is film has such a special place in my heart and I encourage you to rewatch it or perhaps watch it for the first time (even with all my spoilers!). If you're looking for a good AU for your fics, I couldn't recommend this one more.

[tubamilk]

You’ve Got Mail Rant

You’ve Got Mail makes me sad. As much as I want to bag on the FMC for having no backbone, my main issue with the movie was just that the chemistry between the two characters did not warrant the “happily ever after” we got. Yea, they were cute but not cute enough to get together after Joe steamrolled her business (without much remorse, btw). Just an awful set up. Who oversaw the plot of this movie and gave it a green light. It’s extremely off putting that Kathleen acknowledges that this was personal to her and still manage to “overcome” it by the end. This was literally her mother’s shop. I feel like if Kathleen showed interest in other sectors of children books or expressed that she was exhausted by the book store, it would’ve made the plot more believable. Regardless, this character was completely spineless. The most she could do was hurl insults at Joe and encourage bad press. And, when her store went belly up, she just seemed to accept it, even becoming friends with Joe after. I think the movie would’ve been better if she was feistier. If she made Joe’s life difficult. That would add both tension and stakes. It also would’ve made the resolution more believable. Mutual forgiveness on both ends at the ending. Instead, Kathleen is painted as a saint and, in turn, Joe, a bully. Joe’s main saving grace is that he was portrayed by Tom Hanks, who has enough charm to make him likable. I also didn’t really understand the last part where Kathleen seemed surprised at Joe being NY152. I thought she knew after he brought her flowers. This actually brings me to another point. How tf did he know where she live? Did I miss the part where she brought him over? I won’t be surprised if I did because I was zoning out halfway through. Either way, I think it’s creepy. Not only did he show up at her address unannounced, he slipped in without explicit consent from Kathleen. It just doesn’t make sense to me.

To me, this was a hard 2/5. I think it would work better if they had more time develop the characters and their ambitions.

[sayabell]

" 'What will NY152 say today?' I wonder. I turn on my computer. I wait impatiently as it connects. I go online, and my breath catches in my chest until I hear three little words: 'You've got mail'. I hear nothing. Not even a sound on the streets of New York, just the beat of my own heart. I have mail. From you."

[animalcrackersinmyhead]

3.31.23

I grab onto the mundane and hold it like I coddle my mouse for my keyboard. Perhaps it is by the mundane that I interface with the human processor I’ve been given. Maybe I find a will to live hidden underneath the piece of mail from a credit card company that sits on my table because my trash is too full to fit anything inside. Maybe It is hiding behind the string of colored paper lanterns folded into a small box that sits on my kitchen countertop unpacked. Or is it twisted in the orange tank top that fell behind my green couch that I’ve been too lazy to grab.

I can hope. I can hope something as insignificant as a clean floor could clean my thoughts up for a while longer.

My plants are dying. I feel remorse and shame. I keep replaying that scene in you’ve got mail where Kathleen Kelly writes an email to NY152 talking about how it felt her mother had died all over when her shop closed. Watching my plants die in slow motion because I have stared at them so much lately that I think I am starting to observe the dying process. It’s gradual then suddenly it’s there and doesn’t feel gradual at all. I find myself staring at their wilted green remnants flopped from their stems. It’s like they are acting out the word “sorry” and seeing if I will bite. I bite I bite. I watered them two days ago. I keep telling myself that maybe that one watering will be enough for them to last forever. Silly.

 I’ve been flirting with more thoughts of dying.  It’s like sliced summer sausage on ritz crackers. It entices me like a dirty spoon. I’ve been allowing more thoughts in just to see, What am I really made of? What do I really want? Do I want to die? Really, do I?

Today I called a woman and unbeknownst to me, she had just tried to kill herself. She said she swallowed two pieces of glass but then it hurt so bad she had to call the ambulance. She was waiting for them to arrive and she followed the wave of panicked, hysterical, crying, then silence, then quick talking and brief laughter where I even forgot there was glass somewhere in her anatomy.  It seemed to come in waves. Struck by the timing of the event I found an ease in navigating the situation because of my curiosity towards this woman and event in time and because I sorta envied her. Except waiting for the ambulance part- now that part I don’t envy. I was curious, really curious what the sensation of glass tearing her throat apart felt like. We ended up talking about her love of makeup, hair, and fashion instead. Ten minutes later we said our goodbyes and I told her I am sending positive thoughts that I hope materialize themselves into matter and improve her life in some cosmic way this weekend. I wonder where she is at while I write this. Maybe lying in a hospital bed with the sound of a tv playing in the background as she struggles to sleep, Maybe she died. I plan to call her Monday but so curious what she is up to. Carolan, what an odd way to spell a name. What an odd way to choose to die. What an odd human. I liked her. I liked that she swallowed glass. Can I say that? Sure! But really, why glass? Did she read about it somewhere? Was it some poetic symbolism like to reflect her fragility? I wonder.

Earlier I went to the kitchen and grabbed a fortune cookie and whispered to it that whatever the fortune is will be if I kill myself or not. The fortune said I would be sitting on top of the world. I laughed.

I met with a therapist yesterday. Interesting. I enjoyed it and was surprised by that. So I said fuck it and purchased 6 sessions. Many things I need to work through. She looks, sounds, acts JUST like Madison which makes me feel safe. Madison is a human that allows me to stretch out my limbs and not pretend to be a modern day sapien. If mindfulness ever wanted to take human form it would be Madison. She’s been my anchor throughout these years. I’ve seen her in her trenches and triumphs. All of this to say, I feel comfortable with this therapist. We laughed a lot. She is a delightful creature.

Earlier today I saw a former coworker from my last job. Last time I saw her, I was sitting across from her in my office giving her a performance review. I saw areas of improvement but she was only 5 ish months in and I was delighted by her progress. Then, my supervisors canned her the next day without any justifiable reason and without seeking my opinion. I am still outraged about that to this day. She was the only black person there and I can’t help if racism I others led to that decision because as someone who was actively checking her work and evaluating it, I saw a hardworking woman that maybe was slower to learn things initially, once she grasped them, she was diligent in her execution… then the next day, without a justifiable reason, they let her go. So here she was in front of me at my new work place. We both lit up and yelped when we saw each other. I was able to speak my opinion on it and she seemed like her shoulder knocked off rocks of weight from their caps when she realized she had done a great job and that I felt no reason to fire her. Genuinely. I don’t get it. Another woman who was white and didn’t work and had little to no computer productivity stayed a year longer, others years. Anyways, she found a better place to work at and that made me very hapy for her. I was so thrilled to see her.

Earlier in the day, I spoke to a man crying on the phone who had just left the hospital for a suicide attempt and was recounting to me how 5 friends and family members have killed themselves in front of him on different occasions. After that I talked to a mother who was mustering all the strength in the world to not cry on the phone with me while she told me how her daughter wants to kill herself. This life isn’t easy. I wonder how electrons are feeling about it all.

[otarulove]

〈お元気ですか？今日は、何の日・〉 https://sunnyhomewor.thebase.in/ ドライりんご　プルーン市内でも 発売中です。 おはようございます。 「You've Got Mail」 曇りのち雪、最高気温マイナス5℃の予報。 今日は、電子メールの日です。 いいふみの語呂合わせから　 1994年に制定されます。 本物の封書を頂いたのは いつだったかなぁ。 デジタルもいいけど アナログも、やっぱり　いいね！ ShopgirlとNY152、いいね！ メグ・ライアン　元気かなあ？ If were the last day of my life, I want to do what I am about to do today? 今日もいろいろ頑張ります。 よろしくお願い申し上げます。 http://www.sunny-deli-secco.com/ #ドライりんご #ドライアップル #乾きリンゴ #driedapple #granola #driedfruits #小樽市 #otaru #ワインのおとも #北海道　#子どものおやつ #サニーホームワークス (Otaru) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnu8KF5y1hg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[aroundthecornerblaine]

[abandy]

Ted Lasso Theory time: we know Ted loves you’ve got mail. In YGM, Tom Hanks username is NY152 …, and the username for the person Rebecca is flirting with ends in 152.

AND. Her username is bossgirl. Meg Ryan was SHOP GIRL

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk 😂😂😂

[pianotuna]

Characters: Joe Fox / NY152 and Kathleen Kelly / Shopgirl

Media: You’ve Got Mail (1998)

Played by: Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan

Setting: 1990s, New York City

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[juniperhoot]

You’ve Got Mail (1998)

Seriously, one of my favorite cinematic exchanges of all time.

[original-okapi]

All I’ve ever wanted is a valuable but small life like Kathleen Kelly. I often forget that her life was lonely and changing in ways I could never imagine. So I guess what I really mean is, no matter the size or impact or state of my life, I want to handle it with the same grace, courage, perseverance, selflessness, and assuredness she had.