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laresearchette · 6 months ago

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Saturday, June 08, 2024 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: SAVORING PARIS (W Network) 8:00pm

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CRAVE TV SHERWOOD (Episodes 1-10)

MLB BASEBALL (SN) 1:00pm: Phillies vs. Mets (SN1) 3:30pm: Jays vs. A’s (TSN/TSN4) 7:30pm: Dodgers vs. Yankees (SN Now) 7:30pm: Guardians vs. Marlins

CFL FOOTBALL (TSN) 4:00pm: Roughriders vs. Elks

NHL HOCKEY (CBC/SN) 8:00pm: Game 1 - Panthers vs. Oilers

ELVIS (2022) (CTV) 8:00pm: From his rise to fame to his unprecedented superstardom, rock 'n' roll icon Elvis Presley maintains a complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker, over the course of 20 years.

V.C. ANDREWS' DAWN (Global) 8:00pm: After learning the shocking truth about the people who raised her, young Dawn goes to stay with her real family -- a family with dark and twisted secrets. As she struggles to fit in, her cruel grandmother starts to rule her life with an iron fist.

THE AFFAIR CONSPIRACY (Lifetime) 8:00pm: Olivia battles insomnia after her son's death, but her friendship with Shane evolves into an affair. When Shane's wife vanishes, Olivia's sleepwalking intensifies and she becomes a suspect.

THE REAL RED TAILS (Nat Geo Wild) 8:00pm: The discovery of the underwater wreckage of a World War II P-39 airplane reignites interest in an unsolved mystery involving the Tuskegee Airmen.

SIGNS OF YOUR HEART (Super Channel Heart & Home) 8:00pm: Allie, a doting single mother to her fun-loving deaf son, Finn, gets her life turned upside down when a handsome tenant moves in.

BENDING LIGHT (Super Channel Fuse) 8:00pm: Bending Light recounts the expedition to Western Australia in 1922 led by an international team of astronomers to photograph the solar eclipse and prove Einstein's theory of general relativity. Through conversations with leading experts.

A HAUNTING IN VENICE (Crave) 9:00pm: Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world's most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a seance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. He soon gets thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets when one of the guests is murdered.

ALL SOULS (Starz Canada) 9:00pm: A young woman is pressured by the police to go under cover and infiltrate a local drug cartel.

NWSL SOCCER (TSN3) 10:00pm: Portland Thorns vs. North Carolina Courage

JUSTICE LEAGUE X RWBY: SUPER HEROES AND HUNTSMEN: PART TWO (adult swim) 10:00pm: The Justice League emerge in their own world to discover that Grimm have overtaken Earth.

RACE FOR GLORY: AUDI VS. LANCIA (Crave) 10:45pm: The true story of the intense race car rivalry between Germany and Italy at the 1983 Rally World Championship.

THE MAURITANIAN (CTV) 12:35am: A defense attorney, her associate and a military prosecutor uncover a far-reaching conspiracy while investigating the case of a suspected 9/11 terrorist imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for six years.

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mando-lore · 6 years ago

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Classical literature honestly rated, part 1

Are some classical books overrated? Definitely! Do some people read classical literature and say it is good just to seem like an intellectual? Yes! Are there secretly hidden gems in the big pile of this overrated shit? Of course! I have read a great deal of classical literature and here is my honest opinion:

PS: some authors had a series, like Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I’ve picked the most popular books from them.

Frankenstein, Mary Shelley: 10/10

My expectations for this book were incredibly low. I have always despised how Frankenstein and his monster were depicted in the media. Old man in a lab coat, Lightning, IT’S ALIVEEE, some green man with bolts in his head. But it was absolutely not that! Frankenstein is the story of a young man with a god complex who creates his own ‘adam’. It all turns out into some bloody murder thriller, with the best dialogue I’ve ever encountered.

A Study in Scarlet, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 7/10

Alright, I’ve seen the tv adaptation of the book in Sherlock, but it does not compare to its original. First of all, Sherlock Holmes is an actual good character, not some asshole? He was the first literature character that I related to. And how Watson is the one writing his story down makes it feel real somehow. It is also very interesting to read how crime-scene-investigations went in that time period. (a puddle of the killer’s blood? Gross, mob it up!). But, though it is a short story it feels quite slow.

The Devine Comedy, Dante Alighieri: 5/10

So, Dante’s Devine Comedy shaped the modern view on heaven and hell. The things he described in this book were so graphic that artists based their depiction of hell on it. And truly, the storytelling is creative (Dante himself is the main character who makes a journey through the rings of hell all the way to paradise), and the descriptions are quite graphic (murders get boiled in a river of blood! yey!), but it is a very long book that feels so slow, it’s like you yourself are walking down the rings of hell yourself. I did not get further than Inferno (the first part of three, about the rings of hell) and I would rather be boiled in blood than read on.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald: 9/10

This... this book blew me out of the park. Before reading this I had never even touched a classical book before. The phrasing is incredibly poetic, the characters are all wonderful, the scenes are described so well it is like you are standing in the middle of them. The emotions and the mystery of the main story added to this pile of things finishes it off perfectly. But I swear if I see one more line from this book quoted by some hipster blog or stolen by that Atticus guy, I’m going to [spoiler redacted].

Les Miserables, Victor Hugo: 7/10

It took me reading this book hours every day for 3 weeks straight to finish it but man was I glad I did it! The many complicated (complicated in the good, Shakespearian sense) characters with all their own complicated (again, in a good way) storylines are iconic. Iconic, that’s the only word I can find for it. And poetic. Some lines are so beautiful and inspirational I had to underline them. But that good old Victor Hugo, Uncle Vic, HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO SHUT UP. I love the book, I do, but when I was on page 1800 reading about the history of the sewer system in Paris, I almost closed the book for good. Also, I skipped that whole Waterloo business. It was bullshit.

Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens: 3/10

I tried. I really did. I had to read an English novel for my English course and I choose Oliver Twist. I played in a musical about it, I saw the movie... but the book. Dear god. It was TOUGH. I have read a total of 5 chapters, maybe? And I have never even touched a Dickens ever since.

The Odyssey, Homerus: 7/10

I guess it depends on which translation you get, but I loved mine. I could taste the wine, sweet as honey. I could smell the olive oil on their skin. Though the book is almost entirely event-based and Odysseus cheats on his wife several times, it is overall a fun story about a likeable hero. Though, I read the Geronimo Stilton version when I was little and I liked that one far better.

Dracula, Bram Stoker: 7,5/10

Another book I thought would be horrible, based on its depiction in the media. Seduction, Crosses, a vampire seeking his lost bride. Absolutely not. Stoker is sometimes so exact in its description of horrors I got nauseous. The characters, both men and women, are likeable, and the book is set up as if it is a collection of information on Dracula and how to defeat him. Like a manual, how creative! Though, if it were up to me I’d have chosen a different set-up, with a different starting point and a different main character. But, that is just taste I suppose.

The Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie: 6/10

Have you seen the movie? Did you like it? It’s exactly the movie. The main character, Poirot does some thinking aloud, but otherwise, he does not really explain his deductive thinking. This makes the book detailed on some points and vague on others.

1984, George Orwell: 5/10

The classic! The..... boring. Though the ideas that Orwell proposes of a dystopian future are perfect, the story in which it is presented is very boring. A love-affair, seriously? People are DYING George! The ending is very interesting, though.

Any play by Shakespeare: fuck off/10

Listen, I love Shakespeare. I read his sonnets, I’ve seen multiple plays and movies of Shakespeare. But to actually READ Shakespeare’s plays? What the hell! I read one scene of Hamlet (which I adore very much) and I had to lie down for a moment. “That’s just because you’re perhaps not used to reading such difficult literature” shut up you elitist jerk. English may not be my native language but I am still damn good with it. I believe Shakespeare’s plays are meant to be SEEN by the public and READ by the actors.

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thewomaninlilywhite · 6 years ago

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@thecircusofyourmind see, I actually answered all these in a googledoc the day you sent me the ask, I’m just The Worst and never posted it...

Disclaimer: I left out some questions I’m not comfortable answering (usually because thinking about the answer made me too anxious)

Also, Christine is my therapist… her name comes up a few times in these answers

1: How tall or short do you wish you were?

I am 5’ but I wish I was shorter because, growing up, I was always the shortest so now it’s weird and makes me feel uncomfortable when I’m not...if that makes sense. Like, it feels like part of my identity is gone? (Christine lowkey roasts me for this one)

2: What’s your dream pet? (Real or not)

I’m such a cat person. I love cats. I’d want a either a pure white persian or a bombay or a maine coon.

3: Do you have a favorite clothing style?

I love the fashion of the 1930s-1950s

4: What was your favorite video game growing up?

I played way more mario kart than my skills (or lack thereof) would suggest. Also, professor Layton (still do!)

6: If you had a warning label, what would yours say?

Warning: Very sensitive and overemotional: handle with care. Is prone to bursting out into showtunes she thinks she can sing, but can’t.

8: What is your Greek personality type? [Sanguine, Phlegmatic, Choleric, or Melancholic]

I’m a melancholic mercury (I do shakespeare so I always think in terms of temperaments and planets, especially because I have too much sanguine tendency to identify as purely melancholic, but it is definitely my dominant temperament)

9: Are you ticklish?

Absolutely

10: Are you allergic to anything?

I’m lactose-intolerant, I try to cut back on gluten because of my Hashimotos, I also can’t eat peppers and usually avoid soy, but I’ve never actually been tested for allergies so like, who knows

13: Are you a cat or dog person?

Cat

14: Would you rather be a vampire, elf, or merperson?

An elf, I’m already small

15: Do you have a favorite Youtuber?

I subscribe to so many different YouTubers for so many different reason, but if I had to pick one, I’d probably say Kathryn Morgan because her videos have helped me so much as a both a dancer and a person (especially with my diet and lifestyle because we have the same thyroid condition)

16: How tall are you?

5’

18: How much do you weigh? [Only ask this if you know the user doesn’t mind!]

115lb. but I’m trying to lose weight (I want to be under 110, and trust me, I’ve got plenty to lose)

19: Do you believe in ghosts/spirits?

To an extent

20: Do you like space or the ocean more?

The ocean, the infiniteness of space makes me too anxious, plus, I’ve always lived near the ocean.

21: Are you religious?

Yes

22: Pet peeves?

Slow walkers, people who don’t give you personal space in the queue, people who have no respect for the people around them in public places in general, the list is actually pretty long.

23: Would you rather be nocturnal or diurnal [opposite of nocturnal]?

I basically am nocturnal – I literally can never concentrate on important things until after 8pm

24: Favorite constellation?

Scorpio because I can always see it when my family goes up to Maine over the summer so it makes me think of that

25: Favorite star?

So tacky, but I love Polaris; I feel like it’s so magical to think that long ago sailors would look up at the sky and based off this little guy, could figure out where they were. It makes me feel so warm and fuzzy for some reason.

26: Do you like ball-jointed dolls?

I never had on eso I had to google this and they’re beautiful

27: Any phobias or fears?

I have anxiety (social phobia, arachnophobia, thanatophobia, claustrophobia, fear of abandonment, fear of the unknown, the list is long and my therapist doesn’t like me going this deep into it because then I get overwhelmed and trigger a panic attack – we’re working on my social anxiety first…)

28: Do you think global warming is real?

I think the earth goes through periods of cooling (ending in with the ice ages) and warming (which we are currently in) and therefore do not think that warming is CAUSED by humans, but I do think humans are speeding up the process

30: Favorite movie?

Mary Poppins, Rebecca, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Confessions of a Shopaholic are the only movies I’ve sat and watched all the way through on more than one occasion without being distracted so...

32: How many pets have you owned in your lifetime?

I had a cat named Lucky when I was younger, I currently have a cat named Lindsay, and, when I was younger, I had two goldfish who I named Dora and Boots (and Lucky ate them when the bowl got [mysteriously] knocked off the counter)

34: What is a color that calms you?

Lavender and Ballet Pink (gee, I wonder why)

35: Where would you like to travel and/or live?

New York is my home, I adore Paris, but I could see myself living in London

36: Where were you born?

Long Island

37: What is your eye color?

Hazel, though sometimes they appear blue when it’s raining

38: Introvert or extrovert?

Introvert

39: Do you believe in horoscopes and zodiacs?

I don’t believe in them per se, but I do read my horoscope everyday because the one I use tends to have little motivational sayings in it and they help boost my mood

40: Hugs or kisses?

Depends on who they’re from

41: Who is someone you would like to see/visit right now?

A lot of people...

42: Who is someone you love deeply?

Everyone...I love far too much

43: Any piercings you want?

I have two holes in my ears and I don’t desire any more than that

44: Do you like tattoos and piercings?

I don’t think they make a person MORE attractive, but I like how they allow people to express themselves, especially with the artistry involved with tattoos. You can learn a lot about a person based off what they put on/do to their bodies

45: Do you smoke or have you ever done so?

Absolutely not – I don’t like associating with people who do… it makes me very uncomfortable

47: What is a sound you really hate?

Loud noises

49: Can you do a backflip?

I wish

50: Can you do the splits?

Definitely

53: How are you feeling right now?

Lonely

55: When did you feel happiest?

When I am dancing

56: Something that calms you down?

Listening to music, reading, writing, dancing, sketching...

57: Have any mental disorders?

I’ve been formally diagnosed with multiple types of anxiety disorders (GAD, Social Anxiety, other phobias, OCD) but… let’s just say there are things I keep from may therapist that may imply I have others...

58: What does your URL mean?

It’s a reference to The Woman in White and The Secret Garden

59: What three words describe you the most?

Passionate, Loyal, Overwhelmed

60: Do you believe in evolution?

Simple answer: yes

61: What makes you unfollow a blog?

If they post too much about politics (because I use social media to escape the real world, not to be reminded of it, plus a lot of things [especially on here] are not fact-checked so I don’t believe much of it anyway), if they start posting things that make me uncomfortable or strain my own mental health, if they’re rude to me or other bloggers

62: What makes you follow a blog?

I like them and/or their content

63: Favorite kind of person:

Trustworthy and open

64: Favorite animal(s):

Puffins, Penguins, Cats

68: What is your MBTI personality type?

I’ve taken multiple tests and it’s always either INTJ or INFJ, but their percentages are always close to 50/50 so it really depends on the situation

69: What is your star sign?

Libra

73: Do you have platform shoes?

I have platform heels?

74: What is one random but interesting fact about yourself?

I’m currently trying to read every Hercule Poirot novel (is that interesting? Idk I’m a pretty boring person)

75: Can you do a front flip?

Again, I wish.

76: Do you like birds?

Sure

77: Do you like to swim?

Yes

78: Is swimming or ice skating more fun to you?

I rarely go ice skating. I used to love it when I did, but I haven’t gone since my knee surgery so I think I’ll be too anxious to enjoy it

82: Something you really enjoy doing:

Being creative

83: Favorite person to talk to:

I don’t like talking to people

84: What was your first impression of Tumblr?

I thought it’s what all the “cool popular girls” at school used, but I didn’t understand it and didn’t actually use my blog until months after I created it

85: How many followers do you have?

730

86: Can you run a mile within ten minutes?

I have before, but I’m not sure if I still could.

87: Do your socks always match?

Yes

88: Can you touch your toes and keep your legs straight completely?

Yes

89: What are your birthstones?

Opal

90: If you were an animal, which one would you be?

A fox

91: If a flower could aesthetically represent you, what kind would it be?

A rose, sweet and elegant, yet prickly and cautious toward people trying to use me

92: A store you hate?

Urban Outfitters

93: How many cups of coffee can you drink in one day?

I shouldn’t drink more than one cup of decaf a day, but sometimes I do… sorry Christine

94: Would you rather be able to fly or read minds?

Neither

95: Do you like to wear camo?

96: Winter or summer?

Winter

97: How long can you hold your breath for?

A minute, last time I timed myself

99: Someone you look up to:

Laura Michelle Kelly

100: A store you love?

H&M

101: Favorite type of shoes

Heels

102: Where do you live?

New York

103: Are you a vegetarian or vegan? If so, why?

No because I have a very sensitive stomach and would literally die of malnutrition if I didn’t eat meat because I can’t eat a lot of food that vegetarians/vegans use as supplements

104: What is your favorite mineral or gem?

I love amethysts and pearls and opals and diamonds

105: Do you drink milk?

I can’t

106: Do you like bugs?

107: Do you like spiders?

...I’m arachnophobic

108: Something you get paranoid about?

Everything, I have an anxiety disorder (actually multiple…)

109: Can you draw:

Kinda?

111: A question you hate being asked?

“Why do you keep to yourself all the time”

112: Ever been bitten by a spider?

NO THANK YOU

113: Do you like the sound of waves at the beach?

Yes!

114: Do you prefer cloudy or sunny days?

Cloudy, I get chronic migraines so the sun can be too much for me

115: Someone you’d like to kiss or cuddle right now:

Joe, one of my absolute best friends (he gives the BEST hugs)

118: Do you have freckles?

Yes

119: Favorite thing about a person:

If they treat me kindly and gently and don’t make fun of how emotional I am

120: Fruits or vegetables?

Fruits

121: Something you want to do right now:

Sing

122: Is the ocean or sky prettier?

Ocean

123: Sweet or sour foods?

Sweet

124: Bright or dim lights?

Dim, but not too dim

126: Something you hate about Tumblr:

How catty people are

127: Something you love about Tumblr:

The way little niches form

128: What do you think about the least?

Things that trigger my anxiety ?? How is this question supposed to be asked ??

130: Who would you like to punch in the face right now?

No one, that’s rude

131: What is something you love but also hate about yourself?

I don’t like anything about myself (Christine’s gonna come for me for this because she always tries to get me to answer these kinds of questions and I never can)

132: Do you smile with your teeth showing for pictures?

My teeth can’t physically show when I smile?

133: Computer or TV?

Computer

134: Do you like roller coasters?

Yes

135: Do you get motion sickness or seasickness?

136: Are your ears lobed or attached?

Lobed

137: Do you believe in karma?

Yes

138: On a scale of 1-10, how attractive would you say you are?

Like a 0

139: What nicknames do you have/have had?

Jillibean, chicklet, Jilli, Jill, I usually just go by Jillian though

140: Did you have any pretend or imaginary friends?

Yes

141: Have you ever seen a therapist/shrink?

Shout out to my girl Christine for putting up with my disaster of a life every friday morning at 9am!

142: Would you say you are a good or bad influence to others?

I feel like I have no influence over others

143: Do you prefer giving or receiving gifts/help?

I like giving help, but hate giving gifts because I feel like I’m so bad at it

144: What makes you angry

When people don’t listen to me, when people aren’t being fair (in a situation where fairness is due)

145: How many languages do you speak fluently?

2 – English and French

146: Do you prefer boys, girls, and/or non-binaries?

I prefer people who are nice to me

147: Are you androgynous?

148: Favorite physical thing about yourself:

Wasn’t this already asked? Nothing

149: Favorite thing about your personality:

Nothing

150: Name three people you would like to talk to right now in person.

Joe, Sammi, Lindsey

151: If you could go back into time and live in one era, which would you choose?

Victorian England

152: Do you like BuzzFeed?

Yes

154: Do you like to kiss others’ foreheads or hands for platonic reasons?

YES is this not something people do?? (sorry Joe)

155: Do you like to play with others’ hair?

Yes (seriously wishing Joe used tumblr so I could tag him in all these things)

156: What embarrasses you?

Everything, legit my entire existence is an embarrassment to everyone who associates with me

157: Something that makes you nervous/anxious:

Everything, I have an (several) anxiety disorder(s)

158: Biggest lie you have ever told:

“I’m fine”

159: How many people are you following?

139 – I did like a cleanse over the summer

160: How many posts do you have on your blog(s)?

84,034 and I actually just gasped at that number – why am I like this?

161: How many drafts do you have on your blog(s)?

None

162: How many likes do you have on your blog(s)?

4,901

163: Last time you cried and why:

Watching “When Calls the Heart” earlier had me teary-eyed, but I was kinda at my Grandmother funeral a few days ago so???

164: Do you have long or short hair?

Long

165: Longest your hair has ever been:

I don’t know, I don’t measure it?

166: Why do you like, dislike, or have neutral feelings about religon?

I like religion when it is practiced in a way that doesn’t harm other people. I don’t believe that anyone should be forced to follow a religion, but it can really provide safety and guidance to people when followed correctly.

168: Do you like to wear makeup?

Yes – it’s an artform to me, and I love experimenting with different looks!

169: Can you stand on your hands or head for more than thirty seconds?

Head, yes, hands, no and I really don’t know what I’m doing wrong because I know all like the techniques and stuff I’m supposed to be employing and they never work ???

170: Did you answer the questions you were asked truthfully?

yes

#let's chat #pointe me toward tomorrow

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