#santa clarita diet does a great job of this if you ask me

[sullina]

too many movies about falling in love, not enough movies about couples, who are already in love, just doing things

not in the "A and B are finally together, but their relationship is put to the test!" way, but in the "A and B need to rob a museum" way

[palskippah]

Hi! Drew this based over a scene in Santa Clarita Diet bc Abby's relationship with her parents is so funny but also it's clear that she loves them aaa

Anyways, every once in a while Cyrus realizes that his other dad is actually cooler than he gives him credit for sjdfksj

Under the cut are some more thoughts!

-Btw I hope you get the 'of course' wink sjdkfjs

>My mom always does it whenever I ask a question that could only use a 'yes' as an answer, instead of nodding or talking and I think it's cool sjkdf (I don't use it bc I'm very uncoordinated, imagine I accidentally double wink or do the frog blink 😭)

-Cyrus is often so mean to him that whenever he's genuinely nice, sometimes Ambrosius' suspicious and wondering if he's being sarcastic or mocking him, even if Cyrus tries to tell him that it's nothing of that and he means it

>Like that scene in Santa Clarita Diet where Abby compliments her parents and they stare for a few seconds all seriously and then one says, don't listen to her honey, we did great (and it reminded me so much of that one scene in the comic with Ballister and Ambrosius sjdkfjs)

>This one:

>I really wanna redraw it like the scene in the show. Ballister going good job and Ambrosius just staring very calculating, and then going, don't listen to him, men, we DID get him >:(

-Also drew this because ever since Cyrus has been born Ambrosius couldn't help but feel that his son just knew that he wasn't a good person, the way he was always frowning at him (that's just his face, like Ballister's) and when he grows up, he seems to not like him much either pipipi

>Anyways one day (being a moody teenager) Cyrus says the typical I hate you, dad!!! D:< and locks himself in his room and Ambrosius' like, D':

>He's always mean too but that's just his teenager personality, sarcastic and stuff and Ballister doesn't take it personal because he knows his son is just like that (hopefully for the meanwhile, until he grows out of it), Ambrosius knows too but he's more sensitive and can't help taking it a bit personal 😔

-Also I got another idea for a small comic based over a kdrama I watched, where the daughter (the oldest of the two siblings) blamed herself over her dad leaving their family, and hated him for leaving too and many things, just very complicated.

>And aaa imagine Cyrus just never saying it but knowing that both of his dads' lives would've been different if he hadn't been born. Like maybe all of Ballister's plans to overthrow the Institute and stuff took longer, and some phases in his plan had to be put in hold because of him and stuff.

>Also for a while he feels like Ballister is bound to Ambrosius for life because of him (little did he know that those two would've been around each other their whole lives anyways, even if he never existed sjdkfs) then he realizes that they actually like and love each other, and then they try having something, or smth, and then he's like oh :) because seeing both of your parents loving each other and getting along is a very nice feeling (I've been told, idk from first-hand experience🧍 cries)

>Actually, I drew this unfinished thing about that, based over another scene in the kdrama I mentioned, where the daughter says, after being told that if her parents hadn't met, she wouldn't have been born, that it'd would've been for the better.

>I know the writing is terrible but Cyrus' complaining about Ambrosius and ending his rant with 'I wish they just hadn't met at all', and Nimona saying that she used to feel the same, but then realized that Cyrus wouldn't have been born, and Cyrus was supposed to say next, 'maybe that would've been better' and then Nimona doesn't answer and just stares at him wwhwh

-AND of course it's not Cyrus' fault that Ballister decided to have him, but he still has the feeling of having messed up his dad's life, and let's say that Ballister realizes for whatever reasons his feelings, connecting dots and stuff.

>So, imagine a conversation where he's saying very reassuringly, Meeting your father and later having you is one of the best things that had happened to me, or something like that. And Cyrus is resolutely not looking at him, but his eyes are getting teary, even if he feigns not acknowledging Ballister's words because how embarrassing, and how vulnerable he feels, but also he feels so relieved and loved too.

>And he doesn't know what to do with the feelings, also being a teenager with no feelings is his thing, y'know, so he's like, Just so you know, I'm not crying over what you said, I don't care about that, something just got in my eye- and Ballister just smiles because his son is terrible at communicating his feelings, but it's okay and he gets it, and just says, of course, let me get it out for you, and then he wipes Cyrus' tears and Cyrus gets a tad bit more teary but it's fine because his dad doesn't mind wiping some more tears wiwiiw

>(projecting so much into him bc when I watched that one scene in the show I cried bc I've felt the way the protagonist did (now I know better tho, I'm the coolest thing to happen to my mom yippiee) and it's a very ugly feeling, so of course I'm giving it to a character whwehw)

Anyways, that's it! I love them so much, I hope to make some more comics about the thingies I said above sjkdfd

[pixelburied]

Vance Realty (ILB AU)

Summary: Still recovering from the events of ILITW, Tom Sato gets roped into an oddball group of monster-hunter-slash-realtors.

A/N: I may or may not have just finished season two of Santa Clarita Diet.

Disclaimer: All characters belong to Pixelberry. I’m just having fun with them.

TW: Swearing

“Round here, boy – we don’t care where you’re from; only how far you’re willing to go.”

The old man across the desk looked him down with strong eyes. Tom felt beads of sweat form on his forehead. He gripped his knees to keep his hands from shaking as he tried to put on his most attentive look.

“Any questions?”

Just one – What the fuck?

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Tom was just your average college kid. At least, he looked like an average college kid – always wearing a casual shirt and jeans, hair always just a little greasy, face always molded into a practiced deadpan to hide that he did not know what the hell he was doing.

He was average in every way… except for the fact that three years ago, a supernatural entity possessed his body and forced him to hurt the people he loved the most.

But that’s not something that ever comes up during drinking games at frat parties or when introducing yourself to your teammates for a class project.

So, for the short time he studied robotics in university, he always felt just a little bit out of place.

You can’t be hiding such a big part of yourself without growing a little lonely. Then eventually, a little lonely becomes a lot when you start to lock yourself in your room because the nightmares have gotten too much, and you haven’t slept since who knows when.

When it all became too much to bear, he dropped out. Decided a change of scenery would do him good. Maybe a job.

He was scouring the classifieds – online, obviously – when one particular ad caught his eye.

Experience with the supernatural? Interest in realty? Call now.

The supernatural part, he understood. The realty part? Not so much. Nonetheless, he figured, what the heck, and gave the number a call.

And that’s how he ended up here - sitting across a grumpy old man in a rumpled suit, answering questions about what he knew of monster hunting.

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“Harper, come in here!” Arthur opened the door to his office and called down the hallway. That was his name – Arthur Vance. His last name was written outside the nondescript building in plain black bold letters – VANCE REALTY.

Inside, the building was old but well kept. A few offices lined the hallway and there was a small door at the end with several locks – all complicated, the kind you’d use if you had secrets you don’t want anyone finding out.

A young woman stepped into the office he was sitting in, “What’s up, Grandpa?”

Arthur scoffed, “What did I tell you about calling me that at work?”

“Right. Sorry, Arthur.” Her eyes rolled before settling on Tom. She gave him an appraising look and Tom felt his cheeks heat up.

“Hi, I’m, uh –“

“Harper, this is Sato. Tomoichi.”

“Tom’s fine.” He stood up from his chair and extended a hand to her.

Harper gave his hand a sturdy grip before turning back to Arthur. “New recruit?”

“No, he’s the damn janitor.” Arthur rolled his eyes. “Yes, new recruit! Show him around.”

Harper gave him a quick nod and signaled with her head for Tom to follow her.

Tom rushed to gather his things and followed her down the hall towards the small door at the end.

---

“So, uh, I may have a few questions.” Tom tugged at his collar and loosened his tie. He could feel himself overheating – not sure if from fear or excitement.

“Shoot.” Harper said without glancing at him, focusing instead on keying in a complicated passcode on a keypad.

“If I understand this correctly… You’re ghost hunters masquerading as realtors?” The confusion in his voice was evident and he sure as hell wasn’t going to hide it.

“Not exclusively. We go after any and all problematic supernatural entities.” She proceeded to place her hand on a biometric scanner.

“Cool. Cool, cool, cool.” Tom took a deep breath as he felt the start of a panic attack creep up on him.

“You okay, man?” Harper raised an eyebrow at him as she placed a large, ornate key into the final lock.

“Yeah. Nope. Not okay.” Tom gripped the bun on his head, his eyes were wide and he was holding in a breath. “An hour ago, I answered an ad asking about experience with the supernatural. Now, I’m in a shady building with actual monster hunters.”

“Occult Professionals.” She opened the door and gestured for him to step inside. “Monster hunter sounds too juvenile.”

“What the hell?”

“Look, it’s not that complicated. Weird stuff happens all the time, all over the world. But sometimes, those weird stuff tend to hurt people. We’ve made it our job to stop those things from happening. The realty part gives us access to places where these things occur; as more often than not, these activities tend to concentrate on particular locations with significance.”

“That… makes sense.” Tom thought back to his hometown of Westchester and a shiver ran through his spine.

Harper seemed to notice but didn’t say anything.

The unassuming door betrayed what lay behind it. Tom gulped when he finally took in his surroundings. Unlike the wood panels that lined the hall outside, this part of the building was almost exclusively stainless steel – shiny surfaces and sharp edges.

Tom’s eyes widened and jumped from one corner to another. Harper watched his surprised expression with obvious enjoyment.

“Come on. Let me introduce you to the crew.” She led him to a sliding door to the side which opened to a small room lined floor to ceiling with large monitors. The space was filled with the low hum of machines and was completely dark save from the light of the screens and the blinking of buttons on a large control panel.

“This is Rex. He keeps track of any blips or anomalies that happen around the country. If anything unusual occurs, whether in New York or California, Rex sees it.”

A buff guy with a bald head and a full sleeve of tattoos nodded at him before turning back to the screens.

“Don’t let his looks fool you. The guy’s a full-on nerd and an absolute genius.”

She led him over to the other side of the room where a young kid sat with his feet up a table. He was playing with a video game and sipping from a plastic cup but looked up when they approached him.

“What’s up, Scooter?” Harper messed with the beanie on his head.

The kid swatted her hand away and scowled. “I told you to stop doing that!”

“Uh, hi – I’m Tom.” Tom reached out to shake his hand but the kid gave him a quick high five.

“Sup, I’m Elliot.”

“Hey, Elliot. Sorry, but, how old are you?”

“Fourteen.” Harper smirked.

“Fourteen and three quarters. Nearly fifteen!” Elliot protested.

“Cool. Right. I’m sorry – but I’m still really confused. How on earth did you guys end up working as… what was it you said? Occult professionals?”

“I’m sure grandp- er, Arthur – already gave you the speech.” Harper put on a stern voice to mimic her grandfather. “We don’t care where you’re from. Only how far you’re willing to go.”

“Yes, he did give me that speech. But what does it mean?”

Elliot sighed in exasperation, already bored with the conversation. “It means there’s a 98% chance you’d get killed and we don’t really care if you have the skills to do the job as long as you’re willing to do it.”

Tom’s eyes widened, and his hands started to sweat.

“He’s kidding, Sato. You’re not going to die - probably. We’ll teach you everything you need to know.” Harper placed a hand on his shoulder.

“Cool. Great.” Tom tugged at his collar again. The air suddenly felt thin.

“So… are you in?”

He realized they were all now looking at him expectantly. Even Rex took a break from monitoring the screens to join them.

Tom didn’t know what came over him. He was still scared as hell but something deep inside him knew that he couldn’t keep running away. It was time to face his fears head on.

“Where, uh - where do we start?”

[first-ex-wife]

@steadfast okay yay this is all the convincing I needed I’m very easy

SO, we are here today to talk about vampires. I cannot for the life of me remember why we were thinking about vampires, but we were, and we wanted to write something, and by “we” I do really just mean me, and then inspiration struck

(I’m the worst storyteller, ask anyone, so bear with me)

SO, when I was 13, I got braces. gross, evil, bad, ew. and for some reason I apparently had too many teeth in the top row, so the orthodontist decided to remove two so we’d have more room. and for some reason, the bitch removed the canines (even though there’s like the ones between the front teeth and the canine that are just.... not doing shit??? and like they sharpened (attempted to, poor job) these teeth to make them kind of replace the canines, but it’s like,,,,,,,, why didn’t we just keep the canines I am CONFUSION)

so, I was 13 and the orthodontist made a dumb fucking choice, and I was sad cause twilight was still big and how was I gonna be a vampire without these teeth?

anyway, I moved away from that obsession, but fast-forward 7 years to now, and I’m thinking about an original plot I can do with vampires, and it comes to me. a vampire who is like me, and is turned, but doesn’t have canines and thus can’t grow fangs!!! and thus, the story of May (world’s most pathetic vampire) was born

she’s turned on accident by a vampire who was hunting someone else (and he’s inspired by Rami Malek in the final Twilight film, in that I picture Rami Malek because I love him, and Isaac is Egyptian), and realizes his mistake in biting her, feels bad, but he’s realized too late and there’s nothing left to do to save her unless he turns her (idk, I hope we still are into vampires with humanity, I think it makes it more Relatable, like ofc we’re not going full twilight with only drinking animal blood, but like I don’t want them just to be out of control murder machines. they kill people who are dicks only, because dicks being murdered is satisfying and we can still enjoy them even while they kill. kinda Santa Clarita Diet but with less humans and less fully eating people)

so, she’s got the whole vampire thing to adjust to but then also the realization that SHE HAS NO FANGS, and even with vampire strength, biting down as hard as she can on someone’s neck just doesn’t produce the desired effect

and we go from there. how does one be a vampire without the ability to bite people? the answer is a combination of Isaac doing things for her, and creative blood draining techniques (enter, the staple-remover scene, in which May goes to kill a man, and I’m thinking she’s gonna start carrying a knife, but he catches onto her, takes her weapon, and she has to find something nearby, which is a stable remover that she breaks in half and stabs into his neck, cause it really is a nice vampire teeth substitute)

and yeah! I’m super excited! we also have a character named Constance who’s a witch, and she might have a werewolf girlfriend!  

oh, and, Isaac certainly didn’t turn her because he was lonely (it was 100% an accident that he attacked her and then he did feel bad), but.... if a 327 year old vampire happened to be lonely and happened to almost kill a girl whose only chance of survival is to be turned into a vampire too, and that would allow him to finally have a pal... then that’s not so bad. he loves her. platonically. he is like a cool older brother/almost a dad? he made her. anyway, yeah, it’s gonna be great

and... I think that’s it? it’s just really exciting also @ internet I trust you, don’t steal my idea or tell me if it’s bad/someone else has already done it

thank you

[katriarch-y]

20gayteen tv roundup

despite no one asking for this, i’ve rounded up my favorite tv shows & seasons from 2018.  apparently i am an amateur tv critic or something.  note: this list is presented in no particular order.

-  a series of unfortunate events, season 2

esme squalor! the quagmire triplets!  nathan fillion!  a painfully relatable satire of the healthcare industry!  this show continued to do the book series justice in season 2, while also adding some great elements such as footage of jacques snicket and musical numbers with NPH.  i continued to adore this adaption while being exceptionally pleased with each casting decision and character introduction.  i am all too ready for the concluding season to premiere (in two days!).

- jessica jones, season 2

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wrapping up with the most painful female break up of all time, this last season of jessica jones did nothing but deliver.  i was enraptured with this season and its every storyline, including the insight we were given into jessica’s past and the exploration of how she is faring these days post-kilgrave.  malcolm and trish’s characters also grew in ways that were sometimes wonderful and sometimes hard to watch.  i appreciate how the characters in this show are complex and flawed and imperfect-how sometimes you hate every choice they make, but at the end of the day they are still redeemable.  it remains to be one of my favorite shows of all time.  plus, trish’s “i want your cray cray” was a showstopper.

-santa clarita diet, season 2

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i feel this show does not get the attention or praise it deserves.  it’s sharp, witty, intelligent, hilarious, and well-delivered.  and i’m in love with both joel and eric, as well as their father son seafood business.

-one day at a time, season 2

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there was a point in the beginning of this year where netflix just kept cranking out amazing second seasons of my favorite shows, and one day at a time was definitely a highlight in that.  continuing to be relevant, sensitive, and forward regarding contemporary issues and today’s political climate, this season gifted us with elena standing up to her dad, the introduction of syd, another amazing episode on depression, and an incredibly well done flashback episode set in 2001 (which, by the way, did a really good job of making me recognize how old i am becoming).  this show is just what the world needs right now.

-queer eye

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another show the world needed.  the queer eye phenomenon came out of no where and left us all following the fab five on insta, to the point where sometimes i forget why (i mean, how many figure skating vids can one post, jvn?).  but way back at the beginning of the year we were all snapping along to jvn’s self love, thirsting over antoni, appreciating the hell out of tan, forgetting about bobby, and crying over karamo’s heart-to-hearts.  the fab five have just become a part of our culture at this point, and queer eye was definitely a founding factor in 20gayteen.   

-the good place season 3

okay, so this one is technically still going on, but it still deserves a spot on this list.  the writers of this show continue to amaze me with their ability to keep this show, well, good, despite the unexpected places they take the plot.  the writing is smart as hell and takes me back to my college years (yeah, I remember stuff about Kant, sure) and actually laugh out loud while watching it, making me the most annoying roommate ever (sorry, may).  this show returns from a month hiatus in about a week and we are all ready for it.

-doctor who, series 11

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look, i’m gonna be honest, i’m not....a huge fan of this season.  the TARDIS feels a little crowded, the relationship between the doctor and her companions feels superficial, there’s no arc connecting any of the episodes, a lot of the episodes are just okay, and i’m still waiting to see some darkness in this doctor.  but nevertheless, chris chibnall & co. have given us some gifts in the form of episodes, specifically “rosa” and “demons of the punjab.”  i can also say that doctor who is definitely more...feminist than it used to be, which is always welcome. oh, and graham is a treat.

-chilling adventures of sabrina, season 1

taking place in the same universe as riverdale, but somehow exponentially better, is chilling adventures of sabrina.  it’s rather dark, but also carries a very dry humor that is charming as hell.  it’s another example of a show with a complex cast of characters you can’t tell if you love or hate, with the excpetion of ambrose of course.  they even blessed us with a christmas (really Yule) episode!  i have high hopes for season 2, despite the fact that riverdale went way downhill during their second go-around.  but this ain’t the cw, folks. 

-daredevil, season 3

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somehow daredevil has roped me back in this season despite the fact that i previously felt myself drifting away from the series.  matt remains to be the most infuriating hero to put up with, and yet you can’t help but love him regardless.  foggy continues to be the hero we truly deserve.  the karen-center episode “karen” completely blew me out of the water.  and of course, we are introduced to benjamin poindexter, who, if you follow me on twitter, you know i am obsessed with despite the fact that overall he is a very bad person.  in my defense i find his character fascinating as hell.  this is a season of a show that completely blindsided me in terms of how good it actually was.  so i guess i’m still in this, at least for now.

[suzannebyrne]

Drew Barrymore: ‘I Came Out of the Womb’ Feeling Comfortable in My Own Shoes

Drew Barrymore signed on to be the face of Crocs’s “Come As You Are” campaign because it’s “an optimistic brand” and “universal,” she says. “My kids wear Crocs. I wear Crocs. It’s for the whole family.” (Photo: Crocs)

Drew Barrymore grew up in front of our eyes. We’ve followed her ups and downs, and downs and ups. We’ve marveled at her endlessly sunny disposition through it all.

The Santa Clarita Diet star, 42, is as effervescent as ever talking to Yahoo Celebrity about being the face of the new Crocs “Come As You Are” campaign, which emphasizes being comfortable in your own shoes. Barrymore, who describes herself as “definitely a come as you are kind of person,” gushes about the brand’s “joyful message” of “optimism,” especially in a time when there’s a “tremendous divide” in the world politically.

Of course, we had to know if Barrymore could pinpoint the time she started to feel comfortable in her shoes — whether it was turning 40, becoming a mom, or, heck, dancing on David Letterman’s desk at 20. It turns out she was born that way.

“I’ve always been comfortable in my own shoes — ever since I was a kid,” Barrymore says. “In some ways, it’s a curse to grow up with so much craziness around you,” referring of course to her much-documented parental woes and addiction issues. “On the other hand, it’s such a blessing to grow up in an environment that is so encouraging of playfulness. I always felt as a kid that it was OK to be myself — even if my job was to play other people, which is sort of an oxymoron. I never had a 20 or midlife sort of like: Now I finally feel comfortable. For better or worse, I came out of the womb very [hums: nanananaaa]. I’ve always just been unable to be anything but myself.”

Drew “came out of the womb” feeling comfortable in her own shoes, she says. Sounds about right because here she is at 7 being a total ham on the “Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.” (Photo: Getty Images)

But, seriously, with all the stuff that’s happened in her life — most recently the end of her third marriage to Will Kopelman, with whom she has daughters Olive, 4, and Frankie, 2 — how does she remain so sunny? Commitment to the cause.

“I think that it’s a choice. Happiness is a choice,”  Barrymore says. “Some days I’m just naturally magnetically pulled to it and some days I have to work harder on being happy.” But each day she’s chasing that rainbow. “Whether it’s an easy choice you make, or you had to go through hell … and it feels like a real struggle to get there … every day presents a different level of how easy it is to attain or how much you have to fight for your happiness. But I think always having that goal is anything but whimsical or hippie-dippie. It’s pleasurable for other people to be around. You’re going to be happier inside of yourself. Happy is good!”

“Happiness is a choice,” a beaming Barrymore, pictured in September, says. “Some days you have to wrestle and throw down for it, but I think it’s the right battle.” (Photo: Getty Images)

Staying positive is especially challenging these days in light of the political climate, which the ad campaign points out. Barrymore, who was a Clinton supporter, says she tries to find the optimism wherever she can.

“I am very inspired to see everybody rallying as much as they are,” says Barrymore, who was at the Women’s March in January, which left her feeling full of pride. “Out of a difficult times comes such amazing humanity and protesting and coming together and organizing, great music, great art. Heroes rise in this time. So, yes, I think that is what I go to.”

I love women. I live for my two daughters. And I am full of pride and unity with all women today.

A post shared by Drew Barrymore (@drewbarrymore) on Jan 21, 2017 at 4:40am PST

She continues, “I want to see what people are doing proactively. I think that’s something that never sat right with me. If you’re not comfortable in your skin, if you don’t like what’s happening around you, don’t stay stuck in it. Do something about it. Be proactive. Get on your feet and make a move. I think always putting one foot in front of the other will have at least the beginning of a momentum that will send you in some direction — and hopefully the right one. But staying stuck and idle is never a good choice.”

Drew’s younger daughter, Frankie, marched as well, on her dad’s shoulders, carrying a sign that memorably said, “I like unicorns and reproductive health care for all.” The actress is doing her best to make them aware about what’s going on in the world, by showing an interest herself — and not being scared to discuss things with them in an age-appropriate way.

“Kids see it everywhere, so you just try to speak to them about things that aren’t going to completely scare them but invigorate them,” she says. “I never have the news on in my house, but my kids see me reading the New York Times every morning in my bed as we’re starting our day. I like that they know that I’m interested in the news and what’s going on. So that’s a nice analog way to show them first thing in the day. I like going back to the old world of newspapers — I find them so romantic.”

Drew and her girls: 

Weekend vibes on a windy beautiful day! Photo by dad!

A post shared by Drew Barrymore (@drewbarrymore) on Mar 26, 2017 at 8:08am PDT

Barrymore describes herself as a “traditional” mom, which is the opposite of what she had growing up. Her kids occasionally appear on her Instagram feed, but she’s trying to give them the most normal life possible as she co-parents with their father. That’s why she was shocked when, after bringing Frankie to a charity event last month for Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering, which supports cancer research programs, it generated big headlines, including on Yahoo.

“That kind of freaked me out,” she says. “That really blew up. I wasn’t expecting that. We were just attending a charity event. I’m very protective of them and don’t put their faces out there.” However, her takeaway was, “You can’t control everything, especially when you are trying to participate in something that’s very lovely. I just try to be as protective as I can be knowing that I can’t control every single moment. So I do the very best I can to keep them as private and safe as possible.”

Barrymore definitely couldn’t control a recent trip to Disneyland, where her overtired daughter Olive ended up “like a crazy pancake on the floor.” Her friend documented the moment with her iPhone and she shared it with Seth Meyers as a reminder than a sense of humor is everything when it comes to parenting.

Drew talking about her most recent Disney trip:

“I’m one of several parents whose kid is writhing on the floor after a long day of trying to run to everything, skipping the nap, and trying to make the most out of the day,” she says. “Your child usually will end up like a crazy pancake on the floor, but that’s Disneyland and it’s so fun and I can’t wait to go back and do it again.”

And there will be more pancake photos to be had. “It will be my third run and I’ll look forward to the third picture [of Olive melting down]. I have a series of photos of Olive on the floor at Disneyland and I can’t wait to add to the photo album. It’s hilarious. You have to have a sense of humor when your child is melting down sometimes. Guide them into a good place and be able to giggle a little bit too.”

Drew behind the scenes during her Crocs photo shoot. (Crocs via Instagram)

Being able to giggle a little bit is what attracted Barrymore to the Crocs “Come As You Are Campaign,” which she says has a “joyful” message.

“It had a lot of optimism,” she says. “All the campaign ideas were just fresh and happy and smiling. Crocs is an optimistic brand that is very universal, very comfortable, very fun, very welcoming. For me, my kids wear Crocs, I wear Crocs. It’s for the whole family. I tend to like things that are a joyful message — and also economically speaking, everyone is invited to this party, that is very important to me. Everything about it just appeals to who I am.”

And since she’s become a mom, comfy footwear is an essential for her lifestyle.

“I definitely need comfortable shoes, that’s for sure. That’s 101,” she says when asked about how her personal style has evolved. “I’m a little funky and eclectic and bohemian, which I’m glad for because I like vintage pieces or mixing prints and patterns still. When you become a mom, you wonder if you have to become conservative in the way you dress, because I’m certainly very traditional in my values with them. But I’m glad I can still rock three different patterns all over my body while being a good mom.”

And a good mom she is — as well as an endlessly sunny spirit.

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[cinematicnomad]

Hey there. I trust your judgment in tv shows(your posts got me to watch Superstore and I love that show), so I'm just wondering about this new Netflix show, "Santa Clarita Diet" - YES or NO?? I like the two lead actors and some of the gifs I've seen have made me laugh. I think I saw you posting about it...Worth a try??

ahhh i love when people ask my opinions on tv shows! honest to god if i could be at tv critic my life would lack any social interaction and i would still be very happy haha

ok so, i would rate it a solid B- show. i binged it in one night bc there are only 10 episodes at a half hour each so it was easy. i think this is a show that benefits greatly from the netflix format. i don’t think it’s something that would have held my attention if i had to check in once every week for several months. 

i think it’s actually pretty funny. some jokes/plot points come across as a little over the top, but like most shows, i can get over that if the emotional heart is in the right place. which this show is. it does a really great job of exploring a married couple’s relationship and how it breaks or strengthens when faced with sudden changes. it’s a little gory, but the blood and guts and viscera are so heavily stylized it doesn’t personally make me queasy or uncomfortable. 

timothy olyphant definitely shines in his role and even if everything else about this show turns viewers off, i think they should give it a shot just for his character. drew barrymore is also delightful in her role, even if she takes a little longer to settle into it. part of that might be intentional: she does spend the first few episodes dealing with becoming a zombie so. 

there’s also a delightful subplot with the teenage daughter and her friendship with the next door neighbor, not to mention two feuding neighbor cops that keep everyone on their toes while they’re trying to deal with dead bodies and such. 

the middle episodes (e4-e7) are probably the highlight of the season. the first few episodes are clearly trying to settle into the characters and introduce you to the premise, and the last few episodes are kind of rushing to reach the climax. but those middle episodes are the sweet spot and they make it all worth it.

anyway, i’d recommend it for what it is: a fun zombie comedy that you can binge quickly and then move on to other shows with more substance.

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Drew Barrymore ‘I don’t pretend to be perfect’

Drew Barrymore is back on our screens, this time as a flesh-eating estate agent. She tells Rebecca Nicholson about the endless ups and downs of her life from child star to teen rebel, and savvy producer to business woman and explains why shell fight to the death to be happy

Drew Barrymore walks into the hotel room in Berlin flanked by assistants, caked in heavy TV make-up and wrapped in a brown fluffy jacket that makes her look like a very glamorous teddy bear. Within seconds, the entourage has disappeared, shes wiped every last scrap of foundation from her face and shes rummaging around underneath her dress, a kind of earth mother hippy smock, regretting her decision to wear tights on this sub-freezing day. Why does anyone wear pantyhose? she exclaims, barefaced, faux-exasperated, shifting in her armchair, trying to get comfortable. Theyre so fucking sadistic! Theyre not even control pants, she says, conspiratorially, but Im forcing them to be.

For a lot of women, especially women who grew up between 1982 and the early 2000s, Barrymore is a particular kind of icon. Shes the accessible rebel we all wanted to be, or be friends with. Shes the child star of ET who hit the skids early and hard, and not only survived, but went on to be one of the most popular (and bankable) female stars of the past three decades. She appeared in, and often produced, the kinds of movies that are vital viewing for teenagers, from the trashy taboo-busting rebellion of Poison Ivy, to the triumphant high school romcom Never Been Kissed, to the moody angst of Donnie Darko. Plus, in her 20s, she seemed to hang out with the best bands, go to all the best parties and always looked like she was having the time of her life. She was the manic pixie dream girl before it became a tacky indie film stereotype. The memoir she wrote in 2015 is, appropriately, called Wildflower.

She looks genuinely pleased that she holds such a place in peoples minds, and decides that if people do like her, If anyone has any goodwill towards me, careful not to sound arrogant, its because she extends goodwill to other people. Not in an annoying way, but just, like, being in peoples fucking corners. Its this combination of soft and sharp, all wrapped up in that valley girl lilt, that has carried her through life. I want people to be happy, but I know happiness has to be fought for. Its a warrior trophy. Its not hippy, she insists. Im like, fight. Fight to the death to be happy, and dont kill anyone along the way.

Little riot grrrl: Drew Barrymore with Steven Spielberg at the age of five on the set of 1982s ET. Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features

Were in Germany to talk about Santa Clarita Diet, the new Netflix series which has brought her back into the spotlight again at 41. Its a warm and occasionally gross 10-part comedy about Sheila and Joel, estate agents who have been together since their school days, and whose marriage is tested when the amiable Sheila develops a sudden taste for human flesh.

I stopped working to have my kids and take care of them and raise them, and so I was nervous about working again, she says. I was going through a dark time in my own life. And then I read it and I liked it. Now what am I supposed to do? I cant do this right now, its terrible timing, my whole life is falling apart. She ended up executive producing it as well as starring.

That her life was falling apart out of the spotlight was a new thing for Barrymore, who had played out most of her life in a very public sphere. No ones talking about my life. I mean, yes, I had a divorce, but even that was real quiet. She split up with actor Will Kopelman, the father of her two children, Olive, four, and Frankie, two, at the beginning of 2016, but recently posted an Instagram of him running the New York marathon; she was there, with their daughters, to support him. It was like, Oh, they didnt work out, I wonder why? Oh my God they seem like such good friends, and so amicable, I guess well stop giving a shit. I was so happy about that, she says, breezily.

Warm and occasionally gross: Barrymore in Santa Clarita Diet. Photograph: Erica Parise/Netflix

In the midst of her divorce, Santa Clarita Diet was a transformative experience. Ironically, it wasnt the worst timing. It was great. It was really happy. It was a good summer. My daughters and I got to go out to California and I got three days off a week. Just as becoming a proto-zombie saves Sheila from the numbing boredom of domestic life, Barrymore went through her own kind of rejuvenation. I feel like Sheila. I feel like maybe I was dead inside, she says cheerfully, blowing her nose. I dont know. I was in a place in my life where I had gained a lot of weight, and been in a place of fear and sadness, and I felt stuck. I dont think thats so much unlike the character.

Until she took time away from acting to have kids, Barrymore had never not worked. She began her career at 11 months in an advert for dog food, quickly becoming the main breadwinner for herself and her mother, Jaid, who raised her alone. Her father John Barrymore, of the Barrymore acting dynasty The great line of loonies from which I come, as she puts it wasnt around much. Her extraordinary youth was public and well-documented. Her breakout role in ET, at five years old, was followed by an outlandish few years of childhood boozing and drug-taking, rehab and institutions, and the sense that, at 14, she was washed up and her career was over.

But it wasnt. She moved into an apartment by herself, got a job in a coffee shop, learned how to do her own laundry and, eventually, clawed her way back into the business, defeating the curse of the child actor where so many others have been lost. She has said her 20s were a kind of delayed adolescence. Now, in her 40s, shes had a lifetimes worth of parties and experiences, and says she doesnt miss it at all. I dont feel like Im not at the centre of things. I dont worry about career stuff. I dont worry about who the hottest band is or that Im not at that show that night. I dont care if the latest trend is happening and its just passing me by.

Star quality: Barrymore with Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu in Charlies Angels. Photograph: Image Net

Her idea of a good time these days is taking the girls to Disney World, or setting up movie nights for the kids in my daughters class. I just watched Home Alone and all the moms and I were crying at the end. Oh my God, its so good! I appreciate it now much more than I did when I was younger.

Shes too classy to be drawn into any child actor comparisons it would be patronising, annoying, no thanks, she says, nicely but firmly but we talk more broadly about celebrity scandals. Everyone goes up and goes down. Thats life. Nobody wants all of it looked at and discussed. However, if you do put yourself out there, then you need to be prepared for that to be examined and you have to handle it to the best of your abilities. So for people who are like [she puts on a whiny voice]: Dont look at me you put yourself out there!

Is there any way to avoid being examined and discussed? Not in this day and age. You just try to manage things in the healthiest way you can. And by the way? You wont all the time. Youre gonna fuck up. So fuck up, then pick yourself back up. But just be nice and kind and humble and gracious and have a sense of humour. And dont pretend to be perfect.

Golden girl: winning a Golden Globe for Grey Gardens in 2010. Photograph: NBC/Getty Images

Barrymore dealt with her own initial fuck-ups in an incredible and startling memoir, Little Girl Lost, which she wryly calls, The mea culpa book I wrote when I was 14. She appeared on Oprah with her mother to promote it, to go over what went wrong. You can watch it on YouTube; shes 15 going on 35. Yet the book has a cult following, in part because it makes all the partying she did as a young child sound kind of adventurous. Yeah! Its like an 80s cult tragedy book, which is super cool and wrong and fun all at the same time. Its a little riot grrrl, you know?

Theres a chapter where Barrymore describes being hauled off to an institution at her mothers behest, and shes furious at the starstruck guards. God, youve just yanked me out of my house with cuffs on, I thought, and now youre asking me what it was like to meet ET. What jerks, she writes. Even at 14, she had a disdain for celebrity. Still do, she says, today.

We meet on the afternoon of Trumps inauguration. She plans to watch it later, as shes a total news junkie, but she doesnt particularly want to talk about what she thinks of him. Im not a painter and Im not a musician and I think people dont want to hear it from actors, she says. I read this op-ed in the New York Times that was saying, just do things quietly, in your art.

Slasher: Barrymore in Wes Cravens Scream, 1996. Photograph: Allstar

Barrymore is more about the practical. During her screen break, she wrote Wildflower, which became a New York Times bestseller, and shes built a sizeable business empire, including Barrymore wines, a production company, Flower Films, and beauty brand Flower Cosmetics. All of which channel some of that free-spirit warmth into profits reports suggest shes worth $125m. Theres a line in Santa Clarita Diet where Sheila announces: I sleep two hours a night. I get so much done! It struck me that for Barrymore, spinning so many plates, that might be funny. Actually, she says, it was originally written that Sheila would use her spare time to learn French. Me, in my real life, would spend time learning French. This woman literally has a ticking clock on her mortality. Shed be studying fucking Bruce Lee moves and learning to do shit. The line was changed at Barrymores request: instead of learning a language, Sheila would get the ability to parallel park in one move. Im, like, yes! Thats practical!

Its strange to see Barrymore, who seemed to be an eternal teenager, starring as the mother of a teenager in Santa Clarita Diet, partly because her fame is life-long, and you can see interviews with her at almost every age on YouTube. But, she says, she never watches them, never goes back. Hell no. The only thing I ever think when I see myself when Im younger, if Im on a talk show and Im stuck there having to watch clips, is that I was so much more brassy when I was young. Im like: Where do you get the balls, kid?

She says it as if those balls have disappeared with age. She claims shes much more polite now. Sarcastic, but polite. And worse still, she tries to say shes newly dull. In my life Im just so quiet and boring, she declares, not entirely convincingly. This is Drew Barrymore, after all, who talks with the hunger of someone who will always be on the lookout for something new, whether thats being a mother, a businesswoman, or playing a friendly estate agent who kills and eats bad people. I am pretty boring, she insists. I tell her I dont believe it. She smiles slyly, and leans in. Theres a rebel in her still. Im not sure I believe it either.

Santa Clarita Diet launches on Netflix on 3 February

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