Abby Olcese

@abbyolcese.bsky.social

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Film critic/writer at The Pitch, Paste, Sojourners, rogerebert.com, others. Author of FILMS FOR ALL SEASONS: https://tinyurl.com/5n8hre5e

A Living Spaces web listing for an upholstered bench that looks like a giant turd.
Jesse Welles playing onstage
IMDb homepage highlighting the new trailer for Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother using the tagline "Watch Mahershala Ali With a Blade"
I am sitting in my car showing off my "I voted" sticker.
My hand holding a TONY-branded matchbook at a movie theater
A freezer case with a fancy ice cream that absolutely does NOT look like a part of someone's anatomy, how could you think that, it's clearly raspberry ripple, you can tell by the little pink...okay, FINE.
A fridge case filled with the most dates you have ever seen in a huge variety of sizes.
Two paperbacks for sale at an estate sale: The Kama Sutra and "Dr. Sodie Allison's Tickle His Pickle." These were on display on the bedroom. Obviously.
Eager villagers hold up a sign that says "Vote for no. 6" with Patrick McGoohan's face on it
My Little Free Library (a red newspaper distribution box) with a handwritten ad for "the pooper scooper club" advertising dog walking and training services taped to the inside window.
Pooping back and forth forever emoticon
Orange alert ball from The Prisoner
A black tuxedo cat looks at me like "Really, mom?"
The cover of Cory Doctorow's novel Picks & Shovels, with Buster's head in the background.
Title card for The Prisoner with Patrick McGoohan smooshed on a beach by a large white inflatable ball.
VHS cover for Dead Calm
Guy Maddin in the Criterion Closet about to yell "BAG" a whole bunch.
The fawn, lying in the back corner of my yard, nibbling weeds
A big-ish fawn! In my yard! Looking my way!
A pile of four books: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers, Matrix by Lauren Groff, Kaplan's Plot by Jason Diamond and Sleepwalk by Dan Chaon
Argentina fans at the Nichols fountain
My friend Kenda cooking a prime rib on an induction burner in her living room, checking with a meat thermometer to make sure she isn't going to kill us all.
But even if the forgiver does begin the often difficult process of forgiveness, that doesn’t involve pretending the person they’re forgiving hasn’t done anything wrong. If I seriously break a friend’s trust, they might choose to forgive me—I hope they do—but they will probably not trust me with sensitive information or big responsibilities anytime soon. This isn’t necessarily because they’re holding a grudge and refusing to forgive me, but because they’re making rational decisions about how to treat me based on my actions.
A cardboard diorama a Glenwood employee made to promote Nolan's The Odyssey next week in "Glenwood-vision." It looks like a fifth grader made it.
Demi Lovato get a job stay away from her meme
Hinge prompt: I'm weirdly attracted to. Answer: A feminine lady
Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point
Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada 2 wearing a jacket with a million tassels.
Bad Ronaldo bust
Roberto Alvarado has the worst mullet I've ever seen
Backstage shot of a huge crowd at FIFA Fan Fest in KC
So many people at a bowling alley watching the Croatia-Portugal game.
A tuxedo cat curled up in my lap and deeply asleep
Sheep Detectives
A hallway with three weird glass display cases containing mannequins in professional aviation uniforms. They look like they belong at Lumon.
Dean Stockwell in Blue Velvet
A deeply awesome tan vintage Damu moto jacket.
A woman at a Farmer's Market stirring the biggest pot of paella I've ever seen.
A package of It's-It ice cream sandwiches
I think you should leave hot dog man is trying to find the guy who did this (he did it)
I'm at the Crocker Art Museum looking up at a large robin sculpture perched on a doorframe
A chalkboard sign outside a feed store shaped like a rooster. The chalkboard portion says "Chicks 4-20" on it.
A sweet small black dog with soulful eyes and a disposition of youthful curiosity.
A real tasty looking plate of food (scrambled eggs, a croissant covered in sausage gravy and potatoes) with a blue mug of coffee, bottle of hot sauce and a copy of the book Cinematic Immunity
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
Matthew Rhys as Tom Loftis, looking haunted
Luke Dorris at KCTV5, not doing a weather shimmy because hail is NO JOKE.
A hard cover copy of James Han Mattson's novel REPRIEVE
A handful of dandelion greens that I pulled out of my raised bed. Yes, I did INTENTIONALLY let them grow for a bit so I could harvest them.
Emily Blunt in Disclosure Day standing in front of a weather map of the Kansas City forecast
A glass baking tray full of slider sandwiches.
A black tuxedo cat, dead asleep on a cushion despite a wood chipper breaking up a tree RIGHT outside the window.
My mom, texting me about Widow's Bay: Scream fest tonight. You're gonna love this one.
Kikuyu grass roots that look like a big green centipede.
A very pretty ham egg and cheese breakfast sandwich, cut with the tasty fillings emerging colorfully from the middle.
A black tuxedo cat and a brown tabby curled up on top of each other on a kitchen chair.
NYT spelling bee won't accept "Jumanji"
Two cats in a kitchen, one on the floor, one on the table in roach mode, soaking up sunlight
Colin Cutler! Playing banjo! On my patio!!