garrettc

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Web developer, music and film junkie, terrible guitarist, average photographer, scifi geek. He/Him. Hello to Jason Isaacs. Home: https://polytechnic.co.uk/

A TV showing Star Wars.
The Shard in London. A tower that looms ominously over the skyline.
A piano painted in Pride colours, adorned with stars and hearts. It has a sign saying “Play Me” across the top, but the lid is padlocked. It’s giving a real mixed messages vibe.
Looking at a very rough sea on the south coast of the U.K. In the foreground is a roofed shelter.
A misty early morning shot of the wreckage of Brighton’s West Pier. A lone figure in silhouette sits on the beach to the left.
Ted, a very cute Parsons Terrier
Science World in Vancouver, a spherical building with lights making it look like a jack o’lantern, or a giant Pac-Man.
Vancouver Public Library, a spiral brown brick 4 storey building that plays the Fringe Division headquarters in Fringe.
A python test that checks for invalid system languages. It's checking for the Star Wars languages Ghor and Shyriiwook.
A bar sign with a pink elephant that says “Delirium”
A black and white photo along a covered walkway in The Barbican, a filming location for Andor.
Leeds Post Office Square, surrounded by buildings. The sky is a deep blue with wispy clouds. People are milling about enjoying the sun.
A badge of Rex Manning from Empire Records, around the edge of the badge is a purple ring saying “Happy Rex Manning Day!”
The Wikipedia page for Pogonophobia, the fear of beards. The illustrative image is of Friedrich Engels sporting a large beard, and the caption reads "Friedrich Engels; a man with a big beard"
A packet of Lays “creamy forest mushroom” flavoured crisps.
The view from the third row of the Ultimate Picture Palace cinema. In the background is the screen, just in front is a guy in a yellow beanie, and someone in a giant beaver costume.
The books “How To Invent Everything” by Ryan North, and “We Called Them Giants” by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, and Clayton Cowles sitting on a table, shot from above.
A birthday card with black capital text on a white background that says “This pretending to be a functioning adult bullshit is exhausting”
A TV in a darkened room showing the opening of Hogfather.
A twisted and gnarled tree in the middle of a wood.
A copy of Warp Your Own Way with many bookmarks in the pages.
A cropped screenshot of a calendar entry saying "Cheese delivery"
An array of period metal beer signs pinned on a wall from various breweries, including Sirens Craft Brew, Moor, Barenbier and Timmermans.
Two black garden chairs and a small table sit in front of a hedge. Everything is covered in a dusting of snow. Out of focus flakes can be seen falling into frame.
An infographic explaining that good alt text is about identifying the subject, their expression (if applicable), the situation, and any interesting features. It is illustrated by a photo of a capybara with a lemon on its head.
A dark shot of my front room with Lake Placid queued up on the TV on the far wall.
The view from my sofa, my feet are at the bottom of the frame, resting on my coffee table, the TV on the wall shows a scene from Deep Blue Sea.
A copy of the Lower Decks “Warp Your Own Way” book by Ryan North and Chris Fenoglio is sitting on a table. Last month’s Empire film magazine is trying to get into shot at the top of the frame. It’s probably jealous.
My Letterboxd profile page showing my four favourites: Kubo and the Two Strings, Jaws, 12 Angry Men, and The Empire Strikes Back. And my four recent watches: The Two Towers, The Way of the Dragon, An American Werewolf in London, and Timestalker.
Tim Burgess from the band The Charlatans. He’s sporting a blonde mop-top haircut, and looks a lot like the chicken in Eli’s photo.
A kobo e-reader sits on a table, the screen shows the cover of a book called “Zombies versus Aliens versus Vampires versus Dinosaurs” by Jeff Abugov.
Tina, from Bob's Burgers, chugs coffee straight from the jug.
A blurb for a book called “Zombies Versus Aliens Versus Vampires Versus Dinosaurs” By Jeff Abugov '"A chaotic, full-throttle parody that's as smart as it is slimy" (Kirkus Reviews): When an alien race shows up on Earth's doorstep hell-bent on destroying humanity, hordes of fearsome creatures rise from their hiding places to join the fray! An entertaining sci-fi read.’
A heron stands on the roof of a UK suburban two storey house, backlit by the setting sun.
A pop up on the Bluesky app that says I was number 34,558th to join, on April 24th 2023.
Black garden furniture sitting on a patio getting pummelled by huge amounts of hail. The paving slabs are almost white.
Korvo, a blue alien in a black polo neck holds a vial in one hand, and the cork in the other. He smiles a big smile, just like a Looney Tunes character with a dastardly plan.
An animated figure of a white middle-aged man sits at a desk using a laptop with a pile of books to the right of the screen. The man has short white hair and a white goatee, and is the spitting image of James Cameron.
Rex Manning from Empire Records surrounded by a pink and lime green border, that says “Say No More, Mon Amore. Happy Rex Manning Day!”
A screenshot of a music player, playing the opening track from the Jaws soundtrack.
A single snowflake sits on concrete, with my finger pointing at it for scale.
A screenshot of the Apple Music app playing the song "Scrooge" from The Muppet Christmas Carol soundtrack.
Sunrise in Oxford. The sky is cloudy and a deep orange. The silhouette of a tree line peeks up from the bottom of the frame.
A glass of red wine sits on a restaurant table in Perth Airport International Departures.
A roped off area around a tree in a park. There is a sign saying “Beware bees in this area”
A cup, with “Toastface Grillah” and a cartoon of a toasted cheese sandwich on the front.
A shot of the Perth city skyline.
A shot looking down at my legs in blue shorts. My feet are visible just below the surface of the water.
Me, in a green checked shirt, brown bandana, and crash helmet, sitting on a quad bike.
Stornoway on stage at the Oxford Town Hall
A screenshot of the Overcast podcast app, showing the Kneel Before Pod logo, and that there are 42 minutes remaining of a 3 hour 40 minute long episode.
A screen shot of the Letterboxd entry for the film “The Holdovers”, with the words “during Christmas break” highlighted.
A card from Cthulhu Fluxx. It says: “If you reveal something that frightens you during your turn, draw and play one additional card. You cannot reuse a fear you or anyone else has mentioned during this game”
A Parsons Terrier sits on a dining chair at looks eagerly at the camera.
A Parsons Terrier leaps up at the camera left paw extended and out of focus. In the background but in focus is a smiling mouth and a boopable nose.
The poster for Kubo and the Two Strings
A shot of my garden with my legs in the foreground. My kindle is on my lap, and a glass of white wine is on the table beside me.
“Unlikable Female Characters”, a book by Anna Bogutskaya
Black stickers in the shape of a shield with the words "Accessibility Woke Platoon" in white. Grogu stands beside them proudly
A black horizon, the glow of the setting sun, and biblical clouds looking like they’re heading to the horizon.