Mary

@quiteecontrary.bsky.social

272 Followers 196 Following

They want you to take the rolls! I mostly post about outdated pop culture and hockey & baseball

A copy of Emily Wilson's translation of Homer's The Odyssey. It is a mostly white cover. The Odyssey is in gold lettering. Homer and Emily Wilson's names are in navy blue.
A screenshot of my smush score for July 8th 2026. It shows that I have 340 points, solved the pangram, clean plate, no hints.
A picture of a monarch butterfly sitting on a yellow flower
A screenshot of the final score for the July 3rd, 2026 MLB game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs. The score is 17-1.
A screenshot of my Four By Three results for July 1st. It says I got 180 points, no mistakes, reverse rainbow, and Sub-90s. It shows 4 rows of three of Blue, Green, Purple, Yellow, or multi-color squares. My results were first row Purple, Purple, multi-color. Second row multi-color, Blue, Blue. Third row Green, Green, multi-color. Fourth row yellow, multi-color, yellow. I couldn't explain what the results mean if you paid me. It's a fun little daily word exercise and I'm sure Hank Green is using the game to help the world somehow. Like that time Cole Sprouse was using us on tumblr for a social experiment but in a nice way instead of a mean spirited way.
A picture of my white terrier poodle mix Bailey sitting next to a Krypto popcorn bucket from one of the many many times that I saw Superman (2025) in theaters
A picture of a large troll sculpture made by Danish artist Thomas Dambo sitting inside of a muesum room that can seeming barely contain it in Solvang, California
A picture of the Chicago White Sox celebrating a win on the field. The graphics on the screen are throw back graphics from the 80s. It shows Chicago White Sox in bright yellow, a red line, and under that in white lettering it says 7th Walkoff Win This Season and 7 Players With Walkoff Hit
A screenshot of a tumblr post from user breha that says Male hockey players get their teeth knocked out because the refuse to wear full visors like normal hockey players
A picture of my tv. It shows the beginning of Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition. The picture is of Frodo waking up from a nightmare, surrounded by rocks. Sam is sitting behind him and looking concerned.
A screenshot of my hulu search results showing The Pitt and The Pitt with ASL.
A screenshot of my duck duck go browser. I typed how to search in the search bar. The autofill results are as follows: for keywords, in excel, for a word on a page, for a group on pc, and for keywords shortcut. Below the autofill section, is an AI prompt. Even though I have AI turned off.
A screenshot showing my most watched actor and director for 2025. It shows Elizabeth Reaser and John Hughes.
A screenshot of a tumblr post from a user montourr-temp about Jason Robertson not being picked for Team USA hockey. The post says the following. It’s obviously not racism, four exclamation points. You don’t get it Robo’s obviously just bad at hockey, three exclamation points. These other guys have better stats, three exclamation points. That’s why he’s off the team. Look, his stats are bad. Checks Notes. No, wait. Shit. Checks other stats. Wait…
An antique wood hutch that has been painted a soulless green. I assume they were going for that farmhouse green or whatever but it’s a dull lifeless green. They also replaced the handles to the drawers with big bulky black handles that are clearly from Lowe’s.
A pic of me holding up my canucks mug of coffee while watching the pwhl game vacouver goldeneyes vs the new york sirens. It’s out of focus but the score is 0-4.
A picture of a can of Gluten Free Golden Farms Crispy Onions sitting on my stove.
The poster for the 1940 MGM picture The Shop Around The Corner starring Margaret Sullivan and James Stewart. The poster is hand drawn and shows two people at a shop counter holding hands and leaning in like they are going to kiss. There’s a close up drawing of the two stars in the background.
A picture of two hats, one says everyone watches women’s sports and the other hat is my vancouver pwhl hat.
A screenshot of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing For Kids from the mid 90s. The screenshot features Mavis sitting at her computer in the living room, while both of her grandparents sit in chairs behind her near the fireplace. Her dog is sitting in the middle of the room. The bottom of the screen shows hands typing on a keyboard, a script that shows letters that you type, an alarm clock, a question mark, and a door to exit the screen.
A screenshot of a Toronto Star article titled quote I hope this becomes a lasting tradition unquote Dodgers fans ease Blue Jays World Series loss with 30k in donations to SickKids
A screenshot of my donation to SickKids Foundation because the Dodgers won the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays
A picture of my tv that shows the USA vs NZL women’s soccer game, with a fan in the stands with a hashtag Trans People Belong sign.
A screenshot of wiki that shows the seal and word mark for the city of Ontario, California
A screenshot of a youtube video by user MEpearl. It’s titled Trick or Treat Possum Style. The picture is of an older woman surrounded by sheets and halloween balloons. She has two opossums on the table in front of her. One is wearing a princess costume and the other is wearing a jester costume.
A screenshot of my ballot tracking. It says Current Mail Ballot Status. There is a green circle with the word completed in all caps and November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election below that.
A picture of the announcement for the first four teams of the Women’s Pro Baseball League. It shows New York with a teal background, Boston with a green background, Los Angeles with a blue background, and San Francisco with a purple background.
An NHL 1994 Vancouver Canucks Starting Lineup Sports Superstar Collectible Pavel Bure figurine and card
A screenshot from the paxlovid website that shows what you have to consent to apply for a voucher for the medicine. The screenshot reads By checking this box you agree to share your information collected in connection with this consent with Pfizer and Pfizer’s partners. You grant permission to these entities to use this and other information we may have about you to provide you with personalized content across various media channels regarding products, treatments and offers. Certain information, such as details about your health information and related inferences, may be considered sensitive under applicable law. Pfizer values your privacy and will handle all personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy and Washington Health Data Privacy Policy. You can withdraw your permission at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions in the communications you receive.
A screenshot that I took while trying to make an account to start a subscription to my local paper. It shows the “create account” greyed out and unclickable because I did not give my consent to the tracking and sharing of my information with third parties.
A picture of a comic panel that shows Superman backed up to a wall where he is eavesdropping on men inside a bungalow. In the panel he is saying Boravia. Civil War. So that’s their game.
A screenshot of my last four films watched on letterboxd. It shows The Breakfast Club, Caught Stealing, Jaws, and Superman 2025 in that order.
A picture of Reilly and Jonesy from Letterkenny in sleeveless tank tops, board shorts, and flip flops. They are both wearing backward caps. They’re standing with their hands in their pockets in front of some train tracks.
A picture of the cover or the Buffy ‘97 comic. It features Buffy The Vampire Slayer crossing her arms and holding stakes in each hand. She has a determined look on her face. The creators of the comic are listed at the bottom. Jeremy Lambert, Marianna Ignazzi, Mattia Iacono, and Ed Dukeshire.
A picture of a man with a sweet mustache and ‘80s glasses sitting down at a restaurant table in the midst of talking about buffalo wings saying sittin down in front of the tv in front of the bills game. I believe it’s from an early Unwrapped episode.
A picture of All Star Superman and Superman The First Superhero comic collections. All Star Superman cover has Superman sitting on a cloud and looking over Metropolis. Superman The First Superhero has Superman lifting a smashed up green ‘40s era car over his head and two bad guys looking perturbed. A third bad guy is in the background running away.
A black t-shirt that has a stylized PBS logo on it, with a mohawk and a nose ring. There is a small portable PBS radio and a PBS SoCal water bottle sitting on top of the shirt.
A screenshot of my letterboxd diary. It shows entries for Superman 2025 on July 12th, 13th, 18th, 20th. For August there is an entry for Superman 1978 on the 7th and for Superman 2025 on the 8th.
A picture of my box sets of Star Trek The Next Generation, Star Trek Voyager, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Star Trek The Original Series, and the first ten Star Trek films.
A screenshot of my letterboxd recent activity that shows Superman 2025 four times in a row.
A schmedium white terrier poodle mix named Bailey laying on a brown couch in a blue and red outfit with the superman symbol on her chest
A screenshot of roku on my tv. It shows a movie theater with a marquee that says Not One Toe Missing and two move posters on either side that show a papaya and an island with a heart, indicating they are talking about Love Island
A screenshot of my Love Island Finale vote. It shows a vote for Amaya and Bryan.
A screenshot of an LA Times article. The text says Dozen of agents using so-called less lethal ammunition on a crowd that had gathered near Glass House Farms, a large, licensed cannabis greenhouse in Camarillo. Meanwhile, 35 miles up the coast in Carpinteria, federal agents entered another Glass House Farms growing site, where a smaller crowd gathered around the perimeter. The United Farm Workers union said it was told one worker fell several stories from a greenhouse at the Camarillo location. On Friday morning, UFW official Elizabeth Strater said the person was taken from the Ventura County farm by ambulance. The UFW later said the worker died. The worker’s name was not released, and local law enforcement officials could not immediately provide any details.
My Love Island voting results. It shows a vote for Pepe and Amaya.
A picture of the hot sauce aisle at my local market
A screenshot of my Love Island vote showing Nic and Olandria
A screenshot of my Love Island USA vote showing Jeremiah, Olandria, and Cierra as my choices for coupling up with the new bombshells.
In the forefront, there is a pink glass rinder, an amber juice glass full of grapefruit juice with a flower design, and a matching pink measuring cup all on a white paper towel. Behind that, there are grapefruit rinds on a paper plate, and pink measuring cups that match the measuring cup.
A close up picture of my denim jacket with a black sticker that says The Whaley House Museum in white lettering. Over my shoulder you can see a clear blue sunny San Diego sky.
A picture of the side of my bed. Where there would normally be a small dog sized gap between the frame and the beige carpet, there is a jerry-rigged gate made from zip ties and pieces of white wall paneling or ship lap from the hardware store. It successfully keeps the dogs from hiding under the bed.
A picture of two keychain bottle openers. The one of the left is new. It’s a black keychain with the logo for the NHL team The Vancouver Canucks. The one on the right is an older silver keychain with the webbed foot Anaheim Ducks logo. I’ve been a fan of the Anaheim Ducks almost since birth but they’ve recently made a decision that I could not morally stomach. And therefore I’m switching out my keychain for my next team who is now my main team. The Canucks.
A screenshot of an ebay listing for the live Green Day CD titled Foot in Mouth. The listing is as follows Green Day CD Foot In Mouth Japanese 11 Track 1997 Live Limited plus obi mint slash unplayed. Mike Dirnt is in a black sleeveless t shirt and green and navy plaid pants. He has his signature frosted tips and looks like he’s in the middle of a sentence. Tre’ is in the middle with long black shorts, a light blue golf shirt, and is looking at the sky and not paying attention as usual. Billie is on the right with dyed blue ish green hair. He’s in a white t shirt on top of a long sleeved black shirt and black pants. He’s making a grr face and is resting his head on his tensed hand.
"Today is a great day for the Anaheim Ducks," said General Manager Pat Verbeek. "Joel is a proven winner and one of the top coaches in NHL history. We believe this is a major step forward in our process of being a perennial playoff contender. "Over the last two weeks, we conducted interviews with many outstanding coaching candidates, while simultaneously conducting a comprehensive review of what took place while Joel was head coach of the Blackhawks in 2010. We spoke with dozens of individuals, including advocates for positive change in hockey and leadership of the NHL, which last July officially cleared Joel to seek employment in the league. Our findings are consistent with Joel's account that he was not fully aware of the severity of what transpired in 2010. It is clear that Joel deeply regrets not following up with more questions at the time, has demonstrated meaningful personal growth and accountability, and has earned the opportunity to return to coaching.”
A picture of a white T shirt that has Vancouver Hockey in large blue lettering surrounding the PWHL logo with pacific blue and cream colouring. There’s a black hat resting on the top of the shirt that has a cream Vancouver PWHL logo that says Est. 2025.
A screenshot of the Planned Parenthood Arizona page that shows a pop up message with an update on Gender Affirming Care. The pop up message is black text against a yellow background. The text reads Planned Parenthood Arizona deeply values and is dedicated to the LGBTQIA+ community, which includes our patients, supporters, and staff. We recognize how critical it is for our patients to have certainty to access essential services, including Gender Affirming Care. After a brief pause, we are pleased to announced the continuation of our Gender Affirming Care services. This pause occurred out of an abundance of caution after threats to the Medicaid services in our state. The onslaught of attacks on sexual and reproductive health care services in Arizona and across the country is alarming, and is a clear, continued effort to shut down Planned Parenthood. This will not be the last threat that aims to deny people medically sound, essential health care, needlessly putting them at risk and unnecessarily creating chaos and confusion around the accessibility of services.
A picture of my copy of Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green. The picture shows my fingers holding open the book to a blank dark green page on the left side and a blank white page on the right, with John’s signature in green sharpie on the white page.
The gorgeous Melanie Lynskey in the film Detroit Rock City. She has feathered ‘70s styled hair, a pensive look on her face, and is looking down at her desk in a schoolroom. There is a girl sitting next to her with a side ponytail.
A picture of my tv during an episode of Living Single. The caption from Khadijah to Kyle reads Damn, you look good. Have you lost weight? Queen Latifah as Khadijah James is standing in her living room, looking at TC Carson as Kyle Barker, who has just come through the door. Khadijah is wearing a dark silver sweater, she has shoulder length straight hair, and has on a gold cross necklace and her signature key necklace. Kyle is wearing a long black jacket, a brown scarf, a small gold earring, and a light brown hat with a black accent. He looks chic as per usual. There’s a streamer in the background that says Happy New Year and a plastic snow man decoration because the apartment is decorated for the holidays.
A picture of an illustrated children’s book titled Together, A Forest Drawing Connections Between Nature’s Diversity and Our Own by Roz MacLean. It features a class of children on a field trip. They are walking in front of a large tree and under them you can see the roots of the tree.