avril

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they/them | editor by day, movie watcher by night

a screenshot from Star Trek: The Animated Series. a child version of Uhura sits on a desk, while a woman holds her in place.
oshawott illustration by Ken Sugimori
a video I took. I'm riding down an escalator in the movie theater, and there's a carpeted area at the top of the box office. a poster for Disclosure Day on 70 mm film is flat on top of it. I zoom into it a couple times and then zoom and pan over to close to the edge of the box office, where a large rubber figurine of a Sour Patch Kid is lying face down. I have added the X-Files theme to it.
JESSE EISENBERG: "People on the street say mean things to me." INTERVIEWER: "Like what?" JESSE EISENBERG: "I get called Napoleon Dynamite because I have curly hair. I live in New York City and I ride a bicycle. I always bike down 9th Avenue and there’s this kid who goes to school there named Abraham. Every time I pass him, he calls me Napoleon Dynamite. He screams it out and his friends laugh. That was a fine movie but I wasn’t in it." INTERVIEWER: "What do you say back?" JESSE EISENBERG: "I say, 'Please Abraham, I’m not that man.'"
a Threes game over screen with a score of 69,420
Metro Slice, a calico cat, is in a laundry basket. it's as though she's laundry
the PriceMaster, a fella in a golden mask, stands in front of a microphone. there's a subtitle that says "FOURTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS" in yellow text. or it might be green, I'm colorblind and not sure on this one
screenshot of my recent activity on letterboxd. Last House on the Left (1972) (1.5/5) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (3.5/5) Three Colours: Red (4.5/5) After Yang (3/5)
an "about me: movies" grid. here are the categories and the films I listed: favorite movie: Summer Wars favorite director: Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon) favorite screenplay: Before Sunset favorite cinematography: Where Is the Friend's House? favorite editing: Speed Racer overhated: Megalopolis underrated: Immaculate overrated: Amelie needs a sequel: Hot Rod criminally overlooked: Sacco & Vanzetti favorite actor: Synecdoche, New York (Philip Seymour Hoffman) favorite actress: Tar (Cate Blanchett) best score: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse best songs: Hedwig and the Angry Inch not usually my thing, but...: Presence "it's just so much fun": Wet Hot American Summer best with friends: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring best old movie: Bicycle Thieves best long movie: Lawrence of Arabia everyone should watch: Memories of Murder
the poster for hit feature film Ella McCay. the poster shows Emma Mackey, who plays the similarly named title character, posed in roughly a mirror image of the sheeh pose.
D'Vana Tendi from Star Trek: Lower Decks in the game Tomodachi Life. she has the "go-getter" personality and is outgoing, sociable, optimistic, and passionate.
my ratings curve on letterboxd. all the scores between 1 and 4 are pretty close to level, with noticable dips at .5 and 4.5, and a slight dip at 3.5.
a photo of a TV showing the game Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. there's a Mii of Carol Sturka. her top three foods are butter cookie, paella, and fried egg.
someone holding a very big Spheal plushie
Roger Ebert Hails Human Existence As 'A Triumph' April 4, 2013 CHICAGO—Calling the overall human experience “poignant,” “thought-provoking,” and a “complete tour de force,” film critic Roger Ebert praised existence Thursday as “an audacious and thrilling triumph.” “While not without its flaws, life, from birth to death, is a masterwork, and an uplifting journey that both touches the heart and challenges the mind,” said Ebert, adding that while the totality of all humankind is sometimes “a mess in places,” it strives to be a magnum opus and, according to Ebert, largely succeeds at this goal. “At times brutally sad, yet surprisingly funny, and always completely honest, I wholeheartedly recommend existence. If you haven’t experienced it yet, then what are you waiting for? It is not to be missed.” Ebert later said that while human existence’s running time was “a little on the long side,” it could have gone on much, much longer and he would have been perfectly happy.
Kidnapped Teen Freed, Though Freedom Is Its Own Kind Of Prison, Is It Not? BEDFORD, IN—The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Wednesday that Jessica Paulsen, a 15-year-old who went missing last month, has been freed from the home of two men accused of kidnapping her, although isn’t freedom itself, as both a figurative concept and a state of being, merely another kind of prison, one that entraps us all?
an assortment of chili ingredients. at the front of the photo is one can of Modelo.
Sensei Sergio St. Carlos dancing next to his car. he's had a few small beers.
my username appears in the vicinity of two clusters labeled "Star Trek Fan Community" and "Queer Leftist Creative Professionals."
my recent activity screenshot from letterboxd. I gave Tokyo Godfathers a 5, The Holdovers a 4.5, The Muppets Christmas Carol a 4, and Die Hard a 3.5. the first three were rewatches.
my apartment with all the lights off. there's some light coming in through a window, but the only thing that's really visible is a glow in the dark poster for the movie Dance Freak.
product photo of cardboard cup holder. it holds four cups in a rectangle
lieutenant Harry Kim from Star Trek: Lower Decks
meme in the Zohran logo format. the text says "new meme format just dropped"
the anonymous source from the quoted post discusses making a movie called The Abyss in 1988 that involved working with submersible systems.
a rating of my influence on bluesky. I got a 5.5! wow
each of these four images is a ghostly, ethereal image of Bender from Futurama with text overlaid. each post has "little-bender-things.tumblr.com" in the corner. the text on this one reads: "Shampoo doesnt expire, baby!" - Bender in my Vision
John Lennon doing his silly little walk with his silly little hat
a screenshot of my letterboxd review of Collateral, the 2004 Michael Mann film, which I watched today. I gave it four stars and wrote the following: "you know how people make those highly specific letterboxd lists where it's a really narrow category and they've identified exactly two movies that fit in it, and then they screenshot it and post it on other social media? if my goal was to increase my bluesky follower count I'd do one that's called "movies where the main character spends most of the movie driving one type of vehicle around LA, but then at the end all the main characters get on an LA Metro subway that eventually emerges above ground," and it would be this movie and Speed (1994). instead I'm going to just screenshot this review and it's going to get two likes"
a screenshot of my letterboxd favorite films list. it's Summer Wars, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Eyes Wide Shut, and Evangelion 3.0+1.0.
a screenshot of my Steam inventory showing four unlabeled "steam gift" items, five copies of Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and one copy of Mount Your Friends
screenshot of my first five Steam purchases. Left 4 Dead 2 on December 12, 2010, The Rockstar Collection on December 20, 2010, Half-Life Complete on January 2, 2011, Counter-Strike Complete, Garry's Mod + Team Fortress 2, and Geometry Wars on January 2, 2011, and Penny Arcade Combo Pack on January 28, 2011.
kalbika, a yellow cow squid plushie, is at the top of a bag sitting behind an airplane seat.
a screenshot of my recent activity on letterboxd. I watched Ran (5 stars), Hamlet (the 2009 one with David Tennant, 2 stars), Scream (the 1996 original, 4 stars), and Master and Commander: Far Side of the World (4.5 stars)
a USB C to HDMI adapter is plugged into an HDMI to USB capture stick, which is plugged into a USB A to USB C adapter. the whole setup is sitting on a Magic playmat featuring the art of River Hoopoe by Ryan Pancoast, and a Joy-Con 2 can be seen at the side of the photo.
Kalbika, a yellow squid cow plushie from the TV show Baby Assassins Everyday, is propped up facing a Steam Deck at the chapter select screen for Deltarune, with chapter 3 selected.
a Google search result for the words "raymond chandler stepford wives." there's an AI-generated result that reads as follows: "The query "raymond chandler stepford wives" is a bit of a mix. Raymond Chandler was a famous author, primarily known for his hard-boiled detective fiction, not for writing about "Stepford Wives." The concept of "Stepford Wives," as in the novel and films, is from the work of Ira Levin. There is no connection between Raymond Chandler and the Stepford Wives story. Elaboration: Raymond Chandler: He was a prominent American writer, best known for creating the private detective Philip Marlowe and for his influence on the crime fiction genre. The Stepford Wives: This is a novel and subsequent film adaptation that explores a dystopian society where women are replaced with robotic look-alikes. No Connection: Raymond Chandler's writing style and themes are entirely different from the premise of "The Stepford Wives," and there is no evidence of him being involved in the creation of the story."
California condor 123 (his tag just says 23, but I promise that's how the numbering system works, I'm not a bird scientist) is seen in profile on a cliff face in the Grand Canyon.
a Magic: the Gathering card. it's a mountain with art by Victor Adame Minguez, with flavor text written by John Darnielle: "2. Our days of idle pleasure winnow down; their sweetness doubles as their numbers dwindle." the art depicts several pillars around an amphitheater, and a goat stands atop the tallest one.
it's a floral pattern. jon once tweeted this image and wrote this about it: "just found the perfect pattern to jazz up my tweets! adding this image to all future tweets will ensure more shares and higher audience engagement"
two screenshots from Arrested Development. in the first one, George Michael says "Wow! I'm Mr. Manager!" in the second one, Michael says "Well, manager. We just say 'manager.'"
a screenshot from the movie Possession (1981). Mark (played by Sam Neill) is in a small kitchen, and he's holding the base of a yellow phone in his right hand close to his waist and the handset in his left hand up to his face. a subtitle reads, "Now I must find her - maybe it's her fault."
a screenshot of a Deadline article with this text: "Seth Rogen has unveiled the massive group of Hollywood A-listers who will appear in his upcoming Apple TV+ comedy series, The Studio. “I kind of viewed it like I was putting a band together,” Rogen described of the process in a video released Monday morning. The full list of guest stars includes: Aaron Sorkin, Adam Scott, Anthony Mackie, Antony Starr, Arthur Keng, Bill Watterson, Bryan Cranston, Charli D’Amelio, Charlize Theron, Chris Gann, Courtney Pauroso, Dan Black, Dave Franco, David Krumholtz, Derek Wilson, Devon Bostick, Dewayne Perkins, Erin Moriarty, Greta Lee, Ice Cube, Jean Smart, Jen Statsky, Jessica Clements, Jessica St. Clair, Johnny Knoxville, Josh Hutcherson, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Kit Hoover, Larry Brown, Lil Rel Howery, Lisa Gilroy, Lucia Aniello, Martin Scorsese, Matt Belloni, Nicholas Stoller, Olivia Wilde, Owen Kline, Parker Finn, Paul Dano, Paul W. Downs, Peter Berg, Quinta Brunson, Ramy Youssef, Rebecca Hall, Rhea Perlman, Ron Howard, Sarah Polley, Steve Buscemi, Sugar Lyn Beard, Ted Sarandos, Thomas Barbusca, Trevor Tordjman, Zac Efron, Zack Snyder, Ziwe, and Zoë Kravitz." Bill Watterson's name is highlighted.
Kalbika is next to Peepy on a desk mat.
a Kalbika plushie from the show Baby Assassins Everyday. it's a yellow squid with a black and white cow pattern face, black and white hooves to its side, and yellow horns.
screenshot of my letterboxd recent activity: The 400 Blows (3.5) Battle Royale (1.5) Bird Boy (3.5) Cunk on Life (2)
Orson Welles holding a glass of Paul Masson champagne
a screenshot of my letterboxd recent activity. Bringing Up Baby 4.5/5 Face/Off 4/5 September 5 2/5 Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat 2/5
a taiyaki on top of a small container of soft serve ube ice cream
a screenshot of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Indiana Jones is holding a gun on the roof of a building surrounded by like ten dead Nazis. Gina is there too and she's having a great time
Ralsei chuffing back a fat dart
Metro Slice, a calico cat, sits at the top of an Ikea Kallax shelf of vinyl records. behind her are a Baby Yoga Lego set, a Life Is Strange hotdog plush, and a framed print of art by @quasimaddi. in front of her is a plush Moopsy from Star Trek: Lower Decks.
an Ikea Blåvingad whale plushie is partially inserted into a backpack, face first. it only fits up to the fins.
letterboxd recent activity screenshot: The Apartment (3.5 stars) Anora (4.5 stars, rewatch) Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2.5 stars) Queer (4.5 stars)
Panasonic, a tortie, sits on a blanket on a bed, looking upward with a sort of scronched posture.
a jumbo slice, which is a very, very large slice of pizza. larger than you are imagining. no, even larger than that. this one has pepperoni on it.
Metro Slice, a calico cat, is hunched next to a red blanket on a gray couch.
a glass of carbonated Pocari Sweat on a countertop next to the empty Pocari Sweat bottle and the two halves of a Drinkmate bottle.
screenshot of what it looks like after you deactivate a twitter account on desktop
a "recent activity" screenshot from Letterboxd. I gave Tetsuo: The Iron Man a 3.5, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid a 4.5, Birth a 2, and Midnight Cowboy a 3.5.