Sean Connell

@slcpgh.bsky.social

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Wordsmith, educator, parent (not in order of importance). Now quasi-librarian. Opinions are frequent and vociferous and very much not representative of my employer who shall not be named. He/Him.

A light fluffy pastry filled with… apricot? (Haven’t bitten into it obviously but it smells like apricot.)
Vasya, the black void kitty, sitting on my sofa, staring, insistently but patiently, and looking surprisingly intelligent. Don’t be fooled though.
Yes, this is the 4k for Interstellar. There will probably be regrets tomorrow but fuck it.
I TRYNOT TO MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE FOR ADMITTING THEY DON'T KNOW THINGS. BECAUSE FOR EACH THING "EVERYONE KNOWS' BY THE TIME THEY'RE ADULTS, EVERY DAY THERE ARE, ON AVERAGE, 10,000 PEOPLE IN THE US HEARING ABOUT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. FRACTION WHO HAVE HEARD OF IT AT BIRTH ~ 0% FRACTION WHO HAVE HEARD OF IT BY 30 ~ 100% US BIRTH RATE = 4,000,000/YEAR NUMBER HEARING ABOUT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME = 10,000/DAY IF I MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE, I TRAIN THEM NOT TO TELL ME WHEN THEY HAVE THOSE MOMENTS. AND I MISS OUT ON THE FUN. "DIET COKE AND MENTOS THING? WHAT'S THAT? OH MAN! COME ON, WERE GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE. WHY? YOURE ONE OF TODAY'S LUCKY 10,000.
4k of Inception featuring a lot of buildings that probably aren’t real. There’s probably a train somewhere. Maybe you’re waiting for it.
Eva Green. In a dress with a fair amount of cleavage and her hair in an up do. Looks like it was taken of her as Vesper Lynd from Casino Royale.
Screenshot of a lovely comic account being absolutely spammed by someone’s followers because they dared - DARED - to block someone.
Possibly one of those goblins from a certain franchise but inexplicably dressed like a Puritan.
It’s a bowl of food and some chopsticks. Okay, okay, it’s tofu, celery, spinach, edamame, and glutinous rice cakes over a bed of rice that you really can’t see. There’s also garlic, green onions, ginger, chili oil, soy sauce, and peanut sauce.
Vasya, the void kitty, here in her black and white tunnel being most put-out that I knew she was in the tunnel and thus did not walk by unawares so that she could attack my bare feet through the tunnel walls.
One black void kitty, sitting and staring at the camera.
Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow. It’s not my fault some people found that a challenging title to remember.
Nachos. With green onion, olives, peppers, salsa, and sour cream.
Panel from Preacher. The lead character is looking at someone with the face of a blobfish. PREACHER: “Why is it the greatest champions of the ‘White Race’ always turn out to be the worst examples of it? You!” MR. BLOB: “WH-WH-WH--“ PREAXHER: “WHERE THE FUCK IS YOUR CHIN?”
Firm tofu chunks and chopped celery. Also some garlic, green onion, ginger, and peanut butter (along with various other spices and liquids).
Vasya, the black void kitty, lying in my lap at the kitchen table.
The original shark movie, and the classic promotional image. (It’s Jaws.)
DVD cover featuring Charlton Heston and young Christian Bale probably using his actual voice/accent. You may also notice Pete Postlethwaite.
A fancy steelbook edition of Akira. Kaneda sits on a throne of motorcycle parts and other structures. The whole thing is very red.
An orange cat, getting a drink from a plastic container, outside someplace in Korea. Looks possibly like some sort of park what with the light pole in the background.
Neatly alphabetized shelves of 4k titles. (Blu-rays go on separate shelves.)
The MLB National League Central standings. The Pirates are just slightly out of last place in the division.
Poster for They Will Kill You which is kind of like what would happen if Sam Raimi directed The Raid. Zazie Beetz spends the movie fucking up mostly everyone else on the poster.
Clockwise from top left: a bowl of stir fried shredded tofu, spinach, and kimchi, a pork bao (which I did not make from scratch because my patience has limits), and a bowl of rice with chopsticks.
Steelbook of Conan the Barbarian from Arrow.
Graffiti of a crow plucking a piece out of a red heart.
Calling this stage minimal feels like a understatement. There are five white sheer drapes, some hopefully electric candles beneath them on the floor, and some ladders. You can also see the silhouettes of several of my fellow victims after the “players” summon up whatever entity we’re clearly going to be fed to.
The 4k for Clint Eastwood’s Pale Rider. I do wish they’d go back to putting the promo or poster art on the covers instead of the “generic still of our lead” trend that seems to be the default mode. I assume it’s done so artists don’t have to be paid residuals or something.
4k of Pale Rider
Keanu Reeves as John Wick. The first time around.
Vasya the black void lying in a sunbeam on a rug, her legs and paws sticking out.
There are two: one on a stump grooming its tail and another walking back and forth on a tree in front of it.
Technically there a two pandas, but the one in the foreground is just kind of loafing as the one in the background tumbles adorably.
Panel from Preacher, in which he confronts some modern sad-sack-looking Neo-Nazis. Preacher: “Why is it the greatest champions of the white race always turn out to be the worst examples of it? You!” Neo-Nazi: “WH-WH-WH--“ Preacher: “Where the FUCK is your CHIN?”
A deer, somewhat nonchalantly standing in front of a porch, where I no doubt momentarily interrupted its evening snack of the fine greenery in front of it.
Warning sign that says “DO NOT CONNECT MACHINE TO INTERNET NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT ASKS”
Marquee poster for Masters of the Universe, with heroes looking heroic and villains lurking and all that.
The graphic novel Lucas Wars, detailing the making of a certain sci-fi flick that’s been near and dear to me for pretty much my entire life. Cover shows Lucas in a director’s chair, watching a binary sunset over an alien desert.
A box of chili cheese dog flavored Cheez-Its. I was given a horrified look when I bought them on a whim. Choices were made.
One small black void kitty, curled up on a grey blanket on the floor. It’s her blanket now, I presume.
4k edition of the best of the Predator franchise. Yeah I said what I said.
4k of Predator: Badlands, which is a very different beast in the franchise, but definitely kicks ass.
Cute comic of a surfer and a Lovecraftian type sea monster. Alt text of a standard size.
Screenshot from my phone showing a bunch of health apps. See that rainbowish heart in the bottom left? See that app? That, boys and girls and etc, is what USED TO BE the Fitbit app and is now Google Health. Because FUCK YOU, THATS WHY apparently.
Theater standee for The Mandalorian and Grogu.
The Running Man with Glen Powell and a creepy set of teeth, er, Josh Brolin.
“April 1805, Napoleon is now master of Europe. Only the British fleet stands before him- Oceans are now battlefields.” You know where it’s from.
A wall in London’s subway system at the Baker Street station. In addition to the Underground logo with the name of the street there’s a profile silhouette of Holmes in deerstalker hat and meerschaum pipe. (Yes, I know neither of those are in the books.)
Vasya, the black void kitty, sitting on my lap, looking at me with a look that says “This is where you will stay until I say otherwise.”
A sea of college students in graduation garb on the football field at Penn.
Text on a historical marker, from which if you didn’t read all the way to the end you might miss the most salient detail: FORT McDERMOTT From this Confederate Fort 15 heavy artillery guns repelled elements of 2 Union Army Corps, routed 5 tronclad montors attacking up the Blakely River, and for 13 days helped prevent the capture of Mobile until after General Lee's Surrender at Appomattox.
One bag of whole bean coffee beans that cost me about what Starbucks wants to charge for a smaller bag.
Cement sidewalk with squirrel tracks running through it, because squirrels are the original anarchists.
Bagel sandwich and salted caramel iced coffee from Valerio in Fishtown.
The Wind Through the Keyhole, by Stephen King. Book 4.5 even though it was published after Book 8 (take it up with King) of the Dark Tower cycle. There’s a tiger and a cage and a boy and a green fairy and it’s a whole thing on the cover.
Promo/poster image for Wolfen, featuring a canine face with extra large teeth and the title of the movie between them.
The cover of Rare Flavours, featuring a large Indian gourmand in a yellow outfit with a cigar.
Vasya, the void kitty, sitting on a shelf next to a gray gargoyle and a white ceramic cat tea pot.
Vasya, the black void kitty, aka a perfect idiot, sitting upright and looking up at the camera. If you listen closely you can hear the wind whistling between her ears.