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I love Cracked “After Hours” so very, very much.
This reminds me of something. I miss “riffing” with friends. I hung out with Kelsey and her boyfriend (who is also my friend) on Sunday, who I went to high school with, and we were all joking around and riffing and going off on crazy tangents. You know, getting on jokes and running with them. It’s the type of thing that my friends and I used to do in high school a lot. Unfortunately I’m not close with the friends in high school that I used to do that with, like Zold. I miss it. Riffing felt like it kept me sharp. I can riff with some friends at school (like Sean and Katrina and Jimmy and a few others), but not to the crazy extent that I did in high school. I just miss getting lost in a joke. I’ve decided I’m going to do my best to not complain with my friends and instead just talk about awesomesauce stuff.
Sometimes I forget why I don’t go outside more and enjoy nature
AND THEN I EXPERIENCE THAT DEVILISH BALL OF HELLFIRE BURNING IN THE SKY AND I REMEMBER IT’S EVIL WAYS.
Sunburn 2012.
3 am rambling
You don’t realize how much a cat loves affection until you’re the only person in the house. Because this fucker will not let me sleep because he is demanding attention. He positioned himself so he was laying on my hand to try to give me a completely unsubtle hint to pet him, and while doing so dug his back claws into my shoulder. I’m not that annoyed by this, but I had a different perception of my cat. I guess you don’t notice how needy he is when he’s trying to get affection from 5 different people.
Why I Don’t Consider Annie Hall a Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Annie Hall, in my opinion, is someone that the archetype of the manic pixie dream girl may have been based after, but I don’t think she completely fits into the mold. The main purpose of a manic pixie dream girl is to take the uptight male protagonist and completely change him and inspire him to live life to the fullest etc. etc. But here’s the thing: Annie does not change Alvy in that way. The way Alvy lives his life doesn’t change, he just makes room for Annie. “Annie Hall” is about a relationship. Both characters are neurotic and yes, Alvy may be in some social situations with Annie that he usually wouldn’t partake in, but he doesn’t like it and it doesn’t change his outlook on life. It probably helps that “Annie Hall” is based on his real life relationship with Diane Keaton. All of Annie’s costumes were actually Diane Keaton’s clothes. I really think “Annie Hall” is the telling of a realistic relationship with it’s ups and downs, told in the most interesting way. Annie is not the miracle girl that saves Alvy from a life of certain uptight misery. She’s a woman that had a relationship with a man, and no one saved anyone. They just enjoyed each other. And that’s one of the things that makes “Annie Hall” an amazing film.
Feminist Frequency - Tropes vs. Women: #1 The Manic Pixie Dream Girl
I agree with this for the most part. I don’t think it’s bad to have a muse or an inspiration, but the frequency of this archetype just destroys it’s legitimacy. I can appreciate films with manic pixie dream girls and I really like a lot of them, but I’m not so much offended by the characters as tired of this character showing up again and again and again. The problem is that this character not only keeps recurring with the same group of people, but it keeps recurring in independent films! It makes it seem like that’s the only type of independent film that is worth seeing, which is crap. Yes, all of the movies in this video were widely released, but most of them started as “small independent films” that had notable actors and those notable actors are why the films got a wide release. I’m not guiltless of watching, enjoying and supporting movies that were written/directed by men who claim certain women as their muses (I adore Woody Allen and Quentin Tarantino, and I really think their female characters are full-blooded and well written), I just think the fact that this type of character is used quite so much is disheartening and they need to have more dimension and realism. It gives the impression that one’s life can only be changed by an extremely eccentric woman. Are filmwriters getting too lazy to write a film about character with less eccentricities and more dimension?
Honestly, I feel like this is what “Paper Towns” is about. “Paper Towns” breaks down the image of the manic pixie dream girl and basically says what this woman is saying. To quote the book: “What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person.” Oh hell yes John Green.
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An empty house is completely wasted on me
My Parks and Recs marathon was interrupted by a Ghost Hunters International marathon, I had a one woman tea party and I washed the dishes and took the time to look really cute with nowhere to go. I sure know how to party. Granted, my house has only been empty since 9 this morning, but it’s not like I have any further plans.
So basically…
I have 2 new dresses to match my kick ass banquet heels, and nowhere to wear them. CURSES!
Also, I DESPERATELY need a haircut.
Thanks guys for your encouraging messages yesterday =) I saw my Nana today and she was actually having a great day. She recognized us all and knew who we were, but she was still confused about a lot of things. She’s all black and blue and has cuts all over, but she’s in good spirits. So I don’t know if I’d say she’s getting better, but it was a huge relief that she recognized me. We got to see a lot of my family today which was nice. I actually feel a lot better about the situation. I’m still worried about her, but at least i know she has good days.
