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"Kaori Sakamoto saved Women's Figure Skating. She saved it. Because she was the shining star in the dark cloud of Beijing, and then she pushed every woman in the world to skate better. She pushed every woman in the world to jump higher, to jump further across the ice on their double Axels. And frankly, to be nicer to each other too. She sets the tone. She sets that tone we're talking about with the way they treat each other. I think her legacy is going to be so multifaceted, but the fact that she will be leaving this figure skating world a better place than what she found is amazing. Amazing." - Adam Rippon, Ashley Wagner and Sarah Hughes via The Runthrough podcast
Happy retirement to the four-time Olympic medalist, four-time World Champion and six-time National Champion, Kaori Sakamoto! ♡
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#31: 27 Dresses (2008)
IMDB plot summary: After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young woman wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister’s side as her sibling marries the man she’s secretly in love with.
Is this an accurate plot summary? It’s concise! Whoever wrote this one brought their A game.
No romcom leading lady divides audiences like Katherine Heigl. Sure, some people dislike Meg Ryan’s cutesy likability, and some people find Drew Barrymore annoying (please don’t tell me if you do; I love her, you know she’s my favorite). But those people aren’t vocal about their hatred like the Heigl-haters are. Right now, some of you are looking at that (bizarre and pretty creative) movie poster and cringing.
But some of her biggest critics are willing to put aside their animosity for 27 Dresses. In fact, multiple people have told me “I hate her, but I love this movie.” That’s because it’s a good romantic comedy. It’s not great or perfect…Nora Ephron it ain’t. But it understands the romcom rules, it has two leads with pretty good chemistry, and it respects its viewers.
Those three things help it overcome a premise that could be really stupid in a lesser movie. Jane (Katherine Heigl) is great at being a bridesmaid. In fact, she’s been one 27 times (”Oh, I get it now”–everyone who hasn’t seen this movie yet). One night, when she’s in two weddings clear across NYC, she meets Kevin (James Marsden), who disgusts her with his anti-marriage, anti-wedding, anti-love views. Of course she hates him, and of course he ends up with the planner she leaves behind in the cab. But guess what? Kevin’s also a journalist who covers weddings for a newspaper that’s clearly supposed to be The New York Times. And even though Jane’s been in secret love with her bland boss for basically forever, that boss ends up falling in love with her be-tubetopped sister, Tess (Malin Ackerman). You can see where this is going. Tess and Bland Boss get engaged. Their wedding gets fast-tracked. Kevin is writing about them for the newspaper. Judy Greer shows up as a sassy BFF and gamely tosses out a few witty bon mots about her sex life and alcohol intake. And when Kevin ends up writing a story about Jane’s perpetual bridesmaidness, Jane finds out and there’s yet another version of the “WAS I A BET?!” scene.
It shouldn’t work. It really, really shouldn’t work, and not just because I realize as I’m typing this that the plot is extremely similar to How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. It shouldn’t work because the newspaper story plot never makes any sense, the promiscuous BFF is played to death, and “woman who loves to plan ahead so much that she misses what’s right in front of her” and “guy who hates marriage” are two stereotypes that weren’t ever interesting, not even the first time.
But it does work, as everyone I’ve talked to has assured me. Why do we love this ultra-formulaic, totally unbelievable movie so much when other formulaic, unbelievable movies (ahem, Leap Year, I WILL NEVER FORGET WHAT YOU DID TO ME) just whither away like one of the many bouquets filling up Katherine Heigl’s apartment? Here are my postulations:
-Katherine Heigl is likable. She’s snappy without being mean, goofy without being stupid, and hopeful without being naive. Somehow, she manages to strip her face of all guile and appear as earnest as a slightly-cranky, Shonda-Rhimes-insulting baby. She’s very good at playing a sassy uptight lady.
-James Marsden. He’s great at playing a tool (see: Bachelorette), but he’s even better at playing an only sort of tool-ish sweet guy. He doesn’t want to sell Jane out! He just wants to sing Elton John songs and have a good time! Good luck getting this song out of your head.
-It’s relatable, aka The Bella From Twilight Factor. Jane never gets what she wants. We all feel like that sometimes. Much like with Bella from Twilight, it’s very, very easy to put ourselves in Jane’s shoes. Then we end up thinking, “Yeah! I DO deserve James Marsden!”
-Judy Greer can do no wrong. Yes, sassy, quirky, drunken, slutty BFFs are a “thing.” But Judy Greer can play sassy, quirky, drunken, and slutty like nobody’s business. Also, you really believe her when she’s dispensing advice. When Judy Greer says jump, you say “Why aren’t you in more movies? You deserve better.”
With its emphasis on love and nothing else, 27 Dresses is so retro-traditional it’s almost subversive. Jane’s problem is that she’s too helpful and accommodating in every aspect of her life, but this movie’s mainly about her romantic life. Jane wants to be in love and she wants to get married. When explaining her love of weddings, she says “Someday, God knows when, but someday it will be my day.” Most, if not all, of the recent studio romcoms have female leads who “accidentally” fall in love or actively avoid falling in love. Then, whoops, they wind up succumbing to the considerable charms of Bill Hader (understandable). But Jane really just wants to get married, and 27 Dresses doesn’t make fun of that. All she wants is to run headlong into her feelings, and the movie lets her do so in a way that’s surprisingly free of sexist cliches. I think a more cynical person might look at this movie and think that the plot is “bitches love weddings,” but 27 Dresses isn’t cynical in the least. In fact, Jane dismissively refers to Kevin as cynical at least twice, and look what happens to him (totally falls in love and gets married, bro). 27 Dresses is optimistic, hopeful, and completely charming, and that’s why even the Heigl-haters love it.
Romantic comedy cliches: A journalist, a sassy/promiscuous/hard-drinking BFF, NYC, a woman leaving behind her planner/purse/pocketbook, women talking about relationships during yoga, a climactic rainstorm, singing poorly, falling into someone and kissing, cathartic cleaning/throwing things away, sharing a taxi, chasing someone through the city to make a declaration of love, a big speech, a wedding, a man who hates marriage, a dress montage, a sister who steals the spotlight
Is this a good movie? For avowed romcom haters, maybe not. But for those of us who are on board, yes.
Did I like this movie? Totally. If this movie wrote a secret newspaper article about me, I wouldn’t even be mad.
Did this movie make me believe in love? Yes. 27 Dresses has no shortage of hope, optimism, and complete belief in happy endings.
Would I watch this movie again? Oh, you sweet summer child. I’ve watched this one multiple times already and I don’t plan to stop now.
What should I watch next week? Let me know your suggestions on Twitter @KerryAnn or send me an email at [email protected]. Bonus points for things on Netflix, Amazon Prime, or HBO!
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maybe Bilbo giving the Arkenstone to the Elvenking is the heart and core of Tolkien's entire mythos actually.
it contrasts in one strike the whole history of the First Age - the bloody wars and betrayals over precious gems no one could bring themselves to give up or let go of - and it foreshadows, even sets up, Bilbo's renunciation of the Ring.
Bilbo takes the Arkenstone, knowing it's a theft against his friend, but then he takes it to the Elvenking and gives it to him for peace. And then Thranduil follows his example to trade it back to Thorin, for peace. Mirrors of Feanor and the Nauglamir and I don't even know what else because I'm not that well up on the First Age - but brought into being by one little hobbit standing at the brink of other people's wars.
And then it builds a path toward the fate of the Third Age. Because if Bilbo hadn't been able to renounce the Arkenstone then, I don't see how he would have escaped the Ring sixty years later.
So yeah. This is the moment that stands at the center to me, maybe.
Steve being so done with the party asking to be let into the movie theater is extra funny when you factor in that Dustin left for camp *before* he started working at the mall.
Like those are Steve's kids in the sense that he risked his life for them and they're Dustin's friends, but he's really only friends with Dustin. They're not stopping by Scoops to hang out with him beforehand- his only purpose for them is free movies. And of course at the same time he's getting bullied by Robin and striking out with every girl he tries to talk to.
No wonder he was so overjoyed when Dustin finally got back. That was his only friend.
#something something Steve is only valued when he has something to offer#and is constantly taken advantage of because he doesn't say no#*because he thinks that's the only time he's worth anything*#meanwhile Dustin just thinks he's cool as shit all the time#and you KNOW Dustin didn't walk in there and go 'hey make me this giant sundae for free since I'm your friend and you work here'#he probably didn't even ask for it Steve just made it for him anyway becasue THATS! HIS! FRIEND! via @sentientmasstransit
I have mentally adopted the phrase "an intense, burning indifference" from Doofenschmirtz to describe anything I don't have rational problems with but am sick of seeing around. I acknowledge all the fans of X thing are perfectly valid in their liking for it, but it strikes no chord with me - and therefore my indifference becomes a little more burning and intense every time I have to see it.
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As my friend pointed out:
Steve in season 2 learning that Nancy doesn't actually love him
Steve in season 5 learning that the reason Dustin pushed him away was that he loves him so much he can't imagine losing him
#I was going to make this post last week but alas can't get screenshots#it's the SAME FACE#same framing even#(although it's a pretty standard shot reverse shot with a wall it's not That Significant)#but STILL#his whole arc of thinking he's just doomed to be out there on his own#unloved and unvalued#only to get THAT#AAAAAHHHHHH via @sentientmasstransit
Stop doing it scared and start doing it scary. Invoke sheer eye-clawing terror into all those who have ever wronged you
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Here is an article from NPR about it (May 22, 2026):
Carolina Milanesi, an independent technology analyst, said Google is trying to make its cash cow business — search — richer and more personalized, and it will make shopping easier. But there is a risk that users may have fewer choices about what to click. "Right now it's: I ask a question, I get a bunch of answers and I feel that I'm in control as to which answer I take, or if I'm looking for something, which product I'm going to end up buying. That is going to be less so going forward," she said. Milanesi envisions AI-enabled search and agents proposing products to consumers — perhaps even those they have requested — but with less clarity or choice around where it's coming from. "If you're going to say: 'I want a pair of Jordans, go find them,' you're not necessarily sure what steps have been taken and whether the AI has used a source or a store that was paid for and therefore came up in the search results," she said, "or if AI actually went and did their due diligence and picked the best for me as a customer."
And here's one from Time magazine (May 20, 2026):
While Google already has “AI Mode,” the company will now power the whole search bar through its new Gemini 3.5 Flash model. Instead of the classic list of blue links, Google Search will now also generate a custom page with an AI-generated summary of what you’re searching about, which will then trigger a conversation with AI Mode on the main page, allowing users to ask follow-up questions—similar to the kind of layout you would see when opening ChatGPT.
And a little more from Time's article on how this may affect the websites that we are trying to search for:
When Google first started implementing AI-assisted results, news publishers warned of “catastrophic” impacts on the industry, much of which relies on Google search to drive users to their websites. Last year, news websites saw significant traffic declines as chatbots increasingly replaced Google search as the primary way to find sites and ask questions. Small businesses also noted drops in traffic to their sites from Google, which has traditionally delivered customers. Lily Ray, vice president of SEO strategy & research at Amsive, a digital marketing agency, warned as early as last year that Google’s planned changes to search are “going to have a devastating impact on the Internet.” “It will severely cut into the main source of revenue for most publishers and it will disincentivize content creators who rely on organic search traffic, which is millions of websites, maybe more,” she told Technology Magazine.
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This is the world capitalists want to return to.
Here I am, a rabbit-hearted girl Frozen in the headlights It seems I've made the final sacrifice
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If they ever somehow do a new episode of Stargate SG-1 I hope it starts with the gang all meeting up, except Daniel's not there and someone's like "Where's Daniel? Isn't he supposed to be at this meeting?" And Sam's calmly says, "Oh, sorry, he's dead right now. I'm not sure if he can make it to the me-" Then Daniel breezes in going, "Hey, sorry I'm late, but I was dead."