I Was Thinking...

Ok, this might be a little out there but let me sound it out. I get a few weird ideas in my head but this is a place to deposit them, then maybe I can get on with all the world domination I’ve got planned.

[ellajfox]

I’ve been waiting and watching to see if anyone else mentioned my favourite moment from the carriage scene.

When Penelope has her ‘reaction’ moment that neither of them expected, I thought it was the sweetest thing that you can make out her right hand going to his cheek. In a split second she recognised her reaction could have been misinterpreted by Colin as being painful, her caress is to reassure him it is quite the opposite - he’d struck gold and that’s where she needed him. Her subsequent descent into pleasure as he repeated it was all it took.

The unspoken communication between the two is so evident. They connect on a completely different level.

But that one sweet gesture of reassurance amongst all the beautiful choices and organically driven, highly emotional and incredibly artistic displays of adoration and worship was just the cherry on top for me.

She knew without thinking he’d be devastated if she were hurt, his gaze watching intently to make sure that didn’t happen, his attentiveness and care in such an intimate moment - just pure perfection.

I cannot speak highly enough about their performances and feel truly blessed that they could feel comfortable and empowered enough to inspire a whole demographic on what it is like to truly make love, how important the right partner is, how taking your time to truly connect on a soul level (even as friends) makes it so much more. To be open and vulnerable with each other but not apprehensive or nervous as there is complete trust and deep friendship to make it so pleasurable, especially for Penelope whose experience is nothing.

A true turning point and instruction manual on how it should be done.

[ellajfox]

It’s like we know enough to be suspicious, aware, concerned, worried, angry and devastated.

But not enough to know how to fight it.

Opting out is our only true power right now.

Growing our own, creating our own, making our own. If you see it in a big store, work out how to get it for yourself.

Buy from small businesses. Donate to small businesses. Even just a pound/dollar/euro.

Little tiny steps are easy for us. But with millions/billions doing it, it can damage this system.

Time to change direction.

Next: energy.

[depsidase]

[idratherhavefreedom]

[ellajfox]

I’ve found the only people who use the word lazy are those who want to shame others into working so hard that they themselves are able to do nothing. So they’re lazy. #IsThatIrony

If we all did a little bit the world would work just fine. There’d just be no billionaires or hoarders of wealth.

[ellajfox]

I absolutely adore Big Mood. I walked into it thinking ‘ nice, new comedy!’ and left absolutely wrecked by the devastating dramedy.

I didn’t see it coming. Not for one moment. I thought I knew where it would go but from the end of the first episode I was proven so wrong. And I LOVE IT.

I’m one of those people who loves things that are just ‘off’. A little quirky, something that pushes you to a weird place and it’s so interesting. The way this show is written and created has made the underlying issue that is deep and intricate, uses humour in just the right places to make it more easily digestible and emotionally resonate. It reflects life perfectly in that if there weren’t moments of light relief and dark humour, life would be near impossible.

From the first episode you’re plunged into this world so comfortably that you mistake Maggie for just cutely eccentric. And why shouldn’t she have fun and enjoy herself? Yes she’s impulsive but with every decision she’s at least doing something. For reasons unknown but assumed to be career related, she’s agreed (begged) to do a talk for a small group of students from her old school to inform about a future in being a playwright. Her intentions however were not to inform but to catch up with a hot teacher from her youth who’s now the principal.

At this point I’m still on the ‘Maggie’s a badass’ boat. She’s honest with the kids which is probably refreshing for them. Ok, she’s fooling around with her old teacher who’s married and who still hasn’t explained why the SA teacher is still employed around young girls… might have a little stop and think there. And Eddie gets to play publicist which she f***ing rocks at.

But while the highs are high, the lows seem to plunge further than consciously perceivable. Now we see it. And how neatly it’s shown. How hard it hits. Not ‘just’ a bolshy woman adept at adventure and headstrong to the hilt. Like most of us, she’s suffering. And our hearts break for her. Still with no definitive medical diagnosis stated, we know something’s not right.

But we’re not going anywhere. We’re coming along with you Maggie. We’re beside you and Eddie. We’re going to get through this together.

Episode two and, full disclosure, I did not and never have resonated with Love, Actually. There’s something I wish I could switch off in my mind that would allow me to enjoy this film every Christmas like (it would seem) everyone else.

Saying that I absolutely enjoyed Maggie’s surprise party and all the easter eggs so creatively included. And I cannot get over how gorgeous Eddie’s wig was. Well it is. I don’t know why that stuck in my head.

Maggie’s in no mood for socialising. Eddie throws her an epic birthday party. I cannot bring myself to criticise Eddie for not reading her friend. I know I should but I truly believe she thinks this is for the best.

Eddie has her own concerns. She needs something to save her bar. She invites Maggie’s ex-boyfriend who’s got a business she could use. I could feel a touch of anger here. I should. Yet again it passes. I know my forgiveness or overlooking of Eddie’s actions has me enabling the further pressure on Maggie. And now I feel bad.

Other friends are entrapped in their own situations, Maggie searches for escape. At this point I would like to acknowledge the truly epic scene where Klent promptly drops Maggie before she can appeal her Uber ban and Eddie talks her down face to face on the pavement, Klent still pinned over her. She goes back in but uses the rat hotel as a ticking time bomb. One way or another she’s getting out. I admire that determination.

Coping any way she can, Ryan’s mushroom ‘tincture’ fails to hit right away. Maggie spirals to the point of an octopus costumed revelation showing her self-cutting and revering an escaped rat.

A moment of silence for the fallen rats.

Bar still in danger, Maggie coming down, Joanna Page in need of a tetanus shot, everything in disarray.

My recollection does not highlight the perfectly timed and intricately woven storyline that hit hard. It’s become clear that Maggie’s definitely more than depressed. Her mother’s worry over her not taking her lithium and we know there’s a serious diagnosis. And Maggie is still suffering. What going on?

My inolequence in this post only goes to highlight how truly different this viewing experience is. Trying to briefly recount each episode is not enough. If nothing else I hope it shows how much YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS SHOW. Then come back and see if I make more sense.

[ellajfox]

[ellajfox]

I’ve seen a lot of debate on how part 2 played out especially with regards to the Lady Whistledown reveal and how it disturbed the joy of the wedding and honeymoon period.

I won’t deny that it is marred by the heavy tension and emotions that are in direct contention to the absolute bliss of episode 5 & 6. I love episode 5 & 6. But they weren’t real. Penelope’s heavy burden and Colin’s worry were ever present though not constant. Eloise was right that for them to be 100% in love he had to know.

For me it played out perfectly. The anger from Colin was warranted and justified. Penelope gave him time and distance - so much so their mothers had to intervene. They were honest with one another, Colin’s entrapment swipe a low blow, his guilt evident shortly after.

From his perspective he’s dealing with a contradiction - his childhood friend and love of his life Penelope fused with the nameless, faceless entity he had grown to loathe. As he eloquently states, they always were one and the same. He learns, ruminates, agonises over and grows so much - that people are more than one entity. They have layers, feelings, emotions and, in context, perfectly normal (yet intense) reactions to societal constraints.

But I adore how this was their first true test as a couple with betrayal and a huge issue they had to learn to get through. They did all the steps they had to, space, maintained communication - verbal and non-verbal - respected each other’s efforts and appreciated them, even in failure. It reminds us that with the fairytale feeling comes the devastation of real life in all its forms. How you get through that is together.

So while I felt every moment of the wedding from the apprehension, the tension, the sweetness and the light, their consistent gaze, Penelope seeming to check Colin was sure, Colin reassuring her there’s no-where else he’d rather be, a huge departure from the puppy love of Marina and her ‘unforgivable scheme’. He gave Penelope the chance to change his perspective and never doubted her love beneath it all.

So to yearn for the fairytale of 5 & 6 is to understand the necessity of 7 & 8. They see you for all your ‘ faults’ and they strive to understand - every inch of you is the incredible concoction they adore you for - and how much more interesting will life be discovering all those layers… true love endures.

[potatoesinbagelhats-deactivated]

BIG MOOD RENEWED! 🥳🥳

What a good day!!

[ellajfox]

I am severely behind but…

I’m halfway through #VeronicaMars and I’m no longer in 2022. It’s the early 2000’s, I now understand why I can’t remember them cos I’M LIVING THEM NOW.

This series is 😚👌, I’m so in #LoVe, the mysteries are brilliant, the characters are amazing, the foreshadowing and clues are so incredible (I know I’m only picking up on a fraction of them), the dialogue so witty and clever without being condescending. It’s magical!!!

I also want to be clear that it’s not my fault it’s taken over 20 years - I do not remember it being available to watch AT ALL in the UK.

I’ve also been slightly spoiled and I know exactly when to press stop at the end of S4. (I also know the golden rule - IF IT DIDN’T HAPPEN ON SCREEN IT DID NOT HAPPEN)

I believe covid was also a sign for the creators to change their mind. It’s no coincidence. Take your time. Make the right choice. And I’m not even halfway through S2.

I will most likely be posting in future about all of its brilliance but for the moment I want to bask in the #LoVe

I mean… holy sh*t. What did they do. WHAT DID THEY DO.

[grimandghoulish]

reblog if you remember what it felt like to walk into blockbuster

reblog if you remember what it felt like to walk into blockbuster

[ellajfox]

I remember the pain.

Me making decisions normally:

Me choosing in Blockbuster:

And it’s no better now…

[sizvideos]

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[suchismango]

This. This is how you break down ableist barriers. This is incredible for the deaf and for the custies. I would love to learn sign language, and I would learn it faster if it was standing between me and booze

[420negligee]

this is so important

[theweedkitten]

This is such a great idea. There needs to be HUNDREDS of these restaurants.

[ghostofzeon]

Love dat.

[ethereal-business-cabaret]

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[crystalqueer]

AAAAHHHHHHH!!!

[ellajfox]

There should be one every mile on every continent 😍🥰❤️❤️

[anxietyproblem]

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[ifeelthingssometimes]

[ellajfox]

Is this a preview of tonight??? My ❤️🥺🥰😍😍😍😍 #hacy #charmed

[catchymemes]

[ellajfox]

😂

[everythingfox]

Baby elephant thought man was drowning and rushed to save him

[ellajfox]

Animals are too god for us. ❤️🥺😭🥺❤️

[roy-kent]

EXACTLY VARIETY EXACTLY

[ellajfox]

Save Our Cinemas!

I’m sure I’m not the only one to appreciate the movie going experience - I’ve known a few amateur filmmakers who stood expectantly at the back of the theatre, waiting for their carefully choreographed moments to elicit a reaction, emotion or even a fright. They got such a buzz out of affecting people. I’ll never understand why directors don’t have cameras monitoring every cinema cos that high is *amazing*.

My major memories are full of excitement and anticipation for a good story or adventure when I was a child - something I only experienced when I went to watch ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’. The experience left me smelling the popcorn for the first time in forever and feeling the anticipation of something I vaguely remembered. There were no twists, manipulation, nothing over the top. Well, maybe one scene...  and I know the issues fans had with it to be fair, a major one (I assume) was they wanted to suspend reality for a while and had to watch their hero accept he was older. It’s like tinging your childhood with the inevitable, something we paid our money not to have to acknowledge for a couple of hours at least.

But it wasn’t my favourite experience. I went to see two movies in the cinema more than seven times - Speed (1994). That was just for 14 year old me - what a movie!

The second was Stardust (2007). I loved that film, still do. But I realised once I saw it at home exactly why.

After the first time, I’d return and notice something (for me that’s impressive as I’m incredibly oblivious). Stardust is a ‘woman’s’ movie. I say that in the very stereotypical definition of the term.  There were no groups of men compelled to have dinner and watch this movie in an attempted male bonding session. It wasn’t marketed that way - it’s a fantasy adventure. 

All the men I’d see were literally dragged there for date night with their girlfriends/wives. I started to notice their expressions - more dejected and annoyed but trying to hide it. You could imagine them working out if their phone screen was too bright to attract attention and make sure it was on silent mode.

There were moments I started to watch for - I’d hear a slight titter or shocked reaction. I’d look around and they were transfixed. Maybe this wouldn’t be the hell they were imagining. 

Characters kept them amused - Septimus’ bastardry, all the brothers thoroughly sarcastic and frustrated, stunning yet evil Michelle Pfeiffer, a logical and enthralling story, characters you could identify with - and I always knew the reaction when Robert De Niro turned up. I just waited. It was so perfectly done and such a surprise. They loved it - I would hear such throaty laughs and honest reactions, something you don’t often hear in the reserved UK. *Believe me*. 

As far as I could tell, not one man came out of the showings without a huge grin. They enjoyed an unexpected experience. I felt so happy for them. You don’t get that very often. 

We also don’t mass socialise in the same way but most everyone can enjoy the Movie Theatre/Cinema. I only know I will work hard for that to never disappear.

[butyoutoldmeiwasfunny]

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[the-haven-of-fiction]

My mom has fairly severe respiratory issues and is recovering from joint replacement; her PT told her the same info about sleeping/sitting positions and how they impact the lungs. Fascinating.