With A Passion

It’s a thing

[smokiedokie]

I opened my copy of The Tale of the Body Thief & immediately had to close it again because of this silly little annotation

[katherinelam]

Attempted to do X-Files for spooktober but got sidetracked

[carpentrix]

November holds the in-between. Between warmth and cold, between light and dark, between living and dying. The eleventh month, getting darker, getting colder, echoes our own eventual winding down and gives chance to live in the richest, deepest way. “The space of nothingness is where one struggles to reach a deeper layer of self,” writes Tadao Ando. November opens a path to those deeper layers unavailable to us during the rest of the year. It’s an approximation of the expiration date stamped on our foreheads.

It’s the last day of November, and in honor of the month, an essay I wrote for the Paris Review, “The Dark Looks Different in November.”

[chartier]

If you join the new Post social network, be aware that you're not allowed to criticize billionaires and disabled people can get fucked

I'd say 'you can't make this shit up.' But obviously, some jackasses clearly did.

[henrytcasey]

This space was my weekend project. You may have seen it a lot messier than this. Now, not so much. Some things to remove and get rid of, but it's far better.

ALT text because I can’t figure out how to add that:

An office area, with shelves that have Funko Pops, Blu-rays, PWG Blu-rays, books, wrestling action figures of Eddie Kingston, Adam Cole, Rusev, Keith Lee (three of him), a PS1, a vinyl record collection, and more books. Then, a desk area with hard drives and laptops below framed photos, which are below Blu-rays and DVDs and other boxes. A multi-function printer is in the bottom right corner.

[wojit]

Gotta say, never unfollowing all those long abandoned Tumblr accounts is really suddenly starting to pay off.

[henrytcasey]

Recent things.

[painsindicate]

[doomquasar]

la fortuna è cieca, ma la sfortuna ci vede benissimo

a tribute to the lucky winners of monza, and the years that came after

[depsidase]

[tapemachinesarerolling]

[parkerspicedlatte]

If you see this on your DASHBOARD please re-blog so that the previous blog knows they haven't been muted!!!

[pietriarchy]

painting of Martin Luther nailing his 96 theses to the door of the Tumblr offices, 2018, colorized

[flyartproductions]

my ghost still haunt ya

TONYA, BROCKHAMPTON // Room in Brooklyn, Edward Hopper (1932)

[henrytcasey]

IDLES – Never Fight a Man With a Perm

“This song came about when I said the album needed a knife to cut through the macabre timbre of the album’s arch; as soon as I mentioned "knife,” Bobo [guitarist Mark Bowen] shat

[fanbott-deactivated20200327]

Me: I’m tired of cliche romance stuff in media.

Cliche romance stuff: *happens but with a ship I like*

Me:

[henrytcasey]

Watch This Wrestling 52 (12/31—1/6)

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end"

A year ago, I resolved to do a post a week compiling the best wrestling of the week, both inside and outside of the WWE.

That original post, which covered stuff from January 6th through the 12th, was called "Don't Miss This," because I didn't think to put Wrestling in the title. I think since then I've grown to own my fandom more and more, and today, I publish the last weekly version of this thing (at least for a while).

Why the change? This year, my creative resolution is to produce with a greater variety. Also, this means I won't have to write when a week doesn't merit it. Since that original post, I've also written six posts (of varying lengths) for CagesideSeats, and even made a video about the 2017 PWG Battle of Los Angeles. With this change, I hope to continue to have more time to do more things.

As always, if I'm missing anything that can be accessed without too much trouble, @ me on twitter: henrytcasey .

What I Watched

Beyond Wrestling: Heavy Lies The Crown, 12/31

Monday Night Raw, 1/1

SmackDown LIVE, 1/2

205 Live, 1/2

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12, 1/4

Progress Chapter 60: Unboxing 2, Unbox Harder VOD: 1/5

NJPW New Year's Dash, 1/5

Non-WWE Match of The Week:

Chris Jericho vs Kenny Omega

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12, 1/4

And what a high-note to end this on. Pretty much everyone who enjoys wrestling kind of owes it to themselves to see this one. Not only is it a side of Jericho we haven't seen in ages, but to see how Kenny Omega is an incredibly strong worker and sells better than Dog Ziggler ever will.

Honorable Mentions:

Doom Patrol (Chris Dickinson & Jaka) vs. EYFBO (Mike Draztik & Angel Ortiz), Beyond Wrestling: Heavy Lies The Crown, 12/31

Keith Lee vs Josh Briggs, Beyond Wrestling: Heavy Lies The Crown, 12/31

Joey Janela vs David Starr, Beyond Wrestling: Heavy Lies The Crown, 12/31

Will Ospreay vs KUSHIDA vs Hiromu Takahashi vs Marty Scurll (champion), IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title match, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12, 1/4

Hirooki Goto vs Minoru Suzuki (champion), Hair vs. Hair NEVER Openweight Title Match, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12, 1/4

Cody vs Kota Ibushi, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12, 1/4

Tetsuya Naito vs Kazuchika Okada (champion), IWGP Heavyweight Title match, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12, 1/4

Travis Banks' Title Defense, Progress Chapter 60: Unboxing 2, Unbox Harder 1/5

Opening Match, Progress Chapter 60: Unboxing 2, Unbox Harder 1/5

Non-WWE Segment of The Week

Travis Banks' next challenger, revealed.

Progress Chapter 60: Unboxing 2, Unbox Harder 1/4

I wanted to originally award this to Jericho attacking Naito at New Year's Dash, but that would be a bald-faced lie. Instead, I'm giving my final Non-WWE Segment of The Week to the aftermath of Travis Banks' title defense. There, he declared that he's ready to take on everyone and anyone. And then, this song hit. If for some reason, you haven't seen it, I won't say whose music that was, or force you to click on it.

What I will say, though, is that everything felt real and natural. Nothing felt forced, everyone stayed true to their character. And I loved it.

Honorable Mentions:

What Happened Between WALTER And Stokely Hathaway, EVOLVE Mini-Doc, 1/2

Jericho attacks Naito, NJPW New Year's Dash, 1/5

WWE Match of The Week:

The Usos vs. Gable & Benjamin - SmackDown Tag Team Title Match

SmackDown LIVE, 1/2

Sure, you could be a grouch and say how can refs act like this once, shouldn't they always? Well, the product is always in service of the story, and to give Gable and Benjamin something to gripe about was a fantastic idea.

Because the truth is, the ref did make the wrong call at first, and it was right to be reversed. Also, just a damn good match.

Honorable Mentions:

Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe - Intercontinental Championship Match, Monday Night Raw, 1/1

Xavier Woods vs. Aiden English - U.S. Title Tournament First Round, SmackDown LIVE, 1/2

AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn, SmackDown LIVE, 1/2

Cedric Alexander and Golddust vs Ariya Daivari and Drew Gulak, 205 Live, 1/2

WWE Segment of the Week:

The New Day ring in the new year with a surprise for Xavier Woods

SmackDown LIVE, 1/2

Xavier Woods, Pastry Detective, is a show I'd pay to watch. Especially if Rusev and English are the Moriarties to his Holmes.

Honorable Mentions:

Kurt Angle reveals the rules for the first-ever Women's Royal Rumble Match, Monday Night Raw, 1/1

Riott Squad Promo featuring Becky Lynch's Return, SmackDown LIVE, 1/2