Stuff Kivrin Likes

LJ woman in a Tumblr world, sharing assorted Anglophila, bibliophilia, Foyle's War fandom, and history, not necessarily in that order.

[just-another-cat-blog]

pride month!!!

[lemonsharks]

Is that a miette?

[jeanjauthor]

Pride for you!  Pride for a thousand years!!

[lost-and-cursed]

you COME OUT to miette? you come out to her as queer? oh! oh! pride for mother! pride for mother for One Thousand Years!!!!

[princesshamlet-deactivated20210]

the first ever pride flag (1978) versus the TMP movie poster (1979)

happy pride month!

[trekheritageposts]

star trek heritage post (June 2nd, 2017)

[yeomanslog]

Happy Pride!!! Always remember there are gay people in space

[torstherapy]

[kivrin]

*if the world doesn't end, will I be sad I didn't try" is a decision making technique I have actually used in serious situations.

[vinceaddams]

"Stained glass" faille jacket by Freda Blackwood, 1970's or early 80's, via Kerry Taylor Auctions.

[vinceaddams]

There's more of them!!

[morticiafattymshasabeard]

Look under the cut, omg LOOK UNDER THE CUT.

*ahem* @gothiccharmschool would enjoy these immensely

[apolladay]

Were you in band, orchestra, and/or choir in school?

* I was in band, orchestra AND choir

* I was in band and orchestra, but not choir

* I was in band and choir, but not orchestra

* I was in choir and orchestra, but not band

* I was only in band

* I was only in orchestra

* I was only in choir

* I didn’t do any music in school

* see results

Were you in band, orchestra, and/or choir in school?

I was in band, orchestra AND choir

I was in band and orchestra, but not choir

I was in band and choir, but not orchestra

I was in choir and orchestra, but not band

I was only in band

I was only in orchestra

I was only in choir

I didn’t do any music in school

see results

Remaining time: 18 hours 4 minutes

[slozhnos]

jak malone thank you for delivering more heartbreaking bits of your portrayal of hester

[aquaflv]

when you go to a doctors office their favorite thing to do is tell you "okay check out at the front desk" when you're done. and the front desk tells you ummm you can just go! and you're like don't I have a copay? and they're like we don't know, we have to ask your insurance company first. and you're like well my insurance card says the copay is $30, can I just pay it right now while I'm standing in front of you? there's a card reader right there on the desk. and they're like nooo we have to send a representative on horseback during the next waning moon to meet with their claims adjusting associate director of benefits management and client services in the secret glade to negotiate. and you're like oh okay and go home. and you get twelve emails asking you to take a survey about your experience

[aquaflv]

AND THEN in eight months you start getting phone calls from unknown numbers and when you finally check your voicemail they're like Your Balance Is Past Due We're Going To Kill You (even though by this point you have forgotten that you ever went to the doctor). and so you go to your MyChart account and log in with your username and password and you have to reset your password for security reasons. and you get two emails that say Your Password Has Been Reset. Was This You? and you have to go find your phone and enter your two factor authentication code and then you have to select which location you visited and then you have to click through all the Reminder: Complete Your Health History Profile where they ask if you've had any new surgeries even though you definitely told the nurse about this at your visit and then you have to find the Pay Bills tab and your balance is $179.23 and you're like why is it so expensive I thought the copay was $30? and you download a PDF of the charges and find out that they charged a late fee of $15 a month even though that doesn't add up to $179.23 and you don't even remember being told you had any balance at any point and you could call a representative and ask about it but that would probably take at least half an hour and there's no way it would actually get rid of the charges. so you go pay it anyway and you have to go find a paper check to look up your bank account routing number because they'll charge you an extra 3% if you pay with a credit card and there's a fee of $2.75 for convenience also. and then you get three emails that say We've Received Your Payment! Thank You For Your Payment!

[kivrin]

And don't forget how you're paying several hundred dollars a month for that insurance card that makes the appointment fee they won't take at the appointment $30 rather than $150.

USA! USA!

[haseldenssangria]

current uk heatwave mood tbh

(londontheatredirect you’re welcome for the free lesbian marketing)

[scipunk]

Desk Set (1957)

[megacarapa]

ok so this is another long shot but a few years ago there was a twitter post (in japanese i think?) that had measurememts for how to make this book stand thing out of cardboard that you could use to double up books and use up more space on shelves

back then i made a bunch of these but by now i lost the pic and dont know how to find the original post anymore

if it comes down to it i can just take one apart and get the measurements from there but i would be very grateful if anyone happens to have the original post or something similar??

[megacarapa]

don't mind how long it's been since i made this post, anyway i realized that i don't even need to take one apart to get the measurements when i can literally just unfold it and refold it /FACEPALM

so anyway here is the diagram for anyone else who is interested!!

this requires pretty big carboard pieces, if you have a really big box or something you can make it from one piece, but if you don't, you can also just make each of the pieces individually and then tape them together

and then in the end you put it together like this!!

and then when you make a bunch you can put them all next to each other and stack your books like crazy

EVERYONE START GETTING MORE USE OUT OF YOUR SPACE NOW!!!!

[wingkink]

btw it's so fucking stupid you can be anxious physically in your body even after you've decided mentally you don't care. I'm supposed to be in charge here

[kivrin]

This is so annoyingly true.

[aprettyjewishyear]

Shavuot - The Harvest. acrylic on canvas by Harry Lieberman, 1974. born in the shtetl Gniewoszów in the Pale of Settlement, Lieberman immigrated to the United States in 1906. he began painting when he was seventy-six years old and continued to paint for the rest of his life, inspired primarily by Jewish history, religion, and mysticism.

[kivrin]

GOOD: I brought an umbrella BAD: It won't open

[fishfreeoboecheck]

“for glyndwr michael, who served as major william martin;”

“the man who never was” ✨🌊

[for-the-love-of-the-arts]

Fun fact: An actor in the Monty track never has to grab their cockney hat, all of them are handed to them.

Source: Julia at stage door. In her words: “I don’t know where they come from lol”

[spiders-hth-is-an-outlier]

There's this notion that being able to stream professional theater shows will hurt the industry, because people won't go to the effort to support live theater anymore, and this is based on the anxieties of the film industry, but live theater isn't a film. The better analogy is sports.

Look me dead in the eye and tell me that people being able to sit at home and watch The Game -- the fandom that encourages, the ongoing investment over the years, the memories and traditions of Watching the Game with family and friends -- harms the ticket sales of real live go-to-the-stadium sports. Of course it doesn't. Of course all that *is the reason* that people care so much about sports they'll invest a small fortune on not only tickets but often travel costs to be part of it all in person. And the people who aren't doing that *can't* do that and weren't going to regardless, but their at-home participation and investment still boosts the profile of pro and NCAA sports as cultural institutions.

Maybe it's possible to fall in love with film and be immune to the romance of Going to the Cinema such that you'll just freely choose the same film in the comfort of your living room. It's not possible to fall in love with something that happens live and not want to be there to experience it. The consequences of procasts, for theater just like for sports, can only be A) more people motivated to make live theater part of their worlds, aka more money, when theaters everywhere could desperately use more money, or B) more love. Which is worth arguing for because reasons I assume I don't have to defend.

[kivrin]

I un-sports in all senses but this seems like a very reasonable argument.

[maggotsandcream]

Thinking about how even though most people draw (understandable) parallels between Spock and Data, going by family dynamics Deanna Troi is a notable parallel to Spock.

-Half human/half psychic alien species

-Both's non-human parents were specifically famously effective Star Fleet diplomats

-Whether real or perceived seen as lacking in a lot of the qualities prized/specialized in by the non-human parent's culture. This is brought up untactfully by said non-human parent

-Nevertheless the field they went into heavily relies on said trait they allegedly don't have

-So much family drama

-Shenanigans related to betrothals that neither of them goes through with

Which is to say Spock deserved a moment similar to Deanna Troi where she got to storm out of a dinner where her mom was being particularly belligerent and smash a vase on the way out.

[maggotsandcream]

Wholeheartedly agree