LadyAJ-13

Tea drinker, fanfic writer, food lover. She / Her. Sucker for cuteness, animals, art and books. Check out my fics on AO3

[flimsy-roost]

being an F1 fan is fun because when I watch basketball I can't go yeah my team lost because they made their shoes too soft. yeah they were shooting like ass because they gave them shoes that were too soft, good grip yeah but the grain on that particular court wore them out so quickly because they were so soft. the shoes. shame because that first quarter was so strong but it wasn't even their fault, the shoes the shoe guy chose tonight were just too dang soft. but in F1,

[alexturntable]

ScuderiaFerrari When the hotel gets your laundry mixed up 😅

[whatcha-thinkin]

The bar is closing and you and your drunk friends are hungry! In your opinion what's the best drunk food?

tacos

pancakes

hot dogs

chicken wings

burgers

pizza

nachos

Philly cheesesteak

ramen

peanut butter & jelly

dude see if there's a [tag] nearby

I would never bring this garbage into the temple that is my body

Remaining time: 3 days 20 hours

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[ladyaj-13]

I need to be packing for my long weekend away but I detest packing.

[peachfromcmbyn]

People on Tumblr love sharing information about themselves no matter how asinine it is. And I'm the same way. Everybody tell me what the last thing you drank was.

[microsff]

Every morning, the queen asked her magic mirror to show her the most beautiful person in the world.

The mirror replied "To whom?"

"The miller who made the flour for my bread," the queen would say, or "Whoever spun the thread my shawl was made of".

The mirror would show her, and she'd be amazed.

[nullen-void]

The first time, she says "To me," and the mirror dutifully shows her her reflection. And she is pleased.

The second time, she says "To the King," and she is pleased to see herself once more.

The third time, she says "To the Royal Advisor," and is once more satisfied to see herself.

The fourth time, she says "To the scribe who takes the King's letters." She is shown the man's wife. And she seethes, but quiets herself, for it is only right that a man loves his wife.

The fifth time, she says "To the Court Wizard," and is shown the man's departed mother as he remembers her from his youth, radiant and smiling and warm and larger than life.

The tenth time, she says "To the Stable Master," and is shown the fastest horse in the stable, majestic and free as the wind even in captivity

"To the baker," she is shown the man's daughter, young and adorable and full of joy and laughter.

"To the artist who did my portrait," she is shown a painting of a woman done by the man's teacher, who he still looks up to now that he is well established himself.

"To the Royal Knight," she is surprised but not displeased to see the castle's entire guard force in the middle of doing drills.

The one hundredth time she asks the mirror, and it asks her "to whom?" she once again says, "To me." And she does the same the one hundred and second, and again and again and again.

It is a different person each time, and they are all beautiful.

[ladyaj-13]

Masters of the Universe

I never watched the cartoon - wrong age bracket. But I went to see this with two friends who did fit the right era, and they had a wonderful time. On the other hand, three teenagers walked out of our showing 20 minutes in.

Cut for spoilers.

Look. There are positives. This film has chosen a direction and it sticks to it. It's there to be nostalgic. It's trying to play into the cartoon. It means it's ridiculous and stupid at times, but I respect that they've chosen to give fans what they want - lets face it, He-Man was never going to be Oscar bait, so the fact it hasn't tried to be deep, meaningful, or moody is genuinely a good thing. And, as someone coming to it new, I was never lost or bogged down in lore.

Added to that, the overall story arc is fine, and the acting from the main cast is good enough to not be distracting (and when it is cartoonish - well, see above), if never quite enough to pack any emotional wallop. But they're dealing with a lacklustre script. The jokes are obvious. The beats too metronomic.

Then there are genuine questions raised which aren't answered - or the answers were left on the cutting room floor. Why does his mother not accompany Adam to Earth? He's clearly still a child in need of some form of looking after, and he's meant to the be planet's last hope - so why send him off alone when you're both right there at the portal? Why does the sorceress play so little part, despite her power? Why choose a He-Man transformation that is entirely unearned - he may become magically strong through the Power of Grayskull, but how come he can suddenly fight as well? They could have had him spend the time on Earth training to fulfil his destiny, instead of badly trying to cover Nicholas Galantzine's muscles with a baggy shirt and portraying him as a gym-shy nerd when he's already Dorito-shaped.

Okay, so finally, this point is petty. But it annoyed me. It's an Amazon made film, and early on, they have a bad guy taken out by a Prime truck. "Look! We're the good guys!" Super ick.

Anyway. Overall verdict? If you loved He-Man as a kid, you'll have a good time. If you didn't, it's a thoroughly mid film. 2 out of 5 stars.

[jenrubyjane]

Shrek 2 (2004) dir. A. Adamson, K. Asbury & C. Vernon

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

make a bunch of wheels with bread/cheese/meat/vegetables/sauce/extra so that you can Spin for Sandwich

you're making a sandwich!! Spin THIS wheel 3-5 times for the toppings!

How is it!

good!!

it's alright

ew

EW

inedible

Results

Voting ended onJun 3

op note: I GOT JAM, JAM AND HOT SAUCE. IM DEAD.

[janatolqyn]

Lauren Bacall as Schatze Page – How To Marry a Millionaire 1953

[snowbairdd]

Marilyn Monroe as Pola Debevoise in HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE (1953) dir. Jean Negulesco

[cosmonautroger]

[ladyaj-13]

I can't fault Kimi in that one. He genuinely deserved the win, and it was easily his most convincing one of the season - he didn't even have it easy considering the restarts.

But my God. Who cursed George? Yeah he wasn't great this weekend but the team missing his penalty and screwing him like that, sending him tumbling to 13th - I'm sure it was just a mistake, but it's genuinely starting to look like he needs an aura cleanse and I don't even believe in that stuff. Absolutely shocking luck continues.

I can't imagine there'll be any outcome from Alpine's attempt to overturn Pierre's pit lane penalties, but imagine if there was. They'd surely have to overturn all of them. It'd be carnage. I have no idea who'd have finished where.

[jullavender]

Max at Monaco Grand Prix without context

[stuckinapril]

I think part of getting better is complete ego death. Like you’re not above setting a timer for 5 minutes and focusing on a task. You’re not above doing a very simple 3 minute workout to start. You’re not above reading for 10 minutes a day when you first get out of your reading slump, even if you used to read for hours. You’re not above starting slow and then building up to where you want to be/where you once were. What you are above is total inertia. Doing something really is better than doing nothing. Radically accept where you are, radically accept your limits, and go from there. Don’t let your ego get in the way.

[aaronstveit]

MARILYN MONROE & JANE RUSSELL as LORELEI LEE & DOROTHY SHAW GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953)