you're terrible, muriel

caitlin. i act like i know what i'm doing, but i don't. librarian, deaf, she/hers

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As you know I hate summer! I’ve expressed it so many times on here. I hate the heat. I hate shorts that don’t fit from the year before (too tight! too short! too raggedy!). I hate feeling like I’m revealing too much of my body. I hate allergies (constantly running noses, sneezing, swollen, constant itching. Constant itching! Watery eyes. Itchy eyes! Drowsy! Never having enough tissues! Brushing up against plants to get a rash!). Being constantly sweatyz

But I do love sandals. I love my Tevas. I also like being barefoot. I’ve broken out my Tevas for the first time this season and I’m going to be glad about that I guess.

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Ugh Kostyuk is out. So the final will be Andreeva v Chwalinska and I’m rooting for Chwalinska!!!! Her run has been incredible and she is an underdog! She was ranked 113 in the world as of May, so her getting to the final of this tournament is really incredible. It is so exciting when that happens, like it did with Lois Boisson last year and with Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon and then the US Open a few years ago.

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Love Island USA has a Paralympian!!!!!

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oh we are cooking. I do wish there was less making out or they’d at least turn down the mics during the kissing. the bombshells are bombshelling, the oldest man (who looks like matthew gray gubler) was born in the mid 90s and the youngest woman was born in the early 00s, the meltdown haver is having her first meltdown, we have a day one couple that will obviously combust come casa amor time and we have a day one couple that I think could possibly work out but also runs a risk of casa amor combustion. pretty much everyone else got the ick the first morning. we are so back

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Learning that Katie Dippold is the mastermind behind the attending a party as the Babadook but her friend’s party had more of a “grown ups drinking wine vibe”… Widow’s Bay suddenly makes total sense

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The CLAMS Library Network is a non-profit cooperative association of 34 public and 1 academic member libraries across 38 locations in the Ca

It is true that library world has a bajillion acronyms and this is my absolute favorite one. I love that they still use that logo and have for decades. It’s iconic.

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Love Island USA has a Paralympian!!!!!

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Sabalenka is out!!! Wooooooo

Still rooting for Kostyuk!

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How I sleep knowing I always cite my sources:

(First image from the film Drip Dippy Donald (1948); second image from season 4, episode 3 of the Simpsons, “Homer the Heretic” (1992).)

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I am not excited about the women’s quarterfinals… I think I would prefer to see Svitolina or Kostyuk take the tournament. Alas they are playing against each other in the QF so it will only be one that advances to the semi. And I guess we just have to hope Sabalenka has a bad day or two. I dislike her but I can’t deny she is a powerful player.

The men’s QF slate isn’t finalized yet (pulling for Tiafoe to win his match to enter QF round). But it’s a little better aside from the fact that Zverev is in it. I think I’d like to see him be crushed in QF, and for the overall tournament to see either Fonseca or Tiafoe take it. I like Auger-Aliassime and Berrettini too. So I guess any of those four.

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This is aging SO badly so far. Big Foe didn’t make it to QF and Fonseca lost to Mensik so one semi final match will be Zverev (eww) vs Mensik.

Kostyuk has advanced to SF round so there is that, at least.

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Potters fields are truly depressing. I visited a library today that was built on one and they suspect more people were buried there than specified. There are a couple of potters fields in the area where I live. I know there are more in this region. It’s just very sad to think about people who were treated as nothing more than burdens, dumped, and nothing was recorded about them. They don’t even get the benefit of someone knowing they existed once.

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letterboxd did a lil video chatting with people about what movie or tv show gave them queer joy and a lot of the answers were boring and/or obvious so here is my list (none of these were mentioned):

Some Like It Hot (the all time greatest)

The Birdcage

To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Love Julie Newmar

God's Own Country

Saving Face

Billy Elliott

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

Serial Mom (there were NO John Waters movies mentioned at all which is sort of sacrilege... so this is actually the Honorary John Waters category and I choose this one but I also love the OG Hairspray and Cry-Baby)

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LITTLE WOMEN 1994 | dir. Gillian Armstrong

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Reblog and put in the tags your favorite Guillermo del Toro film.

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I’m obsessed with Patricia in Widow’s Bay oh my god

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I am not excited about the women’s quarterfinals… I think I would prefer to see Svitolina or Kostyuk take the tournament. Alas they are playing against each other in the QF so it will only be one that advances to the semi. And I guess we just have to hope Sabalenka has a bad day or two. I dislike her but I can’t deny she is a powerful player.

The men’s QF slate isn’t finalized yet (pulling for Tiafoe to win his match to enter QF round). But it’s a little better aside from the fact that Zverev is in it. I think I’d like to see him be crushed in QF, and for the overall tournament to see either Fonseca or Tiafoe take it. I like Auger-Aliassime and Berrettini too. So I guess any of those four.

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I can’t stand Sabalenka

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I missed the Kostyuk-Swiatek match. I’m happy for Kostyuk (I really like her) but bummed for Swiatek (I also really like her). What’s happened to Swiatek the last couple years? She is truly all over the place. She was incredible in her Wimbledon final last year and I thought she was coming back!