Strollin' Through the Chaos

Posting about the shows, poetry, quotes, politics, cute animals that capture my eyes. Most of what grabs my attention these days is Darren Criss. So there is a lot about him and the people who surround him. The things you will and won't see are: YES Darren Criss Mia Swier Klaine Blaine Kurt Chris Colfer Grant Gustin Tom Cavanagh Blam Seblaine NO CrissColfer

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katieedwardsphoto Look at every weekend like these two look at each other. 🔥

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lucy8675309 replied to your post: In hours from now. I finally flying to London....

Have fun!!!!

Thanks!

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slayediest replied to your post: In hours from now. I finally flying to London....

Wooo!!!!

Definitely! I am at work this morning just so I can stay calm.

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In hours from now. I finally flying to London. It’s been on my bucket list ever since I was an adult.

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coreylubo: #tbt to directing the @therealteamstarkid’s #10niversary video last month. There’s just 10 days left to join the Kickstarter, get some sweet rewards, and help make this year totally awesome! #sk10

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— A sweet compilation of Catherine O'Hara being proud and talking about Dan Levy.

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msamberpriley I Have Nothing (cover) 🙏🏾 Very impromptu. You’ll never catch me really singing Whitney outside the shower or my car. She’s so untouchable, but @StevieMackey asked, and I felt brave, so I did it 😊 I hope you enjoy it! Thank you @trriissttaann for capturing this.

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“I would not have done it this way”

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I can’t stand… book culture. One time someone got me a canvas bag that was like “Books + Tea = Perfect Day” and I drove to goodwill with that shit so fast

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Most books suck. Most books are goddamn awful or utterly extraneous. Don’t get me wrong, I think we’re deeply lucky to live in a world where most books can vanish without us losing anything culturally or intellectually, rather than a world where books are so scarce that a single person might own like twelve in a lifetime. But still. Books are easy to aestheticize as Magical Portals of Adventure and Whimsy if you only read maybe two genres

[girlintheglassboxx]

AH! Words for that whole… situation.

I work at a public library and book culture there is nauseating. Not really among the other employees (though we’ve had a few come through over the years), but the patrons?

Oh god the patrons. Most of the people who check out books are just regular people who like reading. I even have patrons who L O V E to read, and who spend a majority of their free time reading or discussing books, they’re part of multiple book clubs, they always bring a big bag and leave with it full. They aren’t the Book Culture People.

Book Culture People loudly announce that they’re so surprised that there are children who know what books are!

They act affronted when I mention our ebook service, and scoff at the idea that anyone could enjoy reading from a screen instead of off the page!

They are personally offended that publishers hire actors to read the books for audio versions, because they feel that “audio books cheapen the experience of reading” and “audio books are cheating”!

They have to proclaim their fetish for ‘real’ books, whether through tacky tote bags, weird quote filled pinterest boards and social media posts, or awkwardly shoehorning unimpressive humblebrags about all the classics that they’re reading into unrelated conversations with tired library assistants.

They’re terrible, and I resent them because I fear being grouped with them by the nature of my field.

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I was literally just talking about a friend whose classmate in her library science program was bragging because she didn’t use any digital resources for her final paper because she “respected books too much.” It’s such a bizarre attitude for anyone, much less an aspiring librarian, to have

I’ve also been approached by people while I read in public who are like “Oh my GOSH it’s so GOOD to see other people who READ nowadays!! Honestly I just have NO hope for our generation” and it’s like, first of all if you’re a reader you should know the last thing anyone wants is to be interrupted by a stranger for unnecessary conversation, and second please shut up holy crap

[girlintheglassboxx]

Oh god, I’ve heard that one before.

Hating accessible books and shunning technology is basically the antithesis of modern librarianship.

I don’t get the ebook hate, ebooks are literally just books. You cite ebooks the same way, and depending on the format, you don’t even say they’re ebooks.

It’s a performative, self important approach to something that I genuinely enjoy, and I think it bothers me more than, say, fandom antics, just because it’s so much more common. People get offended when I tell them I don’t read a lot in my down time, that I genuinely prefer audio books, that I’ll skip their recommendations because I don’t share their tastes.

It’s so… boring.

[eruvadhril]

“People don’t reeeeead nowadays, everyone spends all their time looking at their phoooooones”

My dude

The thing that they are looking at

Is words made of text

[hermioneclone]

Honestly on of the only reasons to be against ebooks is the shitty licencing structures set up by publishers that really fucks over libraries.

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[HQ] Darren Criss at Petty Fest LA 2016 (September 14th, 2016) Photos by Andy Keilen | Source

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INTERVIEW - Darren Criss talks about his Bay Area roots outside Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles | 04/22/2019

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hannacrowley: I may have discovered other reasons to go to Coachella since 2012 but nothing will ever top this coincidence 💘

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