This Fan's Seasons

[eldritchbauble]

Getting plowed is for the country folk. Here in the city we call it being taken to pound town. And if it's a place with decent public transit, getting railed.

[thisfan]

Still can’t figure out why I’m supposed to gaf about Roger, or why Brianna should either. He’s been nothing but a controlling asshole to Bree throughout their “relationship,” and I’m supposed to be fully turned around bc he came to the Ridge looking for her after yet another temper tantrum?! Seriously??

[thisfan]

I remember being a tween and for the life of me not understanding why, when  my parents could choose to watch anything they wanted, they would faithfully tune into Masterpiece Theater. I was sure that when my TV choices were my own, there would be no PBS on my roster, and I definitely rolled my eyes and told them so.

Anyway, I’m watching Poldark.

[yidquotes]

Everything in the world belongs to God, except the Torah. The Torah belongs to us. It is authority, but it does not speak with the voice of authority; it speaks with the beautiful voice of tradition and allows us the authority to accept and understand-like a good teacher.

David Mamet

[humansofjudaism-deactivated2023]

“These are the cleats that Ben Roethlisberger is wearing today in response to the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue. Roethlisberger and his wife are close to Michele Rosenthal, who worked in the Steelers’ community relations department and now assists with Ben’s charitable foundation. Michele lost two of her brothers in the shooting. #StrongerThanHate” 📷 @adamschefter 📰 Everyone Has A Story, What’s Yours? 📧 [email protected] 📱 www.humansofjudaism.com #⃣ #humansofjudaism https://www.instagram.com/p/BpxGKJMBqsW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17l8h349128wl

[thisfan]

he’s a rapist, he can keep it.

[tranarchist]

[daiseokkie-deactivated20190730]

the first five emotes on your recently used emojis describe you as a person ready set go

[convivialcamera]

@theferocity knows.

[hallelujuh]

hey jumblr, im putting together a playlist of jewish music, in hebrew & yiddish (im open to ladino songs, too, i just don’t know any), any recs?

[shiraglassman]

Bashana Haba'ah perky New Year’s stuff in Hebrew Yome, Yome Mom offers daughter a new dress new shoes etc. but what she really wants is a boyfriend. Hilarious Yiddish silliness. Chichester Psalms Choral/orchestral setting of Hebrew psalms by a Jewish (and rainbow) composer, with Jewish traditional rhythms, too Barchu Hebrew prayer stuff in folk rock style; for me the cool part begins at 2:09 Lechi Lach - Hebrew and English Hashkiveinu - more folk rock Hebrew prayer

[progressivejudaism]

Hiya @hallelujuh,

Here is a list of songs sung in URJ camps, NFTY events, Mitzvah Corps programs, and NFTY programs during Tefilla and song sessions!  (* = popular)

PJ

Debbie Friedman z’l:  Oseh Shalom1*, Oseh Shalom2*,   L’chi Lach,  Miriam’s Song*, Mi Shaberach*, Not by Might*,  Ahavat Olam*,   Birkat Havdalah*,  Devorah’s Song, Shalom Aleichem,   Tribute to Debbie Friedman z’l following her death, Musical Tribute to Debbie at URJ Biennial 2011,

Dan Nichols  (and E18teen)  Hashkiveinu*, Betzelem Elohim*,  Esai Enai,  My Heart is in the East,  Sweet as Honey*,   Hoshia*,  Chazak,  Turn the World Around,  Mi Chamocha*,  Or Zaruah / Niggun,  L’takein (the na na song),  playlist 1,  playlist 2, cords/lyrics to most of his music, Mix of Shabbat music (some his, some not), documentary about Dan,

Rabbi Danny Friedlander & Cantor Jeff Klepper:  Or Zaruah*, Shalom Rav*, Yismichu*, Ma Tovu*,

Noam Katz:   Ameh Yisrael Chai*.  Nachamu,   Roll into Dark / Barchu*,  Haleli,  Ufaratza (Yama Yama),

Rick Recht- Od Yavo Shalom Aleinu / Ki Va Moed*,   The Hope, Ma Tovu (not his version),  Mi Chamocha

Craig Taubman   Hashkiveinu*,  l’Chah Dodi,  Rom’mu*,  V’shamru, Barchu,

Sheldon Low:    Shehechianu,  Avinu sh’bashamayim,  

Alan Goodis:   Halleluja (Psalm 150), Shiru l’adonai, Al Sh’losha Devarim,

Additional Songs:  Oseh Shalom (Nava Tehilla)*,  Wherever you go, there’s always someone Jewish  (Rabbi Larry Milder), Bedtime Sh’ma, Bedtime Sh’ma 2, Am I Awake?/Barchu* (Noah Aronson), Yihiu l’Ratzon* (Josh Nelson Project), Elohai Neshama (Casey Prusher), Olam Chesed Yibanei (Rabbi Menechem Creditor), Ahavat Olam (”I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz),  Mi Chamocha / Redemption Song (Bob Marley), Circle Game (Joni Mitchell)*,  Leaving on a Jetplane (John Denver),  

Song Sessions to Enjoy!  URJ Biennial Shabbat 2011,   URJ Biennial Shabbat 2013,   URJ Biennial Shabbat 2015,  Josh Nelson and Neshama Carlebach - URJ Biennial 2015

[brainstatic]

Just a heads up right now: on the day when Trump dies, I’m going to be extremely tasteless about it. It’s going to get ugly. You are going to see a side of me I am not proud of. I don’t want any call-outs in my inbox, I’m stating right now that lines will be crossed.

[stoned-dahmer-deactivated201802]

How disgusting can someone be

I wouldn’t even say this about my worst enemy

Forget the fact that its trump. If you agree with this youre fucking evil. Evil literally lives inside you. Wow.

[a-really-bad-decision]

Anyways all of y’all AND the evil that literally lives inside of you are invited to the sick ass house party I’m throwing when lord dampnut kicks the bucket

[dracofidus-deactivated20200523]

I feel like all you Americans need to take a look at what happened here in the UK after Maggie Thatcher died. Because when it comes to tasteless celebrations fuelled by anger and the death of a hated political leader, we REALLY pushed the boat out. We had street parties. We had burning effigies. We pushed “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead” to the top of the charts out of sheer hatred. Bone up kiddos, and I really hope you manage to do that truly American thing, of dramatically outdoing us with your celebrations.

[thisfan]

in addition to the content of the above post, which I wholeheartedly endorse, I am *delighted* by the term “pushed the boat out” for “did the shit out of the thing,” and am adopting it immediately. 

[progressivejudaism]

~For Children at Our Borders~

G-d of mothers and fathers, G-d of babies and children, Youth and teens, The voice of agony echoes across the land, As children are taken from their parents, Perverting our history as a nation of immigrants, Perverting our values, Perverting the ways of justice and peace. These children Wait in misery To be reunited with their families So that a few may reap the political rewards Of their suffering By playing tough at our borders.

Source of grace, Creator of kindness and goodness, You call upon us to stand in the name of justice and fairness, To witness against this abuse of power, To battle the systematic assault on human beings, To speak out against their suffering.

Bless those who rise up against this horror. Give them courage and determination. Bless those who plead on behalf of the oppressed and the subjugated Before the seats of power. May the work of their hands never falter Nor despair deter them from this holy calling.

Bless those now in bondage at the hand of the U.S. government. Grant them shelter and solace, Comfort and consolation, Blessing and renewal. Release them. Free them. Heal them from trauma. Reunite them with their families. Hasten the day of their reunion.

Blessed are You, G-d of All Being, Who summons us to oppose violence, oppression, slavery and injustice.

© 2018 Alden Solovy. All rights reserved.

[james-rodriquez]

“our ass is in the jackpot” is the greatest phrase i’ve ever heard in my entire life

[thisfan]

I can’t stop watching this. I think I’d find it equally fascinating (if not as entertaining) if it didn’t involve the Mets, because I’ve been a fan of this game my entire life and cannot recall another time I’ve had such a close view of the way umpires talk to and with players and managers in a game, much less in a heated situation like this one. I feel like I learned something new about this game today, which is not something I’ve been able to say for a long, long time. 

[jurakan]

andasideofpanache replied to your post: I have seen two positive reviews that say…

I think it’s because it got cancelled and everyone just assumed that it was because it had gay characters instead of the budget problems associated with shooting everything on location instead of a studio. So it’s like “here’s a slap in the face for being homophobic” when the actual reason was because it was too expensive for having a smaller audience

I mean like I get why it got cancelled; supposedly it was costing $9 million an episode, and for the numbers it was getting there wasn’t any justification for continuing it. It was an expensive risk to begin with. I get why LGBT fans were mad about it being cancelled too because that was like THEIR show by other LGBT creators that was on a major streaming service and getting positive press so it getting cancelled was…well, yeah I get it felt like a slap in the face.

My main point though, was that I thought it was really weird that fans seemed to think that the last shot of the show, a rainbow-colored dildo, was somehow inspiring and continued proof that everyone should watch the show. Which…uh…

It’s a dildo.

Like I realize I’m saying this without the context of having watched the show, but I also don’t need to say that it’s weird. It’s not inspirational or deep, that’s just a sex toy.

[thisfan]

There are aspects of other people’s experience you cannot understand and should not judge, particularly when you don’t share their experience. The celebration of queer sex represented by that dildo is meaningful to people who have lived, until this show, without representation of the real, messy, beautiful sex they have in their lives. I say this gently and with respect: perhaps if it doesn’t make sense to you, it wasn’t meant for you.

[themusicsweetly]

Jamie x Claire | 1x09 | 3x06 Making consent sexy + romantic since 1743

[theweirdwideweb]

[sulealone]

[progressivejudaism]

“I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I’ve been closer to him for that reason”– Elie Wiesel

[plotsjotsandespressoshots-deact]

Remember in 1993 when Jurassic Park was like…the end all, be all of special effects?

[suicunesrider]

not gonna lie that still looks intimately real

[drtanner-dickery]

I’m still somewhat convinced that someone sold their soul to create the special effects in Jurassic Park because that shit is over 20 years old and it still really, really holds up, better than the stuff in a lot of current movies, even.

Fucking witchcraft, man. 

[fanboyingoverdemigods]

fucking look at this shit though

[mauridianhallow]

Literally see this post flying around with a few different responses added to the bottom each time so I’ll say it for this one myself:

THEY ACTUALLY BUILT A GIANT MASSIVELY DETAILED FUCKING ANIMATRONIC T-REX FOR ALL OF THIS THAT’S WHY THE EFFECTS ARE SO GOOD. CAUSE IT AIN’T CGI. AND IT AIN’T GUY IN A COSTUME. IT’S A BIG FUCKING ROBOT DINOSAUR. AND EVERY PART IS DESIGNED TO MOVE. IT COST LIKE HALF THE BUDGET OF THE FILM.

[mizushimo]

amazing

[shadowthorne]

And they had the film it in small increments, especially in the outdoor scenes, because the rain fall kept soaking into the ‘skin’ of the rex and would slow down and mess up its movements. So they would stop filming and have a crew out there drying off this massive, fake dinosaur, and then they’d start filming again until it was too wet. Repeat until the end of the scene.

[mad-dyspunktional]

They used animatronics and detailed costumes for most if not all of the dinosaurs in the first movie.

The triceratops for instance, was also animatronic.

And the raptors were dudes in suits. I shit you not.

[datneeks]

One of my favorite anecdotes I’ve read on tumblr is how the t-rex robot from Jurassic park would malfunction while it was drying out. How did it malfunction, you might wonder?

Motherfucker randomly started moving.

So apparently if you were on the jp set you would sometimes hear people screaming bloody murder even though they were all well aware that it was a giant animatronic puppet and wouldn’t actually, you know, eat them.

[muck-raker-deactivated20181222]

(link to said post about malfunctioning t-rex)

[alessariel]

Did not know this, had to reblog for awesome movie history insights.

[brainsforbabyjesus]

So, I knew about the animatronics bit but I did not know the raptors were guys in suits and the malfunctioning t-rex sounds terrifying.

And i just googled malfunctioning t-rex and was not disappointed. Apparently in order to put the skin on over the steel frame a guy had to crawl inside the t-rex while it was turned on and glue the skin down. And if somebody turned the t-rex off or the power went out the guy in the t-rex stood a very real chance of getting mangled and killed by the hydraulics.

So of course, the power goes out.

And this guy is still in there gluing the skin down.

Apparently the way to survive getting sheered to death by huge sheets of metal while you’re inside a giant t-rex robot is to curl into a ball and hope for the best.

And this guy hoped for the best and got it.

Some other people on stage pried open the t-rex jaws and glue guy crawled out of its mouth and was totally okay.

[alessariel]

This is getting better and better.

[red-dirt-roads-deactivated20161]

I think they only had like 6 minutes of CGI

[teslasturtle-deactivated2023011]

I’m just waiting for the T-Rex to come to life and leave its stand.

[perspectivemax-deactivated20181]

@spinosaurus-the-fisher is this the kind of content you love?

[myloverhammurabi]

Realism comes at a cost, it seems.

[gorsime]

i mean ok but why has nobody posted this:

[myloverhammurabi]

It’s a three piece raptor suit.

[flamingbluepanda]

Old movies had the best special effects

[skafuller-deactivated20180122]

The thing about this that gets my special effects nerd going is the fact that EVERY single dinosaur was sculpted by artists based on the current existent archeological evidence of the time.

[witwitch-deactivated20160508]

@jurassicparkandrecreation

[senkirowolf]

@shepfax

[prettyarb]

Even better than that, this movie ADVANCED our best understanding of dinosaurs at the time.  They were blowing out a budget bigger than anything Hollywood had ever seen, and along with employing almost the last hurrah of incredible physical FX, they had a bank of those newfangled digital SFX computers.  Nobody’d ever really created convincing dinosaurs in a movie before.  It’d all been stop-motion animation, and even when the models were exquisitely crafted, you could just tell there was something OFF about them.  Spielberg wanted THE BEST DINOSAURS EVER, and he figured on using the cutting edge of digital modeling and animation technology to build them for him.

So they got hold of some of the best paleontologists they could find and said, “We want you guys to take this tech that your labs could pretty much never afford and use it to build us the most realistic, accurate dinosaur models the world has ever seen.”

The paleontologists knew an opportunity when it bit them in the ass.  They plugged in everything they knew about dinosaurs, all the skeletons and their best guesses about soft tissue and all that.  And when they’d created those dinosaur models, they had the computer start moving them as they realistically would with anatomy like that.  One guy took a look at those walking t-rexes and velociraptors (really utahraptors, but whatevs, fam), and he said, “Wait a minute, I’ve seen movement like that before.”

He called up film of a chicken walking.  Everyone in the room said, “Holy shit.”

Prior to 1989, the idea that birds were descended from dinosaurs existed–we knew about archaeopteryx, we knew there was some minor connection there–but the idea that DINOSAURS LIVE IN THE MODERN WORLD AND THEY ARE CALLED BIRDS was not pre-eminent.  Jurassic Park changed our scientific understanding of dinosaurs.

[bastlynn]

That paleontologists’d be Kevin Padian. Who is awesome.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Padian

[thistherapylife]

This post just gets better and better with time

[thisfan]

This sort of post is the best thing about tumblr