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shakespearefreak · 5 days
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barnyard the original party animals is the uncontested lord of bad implications in childrens movies
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shakespearefreak · 5 days
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Good morning to Banana the Lobster, and only Banana.
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shakespearefreak · 6 days
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Me, getting myself dressed:
Picks one of my 5 or so tee shirts more or less at random
Pairs it with black jeans
Spends 2 minutes deciding which of the half-dozen or so accessories I regularly rotate I'm going to wear today
Runs some hair gel through my hair to make it spiky
Adds worn-out sneakers, my faux-leather jacket, and a scarf + gloves if it's cold
Looks in the mirror: "Meh, good enough"
Me, getting my dolls dressed:
Spends ages brainstorming the perfect outfit
Sprays hair with water, brushes carefully, carefully, starting from the bottom and gently working out any tangles
Looks up a hairstyle tutorial on YouTube and spends 30+ min. getting it just right, usually starting over at least once
Tries 3 pairs of shoes and 3 pairs of earrings to see which ones work best with the ensemble
Necklace or no necklace? Necklace or no necklace?
Wait, actually I changed my mind about the earrings, take those out and try these instead
(2 hours later) Perfection!
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shakespearefreak · 6 days
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🎵 Do you wanna build a snowman? 🎵
We got one more big snow here in Wisconsin last night! ❄️ While I feel a bit cheated by how little of the pretty white stuff we've had this winter, I'm hoping that this is the last (or next to last) we get this season... I'm ready for spring! 🌷 That said, I was still super excited to go out and play in it this morning, and I dragged Maritza with me. My original plan was to do a photoshoot on the roof of Monona Terrace, but once we got outside, I discovered it was amazing packing snow, so we took a detour to a nearby park first to make a snowman! ⛄ I'm glad we did, too, because when we finally did get to the Terrace, the rooftop was closed, so we had to turn right around and go home again. 😅
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shakespearefreak · 9 days
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🎂 🎉 ¡Feliz Cumpleaños, Josefina! 🎉 🎂
For Josefina’s birthday, I learned The Birthday Song in Spanish and sang it to her (in very awkward, halting Spanish, despite having practiced a dozen times). Luckily, she was very patient with my hesitations, false starts, and mispronunciations. Then she opened her gift: her mother’s mantón and fan from her Heirloom Accessories set! It was a small celebration, but fun. I also did her hair in her ribbon braided birthday style, and I think it ended up the best it’s looked so far in my three years celebrating her birthday as an adult! 🥳
(Photos look a little weird and blurry because I was experimenting with my new phone camera)
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On her bed, Josefina discovered a gift wrapped in pretty turquoise paper with colorful butterflies on it. The turquoise reminded her of her skirt and slippers, and it was even tied with a gold ribbon, reminiscent of her orange sash!
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She carefully untied the ribbon. “I wonder what it is?” She tried to be careful with the paper, too, but she was too eager and ripped it. (Marley told her not to worry about it.)
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“Mamá’s fan! And her shawl, too! ¡Muchísimas gracias!”
“Try them out!” Marley urged. “Let’s see how you look!” “I feel so fancy and grown-up!” Josefina said as she slipped the silky gold shawl around her shoulders and fanned herself with the delicate black lace fan. “And it’s wonderful to have something of Mamá’s to wear on this special day…” then she touched the choker around her neck, which Marley had made themself from an old bracelet and an amber sun pendant, and continued: “...but it’s nice to have something of yours, too! It’s like my old life and my new, coming together. Gracias de todo corazón — thank you with all my heart!”
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shakespearefreak · 11 days
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I had a dream last night I wanted to share. In the dream, I "woke up" in the middle of the night, and Kaya was on my dresser. I remembered that I don't have Kaya, so I knew it was a dream, but I picked her up and it was wild how real it felt: I could actually feel tactile sensations, like how soft her body was and how smooth her hair felt. I knew she wouldn't be there when I woke up, so I hugged her tight until the dream ended. My subconscious has apparently decided I need Kaya (and of course once again I decide I absolutely must have a doll right when they're starting to discontinue her collection... 🙄)
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shakespearefreak · 13 days
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caesars assassination but with empty cardboard tubes
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shakespearefreak · 15 days
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Definitely the most Iconic list, if only because most people on Tumblr grew up with these movies lol. May the best baddie win. Happy voting! ❤
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shakespearefreak · 17 days
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It was 60° today!* Maritza and I took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather and went for a walk by the lake at sunset. 🌇
*That's definitely worrying given I live in Wisconsin, but the upside was that I got to wear a tee shirt and wasn't even cold until after it got dark.
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shakespearefreak · 20 days
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I just wanna say if this post was about a white trans man cutting his hair short for the first time, there would still be people with problems, sure, but I don't think anyone would be dismissing it as "just a haircut." Hair is about identity, even for white people, just like names are more than just words, even for cis people. People only have a problem when it's a group they're not part of personally. (Note: This is my, a white person's, attempt to boost the original point; if anyone thinks I'm derailing instead, please let me know so I can fix/delete it!)
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shakespearefreak · 20 days
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leave the answers in the tags
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shakespearefreak · 20 days
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I genuinely start salivating every time I see these photos. The pie looks incredible. I bet it the texture is like key lime pie. The first time I saw this post, I went to the Taco Bell Grubhub page at the speed of light because I wanted to check if it were already available. I literally don't get how anyone wouldn't want to at least try both these. Like, I know I'm biased, as I would happily drink a small swimming pool of Baja Blast, but just... how bland are people's diets who are complaining about this? I saw a post saying that the online reactions are why the US never gets cool food stuff from chain restaurants like other countries, because we're not adventurous enough, and honestly, I kinda believe it.
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shakespearefreak · 20 days
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shakespearefreak · 1 month
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Hello neurodivergent people. I was wondering if I'm just weird or it is common to not being able to learn certain motoric skills at the same time as my peers and learned them MUCH later
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shakespearefreak · 1 month
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If any of you ever feel like what you're doing for Palestine isn't helping anything, I'll tell you right now it's helping me. I know it is fortifying all of us who have been in this fight for years to see so many people willing to speak up. It has never been like this before.
The tide has already turned. The fact that #free palestine will have new posts everyday, that helps me. It helps my mental health knowing that Palestinians are less alone now than ever.
Yesterday I read some verses from the Quran talking about how "the blame" is not with those who wish to help but cannot, but with those who CAN help and do not.
Truly I do not care if all you do for Palestine is post in that #free palestine everyday, that is still more than many people with the means to do even more would do.
We see you. We see you standing in solidarity with us and with Palestinians. We love you. Thank you.
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shakespearefreak · 1 month
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I would love to include the link to the video but for some reason, Tumblr is goofing and refuses to let me post anything with an external link
Never mind. Here's the link. Suck it Tumblr
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shakespearefreak · 1 month
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Re-watched CATS (2019) for the first time in a while, and I was shocked all over again at by how much I enjoyed it. I think the issues could have been fixed by:
Getting rid of the stunt casting. Rebel Wilson ruined Jennyanydots, and while the rest of the celebs cast were tolerable, I don't think any of them fully understood the assignment (and yes, this includes Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen. Both are undeniably talented actors who I love in almost everything, but they seemed too human in their movements and expression. They did their best with roles that ultimately weren't right for their acting style). The only exception to this is Jason Derulo, who clearly had both an understanding of and a passion for the material.
Cutting the throwaway joke lines (e.g. "Don't mess with the crazy cat lady"). They were really jarring tonally, and both Cordon and Wilson (who got most of those lines) seemed very aware of that, which made them stand out even more.
Making Macavity's fur a different color that looked less like a human skin tone so he didn't appear naked.
Animating Grizabella's tears during "Memory" differently so that it looked less like she had snot running into her mouth.
This was so, so close to a perfect adaptation and it bothers me that most of what made it fall short was trying to make it "fit in" with other big movies, when CATS is so much its own strange, unique thing. What made it such a popular Broadway show was that it was unlike anything else on Broadway, and I feel like most of the time the filmmakers did a fantastic job of honoring that, but sometimes they caved to pressure to make it more "normal" and you can pinpoint exactly when those times are.
Anyways, it's still an awesome movie and I will absolutely die on this hill.
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