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May the 4th be with You: A Poem for Star Wars Day

#happy May 4th!

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Was feeling for a moment like such a well adjusted human being before I remembered that I’ve spent the last three days with bone deep yearning to go to my favourite train museum to draw some trains to the point of not being able to do work

#I’m feeling this so much it hurts #ahhhHhhhhhHHHHH #maybe delete later

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 Cat in greenery -   Evy Láás

Swedish, 1923-1999

Oil on canvas on carboard , 23 x 33 cm.

#I’m eating this I’m licking it clean #art #painting

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“tell me i’m crazy.”

“mulder, you’re crazy.”

#txf #x files #MSR

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i wanna know what everyone’s majors are mutuals i want to know i love you and i’m interested

#studio art (oil painting) archaeology and classics #insufferable nerd coded #ultimate unhiribility! #delete later

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FAMOUS PROPHETS

#csh #was looping this song yesterday #art

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Where Carlos sleeps! Babyshambles sessions, NY, May, 2003

Peter: Why would you pay to have yourself put in a cage… Carl (in the background): That’s where Carlos sleeps! Peter: Ah when I have gone…(stops playing)  Peter: You can sing it with me but that’s a fucking special line that…

#lmao #the libertines #music #audio #p+c

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faded blue house portrait hanging on the wall at the local urgentcare

#obsessed #could turn this into a cult I beg #I bet* #like the shrines to computer code all programmers have set up #house

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i love to learn about my cat i love to google “should you trim cat last claw? trim all cat claws? cat last claw called? cat fifth claw? cat claws labelled. trim cat dew claw?” and then say hi graham i learned something about you! your weird claw is called a dew claw and it will not be worn down by regular walking so it is extra important to be diligent about trimming to prevent it growing into your paw pad! and he bites me and bites me

#sally mauled me today I wish sally could goodie #cat #cats #I still haven’t gotten to her other dewbclaw. she threatened me #to claw me off of this mortal coil

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Was feeling for a moment like such a well adjusted human being before I remembered that I’ve spent the last three days with bone deep yearning to go to my favourite train museum to draw some trains to the point of not being able to do work

#also I forgot I kust baked delicious cookies and brushed my teeth. wretched #maybe delete later

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Was feeling for a moment like such a well adjusted human being before I remembered that I’ve spent the last three days with bone deep yearning to go to my favourite train museum to draw some trains to the point of not being able to do work

#mental sickness kicked in with a vengeance… #my life #maybe delete later

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Hi Dr. Tingle, have you ever considered writing a kids book? I think your combination of earnestness, whimsy, and a keen sense of the weird and wonderful would be a great combo for kids lit. Keep on being awesome!

yes i think it would be really nice to do a childrens book about a nice bigfoot or a space raptor but i would not want any buckaroos who were too young to accidentally stumble onto my other tinglers before that is appropriate.

solution i have come up with is that i could use a new pen name that is ALSO basically my name i already use maybe something like CHARLES T or something like that.

so yes i think i would like to do that someday i am just really dang busy at the moment but i think that would prove love and be very dang fun

#love is real

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Propaganda

Ava Gardner (The Killers, The Barefoot Contessa)— She's so goddamn hot. Her and Frank Sinatra could've sandwiched me and I would've thanked them for the privilege

Anna May Wong (The Thief of Bagdad, Shanghai Express)—Wong was the first Chinese American movie star, arguably the first Asian woman to make it big in American films. Though the racism of the time often forced her into stereotypical roles, awarded Asian leading roles to white actors in yellowface, and prohibited on-screen romance between actors of different races, she delivered powerful and memorable performances. When Hollywood bigotry got to be too much, she made movies in Europe. Wong was intellectually curious, a fashion icon, and a strong advocate for authentic Asian representation in cinema. And, notably for the purposes of this tournament, absolutely gorgeous.

This is round 5 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Ava Gardner:

Ava Gardner is one of my favorite actresses of all time. Although a lot of her roles in movies are about her being beautiful and nothing else, there are some films where her acting truly shines.

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HER FACE. LOOK AT IT. Also was a life long supporter of civil rights and a member of the NAACP, had lots of fun love affairs with other stars, bullfighters, married several times but was also happy in between to just have lovers and was unapologetically herself.

I literally gasp every time I see her.

Between 1942 and 1964, Ava Gardner was credited in no less 50 films, and is still considered by some to be the most beautiful actresses that ever graced the silver screen. Despite life-long insecurities regarding her talent as an actress, she weathered public scandal, industry hostility, and outright condemnation by the Catholic Church with fearless grace. She would later in life talk candidly about the reality and pain of living through two (studio approved!!) abortions during her short marriage to Frank Sinatra, and while the two of them could not make their relationship work, they remained in each other’s lives for nearly 30 years. She would forever describe herself as a small-town girl who just got lucky, but always felt like a beautiful outsider.

Really genuinely one of the most beautiful human beings I have ever seen. An autodidact. Had amazing chemistry with Gregory Peck to the point where I do think about watching On The Beach again sometimes because they're so good together even though that movie did destroy me. Was a great femme fatale in many movies.

Anna May Wong propaganda:

"She so so gorgeous!! Due to Hollywood racism she was pretty limited in the roles she got to play but even despite that she’s so captivating and deserves to be known as a leading lady in her own right!! When she’s on screen in Shanghai Express I can’t look away, which is saying something because Marlene Dietrich is also in that film."

"SHE IS ON THE BACK OF QUARTERS also she was very smart and able to speak multiple languages and is a fashion icon on top of the acting/singing"

"Paved the way for Asian American actresses AND TOTAL HOTTIE!!! She broke boundaries and made it her mission to smash stereotypes of Asian women in western film (at the time, they were either protrayed them as delicate and demure or scheming and evil). In 1951, she made history with her television show The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong, the first-ever U.S. television show starring an Asian-American series lead (paraphrased from Wikipedia). Also, never married and rumor has it that she had an affair with Marlene Dietrich. We love a Controversial Queen!"

"She's got that Silent Era smoulder™ that I think transcends the very stereotypical roles in which she was typically cast. Also looks very hot smouldering opposite Marlene Dietrich in "Shanghai Express"; there's kiss energy there."

"Hot as hell and chronically overlooked in her time, she's truly phenomenal and absolutely stunning"

"A story of stardom unavoidably marred by Hollywood racism; Wong's early-career hype was significantly derailed by the higher-up's reluctance to have an Asian lead, and things only got worse when the Hayes code came down and she suddenly *couldn't* be shown kissing a white man--even if that white man was in yellowface. After being shoved into the Dragon Lady role one too many times, she took her career to other continents for many years. Still, she came back to America eventually, being more selective in her roles, speaking out against Asian stereotypes, and in the midst of all of this finding the time to be awarded both the title of "World's Best Dressed Woman" by Mayfair Mannequin Society of New York and an honorary doctorate by Peking University."

"Incredible beauty, incredible actress, incredible story."

"-flapper fashion ICON. look up her fits please <3 -rumors of lesbianism due to her Close Friendships with marlene dietrich & cecil cunningham, among others -leveraged her star power to criticize the racist depictions of Chinese and Asian characters in Hollywood, as well as raise money and popular support for China & Chinese refugees in the 1930s and 40s. -face card REFUSED to decline"

#wait. say more about her affair with Marlene Dietrich #anna may wong #ava gardner #hotvintagepoll

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#stumbled across this picture and realised this may have been will Toledo’s tumblr?? like I had no idea but it makes sense #art

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Always with the marriage metaphors. Carl in Atwood Magazine, May 2024.

#and between the first three there were a lot of whining wailing and breakup sex #the libertines

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The Four Horsemen of Pattern Recognition:

#iconography #meme #lmao

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I’m glad the folks at NASA are having fun with XKCD too.

#Hehehehe #xkcd #nasa