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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

1968 Newbery Medal Winner

Adapted by Maya Lopez and Priya Kangbai (2024)

From Brooklyn, NY

Judges' Remarks: This movie got off to a strong start, with an old-fashioned movie countdown superimposed over the book cover as the filmmakers introduced themselves and the story. From the very beginning we get a good sense of the two sibling characters: bossy overplanner big sister Claudia feeling put-upon for doing the dishes and wanting to run away (I liked the touch of her Q&A list), and money-minded, competitive, practical little brother Jamie playing "War" for money against his friend Bruce (here, portrayed by a stuffed animal) and giving Claudia the exasperating pushback that she secretly needs and appreciates. The voiceover narrator helped to keep the story on track. It was a particularly interesting choice to shoot most of the settings of the story—at home, on the bus, at museum etc.—seemingly in one room, which led to goofy moments such as when Claudia and Jamie "got off the bus" (basically, flopping around on the bed while music played). I liked the silly little touches, like how Claudia picks up "Bruce" and flings him away. The conversation in which Claudia lays out her plan to Jamie was particularly well-acted and funny. I was also amused when Claudia enthuses "New York, baby boy!" and Jamie shuts her down with a weary "Don't do that." I was amused at the rambling version of "Empire State of Mind" which devolves into a quibble about peaches. The camera work becomes more chaotic and hard to follow as the movie goes on, as it switches from a straightforward dramatization to a kind of YouTuber point-of-view video ("What's up guys, I'm currently hiding from the guards"). I liked that Claudia and Jamie took the first steps into solving the Was-The-Angel-Statue-Made-By-Michaelangelo mystery (complete with the discovery of the characteristic three-circle-and-an-M mark). Unfortunately, the movie ends right when Jamie is buying a post office box, and we don't get the whole story! But what we do see of the story is pretty entertaining, with funny performances and resourceful filmmaking.

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rabbittstewcomics · 3 years

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Episode 289

Comic Reviews:

Infinite Frontier 0 by Joshua Williamson, James Tynion IV, Scott Snyder, John Timms, Alex Sinclair, Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez, Tamra Bonvillain, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey, Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Alitha Martinez, Mark Morales, Emilio Lopez, Joelle Jones, Jordie Bellaire, Stephen Byrne, Tim Sheridan, Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona, Alejandro Sanchez, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Jamal Igle, Hi-Fi, Alex Maleev, Geoff Johns, Todd Nauck, Geoffrey Thorne, Dexter Soy, Howard Porter, John Romita Jr, Klaus Janson, Brad Anderson

Suicide Squad 1 by Robbie Thompson, Eduardo Pansica, Julio Ferreira, Marcelo Maiolo

Swamp Thing 1 by Ram V, Mike Perkins, Mike Spicer

Crime Syndicate 1 by Andy Schmidt, Kieran McKeown, Dexter Vines, Steve Oliff

Demon Days: X-Men 1 by Peach Momoko, Zack Davisson

America Chavez: Made in the USA 1 by Kalinda Vazquez, Carlos Gomez, Jesus Aburtov

King in Black: Captain America 1 by Danny Lore, Mirko Colak, Stefano Landini, Roge Antonio, Nico Leon, Erick Arciniega

King in Black: Wiccan and Hulking 1 by Tini Howard, Luciano Vecchio, Espen Grundetjern

Nocterra 1 by Scott Snyder, Tony Daniel, Tomeu Morey

Dead Dog's Bite 1 by Tyler Boss

Undone By Blood or The Other Side of Eden 1 by Lonnie Nadler, Zac Thompson, Sami Kivela, Jason Wordie

Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters 1 by Chris Samnee, Laura Samnee, Matthew Wilson

James Bond: Agent of Spectre 1 by Christos Gage, Luca Casalanguida, Heather Moore

Chariot 1 by Bryan Edward Hill, Priscilla Petraites, Marco Lesko

BRZRKR 1 by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, Ron Garney, Bill Crabtree

Nottingham 1 by David Hazan, Shane Connery Volk, Luca Romano

99 Cent Theatre (TKO):

Seeds of Eden 1 by Joe Corallo, Liana Kangas, Paul Azaceta

Night Train 1 by Steve Foxe, Patricio Delpeche, Lisandro Estherren, Steve Wands

Hand Me Down 1 by Alex Paknadel, Jen Hickman

Killiamsburgh 1 by Erick Freitas, Jesus Hervas

Dame From the Dark 1 by Rob Pilkington, Kit Mills

A Kitten by Nathaniel Wilson

Priya and the Wolves by Ruchira Gupta, Melanconnie

Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nuttler

The Goblet at the Black Oak by John Kratky, Walter Barna, Joel Cotejar, Janessa Douglas

The Goddess of Areth 1 by Tyrone Washington Hunte

Additional Reviews: 12 Angry Men, Colonel Weird Cosmagog, American Murder, Trust Me s2, Tom & Jerry, Paramount+, Detective 80th HC, The Thick of It, Raya and the Last Dragon, WandaVision ep9

News: new Boom! book by Seth Rogan?, Supergirl 8-issue mini by Tom King and Bilquis Evely, Superman & Lois renewed, Battle Chasers returning, rumors about MCU and X-Men, Cable ending at 12, Shadecraft optioned, Night-Gwen, Lola Bunny

Trailers: Thunder Force, Boss Baby 2

Comics Countdown:

Nocterra 1 by Scott Snyder, Tony Daniel, Tomeu Morey

Fear Case 2 by Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins, Hilary Jenkins

Runaways 34 by Rainbow Rowell, Andres Genolet, Dee Cunniffe

Batman 106 by James Tynion IV, Jorge Jimenez, Tomeu Morey, Joshua Williamson, Gleb Melnikov

Infinite Frontier 0

Dead Dogs Bite 1 by Tyler Boss

King in Black: Wiccan and Hulkling 1 by Tini Howard, Luciano Vecchio, Espen Grundetjern

Firepower 9 by Robert Kirkman, Chris Samnee, Matt Wilson

The Plot 8 by Michael Moreci, Tim Daniel, Joshua Hixson, Jordan Boyd

Avengers 43 by Jason Aaron, Javier Garron, David Curiel

Check out this episode!

#comics #podcast #podernfamily #rabbittstew

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helenofwade · 4 years

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intro post for this demon! a brief bio under the cut as well as some random fun facts. full biography here if anyone wants to take a gander. wanted connections to come, but hit me up wherever to get threads going!! or if you just want to soliloquize about gemma chan’s everything...

QUICK INTRO:

daughter of a stunt man and a parental help guru, waverly grew up thinking her parents hung the moon and each one of the stars, carted from exotic location to exotic location, seeing more of the world than most people do in their lifetime

as most things do, it all came crashing down around her when she least expected it: divorce, it seems, was plucked out of a hat like a rabbit and no one was surprised but her

leo lu left, always the nomadic one, leaving waverly stuck with her mother, hope, and her mother’s chavvy, age-inappropriate boyfriend, ollie, and as if that wasn’t miserable enough, hope took it upon herself to reinvigorate her career after her divorce

there’s a series of parenting books out there in the world, mostly popularized in the UK, detailing all of hope lu’s observations about her daughter, what it meant to raise someone so stubborn, so unyielding, what it meant to really repair the bonds of motherhood and daughterhood. too bad hope could never take her own advice

waverly moved out the second she could, accepting a spot in northwestern’s class of 2004, studying journalism with a minor that was constantly changing: in fashion freshman year, classics sophomore year, food & hospitality her junior year, biochem, for no good reason, her senior year, and so, she graduated with no minor at all. all of which, a pretty good summation of her life: constantly unable to decide, flitting from interest to interest, hobby to hobby at the speed of a humingbird

waverly had no idea who she was, only who she was pretending to be, when she graduated from college. she took the summer off, spent it with her father in italy, learned nothing new about herself, tried to go to culinary school, failed out of that, and really was about to consider moving back home with her mother when she met lilith mcdermott and everything changed

their whirlwind relationship ended in marriage, ended in waverly moving to wade with lilith, pretending she was happy about it, pretending she was an equal part decision maker, pretending she’d grow to love a town this small and insignificant

and now that she’s here, she’s having freaky deaky dreams dawg

RANDOM FACTS:

her food blogging content is entirely inspired by allison roman & priya krishna but her persona is way more andy baraghani. please come scream about how bon apetit is the only thing getting me through quarantine in my dms

waverly was a competitive figure skater until she was sixteen, when she broke her foot trying to impress a girl she had a crush on because literally this is what happened to me

allergic to raw carrots, but eats them anyways

has never seen a single star wars movie

planted a peach tree outside of the mcdermott house and tends to it like its her literal child

tells people she’s a terrible driver because she’s british, but really it’s because she’s gay

she too had an armie hammer-esque scandal where she didn’t know her twitter likes were public and everyone saw her looking up different strap ons to buy her girlfriend for their anniversary

die hard liverpool fan, does not understand any american sports, refuses to understand them

cannot articulate to you how much she loves a bubble bath

has one (1) nipple pierced

bought a ring light not for selfie but for nudes

MAIN PAGE BIO (if she were to have one and really, it’s here because it adds to the mfuckin vibe, and we all know all i care about is the vibe):

When two people love each other and can’t make it work, now that’s a real tragedy.

You used to judge women who let their husbands walk all over them, who lied to themselves to keep their marriages in tact, who didn’t have the backbone to get a divorce. You thought to yourself, don’t stay together for the sake of the kids. I’m one of those kids. I was better off when my parents split. And now, you’re one of them.

It wasn’t always like this. You ran away from your first cage, from the mother who wanted to own you, commodify you, consume you, and you called yourself free. You became Perfect. A Modern Woman. Somehow both effortlessly beautiful, effortlessly intelligent, but baby, effortless is the last thing it is. Being this cultivated, like a piece of art hanging in a museum, it takes real work, real effort, and frankly, who are you outside of your facade? What makes your insides tick, your heart stutter, your mind wonder?

She was the one who answered that for you. God is a woman, indeed. You fell in lust at first sight and then in love very quickly after, and the rest, it was all just a snowball of the first real, true feeling you’d felt in your whole goddamn life. So, she asked you marry her, and you said yes because you love her. She asked you to move to a town you’d never heard of in a state that doesn’t matter, and you said yes because you love her.

You don’t tell her you hate it here, that you’re so angry you could scream. You don’t tell her you know she’s been unfaithful because problems don’t exist if you put them in a box and lose the key. You pace around your cage, let your claws be clipped, let your teeth be filed, and you smile for pictures and pretend to be sweet and docile and perfect.

But really, you’re just one wrong step away from ripping someone’s throat out.

#middle:intro #{ about }#{ i will show them what it means to put a lion in a cage }

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mostlysignssomeportents · 5 years

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The 2019 Locus Award nominees: your guide to the best sf/f of 2018

Locus Magazine has published its annual Locus Award finalists, a shortlist of the best science fiction and fantasy of the past calendar year. I rely on this list to find the books I've overlooked (so. many. books.). This year's looks like a bumper crop.

Now that the finalists have been announced, Locus subscribers and others can cast their votes; the awards will be presented in Seattle during a weekend-long event that runs June 28-30, MC'ed by Connie Willis.

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

Record of a Spaceborn Few, Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager US; Hodder & Stoughton)

The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)

If Tomorrow Comes, Nancy Kress (Tor)

Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US; Solaris UK)

Blackfish City, Sam J. Miller (Ecco; Orbit UK)

Embers of War, Gareth L. Powell (Titan US; Titan UK)

Elysium Fire, Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz; Orbit US)

Red Moon, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Unholy Land, Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon)

Space Opera, Catherynne M. Valente (Saga)

FANTASY NOVEL

Lies Sleeping, Ben Aaronovitch (DAW; Gollancz)

Foundryside, Robert Jackson Bennett (Crown; Jo Fletcher)

The Monster Baru Cormorant, Seth Dickinson (Tor)

Deep Roots, Ruthanna Emrys (Tor.com Publishing)

Ahab’s Return, Jeffrey Ford (Morrow)

European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman, Theodora Goss (Saga)

The Mere Wife, Maria Dahvana Headley (MCD)

The Wonder Engine, T. Kingfisher (Argyll Productions)

Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Macmillan)

Creatures of Want and Ruin, Molly Tanzer (John Joseph Adams)

HORROR NOVEL

In the Night Wood, Dale Bailey (John Joseph Adams)

Unlanguage, Michael Cisco (Eraserhead)

We Sold Our Souls, Grady Hendrix (Quirk)

Coyote Songs, Gabino Iglesias (Broken River)

The Hunger, Alma Katsu (Putnam; Bantam Press UK)

The Outsider, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton)

The Listener, Robert McCammon (Cemetery Dance)

Cross Her Heart, Sarah Pinborough (HarperCollins UK/Morrow)

The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul Tremblay (Morrow; Titan UK)

Tide of Stone, Kaaron Warren (Omnium Gatherum)

YOUNG ADULT BOOK

The Gone Away Place, Christopher Barzak (Knopf)

The Cruel Prince, Holly Black (Little, Brown; Hot Key)

The Belles, Dhonielle Clayton (Freeform; Gollancz)

Tess of the Road, Rachel Hartman (Random House)

Dread Nation, Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)

Cross Fire, Fonda Lee (Scholastic)

The Agony House, Cherie Priest & Tara O’Connor (Levine)

Half-Witch, John Schoffstall (Big Mouth House)

Impostors, Scott Westerfeld (Scholastic US; Scholastic UK)

Mapping the Bones, Jane Yolen (Philomel)

FIRST NOVEL

Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt; Macmillan)

Semiosis, Sue Burke (Tor)

Armed in Her Fashion, Kate Heartfield (ChiZine)

The Poppy War, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)

The Quantum Magician, Derek Künsken (Solaris US; Solaris UK)

Annex, Rich Larson (Orbit US)

Severance, Ling Ma (Farrar, Straus, Giroux)

Witchmark, C.L. Polk (Tor.com Publishing)

Trail of Lightning, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)

Empire of Sand, Tasha Suri (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

NOVELLA

The Black God’s Drums, P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)

The Tea Master and the Detective, Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean)

“Umbernight“, Carolyn Ives Gilman (Clarkesworld 2/18)

Black Helicopters, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Tor.com Publishing)

Time Was, Ian McDonald (Tor.com Publishing)

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, Kelly Robson (Tor.com Publishing)

The Freeze-Frame Revolution, Peter Watts (Tachyon)

Artificial Condition, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)

Rogue Protocol, Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing)

The Descent of Monsters, JY Yang (Tor.com Publishing)

NOVELETTE

“The Donner Party”, Dale Bailey (F&SF 1–2/18)

“Okay, Glory”, Elizabeth Bear (Twelve Tomorrows)

“No Flight Without the Shatter“, Brooke Bolander (Tor.com 8/15/18)

The Only Harmless Great Thing, Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing)

“The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections“, Tina Connolly (Tor.com 7/11/18)

“An Agent of Utopia”, Andy Duncan (An Agent of Utopia)

“Queen Lily“, Theodora Goss (Lightspeed 11/18)

“Nine Last Days on Planet Earth“, Daryl Gregory (Tor.com 9/19/18)

“Quality Time”, Ken Liu (Robots vs Fairies)

“How to Swallow the Moon“, Isabel Yap (Uncanny 11–12/18)

SHORT STORY

“The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington“, Phenderson Djèlí Clark (Fireside 2/18)

“The Bookcase Expedition”, Jeffrey Ford (Robots vs Fairies)

“STET“, Sarah Gailey (Fireside 10/18)

“A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies“, Alix E. Harrow (Apex 2/6/18)

“Cuisine des Mémoires”, N.K. Jemisin (How Long ’til Black Future Month?)

“The Storyteller’s Replacement”, N.K. Jemisin (How Long ’til Black Future Month?)

“Firelight“, Ursula K. Le Guin (Paris Review Summer ’18)

“The Starship and the Temple Cat“, Yoon Ha Lee (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 2/1/18)

“Mother of Invention“, Nnedi Okorafor (Future Tense)

“The Court Magician“, Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed 1/18)

ANTHOLOGY

The Best Horror of the Year Volume Ten, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Night Shade)

The Book of Magic, Gardner Dozois, ed. (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK)

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-fifth Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin’s Griffin)

Worlds Seen in Passing, Irene Gallo, ed. (Tor.com Publishing)

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018, N.K. Jemisin & John Joseph Adams, eds. (Mariner)

Robots vs Fairies, Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe, eds. (Saga)

The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year, Volume Twelve, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris US; Solaris UK)

Infinity’s End, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris US; Solaris UK)

The Underwater Ballroom Society, Tiffany Trent & Stephanie Burgis, eds. (Five Fathoms)

The Future Is Female!, Lisa Yaszek, ed. (Library of America)

COLLECTION

The Tangled Lands, Paolo Bacigalupi & Tobias S. Buckell (Saga)

Brief Cases, Jim Butcher (Ace; Orbit UK)

An Agent of Utopia, Andy Duncan (Small Beer)

How Long ’til Black Future Month?, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

The Dinosaur Tourist, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean)

Fire & Blood, George R.R. Martin (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK)

All the Fabulous Beasts, Priya Sharma (Undertow)

The Future Is Blue, Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean)

Starlings, Jo Walton (Tachyon)

How to Fracture a Fairy Tale, Jane Yolen (Tachyon)

MAGAZINE

Analog

Asimov’s

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

Clarkesworld

F&SF

Fireside

Lightspeed

Strange Horizons

Tor.com

Uncanny

PUBLISHER

Angry Robot

Baen

DAW

Gollancz

Orbit

Saga

Small Beer

Subterranean

Tachyon

Tor

EDITOR

John Joseph Adams

Neil Clarke

Ellen Datlow

Gardner Dozois

C.C. Finlay

Jonathan Strahan

Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas

Ann & Jeff VanderMeer

Sheila Williams

Navah Wolfe

ARTIST

Kinuko Y. Craft

Galen Dara

Julie Dillon

Leo & Diane Dillon

Bob Eggleton

Victo Ngai

John Picacio

Shaun Tan

Charles Vess

Michael Whelan

NON-FICTION

Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece, Michael Benson (Simon & Schuster)

Sense of Wonder: Short Fiction Reviews (2009-2017), Gardner Dozois (ReAnimus)

Strange Stars, Jason Heller (Melville House)

Dreams Must Explain Themselves: The Selected Non-Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin, Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz)

Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing, Ursula K. Le Guin & David Naimon (Tin House)

Old Futures: Speculative Fiction and Queer Possibility, Alexis Lothian (NYU Press)

Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, Catherine McIlwaine, ed. (Bodleian Library)

Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction, Alec Nevala-Lee (Dey Street)

None of This Is Normal: The Fiction of Jeff VanderMeer, Benjamin J. Robertson (University of Minnesota Press)

An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000, Jo Walton (Tor)

ART BOOK

Yoshitaka Amano, Yoshitaka Amano: The Illustrated Biography – Beyond the Fantasy, Florent Gorges (Les Éditions Pix’n Love 2015; Dark Horse)

Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, John Fleskes, ed. (Flesk)

John Howe, A Middle-earth Traveler: Sketches from Bag End to Mordor (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; HarperCollins UK)

Jeffrey Alan Love, The Thousand Demon Tree (Flesk)

Simon Stålenhag, The Electric State (Fria Ligan ’17; Skybound)

Shaun Tan, Cicada (Lothian; Levine ’19)

Charles Vess, The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga)

Michael Whelan, Beyond Science Fiction: The Alternative Realism of Michael Whelan (Baby Tattoo)

Dungeons & Dragons Art and Arcana: A Visual History, Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, & Sam Witwer (Ten Speed)

Lisbeth Zwerger, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, J.K. Rowling (Levine)

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anicegaykid · 6 years

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who dis?

#firstpost seems more daunting than it needs to be. Got myself all creative blocked up so here is a little diddy to get to know me better..

Are you named after anyone?

I am actually named after Jessica Wakefield from Sweet Valley High

When was the last time you cried?

tbh, I tend to flip from emotionless to SUPER emotional like 0-60. Sometimes no response, sometimes (like this afternoon) I see a beautiful pond surrounded in nature, being natural and beautiful, water sparkling in the sunshine and the tears just roll.

Do you have kids? If no, how many do you want?

No kids atm, but a couple kiddos would be nice in the near future

If you were another person, would you be a friend of yourself?

..like.. what.. ? am I just like a duplicate of me? Like am I the same person I am now and would I be friends with someone JUST like me? Or am I someone else? Who am I? Like, I enjoy spending time on my own?

Bottom line, I like me.

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

100%

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

eyes, smile, lips, face bone structure

What is your eye color?

blue, sometimes they get a little grey

Scary movie or happy endings?

BOTH.

Favorite smells?

Citrus, patchouli, cut grass, peaches and strawberries

Do you have any special talents?

Talents include: fantastic with horses, very good dog mom, I can cook frozen pizzas to perfection -- if I don’t get distracted, designing queer tees, i can roll a pretty decent j, solid problem solver, got some wit and can be funny.

Where were you born?

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

What’s your zodiac sign? Do you believe in it?

Leo; I mean it IS surprisingly accurate like all the time.

What are your hobbies?

I am kind of in between hobbies right now.. I dabble in some things. I go to the gym like more than average, but I would like to go more - said everyone ever. I’d like to hike more, camp more, build more things out of pallets, you know.. the usual

Do you have any siblings?

I have a 21 year old brother and a 14 year old sister.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Life is pretty great tbh, I’d like to continue being happy with my little fam

Who was your first best friend?

My first best friend would have to be my cousin, Brittany. Like a sister.

How tall are you?

5′6″

What is the least favourite thing about yourself?

I wish I was a lot better at expressing how I feel.

Things that still bother me - my wife and I had a discussion about proposals and who would ask who. We landed on me asking her, which I did and am SO happy about, but the reason behind it being that I am so poor at expressing emotions that she was afraid it would affect her confidence in my response.

For a first TMI moment of the blog, I have so much anxiety in my ability to express myself that I can’t even manage to make any “noise” during sex. Doesn’t even matter that I am my most comfortable self with her, STILL struggle. A work in progress for me I guess.

Funniest moment throughout School?

There was a time when we were at a beach party when I was 17, the RCMP showed up to break it up and snag any and all intoxicated minors they could. The tide had recently come in, but where we were was a little dip in the side of the cliff so the path back to the road was water-covered. So someone peeks around the cliff to see the two Mounties wading through the water. This party crew are country-folk and are 100% ready for this situation with a wooden ladder that leads up the side of the cliff into a field close to where all the vehicles are parked. As party-goers are running through the field to cars, someone shouts, “PIT PARTY” and everyone heads towards the local Pit. Along the way someone with a truck steals a round bale from a field and uses it to create the BIGGEST bonfire I’ve ever seen.

How many countries have you visited?

like ~10

What was your favourite/worst subject in High School?

I struggled with math but funny enough my career path has led me to a life in the casino so I do math daily and enjoy it very much!

My favourite courses in High School were Conservation and Agricultural Science.

What is your Favourite drink? Animal? Perfume?

Coke Zero Cherry

Horse

Karma by Lush

What would you (or have you) name your children?

I really like Posy, Daisy, Freddie and Loren

What Sports do you play/Have you played?

I used to Figure Skate, Horseback Ride, Ringette

Who are some of your favourite YouTubers?

I’ve always been a Grace Helbig, Mamrie Hart, Hannah Hart fan

I like Phil DeFranco for news, Pewds for some lulz, love me some Tyler Oakley, Whitney Simmons and Chloe Ting to work the booty, Vox for learning, FunForLouis has some BEAUTIFUL imagery and plays to the traveler side of me and I recently discovered Will Smith’s channel and cannot get enough!

How many Girlfriends/Boyfriends have you had?

I have had an unsettling amount of bfs for a lesbian, but 2 of them really stand out as being genuinely decent guys and I would still hang out with, platonically, to this day.

I have had a grand total of 4 gfs, I married the fourth bc I got LUCKY AS HECK!

Favourite memory from childhood?

The day I got my first puppy.

One time I was gifted a horse for Christmas bc my Dad felt so bad that I had to have my first pony put down earlier that year.

I also was old enough to remember both my siblings being born!

How would you describe your fashion sense?

tom boy hyper femme

What phone do you have? (iOS v Android?)

iPhone6s

Tell us one of your bad habits!

I bite my nails and chew my cuticles

3 things that upset you?

inequality

excessive force

did I say inequality?

3 things that make you happy?

Olivia

My animals

family

How is your relationship with parents?

My Mom is one of my best friends in this world! My Dad is an odd case, he struggles with my sexuality, I understand that it is because of where and when he grew up, he is never outwardly rude or mean to me, he’s a quiet country guy, he was at our wedding, he gave me away with my Mom, he’s kind to Olivia, he’s kind to me, he doesn’t understand but recognizes that it is real. I love my Dad, I really do. I’m proud of my Mom for educating him and ensuring that he is present and polite. I get frustrated from time to time and I have cried a lot of tears about it. Our relationship can be strange but at the same time hasn’t changed. He’s been a great Dad and he’ll be a fantastic Grampy. I have to check myself because there are people who are much worse off than me. I get jealous of Olivia sometimes because her Dad is so sweet to her and treats me like a daughter so easily, but my Dad has never been the soft spoken lovey type. We’ve hugged twice in my life. One of them was when I was leaving for England with a one way ticket and no foreseeable return plans and one was when he was jokingly blocking my path and I used it as a disarming mechanism to scoot through.

What’s on your mind?

All I can think about today is the fact that I became an aunt at 5AM this morning and I’m going to see his later this afternoon. I SO excited!

What’s your talent?

troubleshooting queen.

naturally creative to my own surprise.

One word that describes you?

patient

What’s your favourite quotes?

No Pride for some of us without liberation for all of us . Marsha P Johnson

We way too fly to partake in all this hate, we out here vibin’ . Ariana Grande

Any pets?

4 dogs:

Finnley - Great PyreneesXAustralian Shepard

Effie - Border CollieX

Shiro - DacshundXMiniature Australian Shepard

Moose - Great PyreneesXFinnley

2 Cats:

Priya - long haired tabby, kinda sorta Ragdoll’esque

Punkin - short haired orange tabby with a poofy tail

2 Beta Fishies:

King Push & Todd

What is the farthest you’ve been from home?

I lived in England for 2 years & travelled Europe for a month

Are you an extrovert or introvert?

I think TECHNICALLY an introvert? I can be v extroverted but I really need time to recharge. Recharging for me is being home with my comforts. My wifey, doggos, snacks and Netflix.

Are you left or right handed?

Right hander

Do you consider yourself a good cook?

Like.. sort of? I don’t cook much but when I do I always surprise myself with how well I do lol

Does your name have a special meaning?

It means my Mother was 18 when she had me and REALLY liked Sweet Valley High

If money were no object what would you get for your next birthday?

2 weeks away from home/work, road trip to Halifax for the fertility clinic, get started on a baby and then fly off to one of those tropical cabins on the water.

If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?

I would love to have a few homes! A winter getaway BC. A condo in Halifax, NS and a cute little hobby farm here in PEI in some rolling hills somewhere in between Kensington and Charlottetown.

What’s your favourite thing to have for breakfast?

I love chocolate chip waffles/pancakes, French style pastry breakfast, and when I’m feeling fab, some eggs benny on smoked salmon with a couple mimosas on the side.

What’s your favourite gadget?

I just got a Fitbit so thats been pretty exciting, aside from that, my phone is on me at like all times.

What’s your longest relationship so far?

My current one. We’re about to hit 4 years together, married for a little over a month.

#blog #firstblogpost #me #gettoknowme #photoset

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Episode 112: Business Non-Fiction

This episode we’re discussing Business Non-Fiction! We talk about personality quizzes, questioning capitalism, fighting against productivity/the productivity trap, the rigourousness of professional degrees, (somehow on-topic) tangents, and how books can manage to disappoint us in new and bizarre ways. It’s got both silliness and existential dread in one episode!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

Things We Read This Month

Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss

Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis

Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener

No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work by Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy

Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life by Marie Kondō and Scott Sonenshein

Soulbbatical: A Corporate Rebel's Guide to Finding Your Best Life by Shelley Paxton

Think. Do. Say.: How to Seize Attention and Build Trust in a Busy, Busy World by Ron Tite

The Steal: A Cultural History of Shoplifting by Rachel Shteir

Different . . . Not Less: Inspiring Stories of Achievement and Successful Employment from Adults with Autism, Asperger's, and ADHD by Temple Grandin

The Art of Doing Business Across Cultures: 10 Countries, 50 Mistakes, and 5 Steps to Cultural Competence by Craig Storti

100 Side Hustles: Ideas for Making Extra Money by Chris Guillebeau

Other Media We Mentioned

The Art of War by Sun Tzu (Wikipedia)

What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard Nelson Bolles

Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson

Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World by Mark Pendergrast

The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek by Howard Markel

Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter

Episode 015 - Self Help

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz

The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute by Zac Bissonnette

Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy

Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Deborah Blum

The Poison Squads: The Stupid, Risky First Food Safety Tests (SciShow)

Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America by Michael Ruhlman

Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee

The Good University: What Universities Actually Do and Why It's Time for Radical Change by Raewyn Connell

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton

More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth

The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future by Chris Guillebeau

Links, Articles, and Things

Ask a Manager

Quantified self (Wikipedia)

Herpetology (Wikipedia)

“the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians (gymnophiona)) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids, turtles, terrapins, tortoises, crocodilians, and the tuataras)”

15 Business Non-Fiction Books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap by Mehrsa Baradaran

Eat a Peach by David Chang

Fight or Submit: Standing Tall in Two Worlds by Ronald Derrickson

Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less by Tiffany Dufu

The Token: Common Sense Ideas for Increasing Diversity in Your Organization by Crystal Byrd Farmer

It's About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated Into Your Greatest Advantage by Arlan Hamilton

Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa's Historic Greenwood District by Hannibal B. Johnson

Indigenous Relations: Insights, Tips & Suggestions to Make Reconciliation A Reality by Robert Joseph

The Work: My Search for a Life That Matters by Wes Moore

Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao

The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker

Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier by Maya Rao

How to be a Bawse by Lilly Singh

Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You by Julie Zhuo

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Join us again on Tuesday, November 17th we’ll be doing Readers’ Advisory and trying to come up with holiday gifts for each other!

Then on Tuesday, December 1st we’ll be discussing the genre that you chose for us: New Weird Fiction!

#genres #nonfiction #business

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Get To Know Me Tag

Tagged by my mama again @dreamteamnoona, thanks for the tag! well u made it pretty clear that I didn't have much of a choice soo I mean like thanks? haha this was fun to do and I didn't cry, ok maybe a lil bit, but like your creepy side is showing a lil too much but I still love u mama

1. Are you named after someone?

- No, my mom really liked the name ‘Priya’ but she didn’t wanna be basic thus the horrific name ‘Priyana’ came to be but I'm salty af and still like Anna better

2. When was the last time you cried?

- It takes a loooot for me to cry so I don’t really remember but I think it was last month after a really nasty fight I had with someone whoa this got dark fast

3. Do you like your handwriting?

- Sort of, like its a real bitch to try and read but it still has a nice style to it ya know

4. What’s your favorite lunch meat?

- okayyy this one I donnu how to answer like turkey? I don’t really like meat but turkey sandwiches are lit

5. Do you have kids?

- yea.... I may have lost and forgotten about like 3 of them but I have still 4 lil ones I love ahh babies are so cute I cant

6. If you were another person, would you be friends with you?

- I guess so yea, I have to tendency to always check up on my friends so I think I could appreciate that myself if I were a friend of myself ok I'm confused now lol

7. Do you use sarcasm?

- Yea, but not that much, just when the situation calls for it

8. Do you still have your tonsils?

- haha I had to ask my mom what tonsils were and she said I still do so yea I guess

9. What is your favorite type of cereal?

- oh I never thought I’d live to see the day someone who would ask me this question. ok as a very serious midnight cereal eater I got a few: lucky charms ovi, cookie crisp, and my all- time favorite, oatmeal squares *with a hint of brown sugar* oml I'm such an old person haha

10. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?

- yupp

11. Do you think you’re a strong person?

- Yeah I do, I’m more tougher on the inside and I’m building up my physical strength but i’m a huge softie once you get to know me despite my resting bitch face

12. What’s your favorite ice-cream flavor?

- ugh this is soo hard but I gotta go with mint chocolate chip bc ima loyal hoe but cookies and cream is a super close second and ive been loving mocha almond fudge too recently

13. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

- The way they treat others and for physical appearance, its either their height or eyes or hair lol

14. Red or pink?

- I don’t like either but pink bc of my girl Princess Bubblegum

15. What’s the least favorite physical thing you like about yourself?

- hmm I think I’m gunna say the size of my face bc I always feel like its too small for my body and its kinda weird but that’s the way I was made so yea

16. What color pants and shoes are you wearing right now?

- I’m wearing dark grey joggers I think that’s what they’re called and my boots are black

17. What was the last thing you ate?

- Almonds? I’m not really sure but I’m gunna eat some sushi for dinner soon

18. What are you listening to right now?

- Come over by Dean and Yerin Baek yall it sooo gud

19. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

- Probably blue-green

20. Favorite smell?

- Sandalwood

21. Who is the last person you talked to on the phone?

- My mom

22. Favorite sport to watch?

- ehh I'm not big on sports but basketball is lit ahh have yall seen my main Chris Paul and my boo DeAndre Jordan oooh lord someone hold me

23. Hair color?

- Black as fuckkkkkk like my soul if I had one

24. Eye color?

- Dark, deep brown

25. Do you wear contacts?

- Nope! bc if I did... well let’s just say its a gud thing that I don't

26. Favorite food?

- Pizza! ofc

27. Scary movies or comedies?

- I’m literally watching a horror movie with my mom as we speak so u tell me bro

28. Last movie you watched?

- Ooh it’s Lights Out

29. What color shirt are you wearing?

- Black

30. Summer or winter?

- This may be a shock coming from a Cali gurl but its winter, oooh its sooo beautiful I think I fell in love with this year’s weather

31. Hugs or kisses?

- Well I haven’t been kissed yet so I’ll stick with hugs hehe

32. What book are you currently reading?

- TT I’m not reading a book bc I've been sooo busy with school and writing stuff for my blog but there’s this series that I’ve been recommended called ‘A Little Extraordinary’ and its hella gud so far

33. Who do you miss right now?

- It's not so much a 'who' but a 'what' and that would be reading TT

34. What's on your mouse pad?

- I don’t have one???

35. What’s the last TV program you watched?

- Some random home renovation show lmao

36. What is the best sound?

- The sweet sound of Haechan’s voice ok but like thunder is pretty lit too see what I did there? Thunder, lightening, lights, lit, ok ill stop

37. Rolling Stones or The Beatles?

- Ummm NCT? bc like I'm born in 2001 so I cant relate with none of that ‘last century’ stuff

38. Where is the farthest you’ve ever travelled?

- Fiji! Oh its so beautiful and I love my grandfather’s farm. Ahh I miss Fiji now

39. Do you have a special talent?

- Nope! I can sense when something bad is gunna happen though but idk if that counts as a talent

40. Where were you born?

- Sacramento baby!

41. Who am I tagging?

- @artaehyung @j-jkook @haechansgiggles @sungardenhoseok @melaninminhyuk @donghyuckstudies and @ole-dole-peaches

Phew, that was a long one haha but it was fun and pretty random!

#thanks for the tag #and ofc the tag is optional as always

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