(Many thanks to @deathbycoldopen.bsky.social for getting me a festival badge for my birthday!)

For the 11th day of spooky season I went to @screamfest.bsky.social & watched 22 horror movies 👁️👄👁️

I can’t fit everything here (though I’ll update my Letterboxd later) but The Red Mask & Redux Redux were A+++ features, & Very Prosperous Men, Remnants, Isolation, & Imago were my fave shorts!

For day ten I watched Azrael. This one wasn’t for me, unfortunately. The story, characters, and world building just didn’t feel strong enough to justify a complete lack of dialogue. That said, the chargrilled demons with built in blood-radar were fun!

When "all of this" is over and the centrist pundits and politicians are kissing Musk's ass again, don't let them. Don't let anyone ignore that Musk is a mass murderer.

Had a dream last night that I found a listing for a bookstore job that included “dril (wint) used to work here” as a benefit, but did not include health care.

Day nine: tonight I watched Strange Darling! People have been recommending this movie to me and telling me not to look up anything about it for a while damn year, and I’m so glad I finally did. Loved it. Highly recommend.

Day eight: seeing Nobuhiko Ôbayashi’s 1977 horror/comedy, House. I technically haven’t watched it yet, but I’m in the theater waiting for it to start, so wanted to post before I forget. I know very little about it, so I’m looking forward to whatever is about to transpire!

The interminable search for employment continues. I've lost count of how many times I've applied for an entry level studio assistant or mail room or administrative role without so much as a phone interview. Today I seriously considered applying for a job transporting lawn maintenance goats.

Not to be a movie snob, but the options for "favorite director" provided on the AMC A-list personality/taste profile are embarrassingly basic.

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

I'll repeat this until the LLMs bubble finally bursts: We were told NFTs were "the future" "here to stay" and "inevitable"

Where's that market now.

May every single person pushing this shit have permanent canker sores and smudged glasses for the rest of their miserable lives.

Oh lordy. I heard these stories from various people involved. If you want to work in TV, or just are curious about how thoroughly things can go wrong, definitely check this out.

This screenshot keeps getting wildly pixelated for no apparent reason but I don't want to delete and repost a third time, so... I guess we're stuck with it.

Day seven: I finally got around to watching Presence! Really felt like more of a drama that happened to involve a ghost than a true horror movie, but I really loved the ending. Glad I went in unspoiled!

For day six, I rewatched a forever fave: Donnie Darko. Genuinely cannot believe that this movie is 24 years old. Time is fake.

I keep forgetting to add to this series of posts, but I had a blast watching Abigail on day five! Goofin' vampire shenanigans. (Side note, as a Supernatural fan I'm always struck by an overwhelming sense of "our girl Claire is all grown up!" whenever I watch something with Kat Newton in it 😌)

You could just talk about Jim Crow. I promise you, there's no need to leave America's shores to talk about life in a fascist state

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Shocking absolutely no one, the “marketing company” with zero evidence of any past campaigns or clients on their website, linkedin, or instagram page—and which does not appear to even be a registered business—has not bothered to check their email to see that I cancelled my interview with them.

I took a screenwriting class in college and when one of my classmates asked the instructor “What if I don’t want to write or direct but I have a lot of ideas and I want other people to make them into movies?” the instructor said, “That’s a producer.”

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"