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Sleepaway Camp Boy: Eat shit and die Ricky: Eat shit and live I love that response so much.

So Amazon regularly has authors make a list of book recommendations. Normally authors recommend other peoples work but Alice Hoffman only suggests her own books. It bothers me. I enjoyed looking at authors like Stephen King and Alyssa Cole highlight authors I may not have heard of before. Maybe I am overthinking it. Authors who already have a fanbase promoting others seems like a great thing. Listing only your own books seems like a waste because the people looking at the list are probably already fans. https://www.amazon.com/amazonbookreview/read/B09J77RKMX?ref=tsm_1_fb_s_kin_5746715233&fbclid=IwAR08WHUBA_nE2FNUFzG9dB7vBi5oBipo8TmVa_WVVAcgIh9f8uQ1uKvf1xs

Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller is one of the great casting choices especially because he’s the reason Alan Ruck was picked to play Cameron. John Hughes had met Ruck before in Breakfast Club auditions and didn’t think Ruck would work as Cameron but Broderick advocated for Ruck heavily. Ferris can be an arrogant jerk but the movie works for me because at heart it’s really about Cameron. I think Ferris primary motivation for that particular day off is Cameron. In his asides to the camera Ferris talks about Cameron more than anyone else, the parade scene happens specifically because he’s trying to impress Cameron, Ferris has a whole scene monologuing about his concerns about what will happen to Cameron after high school graduation and the big emotional moment at the end is with Cameron and his abusive father’s car. Ferris is worried about his friend but has no clue how to talk to him and thinks the solution is to get Cameron to cut school and try to get him to have fun. Ferris is flawed but he’s has more depth then he appears to. He isn’t always nice to Cameron but he does care about him even if he doesn’t understand how to express it directly.

Triangles I liked: General Hospital - Jax/Brenda/Sonny ( the first time around. After a while of repetition I stopped caring) Daria - Daria/Tom/Jane this one will be unpopular Friends - Joey/Rachel/Ross - I thought Joey’s growth and realization of love were sweet. Joey could be one note and the romance with Rachel livened the character up. I hated Ross by the end. 90210 - Brenda/Dylan/Kelly

I am a fan of Nalini Singh’s Psy/Changling series and have decided to give her Guild Hunter Series a try. I am reading Angel’s Blood where Elena is a vampire hunter. She searches for vampires who attempt to escape their Angel masters who created the vampires. The world building is intriguing. I’m not getting attached to the characters as strongly as I have with the Psy/Changling books but the story is compelling.

I am reading The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass. Jake is a high school student who can be socially awkward and feels stress from being the only black kid in his class. Jake also can see ghosts. The dead he sees linger in time loops where they recreate their deaths over and over. For the first time one ghost breaks free of his death loop, begins killing people , and terrorizing Jake. Sawyer is an angry ghost who killed his classmates and then himself. Jake has never been afraid a ghost could hurt him until now. The book alternates between Jake’s pov and excerpts from Sawyer’s diary before the murder/suicide. It’s heartbreaking because Sawyer is aware he needs help but he doesn’t have the support system to get it. It doesn’t justify his actions but makes me understand how things got so bad. I see Jake and Sawyer as two sides of a coin because both are socially awkward, get bullied by people, and struggle making friends but Jake doesn’t have the urge to do harm.

I’m reading The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling. A nineteen year old witch who was new to practicing magic curses her ex after getting her heart broken. She doesn’t believe it will actually work because she and her cousin are drunk, they didn’t use a legitimate spell, and they used a candle from Bed Bath and Beyond. Nine years pass and when her ex returns to town the curse takes effect causing harm not only to her ex but also the whole town. Now she and her ex have to work together to reverse the curse. So far it’s a light, entertaining romance with humor.

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I love Blackpool. It’s the origin of my David Tennant love. The Gambler https://youtu.be/GA35wBW1fvU The Boy With the Thorn in his Side

I’m in the middle if Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. It’s one of those books I feel like I knew well before reading it because it’s so much a part of our pop culture. But the adaptations are so iconic that that’s what people think of; not necessarily the book itself. It’s interesting to compare the original material with the adaptations. I find myself visualizing things from movies. BTW, here’s a clip from Drunk History telling their version if how Mary Shelley came up with the story.

Aunt Martha in the slasher Sleep Away Camp The movie is campy as hell and a fun ridiculous watch.

I hated Riley’s belief that she was the good girl and Maya was the bad girl and that the show validated Riley dismantling of Maya’s progress. They were actually acting horrified that Maya wasn’t getting in trouble in school and starting to get good grades. I don’t understand what the writers were thinking. In the end Maya was a much better person than Riley and yet we’re told Riley is a great person. Meanwhile there’s tons of examples of Riley being terrible but everyone around her indulged her. Let me add Riley forcing hugs on Mackle who made it clear she was uncomfortable with physical touch. And they never acknowledged how inconsiderate it was.

Ever After

Something New Romeo and Juliet Betsy’s Wedding So I Married an Axe Murderer

Let’s talk movie wedding fashion Father of the Bride 1950 I love the top but am iffy on the bottom I loved the wedding sneakers in the remake The Princess Diaries 2 The Vow Sound Of Music Crazy Rich Asians Runaway Bride Coming to America

How was the first one? Is the best friend relationship super codependent like the movie?

Will Smith explains why he turned down The Matrix

I am reading One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston. August has spent her life avoiding connections with people other than her mother. Now moving to New York for school August meets the girl of her dreams but there’s a problem. Jane’s been trapped on the subway since the 70s and has no memory of how she got time displaced. Is she is a ghost, a time traveler, cursed? August is determined to help her. I really like the way August is opening up with her new roommates. I feel like Jane is too perfect in August’s eyes and so I hope as we read further she’ll get more depth. I think the premise is interesting and I am enjoying getting know the characters. I liked the authors previous book Red, White, & Royal Blue a ton.

Iphone 11 0s 15 safari I’m not sure what theme how do I clear my cache?

There’s a Steven Guttenberg movie where he’s Santa’s son and falls in love with Crystal Bernard which had a sequel. There’s a Cathy Ireland movie where she’s Santa’s daughter who falls in love with with John Dye which also had a sequel. There’s a movie called Annie Claus where she leaves the North Pole to find true love. Matthew Lawrence played a young Santa who finds love. There’s a lifetime movie where Lucas Bryant gets engaged and has to reveal his father is Santa. Santa and Mrs. Claus were played by George Wendt and Shelly Long. I don’t know if I should be proud or embarrassed I knew this information, lol.

“Racism is what drew me to black people.” - Ellen Pompeo I don’t understand what she was trying to say with that. A YouTuber did a video going over Pompeo’s history of discussing race. Sometimes it sounds like she means well and then at other times she’s very tone deaf. She speaks with authority while saying ignorant things. I can see why people find her off putting. I don’t think she’s the type to learn from mistakes but instead walks into situations thinking she already knows everything.

I was attempting to reply in the royals thread but keep getting pushed out. It’s not happening in other threads I have responded to.

The way I see it. Volume 1 was about Starlord’s Mommy issues, 2 about his Daddy issues and so I anticipate 3 will connect to the family he has on Earth somehow. I feel like if his family on Earth isn’t dealt with it’s this huge hanging thread.

Internet Slams Disney Guest Who Gropes Gaston Actor in Viral Video Groping people is just not okay. The man was just working and the woman didn’t seem to understand she was being inappropriate. It made me think of the harassment experienced by the actor who played Podrick where female fans would just grab him. Daniel Portman, AKA Podrick From "Game Of Thrones," Says Fans Sexually Assaulted Him I feel like some people think men always want sexual attention even from strangers and that somehow they can’t be harassed too. I don’t think men want to be groped because of their work anymore than women do.

Hallmark’s Writer’s Room