KARAOKE WAS FUN LIKE ALWAYS.I LOVE TuesdAYs. And the gay bar is called Scandals, I will never get over that. #portlandiswestlima #reeeeeeeallyfarwestlima 

pixolith:

lucyjhale:

I probably have too, inadvertently in the last few months, being all unemployed and antisocial and whatnot. 

Oo. Sounds delightful, if you don’t mind keeping company with someone who is (hopefully) glued to a laptop. 

I think it’s pretty obvious by now that I’m not exactly the kind of person who needs constant chatter or social interaction to be happy :P So no, I don’t mind.

Sweet. So…sometime after the first week of July, then? 

pixolith:

lucyjhale:

Yeah, maybe that’s my problem. It’s harder to read and write at the same time. :) 

Cobblestones are essential. Or not. Whatever. Don’t worry, I’ll give you plenty of notice. The vow of silence thing doesn’t sound like a bad idea. Then again if I had that kind of self-discipline I wouldn’t need cobblestones and no internet in order to write a thing.

Well yeah I don’t think ten days of silence is going to be particularly challenging, I’ve gone without a word for much longer without even really realizing it.

We do have a few of them, really, not just the sort of picturesque little villages one would imagine when cobblestone streets get mentioned.

Come over and we’ll go to our summer place; a not-so-good internet coupled with an insanely pretty seascape should work wonders for your writing inspiration. :D

I probably have too, inadvertently in the last few months, being all unemployed and antisocial and whatnot. 

Oo. Sounds delightful, if you don’t mind keeping company with someone who is (hopefully) glued to a laptop. 

pixolith:

Haha, I’m a big fan of audiobooks; I’ve listened to them ever since I was a kid. They’re the perfect multitasking tool so I can read AND draw at the same time. :D

If you want cobblestone streets, I’m afraid you’ll have to head to central/southern Europe. :D Our cobblestone streets are sadly quite few. (Good thing too, my ankles hate them.)

And just as a heads up, I’ll be completely off the radar from June 26th to July 8th (and by completely I mean so completely I’m giving up all sources of distraction and entering an temporary vow of silence) so I can’t respond if you suddenly decide to head across the ocean.

Yeah, maybe that’s my problem. It’s harder to read and write at the same time. :) 

Cobblestones are essential. Or not. Whatever. Don’t worry, I’ll give you plenty of notice. The vow of silence thing doesn’t sound like a bad idea. Then again if I had that kind of self-discipline I wouldn’t need cobblestones and no internet in order to write a thing.

pixolith:

lucyjhale replied to your post: janiedean replied to your post: janiedean…

It’s a brilliant book. It’s how novels ought to be written. Damn him.

Huh. I might have to bump it up on my to-read list, then. <3

And heyyy lady when you coming over? Are your plans still the same?

It’s great. It’s not unelaborate, though, so I’d say no for taking to your sister. I do recommend the old BBC radio play of Lord of the Rings highly. I prefer radio shows to audio books. Audio books never can hold my interest. 

Plans. Who has time for plans? 

I dunno, I was hoping to find some opportunity to hang around in one place for a while. I’ve been signing up for house-sit websites and stuff, looking for openings. My lack of productivity lately is annoying me to no end, and I keep dreaming of sitting in a cozy place in a cobble-streeted European town with maybe a cafe that has wifi when I need it but nothing in the place itself so that I will focus the way I keep meaning to and just write things. 

Strangely, that hasn’t been an offer on any websites yet. I keep going back and forth on what to do and where to go. 

8 reasons it is near impossible to make a stand alone Hulk movie

ecokitty:

the-spirit-of-the-radio:

It’s customary behaviour in the 21st century to shout and bawl about all those movies that you want to see that aren’t getting made, but sometimes we don’t stop to consider that, hey, what if they’re not being made for a reason? What if there’s, like, an actual reason? You may have noticed recently that superhero movies are pretty big right now, and by “pretty big,” I mean they’re threatening to take over the cinematic medium in general.

Which brings us to the Hulk. You know him: big green guy, prone to violent outbursts. One of the most popular comic book creations, no doubt, and yet – perhaps more than any other Marvel superhero with a matching popularity – this character lacks a genuinely great cinematic adaptation. The last decade played home to a few admirable attempts, but did they work as fully-fledged Hulk movies? Were they the flicks we dreamed of? Uh-uh.

This got me thinking about why adapting the Hulk to the big screen has proven itself to be such a difficult task. I’m not sure, in all honestly, that the filmmakers involved are totally at fault, though. Ang Lee went all existential because, hey, that was one way of trying to approach the material, and for that Edward Norton version… well, they played it safe and a bit (ahem) dull, because they didn’t want to repeat Lee’s “mistake.”

With Mark Ruffalo now cast as Bruce Banner in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, the outcry for a standalone Hulk movie has never been stronger – everybody seems to agree that the actor perfectly embodied the character for the first time in a long time. But here’s 8 reasons why, ultimately – despite the fact that it would be amazing if they could – it’s going to be near-on impossible to make a genuinely brilliant standalone Hulk movie…

8. Hulk is not a super hero

7. Bruce Banner Doesn’t Want To Be The Hulk

6. The Hulk is pretty much invincible

5. What Is There For The Hulk To Do? As stated, he is invincible. Even the basic ‘people are out to kill him’ situation does not work for this reason alone as the outcome is obvious from the off.

4. Making The Hulk Semi-Sentient Doesn’t Work

3. The Hulk Is Counter-Constructive

2. Hulk Works Best As Part Of A Team (from a narrative point at least.)

1. They have tried and failed many times now. It is as simple as that.

Reasons it can work:

1. Mark Ruffalo
2. Mark Ruffalo
3. Mark Ruffalo
4. Mark Ruffalo

Like they say, three times the charm. ;D

Here’s what you do. You bring back Sterns from the 2008 movie (unresolved MCU canon ftw!). He got infected with the gamma and is now The Leader, but we haven’t heard anything about that. So The Leader  invents some high-tech diddly and he hits Bruce with a beam that manages to split Banner and the Hulk into individual bodies. Hulk runs away, Bruce is thrilled to pieces. Until he realizes that without his influence in Hulk’s head Hulk really is a monster, and the only way to control him is to be part of him. So he has to chase the Hulk down and put them back together again. 

So you get lots of Hulk as badass smash guy for the fanboys, you get all the Bruce you want for those of us who are all about Ruffles, you get a huge character arc about Banner finally being free from this curse only to discover that Bruce is Hulk is Bruce, self-acceptance, all that stuff. You get some nice cathartic scenes of Bruce finally getting to lose his temper and scream without unleashing a monster. 

And you bring him a sidekick for buddy-movie antics. Preferably Amadeus Cho. Because then you could bring him back with Hercules in the next wave of MCU movies. 

There. 

cornflakesareglutenfree:

lucyjhale:

…this isn’t a good show, ya’ll.

she legit said this over and over as i (we) watched two episodes of teen wolf just now. 

at least she’s witty. 

I mean. I’ma try not to judge or anything, but. Damn. 

I did get a nice laugh out of those twins who look like a Matt Damon candle got set too close to a fire. Twice. 

…this isn’t a good show, ya’ll.

Young Playwrights Festival

thefirstmrshummel:

cornflakesareglutenfree:

whenindoubtapplymoreglitter:

mr-max-adler:

WEEK 3 (June 20-23)

BLACK ICE by Max Friedlich, Age 18, Friends Seminary, New York, NY

Directed by Michael Shepperd   Mentored by Patrick Burleigh

Love makes us do crazy things, including falling for someone we’d never expect. But if it’s really love, is that so wrong?

Starring: Max Adler and Robert Gant

Tickets can be purchased here

Wait….so Max is gonna fall in love with Robert Gant?

*log onto to travelocity and searches for tickets to LA*

I’M GOING TO BE IN LA THAT WEEKEND

I SHIT YOU NOT. I AM GOING TO THIS THING.

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OH MY GOD

I WANT TO SEE THIS PLAY TOO

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Seeeeeriously. One of you bitches better bootleg record this sucker.