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thetvaddict: Just when you thought you couldn’t love PARENTHOOD...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:53:22 -0500

thetvaddict:

Just when you thought you couldn’t love PARENTHOOD anymore…

I’m not really sure I get why this is happening, but I love it.

verycleanindeed: “‘Cause we like it on top.” I’ve been watching...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:13:31 -0500

verycleanindeed:

“‘Cause we like it on top.”

I’ve been watching Undeclared. Leslie Knope hit on Jax Teller.

My father printed a quote from The Velveteen Rabbit in large...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:42:36 -0500

My father printed a quote from The Velveteen Rabbit in large type on the wall. The stuffed rabbit asked, “What is real?” And the rabbit asked, “Does it hurt?” And the horse said, “Sometimes.” “Does it happen all at once?” “It takes a long time. Generally, by the time you are real, most of your hair has been loved off, your eyes dropped out, and you get loose in the joints. But these things don’t matter at all because you are real. You can’t be ugly except to people who don’t understand.”

boondockbrothers: The time he lost her and the time he found...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:39:16 -0500

boondockbrothers:

The time he lost her and the time he found her.

"In contemporary society we’re expected both to praise the miracle of birth and deplore it as the..."

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:28:00 -0500

“In contemporary society we’re expected both to praise the miracle of birth and deplore it as the wages of sin. We expect men to take cold showers if they get an erection, and to take Viagra if they can’t. We encourage straight women to kiss in bars, and actual lesbians not to. We expect young men to have sex they’re not ready for, and young women to decline it when they are. We’re expected to say we like oral sex even when we don’t, and to say we dislike anal sex even supposing we do. We’re expected to buy sudoku books with bikini models on the cover and to read Playboy for the articles. We’re expected to gradually lose interest in our spouses and not to have affairs. We’re expected to stress about unplanned, unwanted pregnancy and to see stopping to put on a condom as unromantic. We expect to believe men don’t read romance novels and women don’t watch porn, even though there’s maybe a 30% crossover both directions. If you’re a woman you’re expected to zealously guard your hymen up to the point you get married (whether you wanted to or not), and then upon receipt of a marriage license you’re expected to turn around and let some guy pound away at it whenever he wishes (whether you wanted to or not.) Looking in another direction if you’re a man you’re expected to run screaming from the room if your wife puts her purse down too close to you… because your wife’s purse might somehow magically “make you gay.” We’re supposed to pretend that women faint at the sight of blood, and ignore that men are far more inclined to. We expect women to depend financially on men and expect men to dump their wives for floozies at the drop of a thong. We’re expected to think a model is sexy if she’s in a Victoria’s Secret poster at the mall, and we’re expected to think a mom in workout pants and a sweatshirt isn’t sexy if she’s in the same mall pushing a stroller.”

- “Why I Blog About Sex” (via lizdexia)

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Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:32:42 -0500

sweepmeup: Great Adventure wedding invitation by The Hungry...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:07:41 -0500

sweepmeup:

Great Adventure wedding invitation by The Hungry Workshop

popculturebrain: For the love of quality television, watch...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:22:52 -0500

popculturebrain:

For the love of quality television, watch NBC’s Awake when it airs Thursday March 1st at 10 pm. The peacock’s revered comedy block, though full of the best comedy on TV, is not going to give it much of a lead in ratings wise. While those who read trades, obsess over TV and follow trends are surely aware of it, the show seems to be lacking a wide marketing push and populous buzz. This is a shame considering the show is one of the more imaginative, original concepts to push through on network television in recent memory and deserves to be seen.

Its script is packed to the walls with promise and drops enough of its concept to fascinate, while eliciting the viewer to dream up conspiracy theories. Jason Isaacs is doing a terrific job in his portrayal of the more unfathomable and in some respects carries a Don-Draper-esque quality. The character’s choice at the end of the pilot is the mark of great writing and acting. Where a lesser show would immediately put its hero on a path to normalcy, Awake intentionally throws it out the window. The production design plays wonderfully into the duality of the concept, and brings to life its themes in a stated and noticeable but nevertheless fun color scheme.

Isaacs is portraying a detective who solves crimes, which is a major concern as it lends itself to the procedural. Too many hour long dramas this season have claimed to be high concept and end up just being crime procedurals (ahem Person of Interest, Alcatraz). For now, it’s too early to tell if this is where Awake is going. Also, it’s unclear how its concept will play out long term. The pilot is strong but what does this show look like in episode five?

Awake is a big risk, even more so than creator Kyle Killen’s last flop Lone Star. Its concepts are higher and its network is worse off. There’s a very scary possibility that it will fail and be gone within weeks, which in this broadcast landscape would be a real blow to singularity on network television. So watch it now online or watch it when it airs, tune in week 2. Whatever you have to do, for the love of quality television.

Also it’s fucking Lucius Malfoy. And he wants you to watch.

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Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:10:02 -0500

oh hey anon. i haven’t posted one of those memes in a while, so i assume you might mean this one? in which case, a tumblr crush? obviously you anon.

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Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:14:36 -0500

heatherallen: cablume-goes-the-dynamite: These are some...

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:30:34 -0500

heatherallen:

cablume-goes-the-dynamite:

These are some Castle-themed valentines that I sketched out for my boyfriend, who is also a huge fan of the show.

They’re tongue-in-cheek, cheesy, and maybe a little tasteless - just like us. Enjoy.

Um, I may have to print these out and send them to some close friends.

heatherallen: A series of ‘lemonism’ posters I did as a gift...

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:20:20 -0500

heatherallen:

A series of ‘lemonism’ posters I did as a gift for a very good friend of mine who’s opening her own cafe this coming March.

You can download them here [x] if you want

I also want two of these on my wall. :)

"Sex is too powerful. Sex is half a billion years older than we are. This idea that we have sex?..."

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:26:28 -0500

““Sex is too powerful. Sex is half a billion years older than we are. This idea that we have sex? Bullshit. Sex has us.””

- Dan Savage (via psychichange)

demycrawley: #SHE’S NOT EVEN DOING ANYTHING WITH HER...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:20:08 -0500

demycrawley:

#SHE’S NOT EVEN DOING ANYTHING WITH HER FACE #MICHELLE DOCKERY YOU- #I JUST- #I DON’T UNDERSTAND #HOW CAN SHE JUST TWITCH HER EYES AND MOVE HER NECK AND STILL YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT’S GOING ON IN HER MIND #ALL THE PAIN AND ANGUISH AND WORRY FOR MATTHEW AND ALL THE LOVE SHE CAN’T EXPRESS #EVERYTHING IS THERE #AND SHE’S NOT EVEN FUCKING DOING ANYTHING #michelle dockery i give up #i just give up #michelle dockery #downton abbey #character: i don’t have a heart #my edits #mary crawley

peterwknox: (via Tumbling on success: How Tumblr’s David Karp...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:44:25 -0500

peterwknox:

(via Tumbling on success: How Tumblr’s David Karp built a £500 million empire (Wired UK))

"I’ve been an obsessive Doctor Who fan since I was a child and it persists to this very day. The BBC..."

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:59:05 -0500

“I’ve been an obsessive Doctor Who fan since I was a child and it persists to this very day. The BBC run a Doctor Who website and I go on almost every day to check the latest news. Doctor Who is the finest piece of television that has ever been made anywhere. They’re putting together a new TV series next year and Bill Nighy is supposed to play the doctor. I’ve been onto my agent to see if I can get a part, but she’s not keen. She says I’ll never work again if I do it. I’m proud to say, though, that I have already performed in a couple of audiobook episodes. That was heaven.”

- David Tennant when asked about his favorite website. 2003 (via jarvizz)

you are the most delightful.

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:07:14 -0500

you are the most delightful.

carpe-lucem: Lucky Now - Ryan Adams “And if the lights...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:42:00 -0500

carpe-lucem:

Lucky Now - Ryan Adams

“And if the lights draw you in
And the dark can take you down
And love can mend your heart
But only if you’re lucky now.”

"That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think..."

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:48:50 -0500

““That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it’s reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking.””

- Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever (via chr0nicles)

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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:45:08 -0500