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I prefer to think of it as "Patrick Swayze-chic." Also I wore almost the exact same outfit yesterday so great minds.
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Lanky brunette with a wicked jaw. Technologist/writer/grown-up film student in Chicago. she/her jenmyers.net
Jen Myers
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I prefer to think of it as "Patrick Swayze-chic." Also I wore almost the exact same outfit yesterday so great minds.
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Jen Myers
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This August, @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social is screening STREETS OF FIRE in 70mm, so I am beginning to prepare myself, physically, mentally, spiritually, right now.
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Addendum! We've officially been making @quietlittlehorrors.bsky.social for 4 whole years now. We talk more about that in the next episode, but it's worth celebrating a bit now. We've released 80 episodes covering 84 movies. A lot of words about weird movies. So glad I had somewhere to put them.
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Jen Myers
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So there's a new @quietlittlehorrors.bsky.social episode out. If you're into that sort of thing.
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Hollywood Hank Hill
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From Franz Kafka's diaries.
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Jen Myers
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The way I can HEAR that gif. The Music Box in Chicago is screening this one day after my birthday this year, which is really thoughtful of them (I already have my ticket).
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Jen Myers
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Speaking of getting back to things, my monthly newsletter will go out this weekend. Feel free to subscribe and stuff.
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I finally got back to posting on my website (and fixed my meta tags to pull in the correct link card objects across social media). So here's my latest link/book/movie/etc. report.
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Notions, on the other hand, are a lot easier to entertain, but then you can't get rid of them and who wants a bunch of notions hanging around, it gets annoying real quick.
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Benjamin Dreyer
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"The number of people who expected Mrs. Hutchinson to win a Bendix washer at the end would amaze you." —Shirley Jackson
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WildGorillaMan
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Urgente: Gato
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SKELLYTON
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My we do not have a dinosaur sign is prompting a lot of questions answered by my we not have dinosaur sign
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Since I just moved to a new neighborhood, this year I will not be able to see if the kids who live across the street from where I used to live once again offer their summer waffle stand. I don't think they had a lot of takers but I always appreciated their nonconformist product approach.
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Yes the photo is at the link. It's in a newspaper, so it's officially Important News.
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Okay, given that I overheard this in Chicago, I now think there's a nonzero chance Steve Stone was the Steve in question.
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Well I am now
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Also at the antique mall I saw a Nirvana t-shirt for sale, which is almost as bad as the time I saw a Caboodles case there.
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I have more than a few follow-up questions about Steve and I am heartbroken they will forever go unanswered.
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Overheard today at the antique mall: "Steve is a moron. I can't even get him to tell me where his parents are buried, much less which issue of PLAYGIRL he was in."
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Went back to my recently vacated neighborhood to pick up a misdirected package and swing by the newly christened William Friedkin Way. Welcome home, Billy.
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This is such a good book. I've worked my way through a bunch of writing craft books over the past few years and it's a standout.
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One of the hottest things a man can do is be Donald Sutherland in KLUTE
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Just got a local theater's dispatch about the neat horror film stuff happening over the summer, with all the special events scheduled for late night, and once again I make the plea that some people who really like horror movies are also old and tired so please throw us the bone of an early event.
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"You think grown-ups know what they're doing? That's just a hustle, kid. Grown-ups are making it up as they go along, just like you. You remember that, you'll do fine."
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Congrats! I do like the stats, it's always interesting and useful to see behind the scenes like that.
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I don't know why the preview image isn't loading (Bluesky preview tags continue to confound me) but there's a new @quietlittlehorrors.bsky.social episode out, if you're into that sort of thing.
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I am glad they enjoy their hobby so much but I admit I was befuddled. Although I did just discover that my single flashlight no longer works for some reason I don't know, so maybe I should pay more attention to them.
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Special shout out to r/flashlight, a community of people who collect flashlights, where I used to lurk but it then became impenetrable even for fascinated lurking.
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A list of subreddits I in which I lurk to be fascinated by the collective obsession for the subject at hand, ranked in ascending order according to how intense and occasionally inexplicable the obsession is: 5. r/typewriters 4. r/fountainpens 3. r/fragrances 2. r/tea 1. r/trains
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Hey, if you're into sprawling Korean folk horror, you probably want to watch EXHUMA, conveniently now on Shudder. I caught this in its pretty limited run in US theaters and I'm glad to see it more widely accessible.
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If anyone tries to reach me in the coming weeks, please be aware that responses may be delayed because I'm currently putting together an elite team to stop the threat of a POSSESSION remake, thanks for your understanding.
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I do like the outside but I have always been obsessed with the idea of having something like this. I'm also always cold, so I think I'm compelled by the idea of being able to bake in a glass house like a happy little lizard.
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Eartha Kitt with her daughter and her dog on Oak Street Beach, Chicago 1965
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No one, even among the several actual British people who have tried, has ever been able to coherently explain cricket to me, which is why I continue to suspect it's an elaborate, conspiratorial prank they've been playing on the rest of the world all these years.
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Spielberg had no idea why Joe Dante loved the Santa story so much but refused to cut it because it was Joe's film, a tremendous victory for the rights of the auteur (to give a character the weirdest interlude about her father's death by chimney)
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Happy 40th anniversary of GREMLINS to Billy's mom and Billy's mom only
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Better late than never, etc. Sorry for the delay, but the latest episode is now out! Let's talk about VERTIGO.
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Happy birthday to Prince, a day I traditionally celebrate online with his performance of my favorite song of his, "Starfish and Coffee," on MUPPETS TONIGHT. Possibly the apex of mass media? I leave that for the scholars to decide.
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Get well soon, Gail! I hope someone is around to microwave you both a fine cup of tea.
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So in my recent moving chaos, I failed to publish the latest @quietlittlehorrors.bsky.social episode on time, but it's out now! We're covering a bunch of films featuring doubles and in this one we go classic to discuss VERTIGO. May or may not be an excuse for me to go long on how much I love Midge.
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My therapist used to have an office in the Fine Arts Building and I got to travel via its magnificent manual elevators on a weekly basis. I even wrote one of bit of flash fiction on the theme a few years ago. I understand why they're going away but what a unique thing to lose.
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*sobs*
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Firefly is definitely more poetic
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Firefly is such a lovely word! But they are so deeply tied to nostalgia for me that I keep sticking to lightning bugs.
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One of the little etymology things I like to note is the word people use for these creatures—growing up in rural Ohio, I knew them as "lightning bugs." It seems "fireflies" is slowly taking over. It's more elegant, but it is something to think about holding a flash of lightning in your cupped hands.
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Thank you! I hope it works out.
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After a long, super fun and not at all annoying or stressful or exhausting week of moving, I am now officially moved. For the second half of the year, I would like to try this relaxation thing I keep hearing people raving about.
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I saw this for the first time recently and immediately started considering it for a future tattoo
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I'm sorry to hear that, sending love and peace
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Salute to Doris Wishman, a stone cold legend.
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