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Samantha Nelson@samanthanelson.bsky.social |
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Freelance writer working for publications including IGN, Eater, Time Out, Polygon, Adweek, Dicebreaker, Wyrd Science and the Chicago Tribune. Always looking for more work!
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I spent July 4 in London and was sitting outside a brewery when two Brits came over to say hi to a friend's dog. When they realized we were Americans they insisted we explain our form of government to them. It involved 20 minutes of them shaking their heads at saying "That's mental." Perfect holiday
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July 4, 2020: Cancelled due to COVID July 4, 2021: Cancelled due to COVID July 4, 2022: Mass shooting at a parade July 4, 2023: Let's pretend everything is normal July 4, 2024: Supreme Court celebrates early by making the president a king. Let's set off some fireworks I guess.
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Woke up at 1 a.m. to check the TKTS West End drop and now I’m going to see Dominic West star in a Samuel Beckett play tonight.
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Athens is overrun by cats who just lounge around the ruins.
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There are days I really miss living in the U.S. but today is not one of them.
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Xavin was a revelation for me when I first encountered the character in college, but Hulu's adaptation did them dirty. Gen V's Jordan is complex, powerful, funny and a big dose of gender euphoria. I want their necklace.
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Interview with the Vampire is getting a season of The Vampire Lestat, Damon Lindelof is working on a Green Lantern series and The Bear Season 3 is coming out? Hot damn, this is a good week for television.
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The Lion King
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I moved to Amsterdam almost exactly a year and a half ago and you’re pretty much describing it. It feels like living in the future but also the past since you go to the market and pay the butcher with your phone.
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I love watching Santiago and Lestat react to each other. Santiago does a great job as Season 2 villain but Lestat is a whole different level.
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Yeah, it was easy for us because our 15-year-old cat had just died and this kitten was obsessed with my other cat Burr. Didn’t want to play with his siblings, just followed him around. Burr has been the best big brother.
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Sometimes you foster fail and keep your favorite.
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Lestat is an S-Tier Toreador.
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The last two episodes of the season being “Is Senchi a cannibal?” and “Let’s invite all our friends and allies to eat Fallon” is quite a way to go out.
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Kevin is still in the U.S. and the neighbor Burr used to hang out with has moved out and thus he has decided he is not being paid a sufficient amount of attention. One of the few things that seems to calm him down is grooming, but I have done this so much that now he has a bald spot.
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If you see this, post a cat.
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This lump is a cat.
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I think you're just describing furries.
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Kevin's dad is in the hospital and he's requested cute animal pictures and ideas for D&D games to chear him up while he waits for results. Please help.
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Ahsoka actually makes that argument with Sabine.
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I've been chasing The Acolyte screeners for weeks despite having previously reviewed Star Wars shows, having a confirmed assignment and other outlets getting screeners. Looks like I'm just not going to get them. I thought I was done with this sort of bullshit when I stopped reviewing video games.
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The book served as a primary inspiration for V:tM and you get more of that LARP vibe in season 2.
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I have asked for recommendations from a server and been asked if I want something that tastes good or something that looks good and a little part of me died.
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My cat has stolen and eaten edamame, tomatoes, bread, uncooked pasta and broccolini. I warned someone who was cat sitting for me once that he steals food and she said it wouldn’t be a problem because she’s vegan and I later got pictures of him with a carrot he got.
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The most popular boon meant you could commit diablerie without it showing up on aura perception but the real winner was when one character in a group concept got randomly killed and we convinced his buddies to sell us most of their souls to bring him back from the dead. I’m amazed the STs allowed it
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Do you have a Tzimisce yet?
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//Both are scams. My proudest LARP scheme involved me and my two best friends playing infernalists and selling soul boons to other players but we were skimming off the top, charging more than the by the book cost. When the players finally figured it out they couldn’t even be mad about it.
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You are really making me want to start an account to get in on this. Do you know each other or is there sock puppeting involved? I’m very here for this content.
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I was just really happy to have the chance to quote Team America’s “dicks fuck assholes” monologue.
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I know you meant aircraft carrier but honestly it would be sweet if the U.S. had an artifact carrier just moving around the Ark of the Covenant in case of emergency.
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I wrote an essay on this. It’s such a fascinating schism. www.polygon.com/24107076/god...
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I was at a party shortly after it came out and complaining about the giant facehugger by saying that what makes them so terrifying is “I’m small, I’m fast and I’m going to shove my vagina-penis down your throat.” A guy I’d never met walked by at that point and his look was priceless.
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Yeah, my friend with four cats found this dude covered in burrs sitting on her Chewy box on her porch and asked if I’d take him so I did. Now when we play board games he demands we set aside a box for him to watch from.
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They’re excellent nappers.
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He was the best part of Knives Out 2. Also do yourself a favor and check out pictures of him with his rescue pit bulls. They’re so cute.
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That movie has aged so well and I’m very sad about it.
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Fernet is a sort of industry handshake in Chicago rather than the thing we punk newcomers with.
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Defending Your Life is so underrated.
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I can’t remember what the show was but a commenter responded to my negative review once by saying it was “Not gay enough for Samantha Nelson” and that was a pretty clean hit. Happy Pride!
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When I was negotiating my lease and told my landlord I had two cats he asked if they were well behaved which is a question only someone who has never had cats would ask. I said yes though.
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Congrats!
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They have the best purrs too. So soothing.
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Sterling appears to be a younger version of your cat.
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I really want the Andor prison Lego set.
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I’m watching the Star Wars video in small doses and I feel like everyone involved in making and marketing that thing should no longer have jobs. Beyond everyone here raving about the video YouTube would not stop recommending it and you are all right.
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But have you tried doing acid while having a cat? A festival I was at got rained out so I spent my trip watching “Inside the Mind of a Cat” and pausing constantly to tell my cat how cool he was.
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I say bless you to my cat every time he sneezes.
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I have created a Google Doc with all my favorite recipes to avoid losing them to bit rot but I don't have backups of my stories because I find guessing which publication I write for will disappear next too depressing.
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Reminds me of when we fostered kittens and I was in my off and my husband said “I think the kittens are hungry” and I came out to find him surrounded by four screaming kittens.
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Aww, your dog looks so much like my old one Ladybug. She was truly the best pup you could want.
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