Can I Please Open My Door To This?

Franz Kafka, from a letter to Milena Jesenka featured in "Letters to Milena,

really is soooo sick that ppl think that overuse of the em dash is a marker of ai now. like why are you people sullying the reputation of my beautiful beautiful wife. if im not overusing em dashes im dead. im like that chuck tingle book thats like the sentient lesbian em dash makes sweet love to me or whatever

Look, I'm very excited to see Jordan Donica in the Gilded Age, but all I know is THIS BETTER NOT INTERFERE WITH MY DARKEST DREAMS OF HIM PLAYING THE PHANTOM FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR. Listen to the voice. Look at the hands. Imagine the pants!! This man was made to play the Phantom. He is the second coming of Davis Gaines or Howard McGillan in the making.

Whoever is in charge...whoever I need to contact, petition, or pray to...MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

The hug!!🥹

Video from here.

Ted Keegan's Phantom is always so happy and innocent at that organ before STYDI, why would Christine do such a thing to him?

(Side note: I love when actors lean into reminding us that Erik is genuinely in love with music. Adds unspoken character depth and helps answer questions like: Why is he so obsessed with Christine? How has music functioned as his primary means of socialization and processing emotions?)

The chat next Saturday is going to be so unstable and I am totally here for it 💀

Saturday, May 3, 2025: NO STREAM

I try my best to schedule around Saturday evenings, but it's an event night! I might be back in time, but I don't want to risk it. See you next weekend!

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) dir. Joe Wright

nine/or so people i wish i knew better :)

(Awww, I love being tagged in stuff)

tagged by: @wheel-of-fish and @selcouthself (oop and @dj-triumph lol)

favorite color: indigo blue

currently reading: Yvonne Chireau, Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition (grad student lol)

last song: "My Funny Valentine" (Chet Baker cover) by Matt Maltese

last film: Sinners dir. Ryan Coogler

last series: Obsessed with Étoile on Prime.

sweet/salty/savory: This is so hard but I could eat chocolate chip cookies until the end of time, so sweet.

tea or coffee: Chai!

working on: grief, a syllabus project on AfAm Religion and American Cinema, and a fanfic that keeps my spirits up lol.

tagging: @poorerik @flora-gray @daaesviolin @forever-and-whats-left @achillmango @from-aldebaran @warpweight (sorry if you've already been tagged by someone else!)

Ok this is the last one I promise. I just--