Dianepatterson

Dianepatterson, 4 months ago to random

I realize this makes me a total peasant but I started reading “Pedro Páramo,” said, “What the actual fuck is happening here,” and switched to “El Asesinato de Pitágoras.”

Dianepatterson, 4 months ago to random

Guys, I’m watching this movie and they do a tarot reading for the main detective and you’re never going to believe which card they turned over to indicate she’s in danger!!!

Dianepatterson, 4 months ago to random

An eye-opening moment for me (sadly can’t remember where or with whom) was an interview with a film director — Russian, I think. VERY paraphrased:

Q: “Who makes the most political films?”
Director: “The US.”
Q: “Are you kidding?”
Director: “You make movies where the high school boy comes home from afterschool sports to his gigantic house and he opens the refrigerator that’s full of food and he can’t decide what to eat. It’s the most political thing there is.” https://mastodon.social/@courtcan/111806330212622762

Dianepatterson, 4 months ago to random

Someone just told me there is a smaller serving size than “the entire avocado” but this cannot be true

Dianepatterson, 4 months ago to spanish

Every time in the middle of Spanish class I think, “Quinientos millones de personas hablan este idioma, debería poder."

(Yes, we're doing the subjunctive, why do you ask?)

#Spanish #Language #Subjunctive #CEPE

Dianepatterson, 4 months ago to random

Everyone crapped on Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart for the “Twilight" movies, and now the two of them have basically saved indie cinema. https://apple.news/A0WGJ6zWSQBa-BK51Yy4lSg

Dianepatterson, 4 months ago to random

“We are closing due to the business climate in California, which does not allow us to steal from our customers.” 🤬

#SweetLadyJane

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-13/sweet-lady-jane-class-action-lawsuit

Dianepatterson, 5 months ago to random

Guy next to me at the cafe just starts coughing away and sometimes I can’t believe we are FOUR YEARS INTO THIS and people still making like it’s the Before Times™.

(I got through two weeks in Mexico without getting it DON’T START WITH ME.)

lisamelton, 5 months ago to random

Some are curious about my age because of my recent birthday. As an older woman you must understand I'm a bit reticent to share that information. But, what the Hell, I trust you all. 😊

I'm officially I-threw-my-back-out-in-a-goddamn-coughing-fit years old. 😒

Who needs another present when, truly, this virus is the gift that keeps on giving? As if all the phlegm wasn't already enough, right? 🤦‍♀️

#NotCovid #FML

Dianepatterson, 5 months ago to random

My Goodreads ranking:

5*: I immediately tell every single person I know about this book

4*: a very good book, am glad I read it

3*: not a complete waste of time, but could have been better (my least used rating)

2*: a seriously flawed novel that needed more editing or another pass or something

1*: DNF or active anger than I was involved

Dianepatterson, 5 months ago to random

End of year giving: my daughter has asked that we donate to organizations supporting Gazans. Anybody have a link to a good list of aid organizations?

cstross, 5 months ago to random

Nativity-style statuettes found at Pompeii said to suggest pagan ritual

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/24/nativity-style-statuettes-found-at-pompeii-suggest-pagan-ritual-experts-say

Totally shocked and baffled that Xtianity (which is basically iron-age Pokemon for gods) could have "borrowed" the nativity scene tradition from the cult of Cybele

Dianepatterson, 5 months ago to nyc

Anybody have a referral for an iPhone screen repair place in #NYC?

Dianepatterson, 5 months ago to random

Will never forget the moment at Writers Police Academy 2016 when one of the speakers talked about the crazy levels of crime out there. The writer next to me (Malinda Lo) and I looked at one another and said, “This is literally the safest time in human history.”

https://apple.news/AT1nzt9VqQy23rjdMc5Wr0g

Dianepatterson, 5 months ago to random

Never fails. These guys get a lot of money and it’s like, “First stop: Bond villain.” https://apple.news/A0UZ3X0NNR7mrxhHTiHuwYg

Dianepatterson, 6 months ago to random

Lol. Listening to a podcast with a “true listener tale” that has someone taking an at-home pregnancy test…in 1965. 🤦🏻‍♀️ #KidsPleaseDoSomeResearch

Dianepatterson, 6 months ago to random

I’m liking “The Fall of the House of Usher” but did the first two people who get hit with the curse have to be POC? #FallOfTheHouseOfUsher

Dianepatterson, 6 months ago to random

A hearty FUCK YOU to DoorDash. Food delivery guys are EVERYWHERE in New York, all weather, all hours, most of them on e-bikes. TIP YOUR DELIVERY GUYS. #DoorDash #ModernLife
https://apple.news/AeFzIBpKxQz-_gWXCEE4liA

glennf, 6 months ago to random

Have just discovered Bodies on Netflix. Seems amazing. I'm a few episodes in. Meticulously made palace of interlocked parts.

kevinrothrock, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

after what hour is it okay to have my first energy drink? (i dont like coffee)

Dianepatterson, 6 months ago to random

“We’ve tried everything except paying a living wage!”

Like everything else in American life that makes no goddamn sense, our tipping culture is based on racism.

https://stocks.apple.com/A1gdl5RHxQGGSn6tzwbh4LQ

lisamelton, 7 months ago to random

Has everyone seen enough toots today? 'Cause, ya know, I can always find some more. And, TBH, I probably will. I'm crazed and it's what I do.

BTW, it's not like I didn't warn you that I would fill your timeline with boosts. Just sayin'.