Jennifer M. Smith

My verdict on La La Land is that I'd rather just listen to The Last 5 Years.

I'm watching La La Land for the first time and I'm beginning to fear that Ryan Gosling's character will never stop being insufferable.

My roommate owns the original art for this page. The top half is Captain America and Iron Man looking for all the world like they're planning a date.

I haven't seen Wuthering Heights and probably won't, but I feel about it what I feel about The Fate of Ophelia: let women interpret literature however they want.

A black and white screenshot from NEWSIES of Robert Duvall as Joseph Pulitzer. He's sitting in a chair in an ornate office. He's a white man with a beard wearing a suit and smoking a cigar. Behind him stands Christian Bale as Jack Kelly, a white teen in more raggedy looking clothing. Jack has his hands in his pocket and is glaring at Pulitzer, who is looking away from him.

RIP Robert Duvall, thank you for teaching me at a very young age how terrible rich people are for workers

Robert Duvall probably wouldn't want me to remember him solely for Newsies, but he was objectively great in it.

The answer is and will likely always be Jon Bon Jovi, but I want to add a special shout out to Dulé Hill.

he was one of like, 8 senators in all of US history who took the self described mission of that place seriously

Becky's dad was great, and these conversations also make me miss my dad desperately. He worked a manual labor job, often with overtime, but he also did all the laundry, vacuuming, dishes (until my brother and I took over), and bathroom cleaning. And all home maintenance. And played with his kids!

Don't be so careful in time of death!

Welp, if I couldn't see Wisconsin win, at least I got to see a Gavin McKenna hat trick.

Gosh, Gavin McKenna made his goal look so effortless.

The anthropomorphic outlines of Minnesota and Wisconsin, hugging.

I'm so glad Wisconsin isn't playing a Minnesota team tonight at this hockey game, because this is how I'm feeling right now. Stay strong and keep fighting, neighbors.

Yes, it's -12° outside and I'm in an ice rink.

I just high-fived Bucky Badger!

$140/600 for internet/past due payments. Unemployed library assistant in Baltimore. Share if you can't help. I appreciate all assistance. #mutualaid #gofundme

This is the kind of cold where you take a sharp breath in and your nasal mucus freezes instantly.

A warning label that starts with "Come on please" and then a 5-point set of nonsense instructions that end with "5. Don't be so careful in time of death."

My mom bought everyone completely non-functional blood pressure wrist cuffs at Christmas, and I think the instructions on the film are my favorite part.

Safely back in Wisconsin!

A wall at an Ohio rest stop advertising Ohio features, each depicted in an Ohio-shaped frame: corn, warblers, shipwrecks, the Vermilion Lighthouse, and the Rutherford B. Hayes presidential library.

"Come to Ohio! We have corn and Rutherford B. Hayes!"

Starting my drive back to Wisconsin today. At least the endless length of Pennsylvania is pretty after snowfall.

No, Google, I do not need you to summarize my fucking emails. What the fuck is wrong with you.

Such a puppy! (Though thankfully almost 2 and housebroken.)

A small black pitbull with big brown eyes and a white bib, staring up at the camera in front of the legs of his new mom.

I'm so thrilled that my mom, who's been terribly lonely since my dad passed, adopted a dog today. Look at this face!

"Russel Viper Venom Time" is the best blood test, because you can sing it to the tune of "Peanut Butter Jelly Time."

NJ medical check-in: "Any alcohol?"

WI medical check-in: "How many drinks per week?"

The Raritan. Right at the mouth, as it becomes the Raritan Bay.

Torrid sending me an email about their new "mint intimates." Call them mintimates, you cowards.

MTV Is Still Alive. So Why Does Everyone Think It Shut Down Last Week? Our ability to tell fact from fiction—even when the facts are right in front of you—is nearly gone. This is not going to end well.

Some thoughts (and a HILARIOUS dogshit AI MTV tribute video) www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

A light pink, oblong ceramic tray with embossed, black-detailed butterflies of various sizes.

Since the news is awful, I want to share a bit of brightness: the incredible trinket tray @allreb.bsky.social made for me with their own two hands. People creating art and sharing it with loved ones is so necessary.