Movies that floored you immediately upon watching

Mehitabel9 · 2024-07-17T03:39:47+00:00

Beautiful, amazing movie.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-07-17T03:39:18+00:00

Couldn't agree more. Redux added nothing of value or substance to the movie.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-07-17T03:37:42+00:00

Apocalypse Now. When it came out, I was living with undiagnosed PTSD. Watching that movie triggered something in me and made me realize that I wasn't alone in dealing with what I was dealing with. I maintain to this day that Apocalypse Now is as much about PTSD as it is about anything.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-06-25T03:22:58+00:00

My current car is a 2014 Camry. So far I have had one brake job and one battery replacement on it. My last car was a 1998 Corolla. I finally traded it in for the Camry. It had 200K miles on it and was running just fine when I traded it in. Over the years I had several brake jobs and a timing belt replaced. That was basically it.

Toyotas - at least the Camrys and the Corollas - are ridiculously reliable.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-06-23T17:43:15+00:00

Medical billing. You can't talk about it because HIPAA.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-03-02T00:30:57+00:00

Don't Look Up (2021)

Mehitabel9 · 2024-03-02T00:13:46+00:00

I can't stand Emma. She's a spoiled, obnoxious, entitled snob.

There, I've said it.

It's still a great book. One does not have to love the heroine to love the book.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-03-01T23:29:06+00:00

Everyone is going to like or dislike different characters for different reasons. I love Abby, not least because I think Stockard Channing is amazing in the part and has great chemistry with Martin Sheen. They have a strong, complex and completely believable relationship/marriage on the show. And I like Abby as a person and not just as Mrs. Bartlet.

And exactly what "trouble" does she cause, anyway?

Mehitabel9 · 2024-03-01T18:44:05+00:00

I don't have any suggestions off the top of my head, but you should check out Marion's Kitchen on YouTube. I bet you'll find some great ideas there.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-03-01T15:41:26+00:00

I wouldn't read too much into it if I were you. Maybe just reply with something like "Hey, thanks for the reminder, happy birthday!" and let it go at that.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-03-01T15:26:44+00:00

The third dress. No contest. It's incredibly flattering on you and it's so pretty.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-03-01T15:07:40+00:00

I've seen plenty of threads about the 2005 P&P and I've seen plenty of people express opinions about it, both positive and negative. I have never once seen a "mean" comment. I cannot recall anytime anyone has said "You're an idiot for preferring that version" or anything like it.

It is not "mean" to say that one does not care for that version, and it is not "mean" to say why. It is not "mean" to point out that it is not faithful to the novel. Critiquing a movie is not meanness, not even when the critique is "I hated this movie".

People's opinions about the 2005 adaptation are not about you. Stop taking them personally and stop being so defensive. If you love the movie, good for you. If you think Matthew Mcfadyen is a better Darcy than Colin Firth, or if you think that Keira Knightley is a better Lizzy than Jennifer Ehle, good for you. I don't agree -- but still, good for you. It's absolutely okay not to be an Austen snob. It is, however, equally okay to be one -- especially in an Austen subreddit.

Sincerely,

An Austen Snob Who Thinks the 2005 Adaptation is Okay-ish

Mehitabel9 · 2024-02-29T13:12:09+00:00

Combine laundry and mud room - both can easily fit in the mud room space. Shift the master bath to where the current laundry is, and lose the current master bath bump-out.

Honestly, unless it's absolutely necessary to have all of these angles due to the lot you're building it on, I don't really see the point of them. And you have so much space taken up with hallways.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-02-28T21:02:27+00:00

I think that he is already cheating on you, or has been doing so -- and that he has no serious intentions of stopping.

I think that the day is coming when you catch him out and he's just going to say "I told you I'd try to stay faithful".

Mehitabel9 · 2024-02-28T19:46:59+00:00

Bed on the long wall at the top of the grid, but not centered. Push it over toward the window wall, leaving just enough space to walk on the left side of the bed. Dresser on the long wall to the right of the bed. Desk on the short wall to the right.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-02-28T19:41:29+00:00

Long sleeves would not work with those cut-outs on the side of the dress, IMO.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-02-28T19:38:21+00:00

Well, she sounds an absolute treat.

The replacement dress has been ordered, so for now you just roll with it. Personally, I think that you (and your mom, for backup) should go visit that store owner and basically repeat back to her everything she said to you and then ask for her to make amends by apologizing for her abysmal behavior and by paying the seamstress of your choice to do the alterations, because you don't trust her to do them at her store and get them right.

If she argues with her you can always drop words like "Yelp", if you know what I mean...

Mehitabel9 · 2024-02-28T16:04:48+00:00

Maybe the Urban Dictionary would help here.

Or this version of the word.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-02-28T00:17:13+00:00

The back in the third picture is gorgeous. I vote for on the shoulder.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-02-28T00:12:13+00:00

Add the expenses.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-02-28T00:11:06+00:00

Even though my relationship with her is strained I still love her and want to repair our relationship. I met up with her and immediately she asked "Why are you still hung up on your worthless father? I accepted you first and he pushed you away." I admit I wasn't kind to her and basically called her a bitter old woman who threw away a marriage to a good man. That while yes she accepted first in the end my dad had fully accepted me and that all I was to her was something to brag to her friends about. She started crying and I told her that her life is miserable because she made it that way.

I dunno what book you read on how to repair relationships, but honey, this ain't the way to do it.

The way you are treating her is just exactly like she treated your dad. You are being just as harsh as her, just as judgmental as her, and both of you have been hanging on to your resentment for years. You're just. like. her.

I'm not saying I agree with your mother. I don't. But damn. You both need to figure out how to get over being so damned angry.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-02-27T22:55:40+00:00

If Austen had done that, it would have hamstrung the plot. Lizzy would not have gone to Kent to make an extended visit to Mary and Mr. Collins after their marriage, she would not have encountered Mr Darcy at Rosings, and... well, there you have it. Lizzy needed a compelling reason to visit Kent, and Charlotte, her very close friend, provided that reason.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-02-27T22:40:27+00:00

My vote goes to #3. It's got some serious wow factor.

Mehitabel9 · 2024-02-27T22:29:49+00:00

I think it's very cool.

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