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Re: http://whydoihaveablog.net/post/1182319885

tesspionage — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:59:57 -0000

I wish I could give you ten thousand dollars and a new transmission and fancy new specs and a PhD because girl, you earn it every day.

Re: http://mills.tumblr.com/post/1163236938

tesspionage — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:38:25 -0000

Some people have soap operas for their romantic-lives-of-others fix. I have Abby & Mills.

Re: http://www.pitchforkreviewsreviews.com/post/1138741476

tesspionage — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:55:15 -0000

Don't let Michael Cera play you in the movie.

Re: http://lifeserial.tumblr.com/post/908001736

tesspionage — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:39:05 -0000

Disneyland is no longer the Happiest Place on Earth. West Hollywood is the Happiest Place on Earth.

Re: http://meaghano.com/post/813174077

tesspionage — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:57:47 -0000

Pretty tiny Meaghan

Re: http://molls.tumblr.com/post/758524014

tesspionage — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:40:52 -0000

I also saved my stationary from the Boob hotel.

Re: http://dangerghost.tumblr.com/post/661482267

tesspionage — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:53:06 -0000

You + Me + Peter + Doyers, forever.

Re: http://theshalom.tumblr.com/post/655017293

tesspionage — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:56:31 -0000

Aw, thank you Shalom!

Re: http://mollylambert.tumblr.com/post/606600800

tesspionage — Sat, 29 May 2010 23:02:14 -0000

doobie doobie doo

Re: Charlie Kaufman Week: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

tesspionage — Sat, 15 May 2010 02:12:01 -0000

I love this essay. Love, love, love.

Re: Charlie Kaufman Week: Synecdoche, New York (2008)

tesspionage — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:00:45 -0000

Chapeaux, Sam.

Re: Charlie Kaufman Week: Synecdoche, New York (2008)

tesspionage — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:54:52 -0000

Wow, Laney. You sound MAD!

These essays are intended to spark debate and conversation, so I'm glad that you piped in with your opinion. But my intention was to explore the way this movie made me feel, which is how I tend to approach these essays, when I write them; it's not a review, it's not a story about the artistic process of the film, it's a personal essay that attempts to get at why a movie makes me feel a certain why. That's also why it's great to have such a wonderfully-written essay in favor of Synecdoche going up today: we're both entitled to our feelings about movies. That's what's great about movies!

The world of the film ("IN THE STORY"!!!) is exactly what I wanted to critqiue; its universe might not be a place I'd like to hang out, so my critique sounds like this. I can compare it to my own universe, I can critique it for what it lacks, and you can certainly respond to this. But, as Locke would say, "Don't tell me what I can't do!"

Re: Charlie Kaufman Week: Synecdoche, New York (2008)

tesspionage — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:50:29 -0000

Sorry, Cotard. You lost me at Olive's green poo incident. I'm with Adele.

Re: http://kvknowsherfun.com/post/562047636

tesspionage — Sat, 01 May 2010 00:33:34 -0000

Thinking of you guys!

Re: http://sparkleneelysparkle.tumblr.com/post/551039918

tesspionage — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:55:28 -0000

Back of the sweatpants, glitter-embossed.

Re: http://sashafrerejones.tumblr.com/post/513924994

tesspionage — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:26:37 -0000

If not this toy, then its identical twin was in my happy meal yesterday.

This particular dragon has an LED-illuminated tongue and makes a good dog toy for closely-supervised play. Probably just because it smells like a burger.

Re: http://drbunsenhoneydew.tumblr.com/post/516998633

tesspionage — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:22:59 -0000

That French class was filled with "cools." Come to the one acts so we can talk more about the horror of the retreats. I feel like I brought some San Pellegrino to Catalina. I was a really bad sport about it.

Re: Villains Week: 101 Dalmations (1961)

tesspionage — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:12:54 -0000

This post makes me miss working at the mall with you, girl. And the cheese plates and Newcastles that followed.

Re: http://reblogspot.tumblr.com/post/516073683

tesspionage — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:40:30 -0000

Shalom,

I've got nothing but a really, really sincere thank you for you. The best part about Tumblr is getting props from people you've been reading and have so much respect for, and as a long-time reader of yours, this means a lot coming from you. Right back atcha, always.

Tess

Re: Villains Week: Antichrist (2009)

tesspionage — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:19:19 -0000

@hungryghoast, I felt that that was up to interpretation. Since the prologue is filmed in kind of dream-time, I had thought of it as a split second of recognition that, when examined in the context of the events that followed, was drawn out over an unusually long period in order to create ambiguity about whether the Woman refused to act or simply had no time to react.
The one sticky part, of course, is the shoes. Who was responsible for Nic's feet? In a way I felt as though that was another ambiguous area -- did he blame her for the feet, as Nic had been in her care while she was at Eden and he was away? Or is he to blame for his absence, his ability to shirk his parental responsibility and his ignorance of whatever was going on with his wife?

Your point is totally valid, but I ran with the idea that what happened in the prologue was not necessarily an action, but a memory.

Re: Villains Week: Antichrist (2009)

tesspionage — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:52:03 -0000

You can't imagine how much coffee went into this monster. Let me know if I start to sound crazy at any point. You know, crazier than the movie allows for. Also, I posted this without Chad's permission because I'm a delinquent. And thank you!

Re: http://mills.tumblr.com/post/503636684

tesspionage — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:11:04 -0000

Just wonderful. I really look forward to your (and, always, Abby's) posts from the bay.

Re: http://beatsandbuds.com/post/504502003

tesspionage — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:44:15 -0000

Republican music!!! It's making my ears melt!!!

Re: http://bj-cg.tumblr.com/post/471373121

tesspionage — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:56:11 -0000

OH TWIST MY ARM

Re: http://mills.tumblr.com/post/439231420

tesspionage — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:14:20 -0000

I've been searching a long time for photos of the proto-Snuggie.