And the birds flew right by and the earth made them sing

[sovay]

I spent the first half of Valentine's Day unromantically fulfilling some medical errands and then trying to sleep off a migraine, but in the evening I made keyn-ahora plans with rushthatspeaks and spatch and I ordered an accidentally four-person quantity of dinner from Chivo and watched Tales of the Tinkerdee (1962), an early fractured fairy tale of a Muppet curio whose relentlessly older-than-vaudeville gags we frequently missed from still laughing at a line about three jokes earlier. "A solid ruby gold-panning inlaid electric-fried antique!" After that I fell asleep on the couch.

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

I am glad you nevertheless managed to do something good for the day. <3 Sorry that that is so hard to accomplish, though.

[sovay]

I am glad you nevertheless managed to do something good for the day.

Thank you. It was important.

*hugs*

[julian]

You've referred to kayn-ahora before buuut now I forget what it means for you? I run into kinehora and various transliterations, but y'all seem to have modified the term a bit.

[sovay]

You've referred to kayn-ahora before buuut now I forget what it means for you? I run into kinehora and various transliterations, but y'all seem to have modified the term a bit.

I have no idea where the spelling I use originally came from. Leo Rosten? Phyllis Gotlieb? One of my grandparents? It's apotropaic—קײן עין־הרע—so when interjected as here it would be something like fingers crossed, don't jinx it. Normally used for more serious praise, news, or intentions than a potential day out with my husband and his child, so not entirely serious, but not entirely unserious either considering how my life feels these days.

[julian]

Oh, hah. I was assuming it was less the evil eye term and more of a specific celebration you and Rush had created. I'm glad I asked!

[sovay]

Oh, hah. I was assuming it was less the evil eye term and more of a specific celebration you and Rush had created. I'm glad I asked!

Just macaronic Yiddish!

[gwynnega]

I'm glad you got to have some fun, in spite of medical errands and a migraine. My Valentine's movie was Your Monster (2024), which I become more obsessed with each time I see it.

[sovay]

I'm glad you got to have some fun, in spite of medical errands and a migraine.

Thank you!

My Valentine's movie was Your Monster (2024), which I become more obsessed with each time I see it.

I don't think I know anything about that one. Talk to me about it!

[gwynnega]

Your Monster is an indie horror romcom musical. At the start of the film, young actress Laura is being released from the hospital after cancer surgery. Her boyfriend Jacob has just dumped her, and she's gone back to her childhood home to recuperate, alone and devastated. Jacob is the writer/director of a musical that's about to start rehearsals on Broadway. Laura had been deeply involved in developing the project, and Jacob promised her the lead (Laurie), but now he's taken it away from her.

At around this point, Laura discovers there's a monster living in her house. In fact he's always lived there, growing up alongside her, though she claims not to remember him. He's scary, but he's also perceptive, hilarious, artistic, and has major Beauty and the Beast vibes. He encourages Laura to stop stuffing down her anger and to reclaim her career. The movie works on the level of a romance between Laura and a literal monster, but also as Laura learning to love her own rage, which is of a piece with her creative passion. The film walks a fine line between which version is true. It's beautifully constructed, especially the finale, which manages to be triumphant and joyous at the exact moment that it paints Laura into a corner she's not going to be able to get out of when the credits roll.

[sovay]

The movie works on the level of a romance between Laura and a literal monster, but also as Laura learning to love her own rage, which is of a piece with her creative passion. The film walks a fine line between which version is true. It's beautifully constructed, especially the finale, which manages to be triumphant and joyous at the exact moment that it paints Laura into a corner she's not going to be able to get out of when the credits roll.

I can see why you have become obsessed with this movie; that sounds amazing.