My Film Canon (in progress) PINNEDRanked as added, and numbered when completed, to be completed by Autumn, so this is in effect the summer of cinema for me and those of you who do the leg work and acquire these delectable titles on your own. No added thoughts, just the titles so you... See More »
The Best Music I've Ever Heard (a playlist to end all of my playlists) PINNED A new and improved playlist of 200 videos in progress, it WILL be perfect, and will probably cure cancer (1)
Playing this for dad so he can be entertained a little .... he's feeling pretty weak and down And what a great movie, the phrase "goin out for some target practice" kills me. Better than the news at least. (1)
Prismatic update splinters1. June 2025 will be my highest Audible Listening month so far!! 2. I paid $25 towards my card using its rewards points thing, and today i therefore got those 2 audiobooks mentioned yesterday that i'd get in a week. In 6 days i'll get some more sale... See More » (1)
Hey guys, i did something productive -- took 3 bags of garbage to the bin!!Back to slacking off for the rest of the year now ;)
my top 21 Narrators and their signal recordings that i have as of June 20, 2025Behold, this is a ranking of a person who has only enjoyed audible for about 2 months of listening. When i get to 13 months this list may look quite different, i've decided to include a few of the amazing SFF voices which is a whole world unto... See More »
My new username -- GemApelJeff -- a phonetic spelling of introducing myself in FrenchI still remember my French teacher in High School, she looked a lot like Shelly Duvall in The Shining. The G in Gem is of course a soft g sound.
Good morning everyone!! I want to go on the record about my upcoming financesSo in less than a week i'll only be able to afford smokes and gummies, I need to get enough smokes to last a whole month, so for me that's 5 cartons. My payment to dad will be 800 + 275 for smokes and 105 for gummies, less than 100 I think will... See More »
Oh yeah, the first two Gaddis novels, one was for cheap and the other used a credit for it, narrator isn't the best but this is a great culmination (1)
I now dislike the voice of Robertson Dean, i returned his recording of The Fifties, 1 credit now and i'm a lookin', no more refunds availableDean's voice is like there's a constant yawn included in his speaking 🤬 Oh and btw Finnegan's Wake makes me irritable, it sounds like the kind of nonsense writing i would write in high school, but with Joyce there's talent, and there'd be actual... See More »
Just got this on sale too, i don't know how much $$$ i have left, but i might just get on sale items till they don't go through anymore I did partially promise @Miram to offer my thoughts on this if i ever finish it, this might propel that into reality, but my thoughts will never be good. (1)
My last 6 audiobooks for this period of time1. I Want My MTV -- pop culture fun, with YouTube i can further my enjoyment of this when i hear about certain groups artists and so on. 2. Finnegan's Wake -- should be fun listening to it, from Naxos, sample sounded great!! 3. David Halberstam's... See More »
My new audiobooks 🥳David Rintoul reading 3 Thomas Mann novels -- The Magic Mountain, Buddenbrooks, and Doctor Faustus (on sale) Complete Leo Tolstoy -- was on sale and Graham Greene's Our Man in Havana read by Jeremy Northam I had gotten a 106 hour Nietzsche... See More »
I'm gonna get 9 audible credits instead of gummiesDad's having a coffee before doing my banking, it took 12 phone calls before he answered!! I think i can wait longer without my mildly mind altering substances, what can't wait is more audiobooks!! Been listening Aquinas on Predestination during this... See More »
A new updateSo the note dad scrawled on the new 14 dollar bookshelf was misunderstood by me, he came down a little after 5am and said he's bringing down all his books to put in it which is here on the main level. We live in a condo, and the condo association... See More »
Good news folks, my pension came in yesterdayMy monthly funds come in 2 cheques sometimes 3, now i can get my gummies ordered and they'd be here by Monday, or Tuesday! For some reason my pensions come early, and i'd really like them to keep on coming early, like in the middle of the month, and... See More »
Ended up taking 2 pills and puked red stuff, it was my drinks i think i don't have anything like choleraThis wake period will be for reading, because you know there's more of that than anything else.
Best thing about warm weather is the drinks you've frozen liquefy quicker so you can take a swig without it blowing up in your faceIt's the little things ..... gonna nap now, in 9 hours it'll be film time again!! I'll take a sleeping pill tomorrow morning.
Just thought i'd share this sort of crude update that may be taken in a light mannerMy usual meal these days consists of a cheese and bean and a beef and bean burrito, with thick slices of melted cheddar on them. Gives me deeply satisfying flatulence.
Last film of the night, I might just watch my favorite sequence from it, it's where he watches home moviesIf the title is illegible it's called Dillinger is Dead directed by Marco Ferreri, and boy do I love this, I have a box set with other films by him, but this one stands the tallest out of them all, a simple storyline, a guy all alone, well his... See More » (1)
The Hopi word for Life Out of Balance, this knocks Malibran off of top place!!This is for me a legendary film, was crucial for me in shifting from mainstream blockbusters to arthouse cinema in 2004. I've told this tale before, the last month of employment for me was January 2004, soon after I saw this film, and it perfectly... See More » (1)
My summer of cinema continues with that oh so good Lynchian magic he gave an undeserving world in 2001Soon after his passing this year I watched Inland Empire and that was such a good experience, I even liked it then more than I ever did this one, but maybe this watching will be even better. I LOVE Naomi Watts in this, and there are so many little... See More » (1)
Watching Juraj Herz's 1968 masterpiece The Cremator, currently ranked #4 in My Film CanonI invited dad to watch The Cremator with me, and he ended up telling me of all the people he knew who were cremated. Was too dark for him. The vibe of this Czech classic is what matters to me, a doomy dreaminess, fatalism, dark surrealism, and the... See More »
10 things about me1. Intertwined in a combustible realm of self involvement is my ideal and thinking against myself. 2. It must not matter in order to proceed, if it did matter i'd have to stop, cut out my tongue, sew my lips shut, drive a rusty nail through the... See More »
