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Clea DuVall recommended Vernon, Florida (1981) in Movies (curated)

 
Vernon, Florida (1981)
Vernon, Florida (1981)
1981 | Documentary
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"This is the first documentary I remember seeing. I watched it with a group of people who were very stoned. I was not, but I didn’t need to be to get sucked into this totally bizarro world. I have seen the movie so many times that parts of it are burned into my brain, and I can’t see an opossum without thinking about it. I wonder about these people all the time. I am very curious to know how many of them are still around."

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Paul Feig recommended Loves of a Blonde (1965) in Movies (curated)

 
Loves of a Blonde (1965)
Loves of a Blonde (1965)
1965 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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"This is such a simple and funny movie that tells what is at its core a very sad story about a young woman trapped in Communist Czechoslovakia. The actors and faces that Milos Forman cast in all the roles are fantastic and real, and the young piano player’s tired and fed-up parents are two of the funniest, most subtle characters I’ve ever seen in a movie. This is one of my favorite movies to turn people on to, since very few people have ever seen it."

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Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol.13 / 1979-1983 by Bob Dylan
Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol.13 / 1979-1983 by Bob Dylan
2017 | Folk, Live Performances

"I think when you're looking back at someone's career, it's very easy to appreciate all the different stops along the way. Dylan is one of the first people that I discovered as a teenager, who really changed my life and made me want to make music. People are only starting to love the records from Dylan's religious phase, but 'Pressing On' was a big reference for the new record because of the choir. Obviously, that's a very holy sound, and we wanted to create something similar."

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Sam (74 KP) rated All That She Can See in Books

Mar 27, 2019  
All That She Can See
All That She Can See
9
7.7 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Cherry has a bakery. She knows exactly what people need and serves them something to cheer them up. What her customers don’t understand is that she bakes magic into everything to defeat their problems.

Cherry sees Meddlums – creatures that personify people’s problems. They are everywhere, following people around and never leaving them alone. That is until people go into her bakery, and Meddlums are stuck outside, slowly disappearing as Cherry solves everyone’s problems through food.

All That She Can See reminded me a lot of a Disney story, which isn’t surprising coming from Carrie. Lots of the reviews over on Goodreads slate this for being too Disney and pink and fluffy but I loved it. It makes a great change from the books I’ve been reading lately and it’s nice to read something that’s soft and an easy read.

It does have an abstract focus on mental health, showing how everyone has their own problems. It also raises the question of whether you can ever fully fix someone’s emotions. Cherry does everything to make people where she is happy, but in Plymouth, where this book is set, the happiness becomes too much and raises its own issues. It just goes to show that no matter what you do and how hard you work, people will always have their own issues.

I loved the way that Cherry sees bad feelings as monsters and Chase sees good ones as monsters. It shows their different personalities and how a generally happy person will easily see the bad things and a generally sad person will always see the good things happening to other people.

This is an absolutely brilliant read and I need a sequel!
  
HelloTalk Language Exchange
HelloTalk Language Exchange
Education, Social Networking
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
App Rating
Great to Learn About New Cultures (0 more)
Not Reliable for Learning Significant Amounts (0 more)
This app is great to speak to native speakers of the language you want to study. You can follow people you are interested in, or who provide useful information for you and you can even message, call, and send pictures to HelloTalk friends. It is a great app to learn about culture because you are learning from the natives themselves, not just from a textbook. You can even ask people questions if you're nice enough.

However, by way of learning a significant amount of your studied language. It would take some dedication and patience. Firstly, it can be difficult to find someone who is willing to teach and not be taught. Secondly, it can be difficult to call people because of the different time zones, and then of course there can be language barriers. I find that when I message people it is usually the same generic conversation starters and questions:
Hello, how are you?
What is your name?
How old are you?
Where are you from/where do you live?
What is your job?


ect
It can be difficult to get to know someone well enough to move past these types of conversations, but not impossible. It just might take some time to root out a good candidate.


Nevertheless, I love using the app. I like to post on my memories and help other people learn about my culture. It is rewarding. And it is easy to like, and ask other people questions about their home town.


If you use the app right, you can gain a lot from it. If you only use it halfheartedly, you will probably gain hardly anything of value to you.
  
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This Is the End (2013)
This Is the End (2013)
2013 | Action, Comedy, Drama
Seth Rogen and crew
A lot of people I know hated this movie but, it has a ton of my favorite actors. The comedy is good and story line isn't however how do you top the ending
  
Snowpiercer (2013)
Snowpiercer (2013)
2013 | Sci-Fi
What a F***ed up train ride
A train ride from hell where everyone is seperated by class of people that they are. Kids are being groomed to run the future and Grasshoppers Yuck. Hard to explain