The Sock-Weaver's Drawer

Okay, this is getting old. Can you just send in whoever’s gonna kick the shit out of me, so I can get on with my night?

I kinda love the idea of her being Moiraine’s jilted ex. Like, that whole conversation with Nynaeve last ep when she bitterly was like, “…and she chose the Blue” like it was the worst betrayal to not go Red with her.

Like, maybe when they were Novices or Accepted she had a crush on Moiraine or maybe they even had a fling but obviously Moiraine loved Siuan the most so Liandrin got dumped twice over: once for Siuan and then again for the Blue Ajah.

And that caress she did of Moiraine’s face???? The way the actress played that scene like it was not only natural for her to want to caress Moiraine but she obviously was so hurt and bitter about it when Moiraine didn’t respond favorably. Oof…

She is BIG mad that Moiraine isn’t her lover anymore, bruh. I’m fucking LOSING it.

“You are the only one, Moiraine, with whom I can remember who I was.”

Child: “Fuck!”

Me: “Hey! I’m not allowed to swear in front of you guys. It’s not fair if you swear in front of me, is it?”

And complain they would! I think 15 year old boys are contractually obligated to shout “THIS HURTS MY BALLS!” at the top of their lungs every time they’re in a harness. To combat this, I’d warn them about the pain ahead of time and tell them that if they need to come down, I’ll help them down immediately. “However, I don’t get paid enough to listen to teenagers scream about their genitals for an hour. If you have to scream, we’re gonna call them ‘your honor’, okay?”

10. French press with metal filter. This is a simple way for every coffee addict to reduce the waste they produce while saving money. When using a french press with metal filters there’s no need for paper filter or plastic single use k-cups (which are non recyclable). With metal filters you can use them over and over again by washing them between presses, when your filters need to be changed you can easy recycle them, and finally unlike a coffee machine or keurig/tassimo machine most coffee presses are 100% recyclable, can last basically forever if properly kept and use very little material plus they don’t use electricity.  

9. Recycling/composting. This is a simple thing we all can do. When choosing to recycle or compost your waste you help reduce what goes in our landfills and help reduce new materials from being used. There’s a lot of people that find it hard to participate in composting but there’s ways you can do it! You can get an indoor  composter or an outdoor composter, even make one yourself! You can use the compost for indoor/outdoor gardening, sell it, gift it to a friend/family member, gift it to a local farmer/community garden or look in to your local compost pickup programs.

8. Growing your own food. May it be a small garden in your windowsill or a large backyard garden, growing your food is an awesome way to reduce your food bill, reduce the environmental impact of your food (i.e. packaging and transportation), reduce food waste and help create cleaner air by planting plants. 

7. Bulk buying. This is a favorite amongst a lot of zero-wasters. Buying in bulk especially if you can use your own containers is an awesome way to reduce packaging on your products and these places are often are locally run and cheaper.

6. Shampoo, conditioner, lotion, laundry, hand soap bars. Bars are amazing !! They’re travel friendly, compact, long lasting (I personally find that thay lasts 2-4X longer than their liquid counterpart making them cheaper in the long run), and often waste free, they can also be fun to make!!

5. Fabric produce/shopping bags. known by most, used by few. Using fabric bags reduces plastic in a big way! A tip to remember your bags: have a fabric backpack you fill with your bags, keep in your car, bike, shopping cart, or remember to wear it when you go out. You can also make your own produce/shopping bags out of old clothing,towels, blankets so on…

4. Reusable fabric toilet paper, tissues, makeup wipes and paper towels. Washing fabric uses way less water than making paper products, fabric is better for your skin and using reusable “paper” products saves you money. You can buy new from zero waste shops or make your own out of new or old fabric. Just make sure to sterilize your cloths by boiling them, soaking in vinegar, bleach or other disinfectants before washing. Recommended to wash with other towels, socks and underwear.

3. Reusable Straws. Fun, trendy and friendly! I carry mine in a reusable zip-lock bag (made from food grade silicone) and just throw it in my bag before I leave the house. When I get home if I used them I just wash with hot water and soap with my straw cleaning brush and give my bag a wipe out with hot water. They come in glass, metal and silicone ! ( plastic ones break faster and can’t be properly cleaned/sterilized)

2. Thrifting. Thrifting is a fun way to get “new” things without paying for the demand of products to be made (depending on the thrift store). You can get unique products from new to vintage, clothing , kitchen, office, entertainment and more! and depending on where you shop a lot of thrift stores donate proceeds to local organizations, and give job experience to people that have none/ are having a hard time getting hired elsewhere.

1. Upcycling. Upcyling is the best!! You can take trash and turn it in to treasure. You can even make a profit off of upcycling or save money. This is very important for non recyclable products, like why throw out your k-cups when you can use them to mold bath bombs, or they can help you germinate seeds for your garden.

halamshiral prom queens ✨cullen thinks they’re trading valuable gossip i.e. intel behind their fans but they’re totes kissin

the Triplets of Belleville is about an elderly woman searching for her son who was kidnapped in the middle of a Tour de France race. It’s largely free of dialogue, but the sound effects and such are wonderful. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature—it lost to Finding Nemo.

A Cat in Paris is about a young girl and her cat who discover mysteries in the course of one night. It was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, but it lost to Rango.

Persepolis is based on an autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi about her early life in Iran. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but it lost to Ratatouille.

the Illusionist is about an aging magician and an imaginative young girl who form a father/daughter relationship. It was also nominated for a Best Animation Oscar, but lost to Toy Story 3.

The Rabbi’s Cat is a story about a cat who swallows a parrot and gains the ability to speak like a human. It is set in 1920’s Algeria.

Ernest & Celestine is the adorable story about a big bear and a little mouse who forge an unlikely friendship. It was also nominated for an Oscar in Best Animated Picture, but lost to Frozen.

Kirikou and the Sorceress is a story inspired by West African folklore that tells the story of Kirikou, a boy who was born with the ability to walk and talk, who saves his people from an evil witch. The film was popular enough to spawn sequels and a stage adaptation.

A Monster in Paris is a 3D animated musical film that is reaaaaalllly loosely based on the Phantom of the Opera. It’s set in 1910 and is about, surprisingly, a monster that lives in Paris, and his love for a young singer.

The King and the Mockingbird is an 80’s film about a cruel king titled Charles V + III = VIII + VIII = XVI, who is obsessed with a young shepherdess, and whose attempts to capture the young girl are thwarted by a mockingbird whose wife the King had previously killed.  

Those are probably the most famous of the feature length animated films.

But the animated short films are just as glorious. Here’s a compilation of a bunch of short films and I can link you to others as well. 

“A château, flowering gardens, a threatening forest, here is what, for mysterious reasons, a Painter has left incomplete. Three kinds of characters live in this painting: the Toupins, who are entirely painted, the Pafinis, who lack a few colors, and the Reufs, who are only sketches. Considering themselves superior, the Toupins take over power, chase the Pafinis from the château, and enslave the Reufs. Convinced that only the Painter can restore harmony by finishing the painting, Ramo, Lola, and Plume decided to go looking for him. Throughout the adventure, questions will follow one after the other: What has become of the Painter? Why did he abandon them? Why did he begin destroying some of his paintings? Will they one day know the Painter’s secret?”

I would highly recommend Ernest & Celestine as the animation is beautiful, the characters are really moving and the story conveys a great message about love, friendship and oppression.

May I suggest Dragon Hunters for myself? This 2008 feature-length film is based on the 2004-2005 cartoon Chasseurs de dragons, by the same makers (available fully online, by the way). The music, by Klaus Badelt, is hypnotic. The world is beautiful and strange, the characters lovable… and the dragons, really good.

Tout en Haut du Monde / Longway North

A young russian girl goes for a trip to the North Pole to find the boat that her grandfather, a famous explorer, used for his last adventure during which he disappeared… Visually stunning, and very cool story and characters.

Avril et le Monde Truqué / April and the Twisted World

The story is set in a world where science never went further than steam and coal, since it’s been years that all scientists have mysteriously disappeared. April is the daughter of two scientists who disappeared when she was a child. As an adult, April too turns to science in secret, and will discover the reason why scientists have been disappearing all this time. Humour, atmosphere, mystery… And based on the graphic style of veteran legend comic book artist Jacques Tardi!

Aya de Yopougon / Aya of Yop City

The everyday life of Aya, a young woman who lives in Ivory Coast at the end of the 70s. Very nice mood and humour!

Adama

A young african boy goes after his older brother who left to fight for France in the war. This will lead him for a whole trip to Paris and beyond. I mainly like it for the graphic style. An interesting look for a 3D movie since they used animated textures.

Astérix: le domaine des Dieux / Astérix: the mansion of Gods

By far my favorite movie adaptation from the Astérix comic books series. This one revolves around an ingenous plan set by Caesar. He builts fancy appartements  for rich romans near the Gaulish village, hoping that the Gauls wont attack civilians but will sitll get annoyed enough by the roman population to want to leave their village… and the plan works way too well.

Lascars

How 2 guys from a popular neighboorhood of Paris spend their holidays after being robbed of their trip to a paradise location. One of them tries to borrow money from a local criminal, and the other one finds a job in a rich family.

Very funny, but very not for children as well (drugs, violence, swear words, and sex!)

Le Magasin des Suicides / The Suicide Shop

The Tuvache are a really rich family in a town where nobody is happy to live. They made fortune in selling suicide articles. Unfortunately for them, their youngest son is a really nice, happy little fellow who wants to make people’s lives better… the first half is really worth watching, for the black sense of humour and originality.

Dofus, Livre 1: Julith / Dofus , First Book: Julith

For all you Ankama / Dofus / Wakfu fans! And for the others as well, since it’s not required to already know the Wafu universe to understand the movie. Follow the adventures of Joris, a young orphan who lives in a wolrd where the Dofus are special magical dragon eggs that grant tremendous power to their owners. Extremely good animation and funny characters.

Le Château des Singes / A Monkey’s Tale

A movie by the same director who made Le Ableau, Jean-françois Laguionie. A tale about two populations of monkeys, one tribe that lives at the top of the trees, and one that lives on the ground. One day, a young monkey form the tribe of the top will go meet the tribe of the bottom, who seem to live in some medieval kind of way.

U

Now that is one weird movie. About a unicorn named U, who came to help a girl who is not happy with her parents cruelty. Bur that girl isnt very nice herself…

Now a last quick word about studio Folimage, which is the one that produced A Cat in Paris: most of their movies are must-see. Like, really. Just look at all these visuals!!!

Phantom Boy

La Prophétie des Grenouilles / Raining Cats and Frogs

Mia et le Migou / Mia and the Migoo

They also produce short movies that can be gorgeous. My favorite is Le Bisclavret!

Seriously, this and Prophetie des Genouilles have some of THE BEST acting and vocal performances of animated children I have ever seen (in the original French language, naturally).  Played with such emotion and realism without being pretentious.

Also if you like Asterix I heartily recommend Asterix and the Vikings

And Asterix in Britain (a personal fave ;D  It’s so accurate!)

fantastic planet duh