TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Vico Ortiz; Samson Kayo; Kristian Nairn; Ruibo Qian; David Fane; Rachel House; Minnie Driver; Dominic Burgess; Aug 7 WBD Q2 Earnings Call: Fuckery; Articles; National Maritime Museum in Cornwall; Fan Spotlight: Cast Cards; Never Left Podcast; Love Notes;
Well, best intentions and all that-- another two dayer because that's just how this month has been. Lots and Lots going on with our cast & crew, friends <3
= David Jenkins =
Well David tried to give us all heart attacks yesterday.
And then today he sent some love after Astroglide brought tears to our eyes on twitter.
Source: David Jenkins Twitter
= Rhys Darby =
Lots of Cryptid Factor sightings! Reminder! Cryptid Factor is in London this Friday!
- Video of a sighting of Indiana Buttons
Also! Dan and Stede The Nessiehunter gave us some quick live videos of their trip to Lochness!
Source: Schreiberland Instagram
Source: Schreiberland Instagram
Source: Steve The NessieHunter Instagram
= Taika Waititi =
Another AppleTV spotlight of Time Bandits! Reminder, new episodes out tomorrow, Aug 7!
Source: Apple TV Instagram
Then Rita pulled Taika into another Tiktok trend.
= Samson Kayo =
Samson out with Yvonne Orji <3
Source: Yvonne Orji's Instagram
= Kristian Nairn =
Kristian is reminiscing about Game Of Thrones- his book is coming out on September 24th, 2024-- you can still preorder it online!
Source: Kristian Nairn's Instagram
= Vico Ortiz =
Vico asked what quite a lot of us have wondered about before. IYKYK.
Source: Vico Ortiz Instagram
And some more photos of Vico with their loves.
Source: Vico Ortiz Instagram
= Ruibo Qian =
Ruibo is inviting everyone to join her on Aug 8, at 12am PST for a meditation. You can access it on Ruibo Qian's Youtube!
Source: Ruibo Qian's Instagram
= David Fane =
Some of you may remember that our dear Fang, David Fane, was awarded the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer's Residency! Now, I'm not 100% sure, but I know that Fulbright partners with the Kennedy Center, and so I'm thinking that's what David's referring to in his most recent instagram story. Good luck David! We are rooting for you!
Source: David Fane's Instagram Stories
= Rachel House =
Rachel's movie, The Mountain (Temaunga) has been officially selected for the Toronto International Film Festival! Congrats Rachel and everyone involved in the film! Learn more on TIFF's website!
Source: Rachel House's Instagram
= Minnie Driver =
Minnie was featured in Rose & Ivy!
Source: Rose and Ivy Journal Instagram
= Dominic Burgess =
Everything about this photo makes me smile.
Source: Dominic's Twitter
== #DontStreamOnMax: Fuckery Reminder ==
Our friends over at @adoptourcrew are calling on everyone to help with the fuckery tomorrow during the Q2 Earnings Call. Remember to flood social media with #DontStreamOnMax and #FireDavidZaslav!
Source: Adopt Our Crew Twitter
== Articles ==
Thank you to Meowzawowza_ on twitter for sharing the contents of this article!
Source: Meowzawowza_ Twitter
= National Maritime Museum Cornwall =
A HUGE thanks to @merryfinches for sharing this absolutely awesome find with us-- and thank you for bringing letting me share it in the recap Kylie!
You continue to be one of the sweetest, kindest, most amazing folks on the planet <3
Please visit Kylie's blog here for more info! Here's a quick excerpt!"
The exhibit is running until early 2025, so if you’re in Cornwall before it closes then you should go down and stare at a go at floating cardboard cutout of Ed for a bit 🥰💕"
Source: @merryfinches Tumblr
== Fan Spotlight ==
= Cast Cards =
Thank you so much to @melvisik for keeping these up! It's still so amazing to think of just how many people made our show happen! First up is Bradley Rubin, another one of our Production Designers! Second up is Brigid M. who is apparently unspecified (according to https://ofmd-crew.com/)! Mel thinks she may be an action talent!
And last but not least - Stephen Dudro is one of the art directors for the show!
Source: @melvisik's Twitter
== Never Left Podcast ==
Episode 29 is out, and Never Left is continuing with their discussion on flowers! You may remember last weeks episode sparked the butterfly realization to many of the fans! Always great stuff coming out of our friends over at Never Left Podcast! Check them out on your favorite listening platforms here!
Source: Never Left Podcast Instagram
== Love Notes ==
Hey there lovelies! How's your week going? Are you feeling the buzz? There's been lots of news all over the world, some good, some bad, but it feels like a lot of stuff is starting to upturn, even if it's just a little.
I've had a few things on my mind the last couple days and I wanted to get them out and send some love. This is a bit of a long one and it's gonna get a bit heavy, so please skip to below the === if you don't feel up for it.
CW: Intrusive Thoughts
Sometimes your brain likes to tell you things that you don't really believe (or shouldn't) when things are hard. Sometimes it tells you, you're not good enough, or capable enough, or smart enough, or skilled enough, or you don't deserve good things. Sometimes it tells you things would be better for other people if you weren't around, if you quit your job, or ran away. Sometimes it tells you you don't belong where you are, for any array of reasons. Sometimes it tells you you're unforgivable, or incapable of change.
It's wrong, dearies. It's so very wrong.
Your brain sometimes lies to you because it's been trained to do so. By society, by leaders, by people trying to shape you into their worldview.
There's nothing wrong with you if it does, it's actually pretty darn normal to feel those things. We deal with so much anxiety in our day to day lives, and our bodies are still stuck on thousands of years of defence mechanisms, and it doesn't know how to cope with the constant micro-stressors we deal with in modern times.
So it learns and adapts to your environment. Your brain is so damn smart-- that it takes what it hears over and over and it turns that inward because it thinks that's what you need. What it doesn't know is that when life is crazy, and the world continues to be this chaotic black hole of unending bad news, it'll adapt and turn things more and more negative.
That's why so many people do daily affirmations-- because you can train your brain to do AMAZING things. It takes a long time, and constant reminders, but eventually it gets easier. Toxic positivity isn't helpful, but when you have unending darkness coming in waves around you, sometimes even just a little candle of hope can keep that at bay, and eventually help break up the darkness itself.
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So today, I'm gonna push a couple affirmations... and they kinda show up already in my love notes here and there-- but I'd like you take a moment to say them out loud if you can, and take a deep breath in between them --Give yourself a little support for today.
I found some that speak to me here, but you can find them all over the place on the web if they don't speak to you.
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- I am still learning so it’s okay to make mistakes.
- I am loved and worthy.
- I alone hold the truth of who I am.
- I belong here, and I deserve to take up space.
- I am allowed to feel good.
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You are all of those things Lovelies. You truly are. Do you know why I call you all "Lovelies" so often? Because that's the word that encompasses so much of the good in the world to me-- and that's what you are.
You are lovely, just the way you are.
You are wonderful just the way you are.
You are worthy, and you are loved, and I know sometimes it's so hard to remember that, but keep telling yourself that, and one day it'll come a lot easier. Sending so much love.
You deserve so many good things lovelies, please remember that.
