Mirka
@notthesandpaper.bsky.social
I will probably be using this account as a depository of random thoughts.
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![Comic. [Comment section on a video. 564 comments, including posts from three different avatars: “Who else is here in 2023?” “Is anyone else watching this in 2017?” “Anyone else here in 2025?”] [caption] For some reason, confused time travelers always try to find each other using YouTube comments.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreia42izz36bkhdteb5743objgf2s3whe3kblmnxnwjvgggtu66ea54@jpeg)
January 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
🌈📚My Discworld re-read has reached The Last Continent, which - as much as I love Pratchett - I rate very low because it's mostly just a bunch of unfunny jokes about Australia thrown together. The non-Rincewind B-plot is OK, but not enough to make it even a decently entertaining book. #booksky
January 2, 2026 at 12:58 PM
🌈📚My Discworld re-read has reached The Last Continent, which - as much as I love Pratchett - I rate very low because it's mostly just a bunch of unfunny jokes about Australia thrown together. The non-Rincewind B-plot is OK, but not enough to make it even a decently entertaining book. #booksky
Rewatching the first Naked Gun movie for the first time in at least 25 years. I loved these movies as a kid but don't have high hopes since both the world and my sense of humor have changed a lot since... #moviesky
August 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Rewatching the first Naked Gun movie for the first time in at least 25 years. I loved these movies as a kid but don't have high hopes since both the world and my sense of humor have changed a lot since... #moviesky
Watching Kubrick's Lolita for the first time in about 25 years and I'd completely blocked the memory of Peter Sellers in this. I like him as a comedian but sheesh he's tiresome here.
May 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Watching Kubrick's Lolita for the first time in about 25 years and I'd completely blocked the memory of Peter Sellers in this. I like him as a comedian but sheesh he's tiresome here.
I've been trying to see Mickey 17 for ages because I want to support original scifi (even though I didn't live Parasite as much as most people) but was very disappointed that it was basically just a combination of Moon and Avenue 5 and not in a good way.
May 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I've been trying to see Mickey 17 for ages because I want to support original scifi (even though I didn't live Parasite as much as most people) but was very disappointed that it was basically just a combination of Moon and Avenue 5 and not in a good way.
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May 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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April 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I've been rewatching Frasier & thing I noticed on this rewatch is that there's so many trans-jokes, especially in early seasons, but they're mostly weirdly non-hateful? (though some are very hateful). So many episodes just randomly mention being trans (though often confused with crossdressing/drag)
April 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I've been rewatching Frasier & thing I noticed on this rewatch is that there's so many trans-jokes, especially in early seasons, but they're mostly weirdly non-hateful? (though some are very hateful). So many episodes just randomly mention being trans (though often confused with crossdressing/drag)
It's been a while since a movie has disappointed me as much as Terrifier. I get why people like Art the Clown, but the writing and acting was atrocious and the fx work ridiculously bad. I've seen better gore on ER.
February 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It's been a while since a movie has disappointed me as much as Terrifier. I get why people like Art the Clown, but the writing and acting was atrocious and the fx work ridiculously bad. I've seen better gore on ER.
Movies you have watched more than six times, GIFs only
February 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Movies you have watched more than six times, GIFs only
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Things are stressful. Breathe. Drink some water. Take your meds. Eat something. Try to rest. Put your phone down. Watch a movie.
February 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Things are stressful. Breathe. Drink some water. Take your meds. Eat something. Try to rest. Put your phone down. Watch a movie.
Stepping into 2025 I find myself once again thinking about how eerily prescient @straczynski.bsky.social was when writing Babylon 5. youtu.be/BpQ0H-26DW0?...
The Exercise of Vital Powers
YouTube video by Solipskeptic
youtu.be
January 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Stepping into 2025 I find myself once again thinking about how eerily prescient @straczynski.bsky.social was when writing Babylon 5. youtu.be/BpQ0H-26DW0?...
Does anyone else have weird quotes that have become a permanent part of your brain? Mine is that every single time I'm looking for something I hear in my head the words "Where are my children?" in the voice of an alien ghost from the Babylon 5 tv-movie The River of Souls
December 29, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Does anyone else have weird quotes that have become a permanent part of your brain? Mine is that every single time I'm looking for something I hear in my head the words "Where are my children?" in the voice of an alien ghost from the Babylon 5 tv-movie The River of Souls
Note to self: Do not touch your eye after you've just chopped a bag of chili peppers for freezing.
December 15, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Note to self: Do not touch your eye after you've just chopped a bag of chili peppers for freezing.
I can't be the only one who hates the "funny" voices the host of You Must Remember This podcast makes whenever she reads quotes? I really like the podcast otherwise but the voices often make it hard to listen because they're annoying at best and offensive and misleading at worst.
December 12, 2024 at 5:32 PM
I can't be the only one who hates the "funny" voices the host of You Must Remember This podcast makes whenever she reads quotes? I really like the podcast otherwise but the voices often make it hard to listen because they're annoying at best and offensive and misleading at worst.
I have reached an age where I should not google celebrities' ages anymore, because I just found out that Fred Hechinger is younger than my microwave oven.
December 2, 2024 at 9:41 PM
I have reached an age where I should not google celebrities' ages anymore, because I just found out that Fred Hechinger is younger than my microwave oven.
I'm trying to get back into the habit of posting on Bluesky, so have an oil painting of Pedro Pascal as Marcus Acacius in #Gladiator2 #art
November 30, 2024 at 10:21 PM
I'm trying to get back into the habit of posting on Bluesky, so have an oil painting of Pedro Pascal as Marcus Acacius in #Gladiator2 #art
This Eddie Izzard sketch from 25 years ago is still an extremely accurate description of trying to use printers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xom4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xom4...
Eddie Izzard - printer
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May 4, 2024 at 7:34 AM
This Eddie Izzard sketch from 25 years ago is still an extremely accurate description of trying to use printers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xom4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xom4...
Note to self: When your printer tells you to clean the printer heads, do not do it by wiping the cartridge on the sleeve of your hoodie...
May 4, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Note to self: When your printer tells you to clean the printer heads, do not do it by wiping the cartridge on the sleeve of your hoodie...
Is it just me or are people these days treating hobbies as something you should profit from? I just saw someone post how they need to find a new hobby because the price of acrylic paint has cut into their profit margin. But to me hobby is something you do for fun and self-expression.
March 17, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Is it just me or are people these days treating hobbies as something you should profit from? I just saw someone post how they need to find a new hobby because the price of acrylic paint has cut into their profit margin. But to me hobby is something you do for fun and self-expression.
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Sorry, couldn’t resist…
GILBERT & SULLIVAN’S FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA’S BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA
Now with on-screen libretto…
Have fun with it before someone has it taken down
Full 9’30 video: youtu.be/ZZNGDj-b3DE?...
GILBERT & SULLIVAN’S FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA’S BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA
Now with on-screen libretto…
Have fun with it before someone has it taken down
Full 9’30 video: youtu.be/ZZNGDj-b3DE?...
February 16, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Sorry, couldn’t resist…
GILBERT & SULLIVAN’S FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA’S BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA
Now with on-screen libretto…
Have fun with it before someone has it taken down
Full 9’30 video: youtu.be/ZZNGDj-b3DE?...
GILBERT & SULLIVAN’S FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA’S BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA
Now with on-screen libretto…
Have fun with it before someone has it taken down
Full 9’30 video: youtu.be/ZZNGDj-b3DE?...
Just had my first DNF in my 52 new movies in 2024 challenge: Smile was clearly trying to be It Follows, but the acting and dialogue was so bad that I just couldn’t force myself to finish it.
February 13, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Just had my first DNF in my 52 new movies in 2024 challenge: Smile was clearly trying to be It Follows, but the acting and dialogue was so bad that I just couldn’t force myself to finish it.
Is it an ADHD symptom if you put your glass down on the counter, look away from it for two seconds, and then can't be sure if the glass on the counter is yours? Asking for a friend currently going through ADHD assessment.
February 13, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Is it an ADHD symptom if you put your glass down on the counter, look away from it for two seconds, and then can't be sure if the glass on the counter is yours? Asking for a friend currently going through ADHD assessment.
4/52 Train to Busan. A solid if predictable zombie spectacle. I get why people like it, but when it comes to Korean zombie movies, I prefer #Alive.
February 8, 2024 at 4:43 PM
4/52 Train to Busan. A solid if predictable zombie spectacle. I get why people like it, but when it comes to Korean zombie movies, I prefer #Alive.
3/52 Nope. Not as creepy as Us and the satire didn’t have the edge of Get Out, but I have to give it to Jordan Peele for making genuinely original and interesting horror & scifi.
February 8, 2024 at 4:43 PM
3/52 Nope. Not as creepy as Us and the satire didn’t have the edge of Get Out, but I have to give it to Jordan Peele for making genuinely original and interesting horror & scifi.