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Banbury-based, Oxford-employed, Southampton-born, Cumberland-neverbeenthere.
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It's finally here - the recipient of my first repost on Bluesky:

Because I am struggling to generate ideas of worth, I will use this thread to post some of my glibbest Letterboxd reviews. Follow me there for the full archive: letterboxd.com/diamondbadger/

I'm fun to be around, if given very specific prompts.

Fun fact about me: I'm a film buff, but I haven't seen a single Steven Spielberg movie at the cinema since Jurassic Park.

The nower it is, the worse things get.

I was checking Letterboxd for reviews of House II: The Second Story. Read this review, and couldn't work out what B*** M**** could possibly be. Then I checked the cast list, and the answer was more horrific than I could have imagined.

One of the greatest tragedies of modern times is that I'd be AMAZING on any given WhatsApp group or text thread (quick, irreverent, hilarious), but don't have any friends.

Sneering at my desk, but not in a superior way. I'm sneering up, not down.

Though I don't explicitly post about World Events on here, I need you to know that the associated misery is responsible for my low output.

Tell me: am I still a creative? Am I?

This is an important thread (🧵). Please read and repost. #walking #Oxford #gratitude #reasonableness #justdesserts #fairness #justice #nature

Our work canteen doesn’t do plates, post-pandemic. It’s all takeaway boxes. I’m going to start bringing in my own plate. Food doesn’t taste as good from a box. Ever try to get the last bit of couscous from the corner of a box with a flat wooden fork? It can’t be done.

in lieu of conventional praise, belch the word “tight”

I was halfway through my recording of Ulzana's Gold when the TV reception went bad, and the remainder of the film is unwatchable. Now I need to decide if I should spend £1.50 on the DVD at Cex to finish the thing. Don't even know if I was enjoying it. Yes, you guessed it: I am in my forties.

I look old and unkempt in this photo, but it's a good expression. Vanity doesn't trump comedy. Not for me.

Favourite film genres: 1. My hair is still wet from swimming in the sea; let’s talk about our feelings 2. Am I remembering a dream or dreaming a memory? 3. one bad decision, things snowballed, I had to kill the mayor 4. They made a Saturday morning cartoon adaptation of THIS?! 5. It’s the seventies

Looking through old notes and finding some really strong ideas.

“But of course, the most important tor… is SKELETOR.” [I’m immediately fired by the Dartmoor tourism board]

for clarity:

soft-launching my pedicure denial roadshow, burning a giant wicker toe