Before TV Tropes, I was a normal person, with normal habits and a social life. But, of course, I found myself drawn in and annoyed when there wasn't a Fugazi work page, and, well, you know, Tv Tropes Will Ruin Your Life. But who am I kidding, I had no social life!
So now I spend my days red-eyed and bleary from scrounging tropes for my work pages. Luckily enough, my TV Tropes involvement also coincided with my new appreciation for films from The Golden Age of Hollywood. I now watch too many movies and make too many work pages for them.
I'd also like to point out that I'm the queen of malapropisms, so I apologize in advance (sore-ry!) for using the wrong letter. But I will also use my favourite excuse: English isn't my first language. note
Here are some random things I like: Screwball Comedies, two-hour naps, Rickenbackers note , tort law, and the occasional Oreo.
And if you're wondering what the hell a "long tall shorty" is, listen to this from The Kinks
. Or this.
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Wiki Pages I’ve Created:
- 49th Parallel
- Act of Violence
- The Adventures of Tartu
- The Animal Kingdom
- The Bigamist
- Big City Blues
- The Bitter Tea of General Yen
- Blonde Crazy
- Blondie Johnson
- Boomerang
- Brief Moment
- Brute Force
- Cabin in the Sky
- Call Northside 777
- Caught
- Christmas in July
- Clash by Night
- Cluny Brown
- The Constant Nymph
- Death Takes a Holiday
- Designing Woman
- The Devil and Miss Jones
- Double Harness
- A Double Life
- Double Wedding
- Down Argentine Way
- Dr. Monica
- Easy Living
- Evelyn Prentice
- The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
- Fallen Angel
- A Foreign Affair
- For Me and My Gal
- Full of Life
- The Ghost Goes West
- Gold Diggers of 1935
- Gold Diggers of 1937
- The Great Lie
- Hands Across the Table
- The Hard Way
- Heroes for Sale
- History Is Made at Night
- The Hitch-Hiker
- I Know Where I'm Going!
- In Name Only
- It's a Wonderful World
- It's Love I'm After
- It Should Happen to You
- In This Our Life
- I Wanted Wings
- I'll Be Seeing You
- Jewel Robbery
- Knight Without Armour
- Ladies' Man
- Ladies of Leisure
- Ladies They Talk About
- The Light That Failed
- Love Before Breakfast
- Love Is News
- Love Letters
- Lydia
- Man's Castle
- Man Wanted
- Made for Each Other
- The Mad Miss Manton
- Merrily We Go to Hell
- Midnight
- Midnight Mary
- Mikey and Nicky
- The Miracle Woman
- Moon over Miami
- Moontide
- The More the Merrier
- Mr and Mrs Smith
- Make Way for Tomorrow
- Mandalay
- My Foolish Heart
- My Reputation
- Night Must Fall
- Night Nurse
- Night Song
- No Man of Her Own
- No Man of Her Own
- Not Wanted
- On Dangerous Ground
- Out of the Fog
- Paris Blues
- Phffft!
- Princess O'Rourke
- Public Hero Number 1
- The Purchase Price
- Remember the Night
- The Revolt of Mamie Stover
- Roadhouse
- The Reckless Moment
- Ride the Pink Horse
- Safe in Hell
- The Set-Up
- The Silver Cord
- Sin Takes a Holiday
- Something Wild
- Sorry, Wrong Number
- The Spy in Black
- A Stolen Life
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
- Stormy Weather
- Sunny Side Up
- Swing High, Swing Low
- Taxi!
- Theodora Goes Wild
- They Drive by Night
- They Made Me a Fugitive
- Third Finger, Left Hand
- This is the Night
- To Each His Own
- Too Late for Tears
- True Confession
- Union Depot
- Vacation from Marriage
- A Walk in the Sun
- Waterloo Bridge
- What Price Hollywood?
- When Ladies Meet
- Where the Sidewalk Ends
- Whirlpool
- The Whole Town's Talking
- The Winslow Boy
- Whipsaw
- Why Be Good?
- Woman on the Run
- A Woman's Face
- A Womans Face
- Don Ameche
- Dana Andrews
- Jean Arthur
- Joan Blondell
- Claudette Colbert
- Robert Donat
- Melvyn Douglas
- Irene Dunne
- Betty Grable
- Ann Harding
- Wendy Hiller
- Judy Holliday
- Glynis Johns
- Veronica Lake
- Mitchell Leisen
- Carole Lombard
- Ida Lupino
- Tyrone Power
- Jane Russell
- Robert Ryan
- Ann Sheridan
- George Stevens
- Gloria Swanson
Media I Like:
- Films: The non-The Golden Age Of Hollywood films I like: The Cornetto Trilogy (Hot Fuzz is the favourite), Paper Moon, What's Up, Doc?, In the Mood for Love, Logan, Trading Places, and Amélie.
- Music: Mostly rock for a very long time, but the love of classic films has given me a new appreciation for Jazz and its subgroups. Always on rotation are the following: The Kinks (up until Muswell Hillbillies), Weezer, Crowded House, Fugazi, Nirvana, The Jam, Ella Fitzgerald, and The Doors. I’ve recently warmed up to The Golden Age of Hip Hop with acts like Eric B. & Rakim.
- Literature: I mostly read English/Victorian fiction (for some reason) or non-fiction about Medieval England (woo, Dan Jones!), the World Wars, and anything about movies. Favourites from fiction include these books: Jane Eyre, Wives and Daughters, Villette, North and South, Emma, The Woman in White, Persuasion, and the outlier, Ella Enchanted.
- TV: Here are some favourites: The Kids in the Hall (mandatory for a Canadian), Mad Men, and Futurama.
