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Contemplating changing my icon to either Dawn’s face watching Ken Cosgrove tap dance from this week’s Mad Men or Amy’s face when Gary said he would kiss Selina on this week’s Veep but at the same time I just love my current one so I’m torn:

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Ok, Folks, Serious Question:

Why have we not all been talking about how incredible Rectify is? I know I have, but why have we not collectively flipped our shit for this show? Is it just because it’s on Sundance so none of you have really heard of or have seen it? Because I’m pretty sure if this was on AMC or FX or something, we would all be pretty darn blown away by it. I mean, it’s just so clearly crafted and thought through with how it handles itself and how it wants us to react. I would try to compare it to something, but in all honesty, I’m coming up blank. It’s got the thoughtful deliberateness of Mad Men without the sometimes opaqueness that can sometimes burden the show. It’s got the ponderous slowness of The Killing without any of the shit that makes The Killing terrible. And it’s got the intricately layered performances of Breaking Bad. I mean, really, these performances. I mean, all the awards for the whole cast. Abigail Spencer (aka Annie from Burning Love) in particular deserves ALL of the fucking awards, every single last one of them, but also Adelaide Clemens and J Smith-Cameron and Aden Young and I would keep listing people here but I’d just end up listing the entire cast. So yeah, do yourself a favor and go find and watch Rectify . It’s only 6 episodes, so it’s not even a huge commitment, and it’s been renewed for a second season, so it’s not even a wasted commitment to greatness.

Basically, please, friends, watch Rectify, because I need someone to talk to about how good this damn show is.

I’m reblogging myself because Sundance has now aired all 6 episodes which means they should all be fairly readily findable so PLEASE PEOPLE WATCH THIS GEM OF A SHOW, IT DESERVES LOVE AND RECOGNITION. Like, I cannot recommend this show enough, it’s one of the absolute best shows on television, and one of the most thought-provoking shows I have seen in a very long time. You’re only hurting yourself by not watching, so please, stop hurting yourself.

Haha, how can she draw that conclusion? It’s seemed pretty clear that your average Fuck Yeah ____ blog or equivalent is consistently more popular than any Official Show Blog that pops up

Marissa Meyer seems to know as little about how people use/want to use Tumblr as David Karp does. They’re clearly paying 1.1 billion for the name cachet of Tumblr alone, since, from a business standpoint, it’s the dumbest investment ever (1.1 billion for 14 million in revenue last year). She’s like that uncle who wears skinny jeans because he hears they’re hip and what all the young kids are in to but it’s just unfortunate to look at because it’s just not a good fit. At all.

“Tumblr views itself as a home for brands.”

… No Marissa Meyer. You, and your overpaying brethren at Yahoo, may view it as a home for brands, but no one but the brands themselves view Tumblr as a home for brands.

I posted about it earlier and it only got 50 notes or so and I’m on the last episode so I’m gonna cry

I’m about to start I don’t know whether I want to marathon them all or spread them out and savor them