Vicki Smith

@eclecticmayhem

Gen X Brit based in the USofA. Avatar by @Taraocomics.bsky.social (thank you Tara!) Banner is the target used by The Archers; I am nothing if not a product of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

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Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· 7d

This is my new Foster Fail, Spike. He’s a platinum blonde, blue-eyed, pretty boy who’s a wee bit bitey, so naturally I named him after a favourite vampire.

Photo of a lilac-point kitten asleep on a lap. His head & shoulders rest in the palm of my hand.

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· 13d

Why yes, my choices are particularly focused.

Polaroid style image of four films selected from The Criterion Collection: I Know Where I’m Going (1945), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (1946), & The Red Shoes (1948)

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· 15d

Plain Jane marries dodgy former boss.

Text: “Describe the plot of your favourite book in exactly six words!

But don’t say what it is, let us guess.”

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· 23d

Brenda Blethyn

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· 24d

Gotta give it to Petal, the floral details are the clincher. With kind regards from Small Cat.

A well-loved Jellycat plush. Original ID lost to the mists of time, forever known by my (now) 17 year old as “Small Cat”

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Jul 10

Current foster kittens Inky, Pinky, Blinky & Sue.

Photo of a lilac point kitten, Inky, fast asleep in my hand.

Photo of a floofy, black kitten, Pinky, hugging a small, felt, toy dinosaur protectively.

Photo of grey (stealth tabby) kitten, Blinky, fast asleep.

Photo of seal point kitten, Sue, fast asleep with her face tucked into the snuggle kitty (a toy cat with a heartbeat for orphan kittens.)

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Jul 8

I loved it so much I have a framed print!

Framed print of The Great Bear by Simon Patterson. It’s on the wall beside a framed copy of the actual London Underground map (circa 2005)

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Jul 8

Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View by Cornelia Parker.

Sculpture installation by Cornelia Parker, essentially all the pieces of an exploded shed suspended as if caught in the act of exploding.

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Jun 21

I haven’t taken photos in a gallery for quite some time, so I hope this stained glass window (just to the right of Rudolph Valentino’s crypt in Hollywood Forever Cemetery) will suit.

Stained glass window, Cathedral Mausoleum. Hollywood Forever. Vaguely Art Nouveau in style, the window depicts a mountain in the distance with cypress trees, and a silver birch in the foreground.

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Jun 13

Post a logo, emblem, or title (with its original font) that remains as perfect today as when it was new.

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Jun 10

For Gen X Brits, that would be Doctor Who meets The Adventure Game. Would watch.

Still from The Adventure Game (1980-1986) featuring the last challenge, The Vortex, where the players would have to work their way across a grid—avoiding The Vortex—armed with nothing but a sandwich. The show also featured a growing Aspidistra plant.

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Jun 1

Post a poster you used to* have in your room, apartment, or house.

Image is the poster for the 1990 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Much Ado About Nothing, starring Roger Allam & Susan Fleetwood as Benedick & Beatrice.

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· May 16

Pick a Bond from the photos you already have on your phone:

Photo of Regé-Jean Page on a BAFTA red carpet. He looks casual in a white shirt & black suit jacket and would kick all kinds of arse as Bond.

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· May 13

I give you “hasty scribble on notepaper with entirely the wrong green.”

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Apr 30

Thatcher also gave a marvelously unhinged performance in Werewolf By Night (2022), with perhaps the most “terrrrrrrible” Scottish accent committed to film. He’s awesome!

Still of Gael García Bernal & Kirk Thatcher in Werewolf by Night (2022)

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Apr 12

… Dreyer’s La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928). It was extraordinary. Brutal. Immensely moving. If you’ve not seen it, add it to the list!

Poster image for Dreyer’s La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928) featuring a hand drawn version of one of Renée Jeanne Falconetti’s close-ups.

A montage collection of shots from Dreyer’s La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928) showing the severity of the cinematography & the low angles & close ups.

An extreme close-up of Renée Jeanne Falconetti in Dreyer’s La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928)

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Apr 9

It’s ok, Chief Rankin hasn’t let the popularity of the fox kit footage go to his head!

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Mar 2

Share someone who looks stylish wearing stripes.

Still of Buster Keaton & Sybil Seely in Convict 13 (1920)

Buster is wearing the striped uniform of a convict & is kissing Sybil goodbye through the bars of the prison gate.

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Feb 18

This is a MASTERPIECE, and it’s on screen for seconds!

Photo of Isabella Celani (Persephone) from A Room with a View (1985). Her waist-length, blonde hair has been dressed in a half-up, half down style, with the front & sides pulled back to form a wreath, a rose, and a long plait (braid).

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Feb 14

Darwin Kili Superman George Kirk

Photo of Edi Gathegi as Darwin in X-Men: First Class (2011)

Photo of Aidan Turner as Kili in The Hobbit Trilogy

David Coranswet kinda, sorta being Superman

Chris Hemsworth demonstrating his undeniable star power as George Kirk in Star Trek (2009)

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Feb 9

Offering up one of my favourites, Her Night of Romance (1924) with Constance Talmadge.

Still of Ronald Colman & Constance (Dutch) Talmadge in Her Night of Romance (1924)

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Jan 31

Counterpoint: Oh yes he can. Wash sends his regards.

Photo of a ginger & white cat (Wash) fast asleep on a blue, fuzzy, Winnie the Pooh themed blanket. Wash sleeps face down, with his nose and mouth smooshed into his paws. I’m not entirely sure how he manages to breathe. Perhaps he has gills?

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Jan 22

#Taskmaster.

Vicki Smith@eclecticmayhem· Jan 19

The Stockpot, London, UK. There was one in Soho and one on Panton St, just off Leicester Sq. Cheap, hearty fare, perfect for impoverished students, out-of-work actors, and everyone else. I would have the fish & chips and the apple crumble with cream. 😋 Alas, long gone now.