Link Love: Oscar-Worthy?

( I had an image of John Cena from the Oscars ceremony as the Link Love featured image but I was worried that Getty Images would sue me for usage rights so envision Cena holding up the envelope with “Link Love” printed on it. Funny, right?)

I confess I was too busy knitting with my friends on Sunday night to watch The Oscars but I did follow the red carpet through live feeds and even some of the winners through out the evening. I confess, the red carpet is my favorite part. I love to see what all the actors and film folks choose to wear. I was just excited to see Jack Quaid on the red carpet (“Lower Decks! Lower Decks!”) I wondered about the red pins that celebrities wore at the Oscars (via My Modern Met) I oooh and aaah over the dresses and the tuxedos. I even caught myself saying “The Rock really brought it this year” when I saw his suit.

If you missed the spectacle, check out the Vogue red carpet recap. Vanity Fair featured post-Oscar party portraits which have a relaxed confidence to them, as only winners can have. One of my favorite articles about the Oscars was about whether the Oscars need to add a category for Best Titles (via It’s Nice That). I say, yes. Hell, yes but its always been my favorite part of all movies, especially when they set the tone and mood of the film. And the closing credits too! Now, the question for the future is which of the Oscar-winning films will receive Criterion treatment (via Casual Optimist)

Are you a fan of the Oscars? Did your favorite film win its category?

Pens:

• clicky pens: pilot vanishing point fountain pen vintage and new (via A Fleeting Ripple)
• Lamy Safari Violet Blackberry (via Too many pens)

Ink:

• New Arrivals: Lamy Dark Lilac Is Here! (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Pure Pens People’s Charter (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Ink Review #2516: Octopus Fluids Write & Draw Green Ostrich (via Mountain of Ink)
• Colorverse Korea Inks, Part 3 (via Mountain of Ink)
• Ink Review #802: PenChalet x Van Dieman Neptune (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

Pencils:

• Twice as nice… (via Nero’s Notes)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Quick Look – Ajoto N2 Pocket Paper Notebook (via The Poor Penman)
• TRAVELER’S notebook TOKYO EDITION (via TRAVELER’S COMPANY USA)
• Leaving a “Later” space for brainstorming medium and long-term to-do’s (via mnmlscholar)
• Bindewerk Metal Edge Ledger Notebook Review (via BLAKE’S BROADCAST)
• The power of five and pairing tasks – by Anita (via Philofaxy)
• How to ‘lazy plan’ your week (in 4 simple steps) (via All About Planners)
• Luxurious Translucency: The Onion Skin Journal A6 Soft Cover Cahier (via Dime Novel Raven)
• Notebook Review: Endless Recorder A5 InkJournal (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

Art & Creativity:

• Overlapping with a Blown Mind (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Daylight saving time begins and I celebrate it and suffer from this collective jet lag (via Apple-Pine)
• Rogue garden and ink shopping plans (via Apple-Pine)
• Returning to a Big Project and Getting a Surprise Reminder of Gratitude (via My Giant Strawberry)
• Going even looser and more free (via Drewscape)
• Ghostly Marks (via Abigail Halpin)
• Sam Anderson on writing and drawing (via Austin Kleon)
• Hidden Cézanne Mural Discovered in His Family Home (via My Modern Met)
• Why is Jacques Griffe not as famous as Dior? (via Messy Nessy Chic)

Other Interesting Things:

• How the Great Green Wall Is Holding Back the Sahara Desert (via Kottke.org)
• Working Hard or Hardly Working? (via Modern Daily Knitting)
• What’s What 3/8/24 (via Line Variation)
• 2024 Baltimore Pen Show Recap (via The Pen Addict)
• On the endangered paper bicycle map (via Urban Adventure League)
• Very Thai washi tape (via José Naranja)
• Updated Travel Kit 2024: Packing Pens, Pencils and Notebooks for A Road Trip (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Portraits Found in the Attic: Black Women in the Gilded Age (via Messy Nessy Chic)
• The Neo-Luddite Movement (via Kottke.org)

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