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Elena

@elenasquareeyes.bsky.social

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She/her. Films, books, (mostly retired) tennis players & personal family drama. “As you can see I’m a disaster in everything but I’m trying hard guys.” Blog: https://elenasquareeyes.com

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Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you! It was good fun! And thank you so much for the donation ☺️

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Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you! It went great 😊

Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 10h

Completed the 10km #ShineWalk in 2 hours 14mins (including a pitstop). It was around the 8km mark that my legs started to ache but it was really fun and there was such a great atmosphere. I’m really glad I did it and thank you to everyone who’s donated!

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Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 14h

Tonight’s the night for the #ShineWalk
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Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely sobbed like 3 times watching Bob Trevino Likes It and it’s gonna be one of those films I won’t shut up about and I recommend to everyone.
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A ★★★★★ review of Bob Trevino Likes It (2024)

Absolutely sobbed multiple times watching this. The friendship between Lily and Bob is so sweet and heartfelt and they each get so much love and support from such an unlikely place. Lily’s almost desp...

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Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 1d

An excellent #LastFourWatched if I do say so myself

Bob Trevino Likes It (2024) 5 stars, Frankenstein (2025) 4 stars, All the President’s Men (1976) 5 stars, and I Swear (2025) 5 stars.

Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 2d

Our hob has gone kaput and it’s so broken that we need a whole new one so we’re going shopping for one tomorrow but OMG I somehow didn’t realise how much I liked to cook on the hob!
I keep thinking “I’ll do that for dinner” then remembering no I cannot because I have no hob.

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 3d

Fritz when it's time to play Zverev

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Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 4d

My workplace is an easy place for them to volunteer for an hour a week for however long then need to but we can only have a maximum of 2 volunteers each day Monday-Thursday + Saturday and I already have 6 of them so there’s only 4 spots/2 days left so some are gonna go on a wait list.

Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 4d

The DofE Award is something teenagers can do to get new experiences/skills/look good on uni applications & to achieve the different levels (bronze/silver/gold) they have to do certain things like volunteer for x amount of weeks.
I personally never did it because it sounded like a lot of effort 😅

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Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 4d

Can tell it’s autumn because I’m drowning in Duke of Edinburgh volunteer requests at work and there’s only so many volunteers we can take.

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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 4d

ONLY migrants though, no one else is to study English because it's a rip off and a waste of time, am I getting this right.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 4d

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

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Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 4d

I hit my fundraising target for my #ShineNightWalk with less than a week to go! Thank you so much to everyone who donated 🥰
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Blue circle with “I’ve raised £250 Shine Night Walk” in it in white writing.

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 5d

My one #LFF film this year was Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein as my local cinema was showing it and I’m so glad I got to see it on the big screen. Everything about it is so lush! The costumes, the sets, the score - it’s a rich setting for a very human tale.

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Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 6d

Still totally hate this new way of announcing who’s in the dance off #Strictly

Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 6d

Ditto

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AAAAH-riadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 6d

*looks to camera* #scd #strictly

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Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 6d

This Minecraft-themed dance from the professionals is like a fever dream #Strictly

Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 6d

Watched All the President’s Men for the first time and like when I watched 12 Angry Men for the first time I’m left with the thought - it’s a bit good innit?

Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 7d

For some reason I thought this was a TV show so I’m delighted to hear it’s a 90mins film that’ll probably be perfect Sunday afternoon viewing for me and my mum.

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Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 7d

Looks like my bookshop crawl around town today was good preparation for my 10km charity walk next week - and I’m so close to my fundraising target!
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Screenshot of a fitness tracker saying walked 20,263 steps and 9 miles.

Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 7d

The Lord gives - Ian Watkins killed in prison

The Lord takes away - Diane Keaton dies at 79

Elena @elenasquareeyes.bsky.social · 7d

It was #BookshopDay so I spent the day on a bookshop crawl around town with friends, we went out for lunch where I got a free desert as the server thought it was my birthday after seeing my friend give me a belated present & I bought spooky cat PJs from TK Maxx. All in all it was a fantastic day 🥰

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 8d

Took a break from the Supreme Court's ongoing horrorshow to focus on what really matters: how funny it is for a federal judge to decide, as a matter of law, that Drake lost the Kendrick Lamar beef

Federal Judge Declares Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Too Awesome to Be Defamatory

Apparently, Drake decided that losing in the court of public opinion was not humiliating enough.

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