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an anecdote for a smoky evening
I wanted to tell a story that I found fun.
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bandcamp friday recommendations (jul 2025 edition)
Cool bands for cool and attractive people.
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growing up in the online sticks
It was a strange place, as weird internet spaces go.
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paris, texas (1984)
A French and German neo-western film set in the deserts of Texas, starring the late great Harry Dean Stanton.
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vagabond (1985)
Agnes Varda's 1985 film about a young drifter's last weeks of life.
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ode to the hipster impulse
There is so much joy and wonder to be found in exploring works that are lesser known.
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saving face (2004)
A lesbian romantic comedy by Alice Wu.
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perception
As an example he looked over to me, looked me in the eye, and said, "Like, you play green/black, right?" Reader, I had never played Magic: The Gathering.
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by our own hand or none
On the fundamental emptiness of generative AI art.
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criticizing expedition 33's fencing postures
You won't believe this, but the fantasy game depicts its fencing more fantastically than realistically.
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only the river flows (2023)
A Chinese neo-noir film about a series of murders in a rainy provincial town.
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the tale of jebediah murderthreat
A story about that time I had to get a restraining order against a friend of 15+ years.
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bandcamp friday recommendations (apr 2025 edition)
Bandcamp Friday is coming up! Here are some bands I like!
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high and low (1963)
Thoughts on Akira Kurosawa's 1963 film.
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aphantasia
Some thoughts about aphantasia.
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scar tissue
Reflecting on my father's old stories.
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take out (2004)
I recently watched the definitive New York bike courier film.
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revisiting night in the woods
I have actually had this finished for a few weeks but forgot to post it.
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glistening too brightly: yojimbo, sanjuro, and the consequences of violence
Reposting an old essay.
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media roundup, feb 2025 edition
Some movies and a video game.
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warped in the telling
I lost a lot of things on that netbook, but that story always haunted me.
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book review: you'll never believe me
What are you going to do when you are internet famous for a series of petty crimes fifteen years ago, not write a book?
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david lynch: art as conversation
In memory of an inimicable artist.
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what do you do when it rains?
This is not actually about cycling.
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evil does not exist: water flows downhill
Some thoughts on Ryusuke Hamaguchi's 2023 film.
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item description: a notebook
I found a notebook with a cool design, and I bought it.
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you have carried them so well
Happy new year, friends.
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winter weather
I never feel more alive than in the heart of a storm.
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still we climb
The world doesn't deserve your surrender.
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prompts
Remembering a website I lost the link to.
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christmas music for people who don't like christmas music
You should go listen to "Merry Christmas, Anyway", and then buy it on Bandcamp Friday this week.
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dispatch from a holiday
It's too much noise for me.
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the world continues to spin
It felt like winter today, if only just.
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helplessness manifesto
Whatever happens, we will face it together.
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escaping the black box
The metaphor of the internet, to me, is about places.
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nice weather today, isn't it?
A brief anecdote from an elevator encounter.
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masks (in the figurative sense)
The personas we construct aren't evils, necessary or otherwise.
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nostalgia is a drug
This nostalgic longing for things that no longer are is a trap that leaves people drifting through the world like ghosts.
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wilderness
For me, the weather and the seasons and the wilderness are what give life to the world.
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what's in a name?
That's not my name, I remember saying. Call me by my name.
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i do not dream of labor
No one should "want" a job.
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invasive
Some thoughts on invasive species, and arguing with headlines.
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grifts
That one time I met a famous grifter.
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juggling
There was a correct solution, of course, which is to simply train oneself not to make that mistake.