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I used to think I'd be done by twenty Now at 29, the road ahead appears the same Though maybe at thirty I'll see a way to change That I'm working for the knife — Mitski Of all Mitski's albums, I probably listened to Laurel Hell the least. Which was still a lot — but there's a certain sadness to this album. Before you point and laugh at me because "all of her music is sad," I feel this way because…
Worlds Beyond Number : Book 1 just ended today! I love this project and the world of Umora and supporting several of my favorite storytellers. Speaking of, I'm juggling reading two short story collections right now, The Watchers Out of Time by Lovecraft and Grotesquerie by Richard Gavin. (I could stand to add something a little more uplifting to read to the rotation.) I also moved last month and…
I love a cosmic horror story that has an optimistic ending. This short film released about two months ago as of writing this and I haven't stopped thinking about it. Watch here: The God Man
I haven't spent much time on Neocities recently, but I wanted to share what I've been up to this past month. I have a lot of anxiety about the state of the world that's becoming harder to ignore, but I'm really trying to prioritize myself and my health and feeling secure. Pushing hard to improve myself and quality of life... Going to the gym regularly, working hard and doing my best to wake up…
My house and mage 'fit. About once a week or more, I check for news on upcoming Animal Crossing titles — just a little something to keep me going while I wait for the next mainline game. Animal Crossing has been my favorite game franchise since 2003, when my brother gave me a copy of Population Growing after playing it and thinking I'd like it more than he did. He was right, because I would…
I made it to the gym 5 times this week! I feel great. Creating a healthy relationship with exercise is something I've struggled with all my life. I was an unathletic and uncoordinated kid, constantly afraid of embarrassing myself in gym class — through my clumsiness, slowness, being blamed for my team losing, etc. At one point my mom signed me up for rhythmic gymnastics, which definitely…
Had a great week. I work near a beautiful branch of the NYPL and finally read my first H. P. Lovecraft novel, just in time for Halloween: The Dunwich Horror . It did not disappoint. I was concerned that something written almost 100 years ago wouldn't prove that scary, but I relished every paragraph. I also checked out an audiobook of Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing , a title I'd been meaning to read…
I got a tattoo of my late cat, Gus, yesterday. I commissioned one of my favorite illustrators to draw it, and my favorite local tattoo artist (who's now done three out of four of my tattoos) to ink it. Brodie came along for the adventure, and we had such a nice time — it felt like hanging out with a friend. We talked about Pokémon, Animal Crossing, BG3, and more of our common…
I just got back from seeing XG in concert! I went alone but got to meet other fans and didn't feel anxious or intimidated at all. I went to soundcheck, got fun freebies and paid merch, and had a great seat pretty close to the stage. This was my first time going to a K-Pop-adjacent concert without being on any social media, which was an interesting experience. I don't think I've talked about this…
I can't believe it's already October! In many ways, my favorite month, but so fleeting. I've been getting into the spooky mindset with some really good new (to me) horror authors. I read Laird Barron's The Imago Sequence which you can read IN FULL online at that link (!) and enjoyed it a lot. But throughout the whole thing, I found myself comparing it to Thomas Ligotti's Teatro Grottesco , the…