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2025-02-19: My blog might look like I’m reading a book a day, but actually I’m just catching up my …

2025-02-19: Finished reading: We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor 📚

2025-02-18: Finished reading: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn 📚

2025-02-18: Finished reading: Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn 📚

2025-02-18: Finished reading: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson 📚

2025-02-17: Nothing like a two-hour work call to kill my “I feel like I can get everything(!!!) done …

2025-02-16: As part of my new goal to “spend time with other people more” I went to a quest room …

2025-02-15: Films Making a Comeback (for me) After two years of distraction, I’m finally able to enjoy full movies again.

2025-02-15: I know the “book review” podcast with my partner is actuallyally happening because we …

2025-02-15: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson absolutely blowing my mind with every chapter. I’m …

2025-02-15: It’s been nice using WordPress for many years, but I really miss micro-blogging and so …

2024-07-16: Mistborn by Brian Sanderson I absolutely blazed my way through the first three books of Brian Sanderson's "Mistborn" series. …

2024-07-05: An album I'm liking: Blip BLIP by NAHreally & The Expert

2024-06-30: FL Studio 24 update This is my first "free lifetime update" with FL Studio and it feels *great*. It's not that I *need* …

2024-06-30: Death of the Follower Patreon and Jack Conte aren't perfect, but for quite a while when they made predictions/placed bets …

2024-06-28: New album by Open Mike Eagle, Video Dave, STILL RIFT <a href="https://previndustries.bandcamp.com/album/service-merchandise">Service …

2024-06-25: Sk8 Dreams Animation This animation made me feel young again. …

2024-06-25: Performance For the past couple of days my Morning Pages™️ have been about "performance" in one way or another. …

2024-05-29: I find it funny how it seems like everyone in the game is enjoying their life and having fun, even …

2024-05-22: A running list of things I don't like Why spend loads of time writing about things you hate when you can create one mega-post and just …

2024-05-13: When's the perfect time to share? I'm trying to figure out when's the perfect time to share that you're going through something. Is …

2024-05-11: Two more useless (to me) items sold and shipped!

2024-05-10: Long day of selling off old junk. I feel exhausted, but on the plus side I gave a few possessions a …

2024-05-09: After YEARS of being a “pen dude” I’ve rediscovered that ACTUALLY mechanical …

2024-05-07: Art takes a long time [www.youtube.com/watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W5ix1nQU4g) My brain is always running at …

2024-04-11: Starting Out After 10 years of thinking about it (overthinking, really) I've finally started making a video for …

2024-04-09: Project Hail Mary VERY good book. Just finished it today. Arguably even better than The Martian. DEFINITELY better …

2024-03-25: Mixing Visualized If you get past the weird aesthetic choices (and BOY are they weird) and learn to enjoy them, then …

2024-03-15: Funny Books (from NYT) Whenever I finish a good book (it was Ready Player One this time), I find myself in a reading slump. …

2024-02-18: Make Your Own Rules by Andrew Huang I was not excited when Andrew Huang announced that he would be writing a book. I've been online long …

2024-02-18: Essentialism by Greg McKeown Just finished reading Essentialism by Greg McKeown. For me this was a very "front loaded" self-help …

2024-02-16: Sorry to my two (2) RSS Followers Changing to a different blogging platform. Again. I'm very sorry.

2024-02-16: Anxiety Dirt Drink I was sick the past week and that means that I was dehydrated. I usually don't drink coffee when I'm …

2024-02-16: Bad Forecasts I generally only get my news from official resources or resources that have done so well with …

2024-02-16: Coffee Joy I've had to stop drinking coffee because it was adding fuel to the fire of my anxiety. I hate doing …

2024-02-16: Corpo Brain You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan And the next five years trying to be with …

2024-02-16: Everything is a bad sign when everything is bad A couple of people are moving out of the apartment building I live in and it's stressing me out. It …

2024-02-16: Happy New Year Here's the energy with which I'm entering 2024:

2024-02-16: I Got FL Studio When I got Ableton Live I said to myself that that would be the last music-related purchase in my …

2024-02-16: I've Been Reading I have been hardcore reading these past couple of months. I went from having read 4 books in 2023 to …

2024-02-16: weeknotes-2024-1 First week of the year was a tough one. It started with some pretty serious bombings from russia aka …

2024-02-16: 52 Things I Learned in 2023 Reading still brings me joy Reading together is a much better experience. It makes difficult books …

2024-02-16: blogroll I follow these blogs! You might want to as well! At the very least, you should at least check them …

2024-02-16: Good Journaling Methods I've been slowly chipping away at a post about how journaling has helped me and the various little …

2024-02-16: I love me a new blog Lost count of how many I’ve started. This one’s the newest.

2024-02-16: Jan 14 Weeknotes (2024) This week at work was intense, but I've also been doing a lot of "thinking" and "planning" and …

2024-02-16: Jan 21 Weeknotes (2024) It's been a slow week. Basically regrouping from the dificulty of the previous week. But also I put …

2024-02-16: My First Song is on Spotify Hi! My first song is out on Spotify! Listen here. I'm mostly proud that I somehow gathered enough …

2024-02-16: My Life in Albums - Shrek OST The first CD I owned was the Shrek OST. I got it to go along with a boombox that I was gifted. A …

2024-02-16: Stock Effects in Ableton Live So, uhm, after buying and spending a couple of weeks using FL Studio I am now back on my bullshit …

2024-02-16: If it was fun to make, I'll probably like it "This class will probably ruin movies for you." That was the first thing said by my teacher during …

2024-02-16: Posting with Visual Studio I recently discovered (literally not five minutes ago) that it's possible to edit github …

2021-03-13: iOS Emergency Shortcut Disclaimer: The built-in iOS "Emergency" functionality is 100x more likely to actually work when you …

2021-03-13: Pointless Art This is mostly a “note to self” type of post that I hope somebody else might relate to. …

2021-01-11: Happy New Year Hey! How's it going? Happy New Year! I mean I know it's been 11 days by now, but just because the …

2020-11-11: My Brain has a Word Limit For the past couple of weeks I’ve taken note of how long it takes me to get bored of an …

2020-09-19: Some Things I Did To Feel Better This Week We’re out here on month 6 of lockdown and it’s the worst it’s been (for me) in …

2020-08-29: I Miss Paris Two things. Watching this video made me miss Paris. It's not like it even shows any of the places …

2020-08-24: Stay Home &/ Wear a F*cking Mask The thing with this thing is that at any given moment you're either preaching to the choir or …

2020-08-10: The List Last Saturday I got really bored and decided to make a list of things that I remember being …

2020-07-25: Quick Q: How Do You Take Notes? I’m in between being an Evernote user and a Notion user, and I’m trying to figure out …

2020-07-19: Summer So Far The last thing I remember was taking the subway home from the office and being astounded by a woman …

2020-05-15: The Plan I hate writing about my plans online. I love doing it, but I hate the way it feels. This blog alone …

2020-05-05: Inbox Zero I’m not enjoying the fact that this is the highlight of my day, but I’m at Inbox Zero …

2020-04-26: The 4 Things that Helped Me Through this Week of Quarantine This was a particularly difficult one. I couldn’t get myself to do any real work, but I …

2020-04-03: Quarantine Update 3.4.20 I’m going to be honest, the highlight of the past week of the quarantine was my …

2020-03-30: What I've Been Doing Playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf[note]It's as peaceful and as addicting as everyone says it is. If …

2020-03-04: Should I be relating to The Bell Jar this much? “I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every …

2020-02-03: January Media Diet So, uh, the monthly film photography posts didn’t work out, did they? Also: So, uh, it’s …

2019-10-21: A Month In Film (September) I've become obsessed with film photography, but I become obsessed with things really quickly and …

2019-09-25: What's gonna kill us first, The climate or these things? [www.youtube.com/watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sBBaNYex3E)

2019-09-23: A Month In Film (August)* * I actually first loaded this film into my camera in November of 2018, but then I had to move, and …

2019-09-11: The Story of Us Tim Urban is doing something that I've wanted to see for a long time. He's taking all the problems …

2019-06-07: DAEWON [www.youtube.com/watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd-wbQJZs5w)&t=969s

2019-05-28: Self-Publishing Tips from Savannah Brown [www.youtube.com/watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5xpc5XS0Bw) i self-published a poetry book …

2019-04-08: The Perfect PokéRap There’s a thing I have for people who take something really simple and then overthink the …

2018-09-20: Bird by Bird I’m reading Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. I’m 6 chapters in, and I think they’ve done more to help me …

2018-09-18: Having a Good Morning with ToDoist and iOS 12 Shortcuts Update: Literally this same day ToDoist released an app update that significantly simplifies the …

2018-08-20: Mission Impossible: Fallout Let’s get the important part of this review out of the way first: this is a 10/10 action movie. …

2018-07-23: adidas Skateboarding & Mark Gonzales & Tom Sachs I haven’t been feeling well over the past couple of days so I’ve been spending some time surfing the …

2018-03-23: Kanye X The Office (US) twitter.com/kanye_the… I can’t think of a better description of the discography of …

2018-03-22: Stop Taking those F'n Facebook Quizzes [embed]youtu.be/FXdYSQ6nu…[/embed] Everyone’s (least) favorite social network has been …

2018-03-08: Writing Apps There’s an endless amount of writing apps and services that try to make our (my) life easier. …

2018-03-01: Writing I’ve Been Reading (AKA Feb Favs) Tom Scocca's War on Smarm Tom Scocca left his job, so that obviously sent me down a rabbit hole of …

2017-09-10: 24 | Take 2 I turned 24 a month ago. I had something written that I was going to post on my birthday. It was …

2017-08-22: Sziget 2017 I came back from Sziget last week and then proceeded to be sick, celebrate my birthday in bed, and …

2017-06-29: 5 Books for Writers (Also 1 Video Series) Whenever you write, there’s always that mean voice in your head that keeps saying that you need to …

2017-06-07: The Rabbit Hole: Mary H.K. Choi I obsess over things for weeks and then ignore them completely for the rest of my life. Here’s what …

2017-05-03: The Rabbit Hole: Street Photography I obsess over things for weeks and then ignore them completely for the rest of my life. Here’s what …

2017-04-15: Kendrick Lamar Album Review (Part 1 of 2?) To say I wasn’t hyped for the release of Damn would be to say nothing at all. I’m not a hardcore fan …

2017-03-15: 10 Tips for Traveling to London Get an Oyster card right away. It’s £5 and you can top it up for any amount you would like (don’t be …

2016-11-29: Fantastic Music and Where to Find It Even though it only applied to several genres, “back in the day” I was the person to go …

2016-09-30: Art v. Artist and Authorial Intent v. Canon Kanye West is the best argument both for and against the separation of art and artist. JK Rowling is …

2016-09-26: Listen to this: Bo Burnham on You Made it Weird You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes: Bo Burnham #3 https://overcast.fm/+HGWMiEc It’s a three …

2016-08-30: Stranger Things I came back from my vacation in London on Saturday, slept, ate, slept again, and then on Sunday I …

2016-01-11: Movies I'm looking forward to in 2016 Below is a list of movies I’m really excited to see in 2016. There are many indie films and smaller …

2015-09-15: The Martian by Andy Weir | Book Review (With Insignificant Spoilers) I don't think I've read a sci-fi book since I, Robot back in Middle School, but DAMN The Martian was …

2015-09-07: FFS Watch This: Mr. Robot I’ve been binge watching Mr. Robot this past weekend. It’s a great show, and even though I haven’t …

2015-06-01: (Where to) Discover New Music

Music has always been an important part of my life. I grew up in a household where music was always …

2015-05-27: My Top 6 Action Movies (Mad Max: Fury Road Review)

My love for action movies has steadily been decreasing since the age of 10, but every once in a …

2015-02-27: Becky Grows Up.

This is a post about Becky. Becky thinks she’s figured out what “growing up” means. It makes sense …

2015-02-21: One minute seems like a very long time It’s been a year since the first 100 deaths occurred during the revolution at Maidan. Feels wrong …

2014-12-17: Top Songs of 2014 It’s been a long year. Somewhere between the start of the revolution in Ukraine and now, 2014 …

2014-11-06: On Writing or "First!" My experience with writing outside of school is very limited. Come to think of it, my experience of …