Step Brothers, 2008

Watched on Wednesday February 12, 2025. Read more

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Palm Springs mountains in the morning.

The night sky with a long smoke streak through it

Space X had a launch the other night. It was wonderful to witness a group of people cursing out Elon to the sky.

Got my first pedicure yesterday. Life changing.

Me getting a pedicure. I’m smiling big.

For once, a good opinion piece from the New York Times.

What Trump wants you to see in all this activity is command. What is really in all this activity is chaos. They do not have some secret reservoir of focus and attention the rest of us do not. They have convinced themselves that speed and force is a strategy unto itself — that it is, in a sense, a replacement for a real strategy. Don’t believe them.

If Twin Peaks was turned into a Kaiju manga, the main villain would be gundam earl. I’ll show myself out.

Anthony Jeselnik: Bones and All, 2024

Watched on Saturday February 8, 2025. Read more

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The TSA website list of things you can bring on a plane. Circled in the entry for the Magic 8 Ball. You can't take it in your carry on, but you can take it in checked. The quote is, "For Carry-on bags: We asked the Magic 8 Ball and it told us...Outlook not so good! For Checked bags: We asked the Magic 8 Ball and it told us...it is certain!"

Even the TSA has some fun.

On a whim, I checked out band cramp dot com. It is not owned by band camp. Instead, it redirects to good night kiss band dot com, which is dead. I hope you’ve learned something?

Flying early tomorrow morning to Palm Spring. I am excited to be warm. 🌴

I’ve been listening to a lot of Liar by The Jesus Lizard. Angry noise rock is very emotionally relevant for me right now. Who am I kidding, it always is. 🎵

I haven’t been posting regularly. The onslaught of Nazi noise from up top has been smacking me around. That is, of course, the goal. Yet, as we well know, we can’t post our way out of this. Keep your head up, and do what you can. Despite everything, they are ultimately a bunch of pathetic losers. 🇺🇸

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Some mornings, you just breathe. ☕️

Finished reading: Monsters by Claire Dederer 📚

So much to ruminate on, to feel through. Dederer is both cogent and emotionally honest, clear eyed, resilient, and heartbroken. Fantastic.

Presence, 2024 - ★★★

Watched on Sunday February 2, 2025. Read more

The Boy and the Heron, 2023

Watched on Saturday February 1, 2025. Read more

My co-owner Helena shared this Shari Lewi’s brilliant Lamb Chop screen test from 1958. If you grew up with her, I dare you to not be warmed.

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Retsina is the Queen of all she surveys. 🐈

Jason Koebler nailing the sentiment in OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us

I will explain what this means in a moment, but first: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Started reading: Monsters by Claire Dederer 📚

Finished reading: John Waters by James Egan 📚

Finished reading: I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong 📚

Electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani released an early live concert on band camp. Recommend. 🎵

A beautiful poem by Emily Gorcenski about what it’s like to see the world right now. The Time of Cowards.