Finished reading: But now am found, by Patricia Horvath. Beautiful short story collection, each a compact gut punch.
I got to perform the rare Cat’s Cradle improvisation form in front of a sold-out audience Friday night. It was a thrill to play with such an extremely talented ensemble, and the crowed loved it. Can’t wait to do it again.
I limited all my blog’s RSS/JSON feeds to 50 items, after realizing Hugo defaults to no limit. Hopefully that will be kinder to parsers.
I haven’t worn dress shoes in a while. Inside the pair I was about to put on, I found a packet of Grey Poupon Dijon Mustard. Truly deranged.
The Years of My Movie Watch List
I did a little analysis of my Letterboxd watch list, to see if there were any interesting patterns.
Since the data export only includes the date I added it to the list, the title of the movie, and the …
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Started reading: But Now Am Found by Patricia Horvath 📚.
Finished reading: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi. Breezy fun for people who like to think 📚.
Started reading: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi.
Finished reading: A Subversive’s Guide to Improvisation by David Razowsky. It took me about a month. I found the biography section pretentious and long winded, but found the improv philosophy and practices inspiring 📚.
I spent the day alone walking around New York City. I got a burger at a diner, bought a bunch of books at the The Strand, and saw Scream VI. Everything was glorious.
I just learned that I’ve seen 17 Cate Blanchett movies, which is 18% of the amount of films she’s made. I don’t know what to do with that, but there it is. 🍿
I saw Cocaine Bear last week in theaters, and it was joyous, grind-house, B-movie fun. I see so many reviews miss the point: it’s not Citizen Kane, it’s Citizen Toxie. 🍿
As an exorcise, I’ve been trying to curse less. This morning, out of nowhere, our cat Rocco sunk his nails into my ass. There goes that exorcise.
Started reading: A Subversive’s Guide to Improvisation by David Razowsky 📚.
Finished reading: Responsible JavaScript by Jeremy Wagner. Good quick read on performance and minimizing JS, and I learned a few things. Felt good to know a lot of it and/or agree on the philosophy already 📚.
What a doodle! Is it a gleeful Cardinal Richelieu about to go on an arson spree? The world may never know.
More drawings. Here’s a demon that looks kind of like a Genie. All hail the smoking goat head!
TIL that dynamic JavaScript imports are widely supported!
Started reading: Responsible JavaScript by Jeremy Wagner 📚.
Images in my micro posts aren’t loading properly in micro.blog. The problem is also present in NetNewsWire, so something is clearly off on my end.
Continuing my doodle posts. Here we see something involved in a seemingly bad situation. Hope it works out!
I’ve decided to post my collection of doodles. First up: all this pose!
Started reading: The Rust Programming Language (Covers Rust 2018).
What would you write if you weren’t afraid?
—Mary Karr
The opposite of play isn’t work; it’s depression.
—Stuart Brown