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Part Marcus Aurelius, part conversations with my cat. Unfluencer in the extreme.
I like analyzing methodology, semiotics, heuristics and your mom.
I guess I also like to make things.
I like analyzing methodology, semiotics, heuristics and your mom.
I guess I also like to make things.
Just got my EPIC merch today, including the CD set. Anyway, I'm happily humming along to all the sagas, and then "Six Hundred Strike" comes on. Was anyone going to tell me that song is an homage to the Power Rangers, or was I just supposed watch the animatic myself?
December 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Just got my EPIC merch today, including the CD set. Anyway, I'm happily humming along to all the sagas, and then "Six Hundred Strike" comes on. Was anyone going to tell me that song is an homage to the Power Rangers, or was I just supposed watch the animatic myself?
Oh my god, I also just set my metronome for the tempo on the piece at 67, and was like... Surely it's not that slow. Girl. It's in cut time.
I think I need sleep.
I think I need sleep.
December 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Oh my god, I also just set my metronome for the tempo on the piece at 67, and was like... Surely it's not that slow. Girl. It's in cut time.
I think I need sleep.
I think I need sleep.
Have you ever read music and then have to stop because you suddenly realize you have no idea what note is on that ledger line? And it's not like five ledger lines, it's like two.
It's like forgetting a letter in the alphabet. And not a weird one like x or z, but a normal one. Like an R.
It's like forgetting a letter in the alphabet. And not a weird one like x or z, but a normal one. Like an R.
December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Have you ever read music and then have to stop because you suddenly realize you have no idea what note is on that ledger line? And it's not like five ledger lines, it's like two.
It's like forgetting a letter in the alphabet. And not a weird one like x or z, but a normal one. Like an R.
It's like forgetting a letter in the alphabet. And not a weird one like x or z, but a normal one. Like an R.
Grammar is only the framework for meaning. So AI can make things grammatically correct and devoid of meaning. Grammar only works if you hang meaning on it, and AI only does that by accident.
If you have even a shred of self-respect or respect for others, you really shouldn't use Chat GPT to do your work for you. It's a simulacrum of coherence. Far away it seems like organized English, but the closer you get, it's a big old mess.
two women are talking to each other and one of them says she 's a full-on monet .
ALT: two women are talking to each other and one of them says she 's a full-on monet .
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Grammar is only the framework for meaning. So AI can make things grammatically correct and devoid of meaning. Grammar only works if you hang meaning on it, and AI only does that by accident.
If you have even a shred of self-respect or respect for others, you really shouldn't use Chat GPT to do your work for you. It's a simulacrum of coherence. Far away it seems like organized English, but the closer you get, it's a big old mess.
two women are talking to each other and one of them says she 's a full-on monet .
ALT: two women are talking to each other and one of them says she 's a full-on monet .
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
If you have even a shred of self-respect or respect for others, you really shouldn't use Chat GPT to do your work for you. It's a simulacrum of coherence. Far away it seems like organized English, but the closer you get, it's a big old mess.
Weight loss is the blood-letting of our era. We prescribe for everything, and it only helps very few and actively harms others.
December 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Weight loss is the blood-letting of our era. We prescribe for everything, and it only helps very few and actively harms others.
It is acceptable. Not at all what I thought it would be, but acceptable.
Making something from scratch, not taste testing it a SINGLE time. I sure hope it's good.
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It is acceptable. Not at all what I thought it would be, but acceptable.
Making something from scratch, not taste testing it a SINGLE time. I sure hope it's good.
December 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Making something from scratch, not taste testing it a SINGLE time. I sure hope it's good.
Not quite done, but it is getting there! I was trying to do a study on Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh at the suggestion of @crystal-limeade.bsky.social, but about one quarter of the way in I said, "No. My way." The influence is there, for sure. Just not immediately evident.
December 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Not quite done, but it is getting there! I was trying to do a study on Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh at the suggestion of @crystal-limeade.bsky.social, but about one quarter of the way in I said, "No. My way." The influence is there, for sure. Just not immediately evident.
Is this a girl dinner?
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Is this a girl dinner?
Watching Defunctland where he struggles with the definition of Living Character, and I said out loud to no one, "Welcome to semiotics, my friend."
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Watching Defunctland where he struggles with the definition of Living Character, and I said out loud to no one, "Welcome to semiotics, my friend."
I'm just realizing now that Yoshitaka Amano is like a mix between Ukiyoe and Klimt.
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I'm just realizing now that Yoshitaka Amano is like a mix between Ukiyoe and Klimt.
Um, this is going well. Way better than last time I tried to do a study on Yoshitaka Amano. I'm almost afraid to try laying down colors cuz it took me so long to understand his shapes.
#art #sailormoon
#art #sailormoon
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Um, this is going well. Way better than last time I tried to do a study on Yoshitaka Amano. I'm almost afraid to try laying down colors cuz it took me so long to understand his shapes.
#art #sailormoon
#art #sailormoon
One of these days, I'll buy powdered sugar just in case, and not come home to two and half bags of it in the pantry.
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
One of these days, I'll buy powdered sugar just in case, and not come home to two and half bags of it in the pantry.
This image has stuck in my head for over twenty years, so I thought I’d try to do a study of it. #lodoss #deedlit #kisekinoumi #fanart
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This image has stuck in my head for over twenty years, so I thought I’d try to do a study of it. #lodoss #deedlit #kisekinoumi #fanart
Ever been at a show and people are having the boringest conversation behind you, and you're like why?
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Ever been at a show and people are having the boringest conversation behind you, and you're like why?
I don't know why, but the image of Ciara Kelly descending to a diving board while possessed by a demon, looking completely strung out really stuck in my head. There was no outfit description so I ended up letting her be Ginger Spice. Sharing now cuz I don't think I'll finish it.
#hrmc
#hrmc
November 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I don't know why, but the image of Ciara Kelly descending to a diving board while possessed by a demon, looking completely strung out really stuck in my head. There was no outfit description so I ended up letting her be Ginger Spice. Sharing now cuz I don't think I'll finish it.
#hrmc
#hrmc
Very brave of us to think we are in Late-Stage Capitalism.
I would love to know in the future they are like "So, during the middle feudalism era..."
I would love to know in the future they are like "So, during the middle feudalism era..."
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Very brave of us to think we are in Late-Stage Capitalism.
I would love to know in the future they are like "So, during the middle feudalism era..."
I would love to know in the future they are like "So, during the middle feudalism era..."
I just mistranslated something, so now it's mine. "We'll follow time until it stops" is a beautiful thought.
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I just mistranslated something, so now it's mine. "We'll follow time until it stops" is a beautiful thought.
The problem with trying to be better as a person and friend by learning how to slow down is that I'm not seeing results fast enough to see if I'm doing it right.
November 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The problem with trying to be better as a person and friend by learning how to slow down is that I'm not seeing results fast enough to see if I'm doing it right.
I hate satin stitching and I don't care who knows it.
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I hate satin stitching and I don't care who knows it.
Was listening to the top 40 playlist on Spotify (I think) at the hairstylist and ended up ranting about how if art is going to use other art, it needs to be in dialogue with that other art, not just using it as a hook. Someone, please turn me off.
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Was listening to the top 40 playlist on Spotify (I think) at the hairstylist and ended up ranting about how if art is going to use other art, it needs to be in dialogue with that other art, not just using it as a hook. Someone, please turn me off.
Slowcooked a dinner all day, and now all I want is gummy bears for dinner.
October 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Slowcooked a dinner all day, and now all I want is gummy bears for dinner.
How I feel when the thing I predicted at work would happen just happened.
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
How I feel when the thing I predicted at work would happen just happened.