Some vague ramblings, senseless and aimless as a colorless moth
Man, I am feeling wrung out.
The summer is always rough, but this one had been going fine for me, thus far. But this past week we got the ol’ heat + wildfire smoke combo, and I also totally rearranged my apartment last weekend. That left me feeling a bit unsettled, still trying to put stuff away, and figure out if this new way of doing things is actually going to work.
Continue reading “Reading/Watching: August 2026”Ahhh, another month come and gone, time really feels like it’s flying by lately.
Things are pretty good for me, in all honesty. My job just moved to some new offices, which are very nice. I have my own little cubicle now, which feels like a joke but it is a step up from the open plan layout we were in before. I’m even next to the front windows, so I can see everyone coming and going from the building.
Continue reading “Reading/Watching: July 2026”Hoo boy, I’ve had kind of a rough time lately.
After I got back from my trip last month, I got sick with COVID before I even got back to work, which lead to me feeling like I got cheated out of half my vacation. Then, a couple weeks later, I got sick again! Just a regular cold this time, but still very annoying. I’m finally getting over that now, and the last month kind of feels like a blur. But I still had time to read and watch things! So let’s get into it.
Continue reading “Reading/Watching: June 2026”So, I’m gonna do something a little different this time.
A few weeks ago, right after my birthday, I went on a trip down to Portland, Oregon. I thought I’d write something up about it, which would also give me an excuse to upload a bunch of pictures, probably the easiest way to share them en masse.
Continue reading “Trip Report – Portland 2026”Uff da, it’s been a while. I meant to write some more posts in between this and the last check-in, but work has been so busy lately.
I’m trying to wrap up this project that I’ve been pecking away at for over two years now, and there’s just so many little things that still need to be fixed up. Most of the time it’s fine, but whenever there’s some big meeting or deadline I tend to get stressed about it. Thinking too much about work outside of work… like I’m doing right now! Let’s get into it.
Continue reading “Reading/Watching: May 2026”Alright, time for another check in on what I’ve been engaging with lately.
I do so hate the “consumption” metaphor for reading books, watching movies, playing games, etc. I understand the utility of it, but it does flatten things and makes the process feel more… flat. You consume to fill a hunger for something. There is only one way to interact with any piece of art or media and it is to take it and wring everything out of it. It’s also so… definitive, like are people really getting absolutely everything out of all the media they “consume”?
Engaging with art is such an specific and individual thing, it just feels off to me to analogize it that way. You can rewatch a movie or replay a game and get something completely different out of it, but you cannot “reconsume”.
Continue reading “Reading/Watching: April 2026”Well, after saying last week that I don’t read very much contemporary fiction, I went and tore my way through a book from 2024 in like 5 days.
This isn’t really gonna be a review, but suffice it to say: The Tainted Cup is a real page-turner. I had a really great time reading it! Especially once I got going, the last 300 pages flew by like nothing. Maybe I’m not so allergic to modern stuff as I thought. But the ending really got me thinking about things, and thus I felt the need to get on here and Blog About It.
Continue reading “The Tainted Cup and the Good Empire”Heyo, I thought I’d try something new.
Y’see, I’d like to get back to blogging again, but I always feel like I need either some big, elaborate project (like the Moby Dick thing) or some burning idea that I need to get out of my head. I want to turn writing back into a practice, not just something I do in a rush every now and then. So: I’m just gonna write about what I’ve been reading and watching lately, once a month. A nice, easy schedule. Gives me a broad topic to ruminate on and get some thoughts out of my head and onto the screen.
Continue reading “Reading/Watching: March 2026”Well, it’s been a while, but I am feeling the need to return to my blogging ways, if only to vent my spleen a bit.
Living in the year 2026 is to be assailed by countless stories of gloom and doom day in and day out. Hell, our idiotic and evil president just launched a war with Iran out of nowhere! The horrors are relentless. But there’s one thing that has been wearing on my last nerve for years at this point: so-called “artificial intelligence”.
Continue reading “Artificial Intelligence and Giving Up on Life”Jimmy Cameron back at it again!
Well, I suppose he never stopped, really. This movie has been in the works for the last two decades, give or take, using a lot of material shot ages and ages ago. And boy, it really shows, sometimes. I had a lot of fun writing about the last Avatar movie, and I’ve got a lot of thoughts about this one, so let’s get into it!
Continue reading “Avatar: Fire and Ash: Enter the Bad Indian”
The Beige Moth 