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i don’t know if i’ve ever seen a more “why do we even *have* that lever?” command line argument than “—dangerously-skip-permissions”

so if you change your name legally, at what point does your name change in shinigami eyes? uhh follow for more 20-years-late weeby shower thought posts lol

it’s quite possible i’m missing all the nuance, but i’m finally able to start to read Classroom of the Elite in Japanese after being really captivated by the anime last year and it’s wild how different the story feels when you can hear more of Ayanokoji’s thoughts.

there’s a pair of shopfronts on 8th Ave near Penn Station that appear to say “Starbucks Coffee by Suzette”. and every time i walk by it i think about @saezutte.bsky.social (correctly) indignantly calling me out for pronouncing her handle as if it weren’t 日本語

I do miss twitter, tbh

I’m looking a lil stupid just as often as I can stomach. Anyone else? read.alonzo.zip/flexing-my-e...

happy easiest night to stay out past 3a to all who celebrate

is there an in-game achievement unlock when the person checking tickets at the club compliments your hair? asking for a me

do you ever notice your chuckle is getting a little manic in just the right way? so then you finish it with a “[voiced inhalation] DANCE.” no? just me and Kesha? ok

certainly indicative of SOMETHING that the first thing Light Yagami says to Raye Penber in the Death Note manga—in the middle of what is ostensibly a life-or-death situation!!—is 「失礼ですが、その喋り方…あなた日本人ではないですね？」(excuse me, but from yr way of speaking—you’re not japanese, are you?)

This week, I ponder the question: what is the point of the work I do? If I do say so myself, I’m unusually clear-sighted about the point of (my) work. The existential angst is obviously present but manages not to overwhelm the essay 😁 read.alonzo.zip/why-are-ther...

僕、日本語能力試験N3に合格したじゃん！！

Extremely back on my "wake up babe, new @olivalejandra.bsky.social just dropped"!! David Foster Wallace talks about the "this is water" of living a life made up of days. This really spoke to me about the process of making those days and ideals meet in reality. open.substack.com/pub/ojosdesa...

what’s that nicki minaj lyric? I am not a prompter / I’m training data ? so far ahead these bums is laggin?

The weeby nerdery will continue until morale improves read.alonzo.zip/how-to-try-l...

what a delight, shuffling into that noted Buddhist hymn of nonattachment, “I Don’t Wanna Be In Love” by Good Charlotte

I’m always thinking about this tumblr post from back in the day about garlic. it was like you should always use more garlic than the recipe indicates, like unless the recipe is literally a recipe for “one clove of garlic”—and even then, use two.

Barnabe Rich explaining that "bookes are like cheese"

shout out to my nerds w a laptop in a gym bag

"I guess if this bit of the post has a point it's that trans women librarians are salt of the earth, tough as nails, some of the best people I know, and every library system should give them a raise and the best health insurance policies out there." read.alonzo.zip/go-to-the-li...

honestly the theatre twink to gym rat pipeline made so much more sense to me once i realized: the gym makes any weekday you want special by virtue of adding in a cheeky little costume change

read.alonzo.zip/2025-in-books/ I read 11 more books in 2025 than 2024; here's hoping I keep that upward trend for next year :)

the dalai lama: you were put on this earth to vibe richard stallman: you were put on this earth to code sam altman: you were put on this earth to vibecode

thinkin about stuff

For the Handel/ZAZ fans out there

the word for "taboo word" in Japanese being 禁句 (きんく, "kinku", basically as close to "kink" as you can come in Japanese morphology) is either an incredible coincidence or a sign of a much deeper conspiracy

I am trying out this whole "you can just write things" thing read.alonzo.zip/surely-he-ha...

being a lil extra with my 鉛筆 game for the 日本語能力試験 😁

can you imagine a world where the back half of the 21st century is “the information superhighway goes the way of Amtrak”

… i passed my 日本語能力試験N3 practice test!?!?

rolling up to the gym dressed all “nice for work” is surprisingly goated? i’m walking in like oh shit, i’m the CFO of this here Planet Fitness

sorry for stravaposting but come to my gig :)

i'd been confused about why journalling feels frequently pretty tough still, since that's not really how i hear about it. but i realized: i am a trusty grill in a busy restaurant. in order to function well at high volume, it is necessary to scrape up the grease often. this is journalling for me.

today the woman at the Japanese bookstore asked the folks ahead of me—who were there for the first time—if they wanted a membership. I've been there about once a week for more than a month, but I guess after they turned her down she was less inclined to try on me xD

DeKalb Ave late at night on a weekend is so dangerous you guys. I’m out here thinking I dodged a bullet bc I let the D train go by waiting for a Q only to realize I boarded an N and hafta walk through the park, smh

so when people call an activity meditative, how often do you think they mean “it gives you an opportunity to confront and exorcise the demons wrapped around yr soul”?

happy halloween :) ハロウィンに楽しみ #よう実 #綾小路 #コスプレ

🎵 I'd go out and party / but I'm scared of what I'll see / so I'll stay home tonight and every night 🎶 I think a lot about the ritual / ceremonial mode that certain kinds of dance music can access? Hannah Diamond's "Invisible" is a perfect example. youtu.be/Qaekt5O-rXw?...

[getting dressed to get coffee at 10:20am] 🎶 didn’t know what i was doing but i put on a cape 🎵

dude, learning languages is amazing. I just came across 丁度 and was initially like “whomp, new word in characters, bet I can’t read it” and then was like HANG ON IS THIS ちょうど??? (a word meaning something like “exactly”) AND IT WASS

me while not doing the thing (many things apply) “this feels awful life is awful what if i hate doing the thing”

I’m feeling like I don’t have the answers, but I wasn’t *ready*

so, like, you ever found yourself with a full career ahead of you and gone "... seems like a nice life for somebody else"?

you ever have so many good ways to start your day that you get em knotted up in your brain and almost trip and fall into doing none of em?

a little bird told me i should be texting 40404 again so hello again world i know you missed me

‘I’m a composer. Am I staring extinction in the face?’: classical music and AI

In addition to a beautiful, inspiring show last night at Gramercy Theatre, I *loved* learning that @zoekeating.com's path with music looks a lot more like mine than I expected!

I know I have more than 200 fans in New York City. Your ideas welcome for how can I coax people out for a short, early show on a Tuesday evening?

so much of what i read on bluesky is “my world’s on fire, how about yours?” and like, mine too babes, but: *that’s the way that i like it*—i never get bored