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

me: i forgot to put a towel in my gym bag so i’m gonna be sweaty till i get home! 😥 me: the ppl at the grocery store are gonna know i work out 😥 me: … me: the ppl at the grocery store are gonna know i work out 😏

You can really see the price impact of tariffs on audio equipment like speakers, microphones, & headphones—they're some of the few electronics not exempt from tariffs (most smartphones/computers are still tariff-free) & so prices are up more than 12% year-on-year

“I’m on a road that leads to me becoming me. I don’t need to accept every detour or shade of paint someone else needs to throw on me.”

the knife, 2014ish: “when you’re full of fire, what’s the object of your desire?” azealia banks, 2014ish: “what’s your dick like homie, what are you into?”

you either die a hero or live long enough to remember that "Closer" by the Chainsmokers ft. Halsey is genuinely a fantastic song

I'm fightin for the girls that never thought that they could win 'cause before they could begin you told em it was the end but i am here to reverse the curse that they live in #LRT

posting lyrics like it’s an aim away message in 1998

very much on a "do the rap and the track / triple double no assist" vibe today (like all days)

Happy 30th Birthday to this Brian Eno banger