Started somewhat consistently diddling a little comic… Fearful of having to ink this because I know anything I remotely like will be ~destroyed~…

And now, the Konbini Wagon.

A beautiful bowl of udon if I do say so myself.

Mushishi reprinting is a real treat. Urushibara’s art is one thing, loose yet dense with all the foliage, but her balance between horror and objectivity in the stories is fascinating. It’s partly why Hellboy is my favorite; it’s all just the job to HB, much like the mushi are to Ginko here.

Star Wars Rankings Andor/Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars Empire? Knights of the Old Republic Ponda Baba Battlefront

Staying on brand I’m pleased with the first draft of my Curry Wagon カリーワゴン

Had a roll of weird "Edo 35mm film" for like a year that I only just shot recently. A little more desaturated than I was expecting (and not a ton of great shots out of it) but a few I don't hate..!

Not quite balancing things flavor-wise yet but the curry udon challenge is one I accept. Honestly thinking back on it more the カリーすけめん I had was one of the better meals in Osaka, might try to make a really decadent, rich “broth” to dip noodles (or naan..?) into…

Testing a print of The New World and it’s honestly one of the best looking 35mm prints I’ve run. Maybe the last Malick I like..? That rapscalliony Colin Farrell.

I made a joke mostly to myself about Nintendo relocating their Japanese headquarters to Paterson, New Jersey but honestly I think that would be a hysterical film.

Started to develop some of the 35 shot this past trip. Black and white is tricky but also forgiving enough that a goof can shoot things that look half-decent…

Television and streaming is such a black hole void of trash and sifting Content because the new show by Vince Breaking Bad Gilli-G (more deservedly known as Better Call Vince Saul Gilligan) is out (?) and like who’s watching? Where? It’s probably good! But a lot of things probably are!

Whether or not Noah Baumbach sees the Light of Heaven is not my decision, but his film worth sitting through to discover this absolute gem. youtu.be/5Puo_9AeYTY?...

yay apple Big

Being back in Japan means the Curry Train steams ahead.

THE funniest thing so far this visit to Japan has been riding an elevator down next to a smiling old man サラリーマン Old St Nick-chortling to himself at a gaggle of very loud (by Japanese standards) teenage girls descending on adjacent stairs in Kichijoji. He was so pleasantly amused by their loudness.

Two birds enter, one bird leaves in the…

Glad this photo in particular turned out

Trying to determine whether fingerless gloves will actually help my perpetual cold but instead just feel like a fighting game character.

Pikmin 4 – Update Overview (free Switch update coming in November) www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBtB... www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/... -Decor Pikmin -Photo mode/in-game camera -New Creature Activity Levels

Thomas Pynchon was 76 years old when Bleeding Edge (2013) was published.

Pretty sure today I unironically and unintentionally said “da movies.” Feels like a new chapter has begun in my life.

Used a Trader Joe’s tikka masala for this last night and the disappointment therein cannot be quantified. I wouldn’t proclaim to be a Great Cook, but for less the cost (Trader J already relatively affordable) and a smidge more time I’ve made better masalas in my SLEEP.

t’s been weeks since I watched and I’m still thinking how in the Altman Popeye Bluto “sees red” and for a shot they refit Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall (and baby Sweet Pea) and (paint the set? recolor the negative?), it’s so good.

Did not secure Mitaka Ghibli ticket so another year of life passes closing my eyes to imagine Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess.

New poster for "Dorohedoro" Season 2. Coming Spring 2026.

Good thing my computer has power for the important things.

I got to play 69 minutes of The Forever Winter before it decided that my computer wasn't good enough to boot it again. Heaving behemoth of a mess but it seemed hilarious I loved it. At least we have new Pynchon.

Parasite Eve II thoroughly rocks. Don't know why I waited so long to play it. Straight up fun kill-monsters-level-powers progression and gratifying guns and armor 'n item customization. Feels like Resident Evil 3.5 in many ways but with sexy Tetsuya Nomura flair and JRPG particle effects.

Can’t quite put my finger on what about this Dunking Doughnuts doughnut feels perverse, but something is just slightly off.

Favorite read in awhile. Gospodinov’s storytelling is loose, and I don’t always love this sort of fragmented anecdote (Physics of Sorrow I liked a bit less) but Time Shelter is 100% my thing Nostalgia made tangible to retreat from reality. Wild he wrote this just before the pandemic really started.

The top of MY Christmas list this year is for Battlefield 6 to be a colossal, steaming failure for Electronic Arts. The glut of excellent video games to play becomes more manageable when fascists begin to encroach on the market.

SHE RETURNS DECEMBER 1999. 🔥 📖: Parasite Eve II Squaresoft promo brochure.

A young Paul Thomas Anderson arrives at the end credits of Terminator 2. His eyes aglow and lips curled in a grin. “That rocked.” Years later, One Battle After Another.

Saying out loud to myself “coconut, you’re the best” when remembering the shredded coconut I have for curry.

And now, a haiku: Soaring ecstasy Dismissed from jury duty A coin toss, bested

BREAKING: The U.K., Canada and Australia officially recognize a Palestinian state, a significant shift away from alignment with the U.S.

*carrying around a library copy of Vineland too big for my bag* What no you mean someone’s making a movie of it no way I was just rereading it the seventh time you know Pynchon

The cold sweat-inducing realization today that if F-Zero were real it absolutely would be dominated by conservative politics.

My social contract unspoken with the fruit flies is look guys you can sit here while I’m at work but when I get home and I want a nice peach ya gotta buzz off.

Went a little ~wild~ at the grocery store this morning. How many peaches do you think I got? In this perfect season? Let me tell you BUDDY I ain’t buying METH, I’m buying PEACHES. #fruitnotformaldehyde

Ghost in the Shell PS1 game was GREAT. High speed Armored Core riff gliding on walls and ceilings. It's the simplicity of playing stuff that just feels good to control that we've lost most over the years in video games, especially action games. Just let me explode stuff at 200km/h.

Just wrote in cursive for the first time in what felt like ages and this is so funny. Like, this was a part of the curriculum. Why go half way? Wish we were taught straight up calligraphy before the American education system collapsed.

I got Silksong it’s here.

Thinking about how Silksong is crashing storefronts and everyone's excited for it but it was so much more fun when this sort of thing manifested as people calling in sick/late to work to stand outside of like an EB Games at open and parents swinging by after work to get games for their children.

THE quickest I have backed something. If I didn't already have my fix of glorious Artyom art coming I'd gladly pitch in for an original page here... When comics are good, they are sublime.

The curse of liking westerns but being able to draw guns about as well as a dog can slice onions.

Vividly remember going to Best Buy to pick this up (as well as PSN credit so as to buy SOMA), going "what the heck" and buying the hardcover guide book as well, then speeding to attend my first day of classes that semester. Time would have been better spent just playing V all day instead.

Alien: Earth -shouldn’t use (any?) pop music -has nice cross-fades -has annoying kids but not poorly-written annoying kids -doesn’t always look like a million bucks and was always destined to be redeemed because ultimately I love Alien and Timothy Olyphant looks like Jack goddarn Frost.

Chibi-Robo! available on GameCube - Nintendo Classics (Switch 2)