T-minus 24 hours until I'm at the hospital for my gastric bypass surgery. Today's the last day of the "old" me. Kind of personal info here, but I wanted to post this, y'know, just in case something happens. (Don't mind the grim Zelda screen, this procedure has a very high success rate!) 🧵

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I miss the days where I could just call a friend if I was having a bad night, or they could call me if they were, and it didn't require copious planning in advance or excess anxiety. Growing old can feel very disconnected. (But also, that phone anxiety thing is a thing for many young people too.)

I tell you it is deeply infuriating to raise small children and try to instill in them that throwing tantrums to get what you want is unacceptable behavior and then you look at the news and all you see everywhere is tantrums being rewarded government by petulant five year olds

Currently enjoying my last bag of GK Snacks Asian Stack Mix. Bought like eight bags of these before Big Lots restructured/closed and we’ve been rationing them since. They’re hard to find at a good price online. Best Japanese-ish crackers found stateside IMHO. I will miss these yummy crackers…

I broke my YouTube algorithm and it’s suggestion page videos are 9 years old or even older and I’m not complaining. It’s a past age beyond the rage machine that’s going brrrrr right now.

Those spotted lantern flies are finally starting to hit critical mass in the NW Ohio / SE Michigan area. I know we're supposed to stomp them, but I wish they weren't so cute and colorful. They look like something that Yayoi Kusama would've dreamed up. Also: Local spiders have been feasting lately.

I just ordered this last night as an add-on to the Kickstarter, and I'm definitely looking forward to reading it!

It's kind of a bummer that it took me until my mid-40s to cultivate something resembling self-esteem, but better late than never, I guess. 🙃

I had some Del Taco today and I have to say, their fish taco is probably about the only fast food item I eat where I've never had a bad one. Bangin' every time. 🐟🌮

👀 This is almost a perfect fit, but I never have enough free time to actually *use* all the supplies in my old weirdo home studio.

If I buy 10 chillis, I'll get 10 kisses, right??? 📸 Poni_catrik

My longtime friend Bob (AKA: Cloudy Busey) is a very talented musician and has always inspired me, and I wanted to take a moment to share an album he made back in 2013 that I think new listeners would really enjoy. Go check out "Wait in the Shade"! icecreamshout.bandcamp.com/album/wait-i...

Because I just got my comps in and the word is already out there, I thought I'd take this opportunity to confirm I'm editing Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick. It's a great manga, and I'm excited it's finally getting an English release after all these years!

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A rough pen sketch, but I just drew Niagara Falls, with Canada in the background. It’s hard to even comprehend its natural beauty in person and it’s very hard to draw the violent waters and soft cold mists and have it make any visual sense on paper!

Last night I won my first manga award - the lettering award at the 2nd annual American Manga Awards! Thank you everybody 🥰 The lettering legend Tom Orzechowski presented it to me. That blew my mind because I’ve read & enjoyed so much of his work. He & Studio Proteus were a big influence for me.

Older project that got left on the sideline as it got away from me but learnt a lot and intend to animate more neon signs in the future as a result. #3dart #animation #environmentart #hardsurface

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It's 80 years now since the bomb fell on Nagasaki, Japan. My beloved Nagasaki. My wife's home town. My once (six years) and future (once events allow us to move) home. 長崎❤️ Here is a particularly moving statue that's located at the Hypocenter Monument. (Short 🧵 about war & peace...)

Gotta post something for #internationalcatday so here's a couple close-ups of our cats Lizzy & Sergio! (Sort of dour post incoming, so I gotta post some cute kitties to balance it out.)

While I’m beverage posting… here’s something special. Just available in my area - Michigan and the Toledo OH area. Vernors ginger ale + vanilla. 🫚 Pretty damn good! Hope they try a more nationwide release. (Wish they offered a zero calorie version though.) I’m going to miss pop/soda…

It had been far too long since I’d had one of these. 💛🍋 Very glad that the local Asian grocery store started carrying Kirin Lemon. My surgery is next month and I won’t be able to drink carbonated things after that (at least not for a long time), so I gotta enjoy it while I can!

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Something tells me this sign is not obeyed. 📸 好街坊寵物

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I just bought the Blu Ray versions of Wicked City, Demon City Shinjuku, and Ninja Scroll, despite having got them all on VHS as a teenager. Guess it's a Yoshiaki Kawajiri kind of day! I am not responsible with my money (they were on sale at least!), but my heart beats 80s/90s anime at its core.

The Phantom of the Paradise circa. 2022

I love this. What a cool dad. www.reddit.com/r/synthesize...

Usually I feel embarrassed / nervous these if I post personal stuff on social media, but I'm getting more comfortable doing that here on Bluesky, and I think that's a good sign about this site, bc I wouldn't dare post that stuff on Twitter anymore. Too many jerks over there and certain other places.

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It’s a truly sick irony that *credit card companies* get to act as the arbiters of what is and isn’t decent. Nothing they censor could hope to be anywhere near as perverse as that.

One of the mangaka whose books I lettered (and loved working on!) posted on Instagram that she's selling limited risograph prints from the book I worked on + a custom sketch, and I really want one, but they are ¥5000 each and I'm so broke right now that I really wish I could unsee that IG post.

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What perfect album came out when you were sixteen? "Dead Cities" by Future Sound of London, 1996. This cover is the limited-edition version, which came with a huge art book. I listened to lots of ambient / abstract music in my teens, but this and FSOL's 1994 album "ISDN" were my favorites.

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In better news, I just got back from seeing Fantastic Four and I loved it! 💙🤍