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My favorite characters of 2025

wtf The Running Man novel is set in 2025 too

a reminder to destroy all my HDDs before I die

awww 😭

Funny how mom can't ignore any unfamiliarity on her phone: "This notice started to appear recently and I don't want it!" "What's this new icon on my Google search bar?? Could you get rid of it?" me: "no mom.. that's just how it is"

some clips from recent commissions..

Stumbled upon an IG post of multiple mundane AI art, they just added dogs to famous Renaissance paintings and people commenting how beautiful they are I'm thinking of deleting the account and the app altogether

I love you Expedition 33 but if Troy Baker doesn't win Best Performance I will step on someone's toes

I haven't figured out what to do with the courtyard.. how do I make it more "outside view from inside but not the focus of the picture"? Sensei says Spanish skies are very blue but I don't want it to stand out so much🤔

Sando Rando is pretty funny actually

Why does IMDB do this with the titles? Is it because of where I'm accessing from? Quite annoying

This is so Zen I remember I had a fake Lego with way bigger blocks when I was a child but never an actual Lego

I love how this is so serious about architecture 😍

The sweet wrapper paintings gouache/oil

Braun FS80 Television (1964)

me: hmm yes I might like to play a video game. *sits down* amo: ITS CUDDLES AN FETCH TIEM

Randomly decided to watch They Live, didn't know about this scene. It's pretty accurate

heck I got this too got the two Legos second-hand (unopened/unbuilt), both are retired from the official store

I love the term "flying buttress"

This is a lot bigger than I imagined

Not impressed by today's State of Play (personally)

Senoku Hakukokan, a cool museum built 1960

Kansai Bijutsuin, a small hut built by a young architect who will later build the Kyoto City Hall. Many famous artists learned here

A former home of an architect/professor, a textbook case of Le Corbusier's principals but inside was more a nice mix of Western and Japanese style. No photos allowed unfortunately

Horikawa Danchi (apartments), the oldest Danchi in Kyoto and Silent Hill material which some people still reside, hopefully in more refurbished rooms

Some cute churches. Surprisingly there are many sizeable churches in Kyoto city

Day 4 of Kyoto Modern Architecture Fest Oe Noh Theater, it has a very plain entrance contrary to what's inside

Home of an architect Motono Seigo, said to be the country's pioneer of brutalistic concrete style. Now an office of a different architect/professor

The artist also had one Western style home, a whole building for a kitchen and a big hut for art classes

Home of an artist Konoshima Ohkoku

Day 3 of Kyoto Modern Architecture Fest! Rohm Theater Kyoto, built in 1960 by one of the major Jp modernism architects, refurbished few years ago

If you see this QTP with a female anime character you love

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Mifune appreciation

The movie was great to the last dialogue, I understand why it's so highly praised Now I want to watch the Western movies Kurosawa was inspired by

whoa there's an intermission.. didn't know this movie is The Brutalist long

Perfect auditorium for Seven Samurai

Former elementary school

Shimadzu Corporation former HQ and its tatami room

Kyoto City Hall, it's very intimidating but has nice details

Pontocho Kaburenjo, 124 years old theater where Maiko/Geikos used to perform, now used for various events (I'm attending two-week Kyoto Modern Architecture Festival, we get to enter buildings which are usually not open to public)

“FUCK AI” is turning into a movement. After his Frankenstein Q&A at the Chinese Theater, Guillermo del Toro asked the audience to scream “FUCK AI.”

This is a light tower beside the conference center which the architect didn't want to add handrails outside the stairs because he prioritized design over human life lol

Just found out my nearest movie theater is showing 4K restored Seven Samurai with improved sound 🤯 what a timing I guess I'll go see it then

Kyoto alleyway

Kyoto International Conference Center I love this place