rambles and half-essays

When I think of a blog I think of the ancient site Blogger and its orange branding. It’s still around, I think, though I haven’t checked because if it isn’t, I’d rather not know.

The point of this blog is to be like those blogs, by which I mean: bad. I thought about creating a Substack like a real writer but I’ve got no bandwidth to add another time-sensitive responsibility to my list.

Work, my neglected magazine, and my personal writing are enough. If I’m ever able to get out of the 40 hour grind, maybe I’ll pick up something else. I’ll dedicate some time to my painting, or properly produce the album I wrote in 2021. Who knows?

As far as the writing I’ll keep here, I haven’t pinned much down but the point of writing is to do it, which means I have to start. So far, I’ve figured that some posts can be proper pieces, and some posts, like this one, will be a short ramble and a list of things I’m into at the time of posting.

Here’s what I’m into:

• Join the Club by Tilly Louise (indie rock, afab vox, catchy hook, and when I say catchy I mean catchy)

• Louise Bourgeois, French-American Artist and truly terrifying interviewee.

• Hexagon Bridge, an Image comic, still being released monthly. It’s a cool story but the art is better. There’s a robot named Stanley who is mind-melded to his friend, Adley, though it’s clear (so far) they’re meant to be siblings. I’m really worried for them.
• The Memory Police, Yoko Ogawa. Beautiful novel. About colonialism, generational trauma/memory, familial relationships, beauty, and so much more. The writing is so gentle.
• Give It to Me Straight, a podcast/show hosted by drag queen and comedian Maddy Morphosis, who’s known primarily as the only straight cis man to ever perform on RuPaul’s Drag Race. I don’t know if that’s necessarily the case – everything’s fluid, even the straightness of cis white men – but she should be better known as an interviewer. God, she’s good. Like Nardwuar but less painful to watch, more emotional, and much prettier. The people she interviews are also much more interesting than his, and she connects with them on a level deeper than a cheap “gotcha!”. My favorite episode is below, with Mrs. Kasha Davis.