Extra Evil - Under the Underground
Today's Fortune: Don't get a kanji tattoo. Grab two.
Newsreel
Your breakfast was better planned than the war.
Taiwanese blood pressure spiked.
Gerrymandering's evolving like 2010's basketball.
Zohran faced allegations of communism, non-communism.
Christians got into golden idols.
Chewing may be the new walking.
A Photo
War Journal
Still plotting my amazing life-changing world-remaking reappearance. Maybe I'll just get a new hat.
My building has a feud on the first floor. One neighbor has a baby. The other has a band. They are at pitched, ruthless war. And I'm fine, because I'm wide awake at times this should make me furious.
Sleep-Tweaking Habit One: Reading Liu Bei's many mistakes.
Sleep-Tweaking Habit Two: Writing columns with maximum enthusiasm and minimum time awareness.
Sleep-Tweaking Habit Three: A Hades playtime I won't disclose.
Sleep-Tweaking Habit Four: A sneaking suspicion that deadlifts get worse after the sunrise.
All normally fine, and healthy, and lifespan-extending. The trick is the last few days of a steep cut, which make sleep a postmodern art exercise on their own. Combined with my existing maladies, I may have nodded off between "last" and "few." So it goes. I'll be a normal biped again in a week.
AEW's in town! My pet wrestler is champion! I'm not going. A few big moves, literal and figurative, are on the horizon. Time to save a few pennies here to melt them there.
I am the Shaq of paperwork. Specifically, his free throws.
Overheard in Self-Conscious Coffee.
Decaf: I've finally got a reading.
Double Shot: Congratulations! I know you've wanted to show that one off forever.
Decaf: Yeah, it's good. It's autobiographical. It's good. Good.
Double Shot: Nice. Where is it?
Decaf: My friend's debut! It's their book launch thing.
Double Shot: That's huge!
Decaf: Yeah, I just don't like they're writing.
Double Shot: I, uh...
Decaf: Wish they were better, you know.
Double Shot: ...Yeah...
The barista, visibly disappointed, shifts further away.
A Screenshot
The Present
- My new book makes the tides turn. [How to Dodge a Cannonball]
- I'm a guest on the Hypecast! [Gamefully Unemployed]
- I'm the dumbest. [Exclusive Evil]
- A sneaky little double-header. [1900HOTDOG]
- The air fare is the expensive part. [Expensive Evil]
- My old book makes the Earth Shake. [Everything Abridged]
The Past
The Future
Aside from that first War Journal bit? I'm almost done with the customary post-smashup cut. So expect my most egoistic face for a bit.
Not Brought to You By
This is going to annoy the piss out of me, isn't it?
We're going intellectual. I wonder if she'll quote Genet.
Oh! So the bit is...
A pun? For sunscreen? That's...fine. At the very least, I appreciate taking this to a music video.
What am I, an adult? It's sunscreen. Having fun with it's the right approach. That said, points off for the song being a melodic bunt. I know Hawaiian Tropic has Sabrina Carpenter money. Spend it.
Creativity: C+ | Persuasion: B | Sanity: B
One Sentence Reviews
Samurai Flamenco (Revisited): Everything. (5/5)
Gal Cleaning: Spite's creatively overrated. (0/5)
The Rogue Prince of Persia (Finished): That tentacle chase minigame hates me. (4/5)
Blackbraid 2: Aggression and a theme can take a band far. (4/5)
Steam Deck OLED: An overpriced, obsolete bauble I carry like a pacemaker. (4.5/5)
A Question
Signing Off
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