Back in the day, I occasionally made blog posts about small gems I’d find on YouTube. Mostly it was to share what I found interesting, but it also made excellent “I can’t come up with new material, so I’ll post something random for now” fodder. I think it’s time to make another such post. The…
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Brainpie Revisited
Or Take a Look at One of Ellie’s Older Projects Or Back When Ellie Was More Active in the Kitchen Lately I’ve been feeling the old itch to experiment in the kitchen again. I miss looking up recipes, compiling careful grocery lists, and hunting down obscure ingredients like they were treasure. I miss looking through…
For the Friends Who Want to Reconcile
Note: In the interest of supporting the tarot/occult community and its artists, I’ll be using custom tarot decks to illustrate some of my readings. Although I see AI as a tool that can be used and abused just like any other, I know some people seethe at the idea of it. I cannot guarantee that…
First Post of the New Year
It’s still early in the new year but I’m feeling something different about 2026. A cleansing, a disappearing, a vanishing of something that’s been hanging around my psychic space like an albatross for the past two-ish years. But it’s gone, or at the very least, rapidly fading. This may sound like a big mystery for…
Token at the Christmas Party
It’s a short, but working on this made me realize something: the camera also contributes to action and emotion. Here’s a GIF of this animatic, at the full resolution: Your eyes don’t quite know where to land, do they? This was going to be the video itself, but something told me to use a camera…
For the Streamer Seeking Clarity in a Trying Situation
The YouTube algorithm sometimes gifts me random videos that bring joy or new project ideas. Recently it started feeding me collective tarot readings. Or “collective readings”. Well, they’re more like vague horoscope readings with performance antics and glitzy imagery, but that’s probably a rant for a future video essay. Anyway, the idea stuck with me.…
A Much Needed Return to Leisure
Motherfucker this semester is finally done these ivy league wannabes can suck my nonexistent nutsack Well, this certainly was a trying semester, but I’m sure this will all be worth it when I finally become a professional whatever the hell it is I’m trying to become. Seriously, there’s a need for what I want to…
Prompts for Librarians
Or Short Timewasters for Librarians to Appreciate In Between Their Various, Soul-Crippling Tasks In between my own various, soul-crippling tasks (coursework, internship, the grind of mundane living), I manage to complete two shorts. I’m debating working on a fourth before making that channel go live, but that sort of feels like a delay tactic. I…
Finding My Game
I could go into excruciating detail about my first conference trip, but most of it’s pretty academic and therefore sand-blastingly dry—trust me, you don’t want the blow by blow—but Board Game Academics was possibly the best first conference I ever could have had. Considering I was the only librarian/information type person among 75 people, I…
Return to Responsibilities
Don’t get me wrong, it is nice in a way to return from a four-day trip and find familiar sights and experiences waiting for me. But all at once… Such a nice, blustery, tropical stormy day. There goes my intention to experiment livestreaming with my iPad. I could give it a go, but then I’d…