Media Analyses… Thoughts on My Dinner with Andre 11 May 2019 My Dinner With Andre is one of the most thought-provoking films I’ve seen. This post is going to be a little different from anything I've done in the past though,…
Thoughts & Memories Women of Ancient Carthage 11 May 201911 May 2019 As a companion piece to my list of influential Roman women, here are some contemporaries from Carthage and Egypt whom I find interesting. The Mother of an Empire Despite being…
Media Analyses… My Favorite Artist, Syd Barrett 5 May 201916 May 2019 When it comes to the realm of music, my two biggest heroes are Brian Wilson and Syd Barrett. Both men created (or were working towards creating) two of the greatest…
Media Analyses… Boman: The Greatest Vlogger of All-Time 5 May 20195 May 2019 "Guys, What is Boman?" I first discovered Boman in the summer of 2014, where he was roughly two years into his wayward pilgrimage across the Earth in his search for…
Thoughts & Memories Proposed Alternate Trans Pride Symbol 21 Apr 20191 Sep 2019 (This may not appeal to transmen at first glance or even at all, but for myself and any other transwomen who'd like to use it,) I love Athena and like…
Media Analyses… Bad Movies 18 Apr 2019 On the topic of bad movies, I've got a few things to say. Defining What's Truly "Bad" I'd say the true worst movies out there are not the "so bad…
Media Analyses… Mock Philosophical Constitution 17 Apr 2019 The Header Image is my own original work. This post was written to be something of a joke. Take it with a healthy serving of salt. I was watching some…
Thoughts & Memories Tribute to an Old Friend 13 Apr 201922 Feb 2020 My childhood best friend was someone I met in my first year of preschool. Though he moved away after that, he remained an ongoing confidant whom I visited regularly through…
Media Analyses… Beatles Musings (& Ranking the Albums) 11 Apr 2019 I love the Beatles, you love the Beatles, everybody loves the Beatles. Books, films, documentaries and blogs have already been made to excess describing why they're awesome. So unlike say,…
Media Analyses… An “Anonymous” Advocate for Open-Mindedness 11 Apr 201922 Dec 2019 I absolutely love this now-lost series of videos about ayahuasca and its effects on the vlogger who took it. Unfortunately the young lady who created the series decided to take…
Thoughts & Memories The Roman Baths and Why We Need Them Today 8 Apr 2019 We need something in a similar vein to the old Public Baths of Ancient Rome. Something literally everyone in the city, rich and poor, optimate or populare (basically conservative or…
Thoughts & Memories Meandering Thoughts While Baking 8 Apr 20198 Apr 2019 We don’t usually think about appealing to our sense of taste when it comes to art. That's because eating is life and death. That’s nature at its most primal. Our…
Media Analyses… A Defense of Ed Wood 8 Apr 201931 Jul 2019 Tim Burton's most overlooked, mature film is the touching biopic Ed Wood (1994.) It's about the infamous director of Plan 9 From Outer Space, Glen or Glenda and other notably flawed films, but…
Political Reactions… Mixing Monarchs with Meritocracy 8 Apr 201911 Apr 2019 The bad emperors (Nero, Caligula) and the first Christian Emperor (Constantine) seem to be the best known as far as the public is concerned. But I think we could all…
Thoughts & Memories Elagabala the Fabulous 8 Apr 2019 While by all accounts a bad Emperor, I find Elagabalus to be a fascinating figure due to his allegedly feminine presentation. Of course, you have to take the written accounts…
Thoughts & Memories Individuals > Institutions 8 Apr 20199 Apr 2019 I'm not sure if I subscribe to the "great man theory" of history exactly. But I do know that holding countries, governments or institutions in high esteem is silly. Any…
Media Analyses… Castles in the Clouds (The Artistry of Video Games) 7 Apr 201913 Apr 2019 As a youngster, I always imagined that the castle in the background of the "Mickey and the Beanstalk" world in Mickey Mania (SNES) was supposed to be the Mad Doctor's…
Media Analyses… George Lucas, the Regretful Artist 6 Apr 20196 Apr 2019 I really believe that Star Wars is a case where the story about the series, (and of the creator), is just as interesting if not more so than at least 75%…
Media Analyses… Chrono Trigger’s Plot Hole 3 Apr 20198 Apr 2019 I want to discuss the only flaw in the story of Chrono Trigger--The Black Omen. It's inevitable that every story which relies upon time travel is going to be littered with…
Media Analyses… Thoughts on the Tolkien Wizards 3 Apr 20194 Apr 2019 When the wizards came into the world, they all chose to focus on different aspects of the canvas called Arda. And that decision defined their personalities just as it determined…
Media Analyses… Less is More (Screencap from All About Eve) 3 Apr 201921 Apr 2019 Do you think there's as much depth in something as simple as a picture or small poem when compared to larger works of art, such as a novel or film?…
Thoughts & Memories “This is My World and Welcome to It!” ~Chuckie Finster 1 Apr 201925 May 2019 One week in, and we've made it to Post #27, which just so happens to be my favorite number. So, to mark this "special" occasion, I thought I'd provide some…
Media Analyses… The Martyr of Zeal 1 Apr 201913 Apr 2019 For context, there is an SNES/PS1/DS game called Chrono Trigger, and it's a favorite of mine. Besides being a fun RPG title, it boasts one of the most thought provoking and…
Thoughts & Memories Influential Women of Ancient Rome 31 Mar 201931 Jul 2019 The history of Rome, like many Antiquity and Medieval societies, is mostly men's story. This is because women were forbidden to run for office (or even set foot in the…
Media Analyses… Profound Moments in Rugrats 31 Mar 201931 Jul 2019 In regards to Nickelodeon’s history, Ren and Stimpy is undeniably the most influential for the field of animation and Spongebob is by far their most successful hit. However, I will always argue that Rugrats stands head…
Media Analyses… Vertigo (1/10) My Overall Thoughts & General Reaction 30 Mar 201930 Jan 2024 I first saw Hitchcock's Vertigo when I was about 13 or 14, on a broken up series of YouTube videos back before they screened everything for copyright. At the time,…
Media Analyses… The Mask of Ice: A Collection in 9 Poetic Forms 27 Mar 201924 Feb 2020 Most of you reading this would have probably seen the header below and wondered how Blue could be considered forgotten when he was the rival in the first generation Pokemon…
Media Analyses… Door to the Abyss (My 3 Attempts at Visual Poetry) 26 Mar 201911 Apr 2019 The first two poems I wrote in my sophomore year of college for a writing class. They're meant to be companion pieces, hence the way the second looks as though…
Media Analyses… Nickelodeon Heroines (1/3) Introduction 26 Mar 201922 Dec 2019 I don’t need an excuse to gush about the amazing show that is Clarissa Explains it All, but I was just talking about it with a friend, looked it up on…
the Carbon Freeze 