Thoughts & Memories I’m Back (I Haven’t Been in a Good Place & Don’t Expect to be in One Anytime Soon but…I’m Here, I guess) 17 Mar 202515 May 2025 So, it's been almost six years since I started this blog, and now 18 months of that time has been spent missing in action. And while this whole website is…
Thoughts & Memories AI Writing Projects I Want to Try 18 Apr 20238 May 2023 So, it's both the 4th anniversary of theCarbonFreeze as well as its 365th post, which is a milestone I've been looking forward to--where one can officially read an article a…
Thoughts & Memories Weird, Turbulent Dreams I’ve Had: Reloaded 5 Jul 20225 Jul 2022 So, with this post I think it might be time to call it quits on the "weird dream" series indefinitely. I feel like this is as good of an opportunity…
Thoughts & Memories My Thoughts on the Current State of the Transgender Movement (It’s Bad) 23 Apr 202225 Apr 2022 As it stands now, I'm ashamed to be associated with the current transgender rights movement, so much so that I've started to publically identify as "a person who suffers from…
Media Analyses R.I.P. Catherine Spaak (Thoughts on the Rest of Her ’60s Movies + Her Father’s Lost Film) 20 Apr 202220 Apr 2022 I was wondering why my posts about Catherine Spaak received such a huge uptick in views these last couple days, and after a quick Google search I learned that she…
Media Analyses… Blog Announcement, a Canon of Sophian Films & “Epistle to the Apostates” 5 Nov 20212 May 2022 I just wanted to make a quick post to reassure everyone that I'm still alive and still plan to add to theCarbonFreeze going forward. (I have a dozen unfinished essays…
Media Analyses ’70s Sleaze / Exploitation Films (Round Two–This Time, They’re Filthier!) 31 Jul 202130 Apr 2022 Turns out there's a hell of a lot of dirty movies out there, much more than one post could summarize. Personally, as a huge fan of the medium of motion…
Thoughts & Memories God Can Be Anything You Want (Aquarius, Gnosticism, Sci-Fi & an Evolving Spiritual Revelation!) 14 Jul 20219 Aug 2021 I'll begin by reiterating my personal beliefs and what I think society needs from the spiritual. Then I will briefly examine my favorite historical western religion before descending into some…
Media Analyses Thoughts on Angels in the Outfield: Remake (1994) & Original (1951) 17 Jun 202117 Jun 2021 Angels in the Outfield is one of the best guilty pleasures from my childhood, so I would like to say a few words about it. It's corny, the plot has…
Political Reactions… Even More (Mostly Pride) Flag Designs I’ve Created 15 Jun 202116 Jun 2021 I was bored yesterday, and too groggy to do anything more productive, so I made a bunch of pride flags to pass the time. I don't believe it's my place…
Thoughts & Memories Happy Pride Month: Be Yourself 11 Jun 202111 Jun 2021 Just as the title says. Life's too damn short to live in fear, to not be yourself. Every moment is precious. Climate change/environmental collapse is barreling down on us like…
Media Analyses Feminine Sexuality in Cinema (3/4) Scacco alla Regina (1969) aka The Slave 9 Jun 202110 Jun 2021 Last time in this series, I examined Pasquale Festa Campanile's La Matriarca. His follow up, Scacco alla Regina ("Check to the Queen" released in English-speaking territories as The Slave) was…
Media Analyses… Full Text of Soul Calibur II’s Story (Weapon Master Mode) 6 Jun 20219 Jun 2021 As a public service, here is the entire text for Soul Calibur II's Weapon Master Mode. (Essentially this game's version of a story mode.) Until now, the only places this…
Media Analyses… An Aquarian “Bible:” A Collection of Mythic, Philosophical & Scientific Texts to Enhance the Mind 21 Apr 20219 Aug 2021 This collection came to be when I was working on two different things at once and decided to combine them into one project. The first was a central hub of…
Thoughts & Memories Beautiful 420 Fantasy 20 Apr 202120 Apr 2021 This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. This is an idea I've had for awhile but never got the chance to…
Media Analyses My 5 Favorite Fictional Couples (That I Haven’t Talked About Yet) 16 Apr 202116 Apr 2021 I've talked about impossible and/or unhealthy relationships very frequently on this blog. With a few notable exceptions, it's a shared theme among all my favorite stories, across every form of…
Thoughts & Memories Aquarian Pantheistic Existentialism (A.P.E. — What We Were & What We Can Be!) 26 Feb 202123 Jul 2021 I decided to write a follow up to my earlier collection of "deep" pseudo-spiritual musings, in case you're wondering where books 1-3 are. These may seem silly, and I was…
Media Analyses… Beautiful New Years Fantasy 24 Dec 20204 Mar 2021 This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. I used to grow up watching a lot of those stop-motion Rankin-Bass specials around…
Media Analyses Feminine Sexuality in Cinema (1/4) Intro & Barbarella 19 Dec 20204 Mar 2021 Cannabis is a miraculous substance which I credit for giving me a greater appreciation towards certain works of art. In my experience, to witness a film or album while stoned…
Thoughts & Memories Weird, Terrifying Dreams I’ve Had: The Reboot 11 Dec 20204 Mar 2021 Lucky number seven! Let's not waste any time... #97 My Dream Girl (Literally, But Not Really) I dreamed I was dating the YouTube personality, Jenny Nicholson,* and brought her home…
Media Analyses Thoughts on Rocko’s Modern Life 7 Dec 20204 Mar 2021 I'm not sure if this is apparent to my readers or not, based solely on my body of work, but 90's nostalgia has always been a big part of my…
Political Reactions… Beautiful Thanksgiving Fantasy 25 Nov 20204 Mar 2021 This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. I wrote this diatribe well in advance, it predates the entire COVID pandemic and…
Media Analyses… Personal Tragedy & Peanuts 23 Nov 20204 Mar 2021 Not to appear as though I'm fishing for sympathy or anything, but my grandfather recently passed away. It's been pretty difficult for me considering I haven't seen him in four…
Political Reactions… My Thoughts On Trans Issues & Experiences 18 Nov 2020 So, I try to walk a fine line with my blog. I'm transgender, and I don't shy away from that fact because I feel like visibility is important and I…
Thoughts & Memories Weird, Tantalizing Dreams I’ve Had: The Revenge 15 Nov 20204 Mar 2021 Installment numero seis. It seems like every time I make another of these collections, I swear up and down that I've found the last of my old, old dream journal…
Media Analyses… Thoughts on Groundhog Day (and the Meaning of Life) 31 Oct 2020 I've had this old review of Groundhog Day waiting around literally from the very first day I started the blog. I have held off on posting it until now because…
Thoughts & Memories Miscellaneous Stuff I Wrote For College: 5 Poems & 2 Dialogues 23 Oct 2020 I was cleaning up my hard drive and stumbled on some old stuff I had to do for a college writing class. So I figured "why not? I'll share these…
Thoughts & Memories Beautiful Halloween Fantasy 22 Oct 20204 Mar 2021 This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. The featured image for this post is me in my favorite Halloween costume, after…
Media Analyses… The Most Cherished Film of My Childhood 21 Oct 20204 Mar 2021 The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the very first movie I ever saw in the cinema. Toy Story 2 is the film I saw the most times in a theater,…
Media Analyses… A New Milestone Has Been Reached! (What’s Next For theCarbonFreeze?) 18 Oct 20204 Mar 2021 As of the publication of this entry, if you include all prospective blog posts that are in the editing process or already finished and scheduled to launch at a future…
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