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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Media Analyses

Overlooked / Underrated Fictional Characters I Wish to Bestow Accolades Upon (EXTRA!!)

14 Oct 20204 Mar 2021
As it turns out, immediately after I posted the main entries in this series I thought of a bunch of other participants I should have included. So, why not, let's…
Thoughts & Memories

Weird, Troubling Dreams I’ve Had: The Return

13 Oct 2020
Well, I ended up finding several more previously recorded dreams in my old diaries that I'd forgotten about, as well as experiencing a few new ones in the last two…

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