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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…
Media Analyses

Across the Spider-verse (2/3) Miles & Gwen Analysis

4 Aug 2023
Sorry for the delay but I've had a lot going on in real life. Last time I established the environment in which Across the Spiderverse appeared to take the world…
Thoughts & Memories

The Acts of Mary and the Sophians (Sophianity 2/3)

30 Jul 202215 Feb 2023
This is a story I wrote to expound on the tenets of Aquarian Gnosticism, aka Sophianity. Remember that this is the ultimate text in the Sophian Bible project I’ve described…
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…
Thoughts & Memories

A Two-Part Erotic Fever Dream About Fat Chicks and the Men Who Admire Them

3 Apr 20225 Apr 2022
[The blog's three year anniversary recently came and went without fanfare, a further casualty of the 4 month dearth of output from yours truly. All I can say in defense…
Media Analyses…

Quick Religious Idea (A Canon of Inspired Films) + A Blog Update

10 Aug 202110 Aug 2021
The last few weeks have been extremely productive, and theCarbonFreeze is just a few posts away from reaching the 365 mark, which has always been a milestone I've been striving…
Thoughts & Memories

The Revelation of Sophia to Mary (Sophianity 1/3)

6 Aug 202115 Feb 2023
This is a Gospel I made to expound on the tenets of Sophianity. Remember that this is the penultimate text in the Sophian Bible project I've described in an earlier…
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…
Media Analyses

Feminine Sexuality in Cinema (4/4) Belladonna of Sadness (1973)

28 Jul 2021
In a series that has so far explored various live action Italian films from the '60s, Belladonna of Sadness is the obvious black sheep. As improbable of an entry as…
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Theoretical Canon For a Gnostic Bible

27 Jul 202130 Apr 2022
Obviously this blog entry is a follow-up to my earlier essay on the Gnostics as well as my "Aquarian Bible" project. In case you need a refresher, I invented my…
Media Analyses…

Free Britney! (Britney Spears as an Aquarian Icon + A Call For Sanity)

21 Jul 202122 Jul 2021
So, I'm late addressing this issue, and thankfully, at the time of writing, it looks like there may already be a light at the end of the tunnel for Britney…
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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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…
Political Reactions

My Reaction to Various Campaign Speeches (2/2) Republicans & 3rd Parties

4 Jun 20214 Jun 2021
The cover image for both posts in this series are two variations for a Nordic Flag design that’s meant to represent the world. I used blue, green and white because…
Political Reactions

My Reactions to Various Campaign Speeches (1/2) Democrats

4 Jun 20214 Jun 2021
The cover image for both posts in this series are two variations for a Nordic Flag design that's meant to represent the world. I used blue, green and white because…
Political Reactions

I’m Mad as Hell, and I’m Not Gonna Take This Anymore! (Democrats Are Blowing It…Again)

31 May 202110 Jun 2021
I believe the situation in America is more dire than most can see, or are willing to admit to themselves, even with Trump out of office. The Republican party has…
Thoughts & Memories

Beautiful Earth Day Fantasy

22 Apr 202122 Apr 2021
This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. Moths are such wonderful, beautiful creatures. Even their faces aren't scary like most insects…
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 Bicycle Day Fantasy

19 Apr 202119 Apr 2021
This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. Zuzu is such a pretty, if unconventional, name. I've thought so ever since I…
Media Analyses

Catherine Spaak is My New Favorite Actress and Here’s Why (Film Recommendations & Lost Media Abound)

6 Apr 20212 Jun 2021
You may remember that in the very early days of my blog, I wrote about my favorite lesser known actors and promised a follow-up for lesser known actresses. I haven't…
Thoughts & Memories

Beautiful Pi Day Fantasy

14 Mar 202114 Mar 2021
This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. If the Multiverse is real, that means that we might theoretically be able to…
Media Analyses

I Dolci Inganni (1960) aka Sweet Deceptions, is a Forgotten Masterpiece

27 Feb 20214 Mar 2021
I thought about including this review as a last minute addition to my ongoing "Feminine Sexuality in Cinema" series, since it fits right in. Ultimately though, I decided to just…
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…
Thoughts & Memories

Beautiful President’s Day Fantasy

15 Feb 20214 Mar 2021
This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. In 2016, a woman was so distraught over the choice between Hillary and Trump…
Thoughts & Memories

Beautiful Valentine’s Day Fantasy

14 Feb 20214 Mar 2021
This post is part of a series of tongue-in-cheek streams of consciousness inspired by the holidays. I think the biggest difference between love and obsession is that when you love…
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…
Political Reactions

The Internet as We Know It Might Die (& the Resultant Changes to theCarbonFreeze)

19 Dec 202010 Jun 2021
UPDATE: Ultimately, a less severe version of the bill described in this post was passed instead. It still represents the latest of many government restrictions of our digital liberty and…
Media Analyses…

Yet Another Lost Media Rabbit Hole [UPDATE & A Defense of Sex]

16 Dec 20204 Mar 2021
I found another compelling lost media rabbit hole. So, I love most of the Radley Metzger films I've seen, and the amazing European erotic films his company distributed to the…
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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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