13 July 2026

I’ve told you all many times that I’m clairvoyant . . .

13 July 2026

Come on over and hang out on my balcony . . . I finally planted flowers (Katrijn says they’re “funeral flowers” (lol)) and installed my solar-powered mushroom lights, which click on automatically at sundown. OK?

12 July 2026

I rewatched THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS . . . I hadn’t seen it in a while. I wanted a good 90s FBI thriller set on the East Coast and starring Anthony Hopkins, so the choice was obvious.

Afterwards, I logged it on Letterboxd, AS IS MY WONT, and revisited Brother McCune’s excellent review. It ends thusly:

What else is there to say? This is white-hot TRUTH.

I’ll drink a cup of coffee in the big time to that . . .

Ohhhhhh yeeaaa-UHHHHH!

12 July 2026

A FEW NIGHTS AGO

. . . my good friend Emma and I became nostalgic about our long friendship, and she began sending me some pictures she’d taken that I had either never seen before, or were alternate photos of ones I had seen a million times (the one with Bex and me).

I feel compelled to post them here.

I am also going to CAPTION THEM (!) because I’ve never once used photo captions on this fine website, and I recently styled them in my stylesheet, so I may as well try it out . . .

Taken on New Year’s Eve 2021 . . . I borrowed my then-girlfriend’s car and Emma and I drove to Target to buy Cool Beverages and, in my case, proudly hold a mannequin child.
I have no memory of this photo, but here I am flashing my gold tooth somewhere in Temescal in Oakland. With the famous Laura Rokas in the background! A rare smiling photo . . . wow . . .
Daphne and me in Emma’s new apartment the day we helped her move in. For some reason people always call me when they need help moving. I think it’s because I have a driver’s license and do pull-ups and always say yes.
Bex and me at her show at Stay Gold in West Oakland, exactly four years ago now. Ain’t she cute? She had brought me that Jelly Belly hat from the Jelly Belly factory en route to my apartment. I still have it somewhere. Anyway, we got engaged shortly after. Maybe we’re still engaged? I haven’t asked in a while . . .

DAS ENDE.

11 July 2026

the famous melody, my old friend, is here in berlin . . . we met at KROM in prenzlauer berg and had our annual summit. we were joined by my friend alina the ukrainian girl, who owns the place. she had told the bartenders i was coming, and they recognized me on sight. i was very touched! i’m VIP, after all~

melody left for berghain a bit ago . . . i love her, but i did not join her. no way. i just can’t do it anymore! but hopefully she got in. i reckon you gotta see the inside of that godforsaken place at least once

anyway: here’s melody at 1x and .5x

sweet dreams!!! ☆彡