i like helping people. it makes me feel good

i’m with my father by the sea far north of the san francisco bay area, and we’re having ourselves a real good time out here

this one is called: “old man and boy; or, THE RICE FARMER AND THE PACIFIC VAMPIRE”

cc: alayna boots

alayna and i walked 10 miles tonight. for all you metric folks, which is just about everyone in the world, that’s 16.1 kilometers. that equates to round about 24,000 steps. hey! not bad.

we walked from my house all through berkeley, and through campus and up euclid avenue to the rose garden there. it was so beautiful! and nice outside.

now i’m soaking in an epsom salt bath drinking iced green tea, baby. no joke, i’ve been drinking a liter of this stuff a day all summer. metric-minded friends: that’s one (1) litre (lol)~

i’m listening to the morrowind soundtrack, if you must know . . . just in case the cops ask.

tomorrow i go up north to hide in the woods. after that i’m going to london and berlin . . . and i reckon all the places between them.

for now i am in oakland, california, and wild at heart and weird on top. ok!!!

sweet dreams my little starbabies ☆彡

happy birthday to my hero nicholas ray, who, after directing a series of underappreciated movies, was run out of hollywood, and spent the rest of his life wandering and gambling and sleeping on people’s couches

My father is flying to California on Thursday to see my sister and me. We have rented a cabin about an hour north in some Return of the Jedi-ass redwood forest-ass bucolic paradise. This is what it looks like:

Wow! A hot tub! Also, the place has trails on the property itself, and a loft, and wood stove, and on and on. Lookit this freakin house! I’m pumped as hell, man.

Dante is spending the weekend at Aunt Laura’s house. I gotta drop him off Thursday night before we head across the Golden Gate Bridge to chill real hard in the woods all weekend.

My sister tells me dad is very excited to have a bonfire, and is “packing his sweaters.” Aww! We need to get coffee and firewood and Cool Snacks. I suppose I’ll get on that tomorrow.

I haven’t seen that dude since he was here in April 2018:

Seeya soon o father~

I’ve always liked the magical kingdom of Zeal from Chrono Trigger. See how nice that looks! Man, I’d live in a place like that, especially because:

. . . all anyone does there is drink tea and read books and sleep. Aww! Truths exist in dreams . . . yeah~ ☆

BONUS: The overworld map looks beautiful too. See here:

Cool!! I think the last time I played through Chrono Trigger, I was in Japan during Christmas. I started it on the plane ride over and beat it Christmas day. It was a good ol time. Chrono Cross, its sequel, is an equally chill game, and also it contains a sentimental skeleton clown who loves his grandmother. Hey! That’s me!

Well! I’m drinking some tea and then I’m gonna read and go to sleep. Zeal is as real as you want it to be, baby!!!

i just found this in the little bookshelf next to my bed and i said aloud: “awwww!!” come back soon my friend!!

it rained for something like three months this past fall . . . november until january i reckon. it was very comforting to me. i don’t know that it has rained since. but! fall is next month, so hey~