2/15/25

Knocked another thing off my bucket list and bought a plasma TV. Really high end Panasonic from 2006. I thought it had burn in at first but apparently any sort of image retention on plasmas goes away after a while, so it's not permanent but will still be there for a couple days.

It's got a plethora of inputs. Having three s-video ports is a sign of luxury. But honestly I'm just glad to see something with so many dedicated AV ports so I can hook things up without using adapters.

It was also REALLY heavy. It's only a 50" but I physically could not lift it by myself off the floor and onto my TV stand, had to get a friend to help. Anyone want an old 45" Samsung LCD? lol

Unrelated, but here's some significant older songs I've been listening to a lot recently. They're both from really upbeat goofy artists but have a much more emotional drive behind them than usual:

2/15/25

Hung out with some friends at my place last friday. Got to wrestle a girl for a DeviantArt plush one of them found at a thrift store. I lowkey can't believe I won, she had more weight to throw around and more stamina but if I could pin her on her back FAST and keep her there I had a chance. Two days later I'm still sore but it was worth it. Bite marks on my arm are still healing lol.

Managed to sneak into the basement of the largest skyscraper in my area. There was an event going on so it was kinda easy to figure out what doorways were accessible lol. And it was fun to see just how far I could get before anyone noticed. Some of the photos I just posted on the photos page are from the journey.

Planning on taking a friend to see Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie in theatres today. I've gone to a theatre like once in the past five years and she doesn't know much about NTBTS so hopefully it will be a bit of a fun new experience for both of us

2/12/25

Been having a fun past week or so. Helped a friend remove the head on her miata, thinkin it's warped a bit from overheating bc a couple cylinders were only holding 30psi. Remarkably easy car to work on tho.

I finished building the kotatsu. I ended up buying an actual kotatsu heater, and fabbing a custom table-leg setup to replace the weird central collum the table originally had. It feels soooo good, nearly has a sauna-like effect.

Met up with someone performing drag at the local punk bar, and we barhopped over to one screening videodrome right after. It was a really fun night and she's also a really good subject for photoshoots !! I'm glad we got to hang out.

You can check her out on insta at fantasthmadrag

After a few years of dismantling the lil temporary lightbox I made out of an old flatscreen, I finally remembered to set up a slightly more permanent one. Artistic exmple below, but this will mainly be helpful for photographing some of my more reflective technology.

Besides maybe getting a tiny desk for the sewing machine, the shelf I set up for the lightbox is probably one of the last things I'll be buying for the current apartment. I kinda have enough objects at the moment

2/7/25

Shout out to driving with the cruise control at 25 miles and hour. It's a noteworthy speed because most cruise control will not enable below it, but works perfectly fine right at or slightly above 25. It's the perfect speed to go for a nice sunday drive down a low traffic road.

I also just posted a new art piece I made in kidpix. My hand is cramping from using the imac puck mouse for an hour straight.

Went down a small rabbit hole about these robots from EXPO'85 at Tsukuba designed by Luigi Colani. The entirety of both the expo and Colani's stuff are rabbit holes in their own rights, but the combination of both results in something that feels like it's not within the usual realm of either. And just look into the eyes of the cheerleader robot. That's what that is by the way. That's a cheerleader robot

I kinda envisioned them as deep sea creatures when drawing them in this environment

2/2/25

Some friends and I took a trip last weekend to the next big city over to pick up a free car. One of them was carless and it would improve her specific circumstances if she had one.

It was fun to go on a trip like the ones I used to, and to hang out for a bit of an extended period of time.

I also took the opportunity to hang out with a friend from the city over while we were there. I had known them for years but only ever from over the computer. We didn't get to meet for long (it's hard to stay on schedule when coordinating with so many people srry,) but I'm glad we did.

We talked a bit about the declinding state of the internet and how it forces one to realize nothing is really permanent. They gave me a book before I had to leave that they described as "a really interesting two star book," I've been enjoying reading thru it and their annotations they left, bewildered at the author's decisions.

Writing this under the kotatsu rn. I'm testing a heating mechanism I installed, but it needs a little tweaking in my design.