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September 2019 in Photos

Last month I began making stories of highlighted photos on Instagram. If you’re into that, here’s the same photos but in a higher quality, because they’re literally linked to the original photo in my OneDrive.

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Published on October 07, 2019 21:00

Logbook, September 30-October 6, 2019

September 30, 2019

I watched The Favourite, 2018 - ★★★★. I feel like there must be an alternate ending somewhere where they get to kill each other with Karate.

I read Things I’ve Learned: Jim Jarmusch, and The Creators of Untitled Goose Game Just Wanted to Make a Funny Game About a Goose.

October 1, 2019

I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion - Hope & Despair, and read Apple Arcade is a home for premium games that lost their place on mobile, and I Am The Horrible Goose That Lives In The Town.

October 2, 2019

Microsoft held an event. Here were my tweets:

totally unexpected and fantastic stuff. https://t.co/OYluMuH1uO
Microsoft is just tossing heavyweight stuff around. The earbuds seem silly (powerpoint slide gestures?) but everything else looks so solid.
Oh hey Adobe Fresco coming to windows. Figured it would at some point, but it’s been iPad-only so far
I don’t care what it’s actually called, that’s Courier
This is the computer I’ve been waiting for all decade https://t.co/EOMJF5GULw
So I’ll be getting a new computer in 12 months
Hello gorgeous. https://t.co/clz2OpQ30o
Shit, there’ more??
Oh fuck, Windows Phone lives. Someone check on Sawyer.

Am I going to buy a Windows Phone in the 2020s https://t.co/DhSuz9ZMH2
They’re literally feeding us a Windows Phone in 2019 fuck https://t.co/6Z2UevuTdh
I went from “Do I need a computer” to “What kind of new computer fits me specifically” very fast this morning. https://t.co/pti6ABn1yG
One more cool thing from today. The embargo on impressions articles and videos seemed to lift the second the event ended. So there’s all this press to go along with it. Slick.

I’m guessing there won’t be a Surface Go 2
This was the hardware keynote of the year.

October 3, 2019

I recommend this podcast - [Microsoft’s Panos Panay unfolds the Surface Duo](https://overcast.fm/+QN1ocr07g

Ezra Furman is my favorite singer https://t.co/xPfbRLxAQl

I went to Therapy .

October 4, 2019

My Wordperfect files from college agree with this. https://t.co/fXyWGDciRi

I added One-year plus magazine subscription | Monocle to my wishlist I read What Do Guys Keep in Their Backpacks?.

I read ‘Grindstone’ Is a Perfect Puzzler to Showcase Apple Arcade’s Promise.

I went to The Rocky Horror Show with my friend Chris Tsujiuchi playing the lead :)

October 6, 2019

I read ‘Mallory Is Not Gone’: Daniel Mallory Ortberg on Coming Out As Trans.

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Published on October 05, 2019 21:00

Fran’s Not Here 41 - 10th Anniversary

Listen to or download episode 41

Recorded live at the Free Times Cafe on September 11, 2019.

I don’t see enough of your asses on Instagram or whatever

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Published on September 29, 2019 21:00

Logbook, September 23-29, 2019

##September 23, 2019

I recommend this podcast - Ends of Evangelion.

People who own a Nintendo switch: have you ever broken off a joycon and handed it to another person in a public place?

At JFL42, I saw Ron Funches.

September 24, 2019

I can’t buy Links Awakening until I finish Chrono Trigger, he said in 1995 and 2019.

There’s a setting in the new iPhone software that makes it so calls outside your contact list simply don’t ring. It’s brilliant. It stopped robots from bothering me this many times in just the past few days. https://t.co/Fc3SWKaUPn

At JFL42, I saw Michelle Wolf and Byron Bowers.

September 25, 2019

I read Math Work, Do Some Guys Really ‘Run Hot’?, The Triumph of the Walled Garden, “You Don’t Drink Scotch”: An Appreciation of ‘Scrubs’ and the Inimitable Dr. Cox, When Getting Tied in Knots Becomes Therapeutic, and The “Cancel Culture” Con.

I watched Of Course You’ve Messed Up and loved it.

September 26, 2019

At JFL42, I saw Ricky Valez.

I went to Huy Lam’s solo exhibition, Confluence. Such great stuff.

September 27, 2019

Hey I’m feeling tired and cranky let’s spend time on the tweeting website.

I bought a video game: Theatrerythm Final Fantsasy: Curtain Call

The aquarium gave up on Octoberfest music and has just been playing Fatboy Slim A-sides for the last 30 minutes.

September 28, 2019

What a brave boy #linksawakening #amiibo #zelda https://t.co/K71uwBxiuq https://t.co/9uNDRuby57

I watched Parasite Eve The Cinematic RPG.

September 29, 2019

I read The Seething Stand-Up Underground That Gave Rise to Shane Gillis, ‘The Good Place’ Season 4 Will Quietly Cure Your Political Fatigue, Lift Weight, Not Too Much, Most of the Days, Going Up, and We’ve Reached Peak Wellness. Most of It Is Nonsense.

Fran’s Not Here 41 - 10th Anniversary https://t.co/VVDXMkK3Kh

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Published on September 28, 2019 21:00

Logbook, September 16-22, 2019

September 16, 2019

Apple Arcade thoughts:

Huh. Apparently I can try Apple Arcade already.

First thought: why would you launch with this many games? This is too many games. Second thought: these games look like free iOS games.

I’m sure there’s something here that makes them better, but it sure isn’t in the descriptions and screenshots.

What’s worse, the screenshots and descriptions look like rip offs. This game looks like it’s trying to be the cards from Slay the Spire with the hair from The Witcher 3. https://t.co/hTIlzcUuAC

Like, we get it. You like Breath of the Wild. https://t.co/i9r8kFNbZf

I was going to knock this one for looking too much like Bravely Default but it’s actually by square so I guess that’s fine. https://t.co/C7nDhjBB4a tweet of the decade. https://t.co/3G9EeL2yu9

I am honestly surprised that Sonic 2 isn’t an Apple Arcade game.

I am less surprised that Square Enix’s game is taking 15 years to download.

I bought a video game: Assemble

still got it. #SNES #NintendoSwitch https://t.co/CDFu2tct9w

September 17, 2019

Screams in Kenneth Parcel https://t.co/nROLHAnTkJ. I love Peacock as a name.

I went to Therapy.

September 18, 2019

I recommend this podcast - Randall Munroe, the genius behind XKCD,

Cura, September 16, 2019 https://t.co/2ztCJ7ArQJ

I read Double Dragon’s perpetual damsel isn’t taking any shit in the new River City game.

I read watchOS 6: The BirchTree Review.

September 19, 2019

JFL42 - I went to Todd Barry.

I read Travel Adventures Through Other People’s Instagram Stories.

September 20, 2019

The internet got ruined when we all started using our real names. The only people I still enjoy on social media are all queer nerds going by Pokemon handles. Legit my first email was “Raichu” with a number and I should have just stuck with it.

I read Justin Trudeau Has Never Been The Progressive Darling You Thought He Was.

JFL42 - I went to Nicole Byer.

September 21, 2019

I read What Is the Right Amount of Time to Spend on Your Phone?.

JFL42 - I went to Esther Povitsky.

Mosley loves gifts https://t.co/jos5q9jjfy https://t.co/LCPJxh2e6V

I read Microsoft: We want you to learn Python programming language for free.

JFL42 - I went to John Mulaney & Pete Davidson.

I watched Japanese City Pop and the Rise of Future Funk.

September 22, 2019

I read Chris Tsujiuchi on redefining Frank ‘N’ Furter as transcendent.

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Published on September 22, 2019 21:00

Cura, September 16, 2019

Note: The playlist embedded above will always be the most recent playlist and might not match the list below.

Cura is my Spotify mixtape. You can listen to it and subscribe here. I keep it as one playlist so it’s easy to subscribe to. I update it fairly frequently, but I also keep an archive playlist so you don’t have to miss a thing.

I hope you like it. I made it for you.

Here’s the track listing for this week:

Move On Up By Curtis Mayfield
Staggolee By Pacific Gas & Electric
(I Know) I’m Losing You - Single Version By Rare Earth
Mama Told Me (Not To Come) - Single Version By Three Dog Night
It’s A Shame By The Spinners
I’m Ready By Humble Pie
Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) By John Lennon, The Plastic Ono Band, Yoko Ono
War Pigs / Luke’s Wall - 2014 Remaster By Black Sabbath
Mississippi Queen By Mountain
House Of The Rising Sun By Frijid Pink
Immigrant Song - Remaster By Led Zeppelin

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Published on September 15, 2019 21:00

Logbook, September 9-15, 2019

September 9, 2019

I watched My Aftercare Routine & Essentials.

Logbook, September 2-8, 2019 https://t.co/sJFmOOzENz

I recommend this podcast - Ep.293 - Bruce McCulloch, CANADALAND

Thirty Helens agree that The Kids in the Hall was a watershed moment not just for Canadian comedy, but for comedy as we know it. Comedian Bruce McCulloch talks about the legacy of Canada’s weirdest sketch show, Lorne Michaels, and the CBC.

I read AI Is Coming for Your Favorite Menial Tasks.

I read Upcoming Album of the Week (Ending September 7, 2019).

I read Apparently No-One Wants to Live in Rural Lesbian Utopias Anymore : What the Hell is Going on With Brexit?! : Vaping Is Causing Lung-Related Illnesses.

I read Kill Your Childhood Idols: Why Nostalgia Sucks.

I recommend you read A Good Place: Every Noise at Once does its darnedest to create order out of chaos.

I recommend you read furialog.

September 10, 2019

My tweets from the #AppleEvent:

When are these games coming to Switch though? #porteverythingtoswitch #AppleEvent
Lots of ladies on stage at the #appleevent today :)
I have a 1 Hz. Refresh rate after lunch. #AppleEvent
Is that Michael Cera doing the voiceover for the Apple Watch video? #AppleEvent
So many ways they could have gone with purple. I’m glad they went more lavender than joker. #appleevent
“Seeing a game like this in the palm of your hand” means a tad less when the Switch has been out for 2 years #AppleEvent
This video of unprotected iPhones infinitely falling is seriously anxiety-inducing #AppleEvent
That’s a lot of computer for playing frogger #AppleEvent
It’s sorta fun when Apple hands their new toys to professionals, but it’d be way more fun if they contrasted it by giving it to someone who had literally never used a video camera before. #AppleEvent
They’re not going to close the show with Apple retail are they? #AppleEvent.
Is the iPhone 11 going to be the next Smash fighter?

September 11, 2019

Come to the Free Times Cafe in Toronto around 6pm tonight for a live performance of Fran’s Not Here! Who knows which ludicrously-famous celebrities may show up? #tiff #dontcomehere #toronto #tomhanks #guysitwontbetomhanks #butmaybe #nodontgivethemhope

Fran’s Not Here 40 - The Toronto Goodbye https://t.co/5aYqgdPwsF

September 13, 2019

I read [Blogroll keepers #2, (https://ift.tt/2Ne5ckN) Hustlers (2019),m and Lesser Known Love Languages.

September 13, 2019

I recommend this podcast - Regional Knife Law.

I read The Yorkville Swindler: How Albert Allan Rosenberg scammed his way into high society.

I read Sprawling out.

September 14, 2019

Do half a thing, open twitter tab, not knowing why, ever.

I watched REJECTED by DON HERTZFELDT (Blu-ray restoration).

I watched Master Z: Ip Man Legacy, 2018 - ★★★.

September 15, 2019