Friends
Yes, still. It's comfort food for the brain. Don't @ me.
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A small, slightly unhinged tour of what I'm currently obsessed with, shows, manga, board games, books that won't leave my head, and at least one snack combination that probably shouldn't exist.
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Currently obsessed
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Berserk
Kentaro Miura's magnum opus and also the reason I have trust issues with authors. If you know, you know. If you don't, read it immediately and ruin your week.
Mad Men
Don Draper made lying look like an art form and drinking before noon look like creative direction. The pitch scenes are sharper than the suits, and the suits are immaculate.
Vinland Saga
Started as a Viking revenge story, became a meditation on the meaning of a life well-lived. Nobody warned me. I'm still processing.
Magic: The Gathering
I spend real money on cardboard rectangles and I have made peace with this.
Catan
The fastest way to find out who your real friends are. I've seen relationships tested. I regret nothing.
Games I keep coming back to
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YakuzaFinal FantasyMetal Gear SolidKingdom HeartsJak & DaxterMortal KombatClair Obscur
Wildly different games, one common thread: all of them made me feel things I wasn't prepared for. MGS rewired my brain at an impressionable age and I'm choosing to see that as a positive. Kingdom Hearts has no business hitting as hard as it does emotionally and yet. Clair Obscur is the newest addition to the list and already causing damage.
Guilty pleasure
Nutella. With chips.
I know. I've thought about it. I stand by it.
Places that shaped me
Stampsinthepassport.
Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan
Spent time doing it properly: Senso-ji at dawn before the crowds, TeamLab Planets, Arashiyama bamboo grove, the deer at Nara who have zero respect for personal boundaries. Ate ramen at midnight in a place with six seats. Understood immediately why people never shut up about Japan. They're right.
The rest of the map so far
Each one left something behind.
GermanyAustriaItalyMaltaRomaniaCyprus
More incoming. The list is nowhere near done.
Books that live rent-free in my head
Highlyrecommended.Mildlydangerous.
The Red Book
Carl Jung spent years painting and writing his way through a psychological breakdown and produced one of the most visually and intellectually overwhelming books ever made. Casual bedtime reading it is not. Highly recommend.
Influence
Robert Cialdini's six principles that explain why humans make the decisions they make. Equal parts fascinating and mildly terrifying once you start seeing them everywhere. You've been warned.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams. The answer is 42. The question doesn't matter. Neither does anything else, really, and somehow that's comforting.