What I'm Working On (March 2026)

  What I'm Working On

I told myself I wasn't going to do these anymore... But...

It seems like every time I make a "what I'm working on" blog, I end up changing what I'm working on and not working on what I said at all. I hate that.

But since everything has been generally consistent for the last few months I think it's actually safe to talk about it.

The Ignorance of "It's Just a..."

 The Ignorance of "It's Just a..."

You ever reached a point so low that it felt like you had reached the bedrock?

I have. More than once. That hollow moment when the stone you’ve been pushing—the weight, the guilt, the expectation, the dream—slips from your hands and thunders back down the slope. You stand there watching it roll, knowing exactly what it means. Knowing you have to walk back down. Knowing you have to press your shoulder to it again. 

How AKIRA Reshaped Western Cinema and Me

 How AKIRA Reshaped Western Cinema and Me

If you were an 80's or 90's kid with a love for anime, you probably remember Akira...

I do.

But I remember it all.

I was a late-’80s baby, which meant I came up in that narrow window where anime existed—but only barely, and never where it was supposed to. Back then it wasn’t “anime.” It was that weird cartoon from Japan. The thing you got side-eyed for. The thing you learned, very early, not to bring up unless you were prepared to defend yourself or be laughed out of the room.