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The writer’s job is the job of a clown (2025-21 weekly post)

a weekly flash! its more likely than possible. a fly (quite large) is trapped between my screen and my windowpane. we are six floors up. i have typed, as well, The Girl; i have attempted some self-translation

will the ants return? yes! with a retooling

have i read much? yes! of course

let’s take a moment to adore Ducks, Newburryport. thank you

let’s take a moment to fall into the beautiful mid-point of new movie Sinners

2025-20 weekly post

one tires of the weekly blog post; one wants to write new ways; one has returned finally to both revision and translation, of The Girl and Meet Me In A Dream; one wishes to write a Short a Week, fool of productivity; one has health issues, doctors appointsments; one will be published soon, more info coming; one reads Garielle Lutz, the best of the literary; one struggles to sleep; one reads Thomas Bernhard; is ones reading gone morose?; and Hunter X Hunter; of Montreal; watch Eurovision; plays rpgs; have you ever eaten fish so good it keeps you up all night?; one’s stomach fails one; one is making WordPress blocks

2025-19 weekly post

hello everyone. i live in brooklyn new york city. i have two cats who are kindly. this is a couple things i did this week here

Writing

  • looked at submission spots
  • tried to translate myself
  • token revisions

Other projects

did a game jam flat game, real fun; post soon

Books

jhumpa lahiri translations book! balzac! herman melville! also, lamer, a Monk the tv show novel

Other

some movies from the 1990s

2025-18 weekly post

moving is an endless endeavor. i am still in the process. i have little access to the stove within my kitchen

Writing

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah i didnt

Other projects

see above

Books

reading some balzac again. he is my comfort writer. i cannot deny it.

additionally: gave up on The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, the least of the famous living Yokos. i have a lot of thoughts on its totalitarian fantasy kitsch within The Present Day i’d like to sketch out, ifn i find time

Other

adrianne lenker live album: one of the best to’ve done it; one piece is back; SaGa Frontier II, or as S— calls it, Salsa Frontier (look at title screen)

2025-16 and 17 weekly post

missed a week unpacking, so we’ve got a fascinating double week today!!

Writing

revisions and submissions, both good uses of sparse time

Other projects

sorta messed with a golden idol webgame, mostly moved things out of boxes into closets and shelves

Books

finally got some books out, also doing audiobooks. of note: loved Duma Key and Between the World and Me; reading (thank god) Herman Melville; bought a copy of the complete Garielle Lutz

Other

still:

  • podcasts, while moving.

also:

  • saw LAKE live
  • The Rehearsal episode 2, best ever