Do you ever just do hyperfocus induced time jumps?
When did it get to 3:30 am?!?
Last thought at 11 pm was: "I'm just gonna do the sketch for this painting on the canvas"
Aaaaand 4h later 50% of the painting is basically done...and I didn't even feel like painting. I intended to work on a cosplay project after getting that sketch done...

You thought Disney buying Fox was bad? The fact that Netflix is now big and rich enough to buy Warner Bros. signals the death of movie theaters. Some of you might see this as a good thing, but this potentially spells the destruction of movies as we know them.

The thing about streaming media is it actually affects your perception of media. Think about why people still collect vinyl records. Yes, you could just stream something on Spotify, but it's not the same experience. You go from, "I'm gonna consciously pick out a record from my shelf and put it on and listen to some music" to "Let's just put on some randomized playlist for background noise."

It's the same thing with movies. It's a lot cheaper and more convenient to stream something than it is to go to the theater, but when you do that, you go from, "I'm gonna plan my day around seeing this movie, and I'm gonna sit there with my popcorn and watch it, and it's gonna be an event" to "Eh, let's just pick something on Netflix to kill a couple hours. We can read tweets at the same time." The convenience trivializes it, makes you less likely to pay attention, and less likely to remember the experience. When the movie ends, instead of reflecting on it and analyzing it, you just say, "Okay, that's over. Onto the next thing."

And this doesn't just affect how you watch a movie, it affects how movies are actually made. Companies like Netflix know you're only half paying attention when you stream a movie, and just putting on movies in the background while you do something else. That's why they dumb down movies on purpose (and that's not a conspiracy theory, there are leaked memos confirming this). They make dialog blunt and obvious, and they make the cinematography lazy, and their movies increasingly look the same because the color grading is optimized for viewing on tiny screens. And as streaming dominates, the dumbing down of our entertainment will only get worse.

Things have been...well...just insane. I've had a lot of appointments and am taking care of my mental health,going gluten free witch is incredibly difficult. My Bandcamp will be active again soon,I'm still playing guitar and bass working on new things as I type. Still making my photography as well. Got this concert coming up,fellow redhead ginger warrior friend of mine will hopefully be meeting me at the venue,going to be heavy !

This album is pure genius. Every time I play this for someone they flip the fuck out. https://youtu.be/AGnwrEuPpGs?si=1E3vEKEuSsNSAsv-

Elphaba: Wicked Two
Had a great night at the B&B Theater Ritz 8 while at the premiere of Wicked Forever. I was greeted by a welcoming staff who also took their pictures with me for their supervisor to see, who was quite impressed with the pictures taken. The movie was just as good as the last one I had seen at the Marcus Theater in Lake Ozark. I highly recommend this movie, along with seeing the first one, if you can see a double feature at this time. I had done some additional upgrades to the costume since last year. I look forward to doing more of it in the future, as I have always done with my costumes in the past. For now, this will be my last crossplay for the year. I have much work to do in such a short time, and then I'll rest for a while.

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#creepycosplay #clowncore #emo #gothchick #pastelgoth
https://youtube.com/shorts/UvaNE9e_uJk?feature=share

Finally saw them live 96 Lallapalooza. Played a 10 song set that lasted 15 minutes. Welcome to the world of Old School Punk!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=268C3N2dDYk

#Ronaldo #WhiteHouse #SaudiArabia #USA #Portugal #WorldCup
#Trump:'They told me #Messi is a better #football player than you...'

#RebeccaHeineman #Heineman #videogames #Videogame #programmer
Sad news...
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/interplay-co-founder-rebecca-heineman-dies-133000414.html

Screenshots of a game I got recently, called "Crow Country." Very excited to continue playing it, and uncover the mystery.

Also got some moon photos.