Magic castling

Am in L.A.
Scored invitation to the Magic Castle via random magician met in a movie theater.
Went last night.
Food terrible, otherwise totally totally rad.

Reader of depressing blogs

Writer Tao Lin on Japan:

I like Japan. I don’t remember when I first felt that I liked Japan. Maybe when I first played Nintendo. Japan is maybe “by far” my favorite country. Japan seems to have a long life expectancy, a low obesity rate, and a social phenomenon that seems related to things I like to read or write about such as loneliness, depression, boredom, confusion, social anxiety, and meaninglessness.

Can’t seem to decide whether I “like” or “hate” this guy.
It’s kind of unsettling how much he creepily and accurately represents my rather privileged-yet-unfulfilled-due-to-illusions-of-entitlement-and-grandeur generation of young folk.

Round is never hip

It’s Hip to Be Round (via New York Times)
THIS summer the unvarying male uniform in the precincts of Brooklyn cool has been a pair of shorts cut at knickers length, a V-neck Hanes T-shirt, a pair of generic slip-on sneakers and a straw fedora. Add a leather cuff bracelet if the coolster is gay.

In truth this get-up was pretty much the unvarying male uniform last summer also, but this year an unexpected element has been added to the look, and that is a burgeoning potbelly one might term the Ralph Kramden[...]

NO. STOP. Pouches will never be cool.

I made some penguins

They are of the Gentoo species. I drew them from life. That was a lie, they’re drawn from pictures found on Google Image Search.