I dropped acid and watched this movie (while hungover too, generally bad ideas) and came up with a thesis for an essay that the monster was the creeping influence of neoliberalism. This was in the same trip where I was reading Graeber's Debt. I peaked around the time Graeber was talking about free market principles in the 9th Century Islamic empire in the Indian Ocean.

Looking back, not a super strong case was made. Not nothing, and Carpenter's Halloween and They Live speak a lot about American modernity. Maybe I'll give it a shot

I try to always say, “I don’t know what it is, but it’s weird and pissed off,” when people ask me to identify something.

Ten'Soon (Scadrial 4th Age, dir. Sazed Terrisman)

lmao flawless

Why does the sofa on the right seem like it's superimposed in, but not the dog that I know had to be? 🤔