Hal , he/him, adult ; library/GLAMS professional, film photographer, habitual web developer, naturalist, museum anthropologist. Queer, transgender. 𝄞𝄞𝄞

Look Upon My Links, Ye Mighty, And Despair : My Tumblr, Personal Blog, Personal Website

• Favorites : Indie rock, CDs and DVDs, medieval studies, sweet & salty dishes, Thai cuisine, strong cold brew, text-based RPGs, experimental fiction, bean burritos, the cold & the rain, ornamentation, early mornings, shorebirds, annelids, cute anime girls, computing, brutalism, purpose-oriented architecture.
• Miscellaneous Interests : Body modification, nuclear waste disposal, cosmic indie, trading figurines, convention culture of the 1990's and 2000's, obscure anime, birding and herping, obscure musical subgenres, lagomorphs, animatronics, theme park history, gimmick bands.

2/6/2026:

• The Breeders , "Last Splash"
• Sugarcult , "Start Static"
• Black Lab , "Your Body Above Me"
• Tegan and Sara , "The Con"
• The Postal Service , "We Will Become Silhouettes"
• Harvey Danger , "Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?"
• Death Cab for Cutie , "Transatlanticism"
• Beck , "Mutations" (German release)

2/9/2026:

• Massive Attack , "Mezzanine"

2/10/2026:

• Grouplove , "Never Trust a Happy Song"
• The Cramps , "Look Mom, No Head!"
• Hot Hot Heat , "Elevator" (Promotional copy!)

2/20/2026:

• Hot Hot Heat , "Knock Knock Knock"
• Rilo Kiley , "More Adventurous"

Anime:

• Those Who Hunt Elves
• Rozen Maiden (Complete Collection)
• Steel Angel Kurumi

• Reading : Diaspora , Greg Egan

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• Up Next : TBA

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Favorite animals:

• Gelada baboon
• Ruffed lemur
• Silky anteater
• Black-and-white colobus
• Black-tailed jackrabbit
• Orca
• Japanese serow

Favorite colors:

• #D6F527 (chartreuse)
• #FF005D (reddish magenta
• #FFAE00 (yellow-hued orange)

Favorite foods:

• Thai sweet and sour chicken
• Crab salad
• Cashews
• Parmesan with fruit spread

Current favorite albums/albums on repeat:

• Driftless Pony Club , "Buckminster"
• The Apples in Stereo , "#1 Hits Explosion"
• Queens of the Stone Age , "Songs for the Deaf"

A current favorite song: Abnormal Heat by Iyowa ft. Adachi Rei

Comics I've been enjoying:

• Runaway to the Stars by Jay Eaton
• Skin Deep by Kory Bing

Cool sites:

• World Dream Bank: Planetocopia

• Motion City Soundtrack , "I Am the Movie"
• Motion City Soundtrack , "Commit This to Memory"
• Say Anything , "Is a Real Boy"
• LCD Soundsystem , "This is Happening"
• The Brobecks , "Violent Things"
• Otoboke Beaver , "Itekoma Hits"
• Driftless Pony Club , "Buckminster"