Warning: This post contains (very minor) spoilers for the book, and soon to be movie of Ready Player One. Aside from the obvious, the OASIS, there isn't really that much that is great about the world of Ready Player One. In fact the world kind of sucks. Rampant poverty, unemployment, the energy crisis, major climate… Continue reading Why Ready Player One is my Favorite Fantasy World
My dad and I play mini golf at least once a year, and we play in a very specific way. Play every hole over until you get a hole in one. One does not need a score card in Kodas Mini Golf, because you will always get a hole in one. Eventually. To play like… Continue reading Mini Golf like a Kodas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6vEqhOh8E0 I am absolutely floored by the new trailer for Ready Player One. I was already excited for this movie before seeing this trailer. Now I am not only excited for the entertainment value, but the cultural significance of this movie. This movie is going to be extremely fucking relevant to the people of my… Continue reading Ready Player One, a Call to Arms
I have had to wake up in the mornings with no assistance since middle school. I am very well acquainted with the snooze button and having my REM cycle interrupted. But after years of practice getting up in the morning is relatively easy for me now. Below I share the tricks that have worked for… Continue reading How I Wake Up in the Morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvr68u6k5sI Kersti Rating: 10/10 Worth Seeing In Theaters: Most definitely yes. The movie is amazing and beautiful and deserving of a 10/10 regardless of visuals, but the visuals are pretty darn stunning. MVP: I cannot recommend this movie enough. I have not enjoyed an animated film this much since Song of the Sea or Finding Nemo.… Continue reading Coco Recommendation
A while ago I listened to an Invisibilia podcast that spoke about a remote tribe who experiences an emotion that has no translation. An emotion new to us outside this tribe. It is called liget, and it can best be described as a feeling of 'high voltage'. To this tribe, this emotion was an integral part of… Continue reading The Emotion of Liget
Alternately "How to Be Polite when Using a Trashcan" I am not writing this because I think I am any better than anyone else in terms of Trashcan etiquette. I violate the below guidelines as often as anyone. They are simply my thoughts on what a Trashcan etiquette should be. This etiquette applies to the… Continue reading Trashcan Etiquette
All airplanes became smoke free by the end of the 1990s. It has been 27 years since then. There are people nearly 30 years old who never even lived in a world where smoking was allowed on airplanes. I am 27 years old. I have been flying since I was 4, and I have never,… Continue reading The ‘No Smoking’ Sign
I recently encountered a situation where I would have expected that an 'Action' game and an 'Adventure' game would be distinct categories, with their differences recognized and well known. Sadly these terms have become so often misused, or worse used interchangeably, that the two terms seem to mean the same thing. The distinction of these… Continue reading The Difference Between Action and Adventure
An exercise in verbalizing a facet of my personal philosophy. Originally written April 14th, 2015. An ongoing quest in my life is to find out what I believe in. It’s not a quest with any end-goal, I’ll never ‘figure it out’, but the attempt makes me feel closer to myself and helps me learn why… Continue reading How I Believe
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