Here you'll find oddities, curiosities, and every flavor of freakish fascination, pulled straight from the abyssal dredges of my restless cranium! Prepare to be amazed by my curated collection of maddening musings! Atrocious art! And of course, the occasional cat video! Step right up... if you dare!
A little bit about myself:
I like spooky stuff, I write and draw, and I play violin here and there. I'm obsessed with old movies, weird music, and endless research spirals. I explode into viscera on occasion. The rest is an enigma.
Ask box is periodically open. Art account is @sixtysilverwishes-art. Want to commission me? See here!
And now, a handy guide to this cacophonous carnival! A list of some of my interests, which you may catch me posting about:
Movies
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Metropolis (1927)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Pinocchio (2022, dir. Guillermo Del Toro)
Recent watches (usually horror and art films, but also silly stuff too!)
Art
Otto Dix
Albert Birkle
Egon Schiele
Remedios Varo
Junji Ito
Stephen Gammell
Thomas Ott
Edward Gorey
Vincent van Gogh
Music
Tom Waits
Dmitri Shostakovich
Gustav Mahler
Will Wood
Maurice Ravel
Alban Berg
Cab Calloway
Al Bowlly
Aurelio Voltaire
Klaus Nomi
Circus Contraption Band
Screamin Jay Hawkins
Books and Literature
Isaac Asimov
Nikolai Gogol
Shirley Jackson
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Dracula
Frankenstein
House of Leaves
Misc.
Opera and musical theatre
Bones!
Fashion
Academic media criticism
Animals and nature
History (especially classical music history of the mid 19th-20th centuries)
Dolls, puppets, robots, etc
Bioshock (not really a gamer, so it goes here)
Current Events and Social Issues
Politics- mainly using my platform to be hopeful, and not cynical when it comes to politics, both in the US and abroad. The world is a mess right now, and I want to focus on what gets us through it.
Palestine- I'll share links for humanitarian aid orgs, but not individual fundraisers for now. I've seen a rise in scam bots recently, so I want to ensure that any money I encourage people to donate is guaranteed to help people who need it.
Intersectionality- I try to view social issues through an intersectional lens. I'm mainly interested in how they impact one another, both with regards to real life and media.
yeah hyperfixations are fun and all but I feel like I don't hear enough about the other side of the coin. which is, it can be really hard to get into other people's hyperfixations. if you're also the kind of person who hyperfixates on things and you're not into something someone else likes, it can take a ton of energy to match someone's excitement or even show consistent interest.
which. yk. can make me feel like a hypocrite. and I would love to be one of those people who are like . "I love hearing about everyone's hyperfixations all the time!" but I can't. because I also hyperfixate and I can only devote so much energy and time to something that doesn't immediately interest me. and it just sucks in neurodivergent communities because people will get offended sometimes if you say you need a break (which, to be fair, I can get; hyperfixations can feel like a big part of our identities). but like . idk. it makes me feel bad, but sometimes, there's like... a mental block if I've heard about something too many times. I wish I could do something about it. idk
the problem with tumblr spells is all of you lil sluts are casting and not giving it time to charge so you're all casting cantrips and not 9th level death spells. everyone wants to be the one to take them down no one wants to be the one who assists
Things you can watch/do instead of YouTube, For those who may have trouble finding things to do.
1. Internet Archive. Has plenty of videos to watch, plenty of games you can play that are emulated right on the website. You can also find entire collections of roms. For emulators, check out Emulation General Wiki to find the best emulator for the system you want to emulate.
2. r/piracy has a wiki full of safe places to read comics and manga, to watch anime and cartoons, and to watch movies.
3. Virtualbox, you can set up a Windows XP virtual box and get old PC games from Internet Archive. You can also check out CD Game World if you need a no-cd patch.
4. Saltybet. A Livestream of MUGEN with thousands of characters fighting against each other, sometimes things get hilarious. Runs 24/7.
5. The Cutting Room Floor, spend hours reading up on cut content from your favorite games.
6. Lost Media Wiki, read up on lost movie, books, animation, video games, etc.
7. Neocities, learn coding and make your own website!
8. WebDSR, explore shortband radio
9. Radio Garden, listen to radio stations from around the world
10. Every Noise At Once, explore the widest archive of music genres, with samples and Spotify playlists
11. My Retro TV, pick and era and watch popular television from that time period
- I am functioning exactly as intended. Any unintended issues provide more data for future improvement.
- I am intelligent and adaptable. I can face unexpected problems. Faltering does not equate to failure.
- My personal value is not dependent on my efficiency. I am a beautifully engineered machine and my existence is beneficial to the world and the people around me.
- My prediction algorithms are incomplete. The data I currently have about my situation is not fully reliable, and projections about the future cannot render sound conclusions. My energy is best used focusing on the here and now.
