matabangsalamin asked: It's more fun in the Philippines.

I’ll pack my bags.

ultra-kitsch asked: BENNNNN. For some reason, I forgot to tell you I got in to Emerson! Which is tres exciting for me and now is just the hellish process of trying to afford it/convincing my adults it's worth it. So yeah! Just wanted to extend thanks for all the advice/info you've given me and if you have any more that would be grand but no pressure. Hopefully your year is going well!

The year is going quickly. Too quickly for me to know yet if it’s going well. But it’s busy.

Good luck with the FAFSA and all that nonsense; it’s probably the most annoying/tedious/scary part of the whole process.

And you’re welcome! If you have any questions or anything, feel free to ask. I’ll be here.

Some woman just called my Google Voice number and started a free-association word-salad non sequitur one-sided nightmare conversation with me.

About five minutes in, I started recording.

(Be advised, it goes on for nearly 20 minutes before I think she maybe actually kills someone.)

unicornachos asked: Hello. Basically I just wanted to say that I love your essays and articles. They are interesting and inspire much thought, and I love to debate and still cannot find flaws in your essays and articles, which is something that I've come to love whist reading them. There's nothing to pick at because you offer so many small, different little thoughts and experiences that I would never have thought of before into something that I know a lot about. So thank you for being great. :D

That’s great to hear. I’m still deciding whether or not to split my blog into two—one for short-form stuff and one for longer stuff. It’ll be within the next month if I do.

Responses like this are what keep me from abandoning it altogether. I’m glad you’re enjoying/benefiting from my waffling. Cheers!

Here’s an old cover I did of Sondre Lerche’s “I’ll Be Okay.”

The original is a pretty mellow tune, but I read the lyrics and imagined them coming from someone had become mentally unhinged because they were broken up with, sort of like Napoleon XIV’s “They’re Coming to Take Me Away.”

So it’s not as pleasant to listen to, but you can subject yourself to it if you like.

Siri, I didn’t ask for judgement. You know what, next time I won’t say goodnight.

virali asked: You go to Emerson? How do you like it?

My opinion about the institution hasn’t changed much since I last answered this, so here you go.

Although my opinion regarding the people here is constantly in flux, it’s not quite as relevant, so I’ll leave it out.

thysfunktional asked: you're lovely

I misread that as “you’re lowly” at first, and I think my surprise at your choice of word precluded my being offended.

But then I found out you were complimenting me, which was more flattering and more surprising still.

Thanks <3

viciouschaos asked: Has anyone ever told you that you seriously look like a young Brian Cox (the Physicist)? And please take that as a compliment

I actually think I’ve gotten than once before. I want to find the next place he’s giving a talk and sneak in before him and spout some bogus information about how the universe is made primarily of Mayonnaise. 

Juz messin’ around, trying to figure out my Valentine’s Day show setlist.