West

General

Listening to stories and video essays get me through my unsociable hours like a dream. I love minding my own business just as much as I love telling stories. | Cryptids and monsters are a special interest of mine, taking up the walls of my cranium condo. | I adore making art in too many ways, programming included. I will be part of the world or die trying. I yearn to see and be seen. I try not to let it rot me away like it used to.

Music

Anything from 80's rock/pop to Alt to Outsider and I may just be there. | currently have Mitski and Porter Robinson looping in my head.

Movies

I've watched clue at least 50 times and I won't hesitate to watch it again. | Documentary and unique editing techniques have been growing on me. Anything to see how someone dares to use a camera and their head | Shaun of the dead - Man with a Movie Camera - Shermans March: A meditation on the possibility of romantic love in the South during an era of nuclear weapons proliferation

Television

I think the last thing I watched was Arcane. Always open to new recs | Lost (specifically the first half of the show) - Seinfeld - Park and Rec - Happy Days - Cheers | Also enjoy internet history docs on YouTube

Books

Any given film textbook I swear it. Tell me how to love my work and work in a way I'll love. | cranking through Brandon Sanderson’s books—reading Wind and Truth

Heroes

The people who make tutorials and video essays on YouTube because bless my soul they keep me going. Also whatever the hell Ross McElwee is on tbh.

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