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Not every day you find a newspaper from 1984 on the ground
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Not every day you find a newspaper from 1984 on the ground
msd's home for art, music, photos and cats
...ok in hindsight that name didn't work, that's on me
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
everything is cats, you see
A job that requires zero cats, and yet
Moon's Haunted.
One subject, three lenses - camera focus adventures - we got it all
This one should be more fun than yesterday's Blaugust post (Cat photo unrelated)
My physical copy of Armour Astir Advent arrived and it does NOT disappoint
Thankfully no dogs this time to force her to rethink her entire worldview
He was more than a cat. He was an institution.
I thought this was poison ivy because I'm a west coast idiot at heart
And some more fun with sliders
Getting ready to run my first Tales from the Loop game
let her have this, ok
When the forecast gets it wrong (complimentary) and you get some snow gifs
Happy Smokescreen Chip Day To All Whom Celebrate
Notes from the Director of the Salvage Insurance Bureau
Notes from the Director of the Salvage Insurance Bureau
One subject, three lenses
Dude have I mentioned how much I love doing dishes now
It's actually pretty solid but there's an annoying trope early on that took me out of it (spoilers)
(with a Possum crossover)
Yoko Kanno - Moon dot mp3
They put stickers?? on my food??
I hope you're all happy with yourselves
It's the little things I guess
(To the wall??)
This one was slightly less angry at me
Notes from the Director of the Salvage Insurance Bureau
Today was a goddamn roller coaster of good and bad things
Comitting to sharing other's blog posts on my blog to further encourage the blogging ourorborus
Advice from the Helpful Hawk
Don't wanna feel awful but at least I have pretty things to look at
Case notes from the Salvage Insurance Bureau
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
worth it, tbh
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
One subject, three lenses
Adventures in a search term feedback loop inventing a whole new character with their own backstory and motivations
The true sign of the year's end
It's going to be a goddamn albatross or something I just know it
open for a surprise, etc
You like bird photos, I apparently like taking bird photos - we're a good team
That time a random song about giving up on New Year's Resolutions lead to committing to a year-long project
Finding joy in the little things
Notes from the Director of the Salvage Insurance Bureau
Sometimes you see a headline that's pure art
MSD's Camera Focus Adventures
A long road from National Geographic mobile game to the beast it's become
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
But first, here's my contribution - I named my acoustic guitar Vivi because of a black mage sticker I put it on it when I first got it
Notes from the Director of the Salvage Insurance Bureau
I haven't had this much fun with a game's demo in YEARS
8/2 at 5pm Eastern - Music from Petriform, Monochrome, Curious Quail and more!
wait isn’t it always portfolio day??
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Enough is enough, man
There's 'inspired by'...and then there's whatever this is
Notes from the Director of the Salvage Insurance Bureau
Advice from the Helpful Hawk
YEA. A BIRD. FIGHTING A SNAKE. IT'S A ROBIN AND SOME KIND OF SMALL SNAKE. IT'S LIKE THE GODDAMN FLAG OF MEXICO OUT THERE.
Notes from the Director of the Salvage Insurance Bureau
or: How I learned to give into Early Access and Enjoy The Process™
open for a surprise, etc
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Toski getting bold
Advice from the Helpful Hawk
The last time the whole band was in the same place at the same time and a story about this photo
If anything, it's making the case for how difficult PC Game QA can be
Pause / screenshot the gif; whatever cat you stop on determines how your 2025 will go
open for a surprise, etc
I can finally walk away from this game (I won’t)
Surely not 144 episodes and a movie, right? Right???
It pays to check notifications on your discarded social media every once in a while I guess lmao
I won't spoil it, go watch it and then come back.
The "digital-only" format was a huge misstep and I'm glad they're finally correcting
How my distaste of Rebirth helped me realize that this series (beyond the original, that is) is just not for me and that's probably for the best
Highlighting games I loved in lieu of a Game of the Year - honorable mentions
It's been brought to my attention that I'm not posting enough 'fall colors' photos now that it's October
MSD's Camera Focus Adventures
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Traveling across spaces irl and online
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Longhair cats are something else, man
To the glorious amount of summer sunlight pouring into the studio
The ever changing landscape of one of the 3 remaining Japantowns in the United States
The first thing we did was cover it in catnip
Three days worth of moon photos including Jupiter, camera focus AND lens adventures
An airplane, an elopement, two decades of high fives
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
The bar for not engaging with media that directly supports genocide is in hell, apparently (photos unrelated)
(to the birds outside the window)
Still can't believe this exists and I wish there was more of it (Spoiler free)
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Gigabash is actually good without all the DLC but it's nice to see the big three together finally
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
New Techos, Moons, A sick as hell photo of a cat named Possum, and musings on celebrating your accomplishments at the end of the year
Two terminally ill cats who keep bouncing back, two new strange cats outside
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
open for a surprise, etc
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Nitro Gen Omega's Turn-Based Combat is like directing your own mech anime fight sequences
AI is the latest iteration, but financial predators targeting musicians with false promises is kind of an institution at this point (cats unrelated)
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Here's some thoughts about how Gundam 00 adapted as a live performance is better than it has any right to be
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Boyrap...premium??
Troubled development cycle, more layoffs, and the end of the overgrowth
It's time someone wasn't a coward about this (plus bonus photos of utility poles and power lines)
AI Forever Work Woes Continue Unabated
More or Less
(which in hindsight will be replacing "elephant in the room" as a phrase moving forward)
Decades later, trying to find a singular moment in an incredibly stupid series of star trek parody youtube videos (Photo unrelated)
Limiting myself to 9 because that's what the format was, but I could prolly go WAY harder
open for a surprise, etc
I've gotten both a baby and now a teen cardinal on my lifer list, I'm so stoked lmao
Cooperative play in the Crosslands is so goddamn satisfying
Also here's a cool unrelated photo of a chipmunk because I need some chill
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
The promised continuation
Camera focus adventures with a super rad insect
Finally had a Gundam film showing at a theater close to where I live after like 30 years of watching this franchise
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop (and stop here I shall for now)
Let's do some Julyreply shall we??
"A celebration of gender rebels throughout history"
Meteors Shower, one might say!
I mean, I'm still here doing it anyway but I think that's fascinating
(Photo of lesbian cats unrelated)
Visiting a beloved children's franchise late in life has been a trip
It's been a while
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Why willn't thine bubble pop sooner (Photo unrelated)
Hell yea rain gifs
What the fuck even is "Magical Insurance Bureaucrats" anyway?
They're everywhere, we might as well photograph them
Finally - a Halloween Gundam Special! (Though the lack of Oliver May cameo was criminal)
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Election Night wasn't what I wanted, but it's what I'd expected. Time to regroup.
open for a surprise, etc
Highlighting games I loved in lieu of a Game of the Year // The Honorable Mentions
You can change your future
Did get a moon photo from a few days ago though, here's that
Today's entries are more 'yes and' of existing stuff but that's ok! (Also cat photo)
Socialism In Space, Cosmic Horror Penguins and Godzilla Fighters, oh my!! (Photo unrelated)
Highlighting games I loved (like Pokemon Legends: Z-A) in lieu of a Game of the Year
I just wanna recommend a game to friends sometimes without worrying about the implications of which evil storefront to financially support
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
(y'know, kinda. Not really.)
I'm so sorry for blogging about blogging, you can skip this one but there IS a good cat photo at the end lmao
Servers usually shut down shortly after Halloween
Experiences with closing music venues and the end of Cohost
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
A bummer post about politics, insidious "good news only" accounts and being racially perceived in 2026 (a few good cat photos though)
The curse of neurodivergent sense of justice in a world of abusers getting a pass
MSD's first ice storm (If you can even call it that)
Not a review! Just some impressions
What if we retired the 'should it be fantasy or science fiction' argument and did something different?
Am I scrolling too fiercely or
Good to see these friends again
AI "assisted" Code is still generative AI and it's weird how people try to justify that it's not
But it's still worth the effort
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
It's been a while tbh
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
A nice surprise when the meteor shower didn't pan out
...to the birds outside the window, anyway
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
PARTY HOUSE CARD GAME TIME BAYBEE!!
Saying goodbye the best way I know how; pancakes.
It's nice when studios get a chance to spin out independent rather than be shut down entirely
A trip to a decommissioned missile detection facility from the cold war during my brief visit home
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
The best multiplayer pumpkin carving simulator returns with a new haunted house and more!
Notes from the Director of the Salvage Insurance Bureau
Not a post about the wave of warehouse fires but also those
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the monumentally bad moderation practices of large scale social media (plus good cat photos)
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
open for a surprise, etc
'When you want your dragon to look menacing, draw them like a cat' they said
Plus some bonus cats
Zeta Gundam's second ending animation starting with episode 26 has a one frame blip where it shows the old ending
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Following corporate ownership changes, the First 'Sponsored' Bandcamp Friday is here
A year in the works to a public launch and it's cooking
open for a surprise, etc
He will be missed by all
My day job pivoted to being "AI-First" so uhhh I quit
Collective Soul Unlocking A Core Memory
Reflections on the impending closure of iconic independent San Francisco music venue, Bottom of the Hill from a dude who both played there AND went to shows there a lot
One subject, three lenses, let's fucking goooo
These are so fun to do
Please enjoy some camera focus adventures (and bonus flowers)
In my defense, there's so many of them
Grab the slider and go on an adventure with me
open for a surprise, etc
Analog journaling game meets toy receipt paper camera - just in time for October
but seriously, I have found a new game to be completely normal about
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
The character creator update is live and it rules
Not a full Rabbit Report™ but I'm doing my best
I can take a break from fighting the horrors to appreciate some nature ok??
Clouds made it look like an eclipse
We'll do camera focus adventures with birds and power lines, regardless of size goddamnit!
In a sea of retro-inspired 'J'RPGs, Chained Echoes feels like an unreleased 90's title displaced in time
When someone uses their life to perpetuate harm on a monumental scale, I don't think it's a bad thing when their ability to do said harm is stopped.
Photo of neighborhood cat unrelated
Camera Focus Adventures (and more)
Listen, if not friend shaped...
Gomess and Jirahs as icons of resourcefulness and special effects artist comradery
Why stop doing the evil thing you're being asked to stop when you can just layoff workers instead
Look at her FACE
It felt fitting. Have a listen!
He's helping make music
Grab the slider, go on some camera focus adventures
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
My final chosts were on 9/30/2024
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
It's not much but it's pretty
(to the incredible amount of snow outside)
Putting money where mouth is in an industry that often doesn't
Why is heist a thing though, seriously
(to the squirrels trying to get a last acorn haul before the snow)
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Highlighting games I loved (like Cataclismo) in lieu of a Game of the Year
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
To the nuance of article removal
Stop using them (Photo unrelated)
moonchosting forever
Jump-scared by a Steam update for a dead game
Highlighting games I loved (like Nitro Gen Omega) in lieu of a Game of the Year
Highlighting games I loved (like Silksong) in lieu of a Game of the Year
The things often left out of the age verification conversations (cat unreleated)
Revisiting a nearly twenty-year old website chronicling the iconic fuzz pedal
Please encourage me to cut down my 'editing-to-posting' time on photos, it's getting out of control
Happy Gargoyle Anniversary To All Whom Celebrate
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
what does he see in there, I wonder?
Surprise vinyl is kinda the best type of vinyl (Go listen to Dogcatcher)
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
open for a surprise, etc
Bringing you up-to-date coverage on the adorableness of wild creatures
Finding the joy where I can
I had extra time one morning so I grabbed photos of the Rosicrucian Museum in San José
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Highlighting games I loved (like Tactical Breach Wizards) in lieu of a Game of the Year
I met my partner Della 26 Years Ago Today; tomorrow will be our 20th Wedding Anniversary - here's a 2000's prom photo lmao
2025 bringing all the hits
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
???
You know the drill!! One subject, three lenses
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
open for a surprise, etc
open for a surprise, etc
On September 4th, Ragebait youtubers will need a new target
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Time for one subject, three lenses
That time we played a concert at "Super Bowl City"
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
To the Bean Sprouts box the delivery phở comes in
One sunset, three lenses
It's only hitchcockian for the acorns
Image unrelated - this is a post about racism in US politics but I don't like blogging without images and I'm a photographer; please understand
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Blog's in its flow state, all's right with the world
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Six songs about a mascot for a dying website
Or, how I ended up making fan art of my procedurally generated crew of mech-piloting fools
open for a surprise, etc
open for a surprise, etc
Or: How a Song about being ok with failing lead to success
and it is ten o'clock in the morning, on October the twenty-fourth, if you want to know
There are so many - but when you spin the wheel you'll only get one. What will your selection mean for 2026?
(Which in theory is every day's moon but you know what I mean)
(It may not look like it but he really does)
Bringing back an old habit
Notes from the Director of the Salvage Insurance Bureau
(To the holiday decorations)
One Subject: Three Lenses photography strikes again
No it's cool, Possum; Snowapple says good morning.
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Mild Silksong Spoilers
The year's zoomed on by
Hammertime edition I guess
They can't keep getting away with this
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Highlighting games I loved (like Avianos) in lieu of a Game of the Year
Didn't plan to be awake for this, but I'm glad I was
(aka time for more "One subject, three lenses")
I didn't post too much during March so here's a life update with some photos (related and otherwise)
Catching up on editing; here is the Wolf Moon from last week
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
For some reason all I can hear is the Wii Sports theme
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
a plea to stop giving the industry-destroying bad platform free advertising
Waiting outside the CVS will never feel the same
open for a surprise, etc
Never gonna beat the time traveler allegations smdh
Four years of knowing deer use our yard as a roadway, finally got them on camera
Small thoughts about a small holiday turned large (cat unrelated)
Moon photos! But also some thoughts about the spectre of E3 and the state of Video Game Press Events™
checks out
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Highlighting games I loved (like Beastieball) in lieu of a Game of the Year
I spent twelve hours traveling today and I’m so fucking tired lmao
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Quiet hours in between the upsetting and heartwarming stuff
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
because why not, right?
Advice from the Helpful Hawk
Really makes me wanna play Donkey Kong Country
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Of course the fascists are gonna fascist - but I think it's important to engage in some 'the best revenge is living well' (while also fighting for our lives)
It's not super effective but it's what I've got
Cancel gamepass, don't buy new microsoft owned products (and know who the subsidiaries are now since the company has acquired so many studios)
Lyra Rebane built a fully running x86 CPU that runs in CSS
Myths of labor reduction compared against supposed productivity increases was ALWAYS going to equal 'forever work'
Bird meets MSD's Camera Focus Adventures
Cat life comes with tradeoffs
completed my final entry for the Cohost Compost
It's the most time of the year
The end of an era for SLG Publishing's Art Boutiki in San José (Photo by Amulya Datla)
Halloween's a good a day as any to post more fall colors
Send good vibes to the kitty. He's home now, but oof.
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Which would be the opposite of Bad Fog™
Crate of UCC arrived; Possum the cat for scale
Art Boutiki Re-Revisited, or 'When tragedy in personal life allows a weird sense of closure on something completely unrelated'
One subject, three lenses
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
(to your guitar tone)
5 minutes of pure cat goodness (and great cinematography)
open for a surprise, etc
(while appreciating a biblically accurate piano)
The anime gateway drug of the late 1990's
Cannot express how happy I am
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Dispatches to and from the field
MSD's Camera Focus Adventures
A silly problem to have, but it's mine
The coyotes never made it to the blog and I'm fixing that
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
It's spring and that means the bnuuuy population has exploded
Thankfully got some clear skies tonight
Notes from the Director of the Salvage Insurance Bureau
An update on the mystery neurological Della situation
Holding on to what you got while everything goes to hell
Seventeen Days In, Here are some Blog Posts I liked Recently! (Photo unrelated)
Firework photos, gifs, and some goddamn feelings
I really missed making gifs and wind helped motivate
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Intense college geography courses come in handy when viewing a bot that posts Magic the gathering basic land cards
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
A card game from my childhood had an official name revealed to me 30 years later and I'm losing it
I mean, why NOT take 20+ photos of a tree and make a collage out of it?
Sometimes you gotta just go with what you have
One of my favorite obscure 90's games is getting a new entry / remake next month with the original composer and I'm losing it
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Dana Terrace and team's new pilot does NOT fuck around
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
Don't talk to me until I've had my Eggbug
SLIDER TIME, MY FRIENDS!
Someday I'll no longer be inspired to photograph this thing but today is not that day
Still doing the 'photos of photos being taken' thing all these years later
(but only kinda)
Picked the worst possible house to try to find food in tbh
What if chess had unicorns fighting dragons
She doesn't know it's weird US holiday day
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
open for a surprise, etc
I'd forgotten about another set I could do A/B sliders with
Maybe a monthly incentive to promote wares isn't a bad thing since I'm so bad at it, but boy are my arms tired
Revisiting an incomprehensible yet enjoyable mess
or about to ask you if they can borrow money
Paypal is just as evil as Stripe and Epic sold bandcamp in 2023, can you please stop it (Cat photo related, Selmers is judging you)
(to the old film lenses)
Birdchosting to the max, my friends
Kind of
this is just embarrassing, dude
Thinking about the time fuji instax nearly sponsored her work until they realized she was shooting their film on a Lomo camera and never got in touch again
Someone in the weather division keeps cranking the saturation up
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop