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2025 Live Show Recap

I didn’t think I’d get close to last year’s number of 24 yet here are! 2026 is starting a bit slow but maybe once spring turns up the announcements will roll in. Claire Fontaine, Thee Sacred Souls, Masonic, SF Marlon Funaki, Palace, Fox Theater, Oakland Peter Cat Recoding Co., Independent, SF John Carroll Kirby, Khruangbin,…

You see the post I sent you?

Imagine a modern sequel to the video game Altered Beasts and the antagonist opens with “Welcome to your social media doom!” #deepcut

A perspective on effort

I had a conversation with my therapist earlier about the ebbs and flows of project load and stress at work. As one would expect our reactions and dialogue of the topic were par for the course, but when we pivoted to what I perceived of my effort being more in magnitude than others around me…

Half of 2025

A lot of newer life experiences since changing up my living situation. In random order: Waymo The best way to describe it: it feels like a Disneyland ride. Like the story book type in Fantasy Land except there isn’t a track and the ride is smoother. I sort of enjoy not having to interact with…

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About Me

DD, 38 years old living in SF Bay Area working in Biotech. I enjoy solo travel, collecting vinyl records, and olympic weightlifting. Currently on a 1893+ day Spanish streak on Duolingo.

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