Go Tardigrades (Part 2)

“Maybe it sounds kinda stupid but, in a way... it’s almost like I’ve always loved you, and I’m pretty sure I always will.“

Go Tardigrades (Part 1)

"I've always loved you, and I'm pretty sure I always will."

Here I Come, Constantinople (Part 2)

You really think this is all going on just within the city limits? These are two whole universes, two entire histories converging on each other, my friend. You think our ghost city isn’t going to catch up with you in America? You want to outrun it, so you say? Well, then, how far to the end of the universe will your plane go? If you don’t like being in two places at once here and now, how do you think you’ll like it for the rest of your life?

Here I Come, Constantinople (Part 1)

They went to the Hagia Sophia first... It was the highlight of the whole trip, and it lasted just over an hour.

Adventures in Unemployment

It unsettled him, the sheer feasibility of a sedentary life.

The Collapse, or Whatever

Who cares who’s right or wrong, when the whole city, and maybe even the whole world, had completely collapsed, or whatever, all around them? What ideas are worth fighting for when there’s no world left to enjoy those ideas in? Anyway, Earl had an okay OKCupid date to make.

I’ll Try Anything Once

There’s a grimy and shitty part of every good thing in the world and I’m always pointing toward it. It’s my thing.

The Funny Thing About Watching Fireworks

They’re nice to look at, true, but once you’ve seen one display you’ve pretty much seen them all.

Beach Party Tonight (Part 2)

It’s not too obscure, but not so sickeningly mainstream. Its subject matter fits the occasion, of course. And it’s melodic, easy to sing to, builds to an anthemic chorus at the end, and for all that easy to sustain with just an acoustic guitar and voice. And the lyrics. Happyish, technically even optimistic, but devastating in their finality, once you really listen to them there’s no going back.

Beach Party Tonight (Part 1)

"What are you all celebrating? We’re all going to die when the sun comes up! Don’t you get it? We’re all going to die!"