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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 9h

Dude took like. THE Nine Inch Nails song and straight up stole it from Trent Reznor. Like. It's a Johnny Cash song now. Whenever I hear Hurt on Downward Spiral run throughs I always think of Johnny Cash and that image of June touching his shoulder. And this motherfucker thinks he's cool NOW?

That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 9h

Johnny Cash made Trent Reznor, Zack de la Rocha, and DJ Shadow stop working for the night and go get coffee because the Hurt video went so fucking hard like what are we doing here?

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 9h

Haunts*

That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 9h

Side note: of all the albums that never got completed that's the one that probably haunta me the most.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 9h

Johnny Cash made Trent Reznor, Zack de la Rocha, and DJ Shadow stop working for the night and go get coffee because the Hurt video went so fucking hard like what are we doing here?

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 15h

The struggle is the point. The difficulty is the point. Figuring out how to say something and tweaking it until it's just right is the point. This shit is iterative. An excised page or two can become the seed for something else. Ideas come up mid writing. Shortcutting the process disrespects it.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 15h

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 20h

Super hard hitting journalism going down in my school newspaper.

Is Rowdy a Furry?

The line between mascot and a furry is highly contested. While some swear all mascot are furries, others think furries have far more character than UT San Antonio's meager mascot.

"I think deep down he might be. I feel like it's a good representation of diversity on our campus," Forchione anse4s. Perez is on the same page, stating "Yes I think Rowdy is a furry."

Zurita is way out of the loop, responding "To be honest, I don't know what that is but I'm gonna say no."

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 17h

That bit on 3am in Something Wicked is one of my favorite passages ever.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 19h

He does very much try and appropriate and colonize an entire culture because he's a little bored.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 19h

Text from child 1:

look at the wrinkles on his arm. this is not a fitted garment and running your hands across it would easily reveal it to be a costume, breaking the immersion. if he was ever conceived as a furry from the start he is not a very effective one.

Text from me:

So now we're fund shaming Rowdy?

Text from child 1:

plus the fur is obviously not only synthetic but non-directional, making it harder to imagine him as a non human being.

FUND SHAMING?

you have no respect for furry culture and have only posed this question because you think this is a GAME.

Text from child 2:

Tbf Rowdy is strong associated with games.

That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 19h

Family group chat is in shambles.

Text from child 1:

rowdy is not a furry because you don’t want to touch him. furries and furry art are deeply concerned with the tactile, evoking what it might feel like to touch and hold and be held by an anthropomorphic body with fur, scales, etc, and due to the furry community being very autistic and transgender, this is often tied to a desire to transcend the alienating human body and experience a fantasy body that is allowed to be unique, and oftentimes fat, and in which enjoyment is derived from both. is perceiving rowdy a multisensory experience? i can’t speak for others but i would not want to touch or be touched by rowdy. as a mascot, he inhabits a purely visual and symbolic body.

Text from me: Oh yeah? Explain this.

Attached photo of Rowdy the mascot high fiving fans at a game.

Text from child 2: High fiving does feel like a somewhat limited form of tactile contact, with a furry you want to really feel their fur.

Text from child 1:

however, in saying that “deep down he might be”, forchione is considering rowdy’s personal identity which could be a valid framework. maybe the best way to answer the question is to ask rowdy himself. but at that point, whether rowdy identifies as a furry (person who enjoys furry art) is different from the question of whether he is a furry (anthropomorphic character associated with furry community).

in the sense of that photo he may be a furry in the same way a victorian lady is sexy, in that the limited brief & impersonal nature of this contact is part of the appeal like a bare victorian ankle.

Text from child 1:

even so, his design and shape is not concerned with the tactile so at most i would call him incidentally a furry.

Text from me:

Look at that affection. Only one whose arm I'm touching like that is mom's.

Attached close up of above picture showing Rowdy grabbing the forearm of the fan he is highly fiving

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 20h

Super hard hitting journalism going down in my school newspaper.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 1d

There's A LOT of comedy that happens in that quarter of a second or so that it takes for my brain to catch up.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 1d

First symposium, one that my thesis advisor/mentor specifically invited me to and dubbed my "unofficial academic coming out," I realized I got the dates wrong and that it wasn't the following week but the next day. Panicked. Thought about faking sick. Wrote 10 pages on The Trotula and sex instead.

Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 1d

My ADHD once kicked my ass so hard in grad school that only the pressure of an impending deadline could motivate me.

As a result, I wrote a keynote i was supposed to give eight hours before the conference where i was speaking.

My commentator called it “brilliant.”

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

15 pages on ULYSSES in the five hours before it was due. I believe I B+'d it.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 1d

"This is just my process," I say, doing anything else but writing, let's be honest probably just staring at a wall. "You need to trust the process."

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 1d

I know I've said this before but the Beto posts never get less weird when you're a Texan.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Like low key this is almost the best good review of Godot ever written and this guy doesn't even realize it.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Damn I kinda wanna see it more now.

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 1d

It's on HBOMax if you got it.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Fuckin loved Talk To Me but Bring Her Back is so much better.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 1d

It's true. @jay.bsky.team should really free Link.

Megan E. Human (free Link) @zombiscribe.bsky.social · 1d

Free Link @jay.bsky.team

Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of Jay talk on my timeline, which makes my brain ask....

Hey @jay.bsky.team, when are you going to bring back our autistic friend that does lots of good things for all the marginalized people around here?

FREE LINK

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 1d

The girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa

Ilsa from Casablanca in the end scene with that dope as fuck hat.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Puro, that's a big one. You can tell who's just been reading it on the subreddit.

That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Siri pronounces San Pedro as San Peedro which pisses me off.

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Huebner, although we'll fight about it amongst ourselves too.

Blanco, which is apparently not what you think which I learned the hard way.

Bexar.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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That Guy James (But Spooky) @jroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Last time I was at DFW my terminal changed no fewer than four times. Best of luck.

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