Watermelon Banzai
@watermelonbanzai.com
Archivist during the Day and a Writer at Night. I also dabble in computers, both retro and modern, as well as video games. I often like to hold up neat looking potatoes and talk about them at length to anyone who will listen, because they're neat! 🍉
Attended a Friendsgiving tonight. Ate tons of food and had lots of laughs. On the way home, "Wasted Years" by Iron Maiden came on the shuffle. "Living in the golden years," indeed. Sometimes, you spend too much time focusing on nostalgia to notice the moments and people you have now; especially now.
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Attended a Friendsgiving tonight. Ate tons of food and had lots of laughs. On the way home, "Wasted Years" by Iron Maiden came on the shuffle. "Living in the golden years," indeed. Sometimes, you spend too much time focusing on nostalgia to notice the moments and people you have now; especially now.
The only thing getting me through these dark days lately is the light emanating from ACT III.
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
Act III: This City Made Us, by The Protomen
11 track album
theprotomen.bandcamp.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The only thing getting me through these dark days lately is the light emanating from ACT III.
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
The Wave Speech from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but it's me reminiscing about my time in the Synthwave Music Scene.
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Wave Speech from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but it's me reminiscing about my time in the Synthwave Music Scene.
"You look tired... have you been getting enough sleep?"
Me:
Me:
September 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"You look tired... have you been getting enough sleep?"
Me:
Me:
A long time ago, I wrote and drew a webcomic. It didn't last too long. Regardless, I have this one friend of mine who will occasionally reference it and cite jokes from it as well.
I asked them the other day why, and they said, "Because I liked it and thought it was funny."
I wish I felt the same.
I asked them the other day why, and they said, "Because I liked it and thought it was funny."
I wish I felt the same.
September 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A long time ago, I wrote and drew a webcomic. It didn't last too long. Regardless, I have this one friend of mine who will occasionally reference it and cite jokes from it as well.
I asked them the other day why, and they said, "Because I liked it and thought it was funny."
I wish I felt the same.
I asked them the other day why, and they said, "Because I liked it and thought it was funny."
I wish I felt the same.
I've been driving down this here series of tubes called the information super highway for almost thirty years now... and I've never felt more alone on it.
September 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I've been driving down this here series of tubes called the information super highway for almost thirty years now... and I've never felt more alone on it.
My latest musical obsession: gilgareth.bandcamp.com
Gilgareth
Music for Adventure. Dedicated to the old days.
gilgareth.bandcamp.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My latest musical obsession: gilgareth.bandcamp.com
There's that episode of The Simpsons where Bart sells his soul and has a dream where everyone around him is hanging out with their soul, but he's alone.
I had a dream the other night that everyone I knew was hanging out with their creative muse, making art, but I was alone.
And that's my update.
I had a dream the other night that everyone I knew was hanging out with their creative muse, making art, but I was alone.
And that's my update.
September 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
There's that episode of The Simpsons where Bart sells his soul and has a dream where everyone around him is hanging out with their soul, but he's alone.
I had a dream the other night that everyone I knew was hanging out with their creative muse, making art, but I was alone.
And that's my update.
I had a dream the other night that everyone I knew was hanging out with their creative muse, making art, but I was alone.
And that's my update.
How do I enjoy writing again?
September 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
How do I enjoy writing again?
Another year goes by where I pay to renew the domain on a website that I'll never use at all.
August 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Another year goes by where I pay to renew the domain on a website that I'll never use at all.
The hardest question(s) for me to answer lately are, "How are you doing?" and/or "What have you been working on lately?"
Because, well, y'know... *gestures wildly at the world around me* ... but, also, I dunno, I've really lost that creative spark.
There's probably a correlation involved somewhat.
Because, well, y'know... *gestures wildly at the world around me* ... but, also, I dunno, I've really lost that creative spark.
There's probably a correlation involved somewhat.
August 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The hardest question(s) for me to answer lately are, "How are you doing?" and/or "What have you been working on lately?"
Because, well, y'know... *gestures wildly at the world around me* ... but, also, I dunno, I've really lost that creative spark.
There's probably a correlation involved somewhat.
Because, well, y'know... *gestures wildly at the world around me* ... but, also, I dunno, I've really lost that creative spark.
There's probably a correlation involved somewhat.
I took a break from social media and figured it had been like six months; at least, it felt that way.
Turns out, it was only a couple of months. I'm not sure what that says about anything, really.
Anyway, am I back on here for good, or is this more me just saying, "I'm not dead yet"?
I dont know.
Turns out, it was only a couple of months. I'm not sure what that says about anything, really.
Anyway, am I back on here for good, or is this more me just saying, "I'm not dead yet"?
I dont know.
August 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I took a break from social media and figured it had been like six months; at least, it felt that way.
Turns out, it was only a couple of months. I'm not sure what that says about anything, really.
Anyway, am I back on here for good, or is this more me just saying, "I'm not dead yet"?
I dont know.
Turns out, it was only a couple of months. I'm not sure what that says about anything, really.
Anyway, am I back on here for good, or is this more me just saying, "I'm not dead yet"?
I dont know.
"How's it going?"
Me:
Me:
June 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"How's it going?"
Me:
Me:
I think the only thing harder than suffering in silence is enjoying something in silence.
May 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I think the only thing harder than suffering in silence is enjoying something in silence.
I've felt for some time now that I've become more of an idea person than an actual make it manifest into reality person... I dont know if it's depression or frustration, lack of energy or apathy, hell, maybe a combination of them all. I have the time, really I do, but I just don't have the drive...
May 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I've felt for some time now that I've become more of an idea person than an actual make it manifest into reality person... I dont know if it's depression or frustration, lack of energy or apathy, hell, maybe a combination of them all. I have the time, really I do, but I just don't have the drive...
I miss message boards... like, I know they still exist... but I miss the widespread use of them... a real, true sense of a community.
May 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I miss message boards... like, I know they still exist... but I miss the widespread use of them... a real, true sense of a community.
I've lived my life on the internet as such a digital nomad, just going from one platform to another... watching as they rise, go to shit, and then fall ... it's all become truly exhausting.
May 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I've lived my life on the internet as such a digital nomad, just going from one platform to another... watching as they rise, go to shit, and then fall ... it's all become truly exhausting.
It's quite the dystopic flex when you have to run your writing through an AI Detector just to prove that you are, in fact, a writer capable of actually writing.
May 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It's quite the dystopic flex when you have to run your writing through an AI Detector just to prove that you are, in fact, a writer capable of actually writing.
I have so many contacts in my phone, but I couldn't tell you the last time I reached out to most of them... heck, I don't even know if these numbers are even theirs anymore... but I'm too scared to reach out... yet I still keep them in my contacts anyway... why, I don't know... maybe someday I will.
May 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I have so many contacts in my phone, but I couldn't tell you the last time I reached out to most of them... heck, I don't even know if these numbers are even theirs anymore... but I'm too scared to reach out... yet I still keep them in my contacts anyway... why, I don't know... maybe someday I will.
I know here is better than there, but I can't deny that it's starting to feel like just another social media site.
May 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I know here is better than there, but I can't deny that it's starting to feel like just another social media site.
Doing some spring cleaning today and found like a hundred of these buttons.
May 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Doing some spring cleaning today and found like a hundred of these buttons.
Sometimes I just want to scream into the void and not have it talk back to me.
May 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sometimes I just want to scream into the void and not have it talk back to me.
Sometimes you just need to listen to thrash metal at 3AM.
May 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Sometimes you just need to listen to thrash metal at 3AM.
I always get so nervous and self-conscious whenever I reach out to an artist for a commission, thinking like, "I'm just wasting their time, this is a stupid idea, they've got better things to do..." 🫠
May 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I always get so nervous and self-conscious whenever I reach out to an artist for a commission, thinking like, "I'm just wasting their time, this is a stupid idea, they've got better things to do..." 🫠
Still can't believe I've somehow convinced some people that I'm a somewhat competent writer.
May 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Still can't believe I've somehow convinced some people that I'm a somewhat competent writer.