THE ZEIT ZEIGER (2026-04-20)

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zoolander. i don't acknowledge zoolander 2

last week it was the patreon readers who got the short update, this time it's the regular readers. forgot that under the new system it would kind of happen twice

one of my favorite comics of all time lmao. i can't imagine this youtuber has very good taste

i grew up there and it will probably never make any financial sense for me to live there again. when i was a kid there was an abandoned house on my block. now the whole street is million+ dollar homes except for the 2 households who bought there in the 90s-00s and don't want to sell

have to draw a youth hockey helmet for this update. fuck my life

i used to be really concerned about communicating themes and i've come to believe that doing that on purpose is kind of a bad idea and if there are themes they'll kind of emerge on their own from how my worldview unconsciously informs my art

most of being 24 i did not spend improving myself or i made a lot of minute changes very slowly. but then in the past month i quit smoking and got on adderall and got a day job again

it's my birthday again. 25 this year. this is pretty serious, 25. i can rent a car now. or i could, if i could drive.

i also think about this a lot

it happens semi-regularly that there is a movie i would like to see but cannot stream anywhere. sometimes literally just buying a dvd is the easiest way to watch it in good quality.

yeah i refuse to have one in the discord i run bc being a webcomic artist does not qualify me to operate a volunteer suicide hotline

it's my birthday this weekend so i'm allowed to subject everyone at karaoke to needle in the hay

i didn't know they had a program like this on disney+ i pretty much only use it to watch the simpsons. but i actually really enjoy theme park history i should check this out

julio torres

also even though i am apparently not supposed to apply for a payment plan before tax day and many people online advise waiting for the payment notice in 1-2 months, i will still be charged interest and penalties for the period of time where i am waiting to start paying

possibly i'm supposed to wait until my tax payment is processed on tax day? or wait until i receive a notice demanding payment in june (and hope that doesn't get sent to the wrong address)? i can try to set up a payment plan over the phone but it's $150 more expensive than the website

very cool that the irs presents you with the option to set up a payment plan via their website but if you actually try to do that it will not work

but conversely i do think "almost there" and "friends on the other side" are very good

"so this is our first disney movie with a black protagonist, and it's set in new orleans. we definitely want the city's rich history and culture to inform the aesthetic of the film. anyway for the music i think we should hire a white jewish guy from los angeles."

invoking the song ironic by alanis morissette. calling a historical figure "the original regina george". simpsons joke that i barely modified. joke about how white people get tattoos in chinese without knowing what they say. comparatively contemporary and fresh bit about draftkings

the only fun part of taking notes on the tours i have to memorize for work is getting to insert really bad hack jokes and dated cultural references into my tour script.

"happy birthday" 71

"happy birthday" 70

i've had people make fun of my appearance online before and that was before i gained a bunch of weight. i don't think i'm very good-looking but i don't owe it to anybody to be. some people talk like it's a moral offense to be a little busted.

trans men do seem to do a lot better on average but ime they have to be successfully stealth or work in a field that's traditionally associated with women anyway

i wonder if they're still any good live. i think they still have 3/4 of the original band so it's not impossible. but they are very old.