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Our understanding of the world is shaped by a hunger for narrative that rises out of our discomfort with ambiguity and arbitrary events. When surprising things happen, we search for an explanation. The urge to resolve ambiguity can be surprisingly potent, even when the subject is inconsequential.

Miracle Mile (1988)

Director: Steve Dejarnatt

Writer: Steve Dejarnatt

In Miracle Mile, the End of the World is not the story but instead a deadline. 

What starts as a sweet love story, bordering on routine Rom-Com suddenly descends into a real-time race against time, in a quest to reaffirm that love story. 

I find it a little difficult selling this

If I write rapidly, putting down my story exactly as it comes into my mind, only looking back to check the names of my characters and the relevant parts of their back stories, I find that I can keep up with my original enthusiasm and at the same time outrun the self-doubt that’s always waiting to settle in.

The job boils down to two things: paying attention to how the real people around you behave and then telling the truth about what you see.

⌛️ Sat, Feb 22

enshittification began much longer ago than any of us realize.

as an example, recently i learned that one of my 2012 ford vehicle's keyfobs died with no clear way to bring it back. a coin cell replacement did nothing. so i thought: "well, i'll just buy a couple new ones to replace these. super easy; barely an inconvenience."

i sat in