A life motto coined by Mr. Clev.

Canadian-American songbird. I actually cannot believe she made Jagged Little Pill when she was like 19.

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” I know this quote, but I’ll be so honest, I’ve never read this book.

“Codename: Emily, you’ve been dead to me.” Wrote this one in 2021 with Aaron, Orion and Liz. It was so hot this day and the AC went out. We kept cookin. Literally.

My ~former~ distribution company. Shout-out Megan, you were awesome. The rest of ya’ll…

It took me far too long to watch this. I watched Weapons (2025) first, though, and liked it better. I think anyone’s first foray into Cregger will be their favorite.

The prequel, midquel and sequel to Breaking Bad (2008-2013). Watching it live during college, I used to pirate the episodes and watch them in my Environmental Ethics class.

A Platonic Ideal from my youth, of a fast-paced wonderland of lights and excitement. At times it was LA, other times it was NYC, hell, sometimes, it was even London.

We had to read this in school, along with The Great Gatsby. I did not like it back then, because I was forced to read it. Reading it again, of my own volition? Well, It’s A Pretty Good Book!

Neurotic and navel-gazing — proof that being overly self-aware is just societally-palatable Narcissism. The protagonist of True Modern Romance (2025). Currently trapped in the Hall of Mirrors.

Adman’s directorial debut, produced by Clev, starring Mills and Megan. I did the sound design and also have a brief cameo as Mills’ roommate, back when I had my Hollywood Thompson look.

The misguided idea that some coincidences were meant to punish you.

The hardest man alive. I listened to his autobiography while working at Earls as a form of Cope. Fun fact, he has someone else reading it, but apparently he was sitting in the room the whole time it was being recorded because he pops in to interject at various times.

The whisper of a memory of a dream I had. That’s dramatic. It was my naïve concept of what I thought it meant to be a Professional Musician™. Read: sitting around all day, waiting for inspiration to strike, doing whatever I please. Yeah. Went super well.

My second bartending job, after Fin’s, where I met Codename: Tukwila. I averaged $1,000 cash tips per week here, making terrible drinks but incredible smalltalk with patrons. Also my first experience with public transportation as I’d rather take two buses than commute the 405 in my 2000 Honda Prelude.

The signature drink of Clev and I. Much better than it sounds. Order this anywhere and watch the rest of the bar order it with you.

The whole Old Band worked here. I started in the kitchen with Log, then moved to bartender. Clev and Spud were servers. Now called Saints and Scholars, unfortunately.

Author of ASOIAF. His Not A Blog was the original inspiration for this Totally A Blog.

Seeing this live was a Revelation.

The undisputed super middleweight champion of the San Fernando Valley boxing conference with a preternaturally powerful left hook. Protagonist of Junk Male (2023).

It’s like rain on your wedding day.

Living life on the fly… literally. Bouncing around from place to place. Distinct from a nomadic lifestyle, which has the connotation of saving money. No, no, I will never financially recover from my years Setting the Jet.

A coincidence that is cosmically significant — neutral or positive connotation, not to be confused with Cruel Kismet. Fun fact, Milo’s 2nd choice name was Kismet.

The opening track of Third Eye Blind’s self-titled album. I was obsessed with this song before I had ever even went through a breakup.

Aka Michael, aka Stinkman, aka Milosh. 20% chihuahua, 80% nuisance. 100% the best dog I could ever ask for. Kept and continues to keep me Sane & Grounded in the most tumultuous times in my life.

Started reading it after the blue balls of “finishing” ASOIAF. Oh Georgie, where do I go next? The internet said to try Literature™. So I tried this Monstrous Tome. I got a few chapters in and bailed. It was scary.

In which Camus introduces his philosophy of the absurd. My favorite way to reject nihilism. Sometimes, to get the ball rolling, you gotta stop pushing.

The Mind Virus many catch post-Traumatic Breakup. Symptoms include Black & White thinking, disillusionment with love and searching for clues in the Big City.

The Noir inverse of monogamy. Rather than choosing to commit to one person, Oneitis is the idea that there is only one person you are able to commit to — Good Luck finding them, and Better Luck if you found them and already lost them.

The only proper way to hold a drink. Coined in New Orleans by me and Clev.

Codename: Caleb Noir’s bible before the TMR Novel. Makes a compelling case for non-monogamy and Relationship Anarchy.

“When two strangers find themselves connected in bizarre and unusual ways, they learn their souls are entangled at the quantum level.” Johs’s short film, produced by Clev.

My rallying cry. Do what makes your heart sing. Don’t do the things that don’t. Unless you have to. Use some nuance, people.

The oh-so human impulse to view reality as a Story™.

The place I’ve always been running from. Could be Kent, could be Tucson. Sometimes it’s even Hollywood.

Me, Spud, Log and Dan. Clev was our videographer. Michael and Chris joined later on. Rae was our social media manager. Jake was our… manager? Big Al was our tour manager. When I think of these days, I remember the knot in my stomach that I built my entire life in LA around. It’ll never come undone. Miss you guys.

Reed Harper gave a pair of these tomes to me and Clev in 2020. Unsure if it was a bit. They have been gathering dust ever since.

The greatest roundabout book of all time. Crichton wrote this autobiography about all the times in-between creating his famous works. I like the part where he visits every single psychic in the UK.

A misappropriated Economics concept. It must have slipped in through my ear in the back of ECON200 some time between crême pod Juul hits.

Spiritualism taken to the next order of extremity — adjacent to Evangelical, but in the opposite direction. I often turn Witchy when all grounded methods start to fail.

God this book is so fucking Tragic.