The Bachelor in Florida

Hey. Been a while, huh? I've been enjoying my "book writing sabbatical" perhaps a little too much. A lot of my novel has gotten done, but there have been plenty of things over the last month I easily could have blogged about. I was almost completely by myself for three weeks as Mom and Aly …

Far From Home is far above its competition [Heavy Spoilers!]

I have great things to say about Spider-Man: Far From Home; Marvel's first Cinematic Universe film following the bombastic conclusion to their Infinity Stone saga. When the first teaser trailer came out, I was skeptical. It dropped before Endgame and felt like the worst example of draining tension out of character deaths. Then the trailer …

The… Anti-Summer 2018 Initiative?

Greetings and salutations. As you may have noticed, things have been a little different around here recently. A little more barren. Don't worry, it's not a symptom of finally running out of ideas. I did that about a year ago and wrote about my pencil set. Nor is it some delusion that my Naruto-Arena post …

Father’s Day 2019

Another year, another celebration. Today we brought the current peak of the Rochlin's patriarchal totem pole up to my Aunt's house in West Hills to ring in Father's Day with some barbecue and time out by the pool. Let me tell you, there are few things more magical than having some ribs, taking a dip …

We’re through the Endgame

For days, all I've heard about Avengers: Endgame is that it is perfect. There was not a single bad thing said about the 22nd Marvel Cinematic Universe film. That couldn't be true. This movie is three-hours long. It simultaneously culminates two-dozen films, sequelizes a massive blockbuster and ends stories for characters we've known over 10 …

The hero Gotham deserves

"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him... There has never been a greater deed; and whosoever shall be born after us — for the sake of this deed he shall be part of a higher history than all history hitherto." — Abraham Miyamoto, 193 B.C. Feh — Legendary Owl Feh's Talons …

Celebrating life

Earlier today, my Cousin Erica said it was fitting that we held my Grandma's celebration of life on the same day as the Oscars, because she loved that award show quite a bit. To be fair the Oscars are only coincidentally happening on the same day. We held our gathering today because her birthday would …

My Grandpa is Into the Spider-Verse

Broke away from my homework long enough today to venture into the wild, rainy yonder so I could spend some time with the family. Not the usual suspects though. No, today I went out to the movies with my sister, cousins Josh and Erica, as well as our collective Grandpa Joe! After all the unexpected …

Webcomics worth a watchful eye

Oh boy, this is a topic I've wanted to dive into for some time! I consume a lot of media. Movies. Books. Video games. Podcasts. YouTube videos. But also webcomics, which is a subject I haven't had too many occasions to touch on despite it being one of my favorites. The closest I've gotten was briefly …

The strange psychology of a Korean BBQ dinner

I'm officially convinced my pursuit of a Psychology minor has ruined me forever. Context. After dropping Aly off at Cal State Long Beach this morning (the genesis of this Tweet that made me laugh): https://twitter.com/jdrochlin/status/1081291413285830656?s=21 I wound up going out to dinner tonight with a bunch of people from high school. A pretty diverse range …