incomplete perfection; complete imperfection https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/ new blog post "nippon, revisited: reflections after a year https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/100626.html 10/06/26 new page "quick book takes" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/lit/briefreviews.html 9/28/26 new writing "shanghaied" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/travel/shanghai.html 8/26/26 new page "'00s japanese visual novel site design: some observations and finds" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/writings/vnsite.html 6/29/26 new page "favorite wikipedia image finds" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/photo/wikiphoto.html 5/28/26 new blog post "Raise or Fold: THE FINAL POST?" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/040126.html 4/1/26 new writing "the only soulful white boy in jinhae-gu" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/travel/korea.html 3/15/26 new blog post "2025 japan trip wrap-up" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/022726.html 2/27/26 new blog post "lost in transition" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/021926.html 2/19/26 new blog post "Extreme Cave Raiders: Quest for the Pumpkin Stone" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/012926.html 1/29/26 new blog post "legend of the sendai scooter maniac" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/012426.html 1/24/26 new blog post "my honorary completion of the amagami stamp rally" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/012226.html 1/22/26 new page "linkblog journal club" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/lit/linkblog.html 1/13/26 new writing "the traditional turn-of-the-year questions" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/writings/mailbox4.html 1/10/26 new non-fiction book notes on "the power broker" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/lit/nonficnotes 12/29/25 blog post "mainlining tokaido" is finally done https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/111825.html 12/23/25 new blog post "INTERMISSION: lord forgive me but its time to go back to tha old me" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/112825.html 11/28/25 new blog post "hiking the historic nakasendo with my new gf" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/111025.html 11/10/25 new blog post "confessions of the matsumoto bridge troll" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/103025.html 10/30/25 new blog post "🚃🚞🚌🚎🚠🚞🚎🚌🚃" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/102325.html 10/23/25 new blog post "maybe this was 'noto' such a good idea" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/102125.html 10/21/25 new blog post "crashing an 'authentic' japanese matsuri" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/101525.html 10/15/25 new blog post "the 183 curves of usui pass" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/101225.html 10/12/25 new blog post "pilgrimage to the holy tower" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/092625.html 9/26/25 finally finished the blog post "AROUND THE KYUSHU" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/091225.html 9/23/25 new blog post "how to beat the crowds at the world's busiest mountain" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/090325.html 9/3/25 new blog post "so, i went drinking in Akihabara with a guy from neocities and somehow ended up the next morning at Comiket" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/082825.html 8/28/25 new blog post "gooning in Japan Airlines Business Class" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/081025.html 8/10/25 new blog post "i have redeemed my entire stockpile of alaska airlines miles for a business class flight to japan tomorrow and i will not be returning until i'm enlightened or broke" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/080425.html 8/4/25 new writing "you can just read old books for fun btw" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/writings/oldbooks.html 7/25/25 new page "the recipes/cooking page" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/cooking/recipes.html 7/22/25 new blog post "ballout old vegas" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/071025.html 7/10/25 new web fiction review of "Cockatiel x Chameleon" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/lit/webfic#cxc 7/6/25 new blog post "a supposedly fun thing i'll likely do again" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/062325.html 6/23/25 "hibimeshi cook-along" updated through to ep. 4 https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/media/hibimeshi/hibimeshi.html 6/9/25 new non-fiction book notes on "the years of lyndon johnson: means of ascent" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/lit/nonficnotes#ascent 6/5/25 new page "hibimeshi cook-along" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/media/hibimeshi/hibimeshi.html 5/15/25 new page "the united states of literature" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/lit/uslit.html 5/12/25 new blog post "my budget bocchi the rock moment 2: dj house party edition" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/050925.html 5/9/25 i unencrypted The Post https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/writings/meet.html 4/9/25 my minecraft memoir https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/minecraft/content/nav.html 4/4/25 new writing "the boys in biloxi and beyond" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/travel/biloxi.html 4/2/25 substacktimalism https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/ 4/1/25 new non-fiction book notes on "impro" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/lit/nonficnotes#impro 3/4/25 new page "non-fiction book notes" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/lit/nonficnotes.html 2/11/25 new blog post "picking up a twitter hitchhiker" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/012125.html 1/21/25 new blog post "important gamer announcement". also, this seems like a good place to mention i changed my email. https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/011225.html 1/12/25 new writing "new year reader mailbox replies" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/writings/mailbox3.html 1/4/25 new blog post "some year-end reviews" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/122324.html 12/23/24 new blog post "rooftop report #3 END" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/122024.html 12/20/24 new writing "disneyland apotheosis" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/writings/disneyland.html 12/17/24 new blog post "rooftop report #2" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/120724.html 12/07/24 new blog post "rooftop report #1" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/111024.html 11/10/24 new writing "(un)conventional wisdom" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/writings/unconventional.html 10/25/24 new writing "MUJI portland grand opening, 2018" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/writings/MUJI.html 9/26/24 new blog post "the dally in dallas" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/081024.html 8/10/24 new writing "the los angeles notebooks: an urban odyssey" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/travel/LA.html 7/22/24 new writing "doing one thing at a time" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/writings/one.html 6/22/24 new writing "site design notes" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/writings/design.html 5/31/24 new blog post "INTERSTITION: texas train" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/052124.html 5/21/24 new blog post "seagate barracuda™ 2000 GB, 2013-2024" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/051124.html 5/11/24 new blog post "photography adventures: $30 temu 'world’s cheapest DSLR'" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/043024.html 4/30/24 new blog post "total eclipse over the heartland" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/posts/042424.html 4/24/24 スケッチスイッチ https://hidamari.nekoweb.org/ 4/1/24 "learning japanese: the suboptimalist perspective" is now complete, although i reserve the right to make future additions if anything else should come to mind https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/writings/japanese.html 3/4/24 new arcade rhythm game rants about dance around, tetote connect, chrono circle, museca https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/music/rants.html 2/6/24 new writing "hawaii 'picture' diary: honolulu" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/travel/honolulu.html 1/26/24 new writing "start-of-year reader mailbox replies" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/writings/mailbox2.html 1/12/24 new blog post "merry canmas" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/blog.html 12/24/23 new blog post "south socal sojourn" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/blog.html 12/18/23 new blog post "thwarting micro$oft'$ wretched attempt to $ilence me" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/blog.html 11/27/23 new essay "cult of the character" https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/writings/character.html 11/20/23 brief blog post about replacing status box on homepage with new RSS-powered update feed https://suboptimalism.neocities.org/blog/blog.html 11/15/23