TheCementMixer

Since I graduated College in the fall of 2018, I spent the time that I wasn't using to job hunt and spiral in existential terror to discover and revisit media from the past that I hadn't thought about, or just missed out on entirely. In College, I spent the bulk of my leisure time playing fighting games with friends, and I still do. But it has been pretty nice to get back in touch with my inspirations, or finally experience something friends had recommended to me countless times. I missed out on these personal experiences. Some of my favorite discoveries have been short, animated shows like FLCL, Samurai Champloo, and Bojack Horseman . At some point, I'd like to write about each of them, but right now, I'd like to focus on something I experienced a bit more recently. I had my 24th birthday in quarantine. I spent it in a Discord call with friends, replaying Goichi Suda's No More Heroes series, which was one of my favorites and continues to be to this day. To the un

Hey it's me, DrowZs. Or is it Concrete? Or should I just go by Mix here? Not really sure. It's the owner of the blog - the black guy with the weird shades he got after being baited by a Facebook ad. I have a couple of handles I go by right now, I'm trying to have less. Right now I'm thinking about DrowZs because it's cool and sleek , but it also implies that I'm into elves and stuff, which I'm not. I actually don't like most generic fantasy settings, mostly because of the way they use "Fantastical Racism" as a trope so often. Sir William The Just goes to duel Dwayne The Deceiver type stuff, really not my thing. Maybe I'll just keep it at Concrete? I think it's a bit harsh of a handle, makes me sound tougher than I am. I'll figure it out. The capital Z is definitely just for my music production stuff. Here we are grammatically correct, otherwise I'll make my journalism professor cry. Whatever it is, I'll keep you guys update