Itsa me, Mario(n)!

Why go Greendale? Just because!

My Substack is where I make room to process what I’m thinking or feeling about the world, and I generally process things through a pop culture filter. I realized recently that the way Bumblebee the Autobot talks, using clips of songs and commercials, is a great representation of how my mind works and why I can be an annoying conversationalist. There is always a movie, song, tv show, or other such moment in pop culture history that I can map on to what I’m experiencing. Topics really run the gamut, from a catalogue of modern romcoms, to my angst about Keith Lee as a concept, to the political failings of my noted nemesis Aaron Sorkin. 

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