10/9/25 - Do You Remember Love?

Just a few days ago it felt like nothing good could happen, nothing hopeful could come. Just yesterday I was convinced an age of night was impending. For two years, we have witnessed a holocaust unfold before our very eyes. In understanding the atrocities unfolding on the other side of the world, we came to understand ourselves. In understanding what has happened, we have seen, in real time, the best and the worst of us. In these last two years, every person has revealed who they really are, whether they meant to or not.

A new ceasefire is here. Even if just for a moment, there can be relief. There can be love. We must continue to support the families, the citizens of Palestine. We must continue to work towards a free Palestine. The work is not over, but the sky is still blue. The ocean stretches out, and to sit afront of the wake... it is everything and more. We can feel color again.

There is nothing in my mind today, I feel so relieved. Remas and Manal got back to me, they're all alive. Ibrahim and Ahmed, too. There's finally another ceasefire. I just hope the nightmare can end... it feels like the nightmare can end. It really feels like it.

Sudan is still in the goblet of the oligarchs. New i-Phones are coming out as Congo burns. The Nazis are still coming to Detroit, and they've already been spotted in our city. We can't afford to let go yet. We must still continue the fight. We have to remember love.

Everything is possible, nothing is certain, but there is something to believe in. We cannot put our faith in tomorrow. After Gaza, there is no tomorrow. There is only today. Everything that needs to happen, needs to happen today.

I was recently reminded of one of the best films, one of my favorite movies. Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?

There's such a beautiful, stupid little conceit in this film, about the power of music, the necessity of culture. The idea that warfare and pop music are two sides of the same coin... it seems like complete hippie bullshit, but I promise you, there is merit to this. There is merit to the feeling of it.

Mecha tends to be like that, y'know. Sweeping, massive strokes, political conflict, psychosexual congestions and release, it's all necessary to the framework of what Mecha is. People have debated a little too much about if Evangelion is a deconstruction or a critical embrace of the tropes of Mecha anime. I think it is possible for something to be both, you know? People have the same issue when talking about Twin Peaks. A lot of people really, really don't like it when you describe it as a Soap Opera, but that is exactly what it is. Yes, it examines and critiques elements of what these stories do, but it is also very sincere and heartfelt about it's inspirations and style.

We have to remember that we're adults. We are allowed to be complex; we are allowed to be more than one thing. We have to be!

I'm keeping the booby cover for Hepburn (she said it again!) but I'll be using the pink version of it. I still want the boobs on there, but I don't want to jumpscare everyone. The booby version will be on Bandcamp as part of the download gallery, but the official release will have the pink cover.

Amuro, don't look back
The sparkling star beyond space
Is your birthplace, Amuro

BOOBIES! Sorry, I just wanted to write the word boobies.

Anyways... the Incubus isn't doing well. I'm worried about him... I kind of need to know if he's alive, and okay. I was talking to my coworker yesterday (beautiful angel) and she asked me, while I was talking about him, "Gabe... do you like him?"

I said, with the goofiest smile on my face, "Nooooo...👀"

I HAVE NO IDEA. WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT liar

MSU Guts and Casca broke up, guys. True love isn't real

I think he'll be fine. He'll be fine. He's fine.

He is fine, isn't he? Last time I saw him he had a little more meat on his bones than when I first met him... GODDDDDDDDD.

But he'll be fine.

Having a crush on a man is worse than killing yourself.

But he said that she called him a monster? Interesting... he's been a bad person, maybe. If he IS a monster... God willing...🙏🙏💘

Let me stop.

I don't have anything else to- WAIT. I thought of something.

I forgot to give my coworker my phone number. Awful, awful decision. I have to build the legion of Adrielle. However... she told me to take The Incubus off my roster... nooooo... I need to know if he bottoms... if not, I can learn!

I'm at work in the ice arena freezing my nuts off. WE WILL WIN. Believe that.

Go Lions, Free Palestine, I'll see you guys soon.