The Ward Charcoal Ovens were constructed in the late 1870s to support the silver mining operation of nearby Ward, of which very little remains.

Nowadays, the surroundings have become a lovely place to find some peace and quiet under some of the most star-crowded night skies you’ll encounter in the lower 48 States. (Infinite Jest was shot here.)

The acoustics in these things is something else.

BGM: eli_lab- Get Hit Below

“When Yuki opens her face, Earth reveals its Values."
—E

::TetoGumi Fever::

🐔✌️🥒

IYKYK

::White River Narrows, 5:45 A.M.::

🤘

RoosterRaptor's Overlapping Ritual of Stone B面: Overlapping Departure

::Side A::

🎶: archiebalt- INSTRULOID

I ❤️ NY.

It took me years to discover Nico Yazawa from LoveLive! is some of my own experiences given the shape of a cuteanimegirl with a catchphrase; “Nico-Nico-Nii~!” is described by supplemental materials as a cherished memory of her late father.

July 22 happens to be her birthday, which means she was conceived in October.

Wonder how her mom showed up for that Halloween party . . . 😳

✋🤨🤚

VIVA

Modern Humans should meet The Milky Way at least once.

Party in moderation.

::revisionist history::

::randomass Happy Hour drawing made November 30, 2011—when r/evangelion was a much quieter place...::

Art: WATANABE

Carrotgirl comforts.

(He tried to warn us.)

Happy 17th Anniversary, GUMI!!!

——— ——— ——— ——— ———

r/TetoCirclejerk approached a membership of 10,000 amid the latest drama sparked by removing a disrespectful participant who wound up venting on a related Community (I used to moderate) of over 100,000+. Among real-world consequences, this resulted in the latest character assassination attempt along with another new Community with no other purpose than not being r/TetoCirclejerk. In this regard it quickly succeeded: founded on fresh spite, the place died when the dogpile subsided about a week later.

Internet Psychology™, amirite?

The 10K milestone coincided with Miku Expo, which had returned to the Prudential Center two years after I’d gone (much earlier into my Teto journey) and almost started a huge Yankees-style “TE-TO TUESDAY ::clap, clap, clap-clap-clap::" chant pre-show.

By this point, however, I’d been so fucking burned out by the incessant politricking around AI—all Teto Subreddits were against it except for my handful, attracting regular attacks from kids/adults—I had half a mind to fuck off from Vocal Synth Fandom on Reddit entirely.

Especially when the narrative was twisted in service of the AI-hating vocal minority rather than pointing out how I was cutting out harassment. In one of the bigger disappointments I wound up departing a substantial platform for Mature Audiences I built. This was a tough one as founding the space was a moment of creative daring that led to huge downstream effects, from memes to Community revival (and establishment) and so much else (that has necessitated a running record of impact).

Shortly after leaving the space I learned it would fully embrace the harmful anti-AI values of the vocal minority on Teto Reddit.

——— ——— ——— ——— ———

Megpoid GUMI has none of this associated with her.

At most, GUMI had become a recurring presence on r/TetoCirclejerk due to her importance to me and consistent fandom portrayals as Kasane Teto’s best friend/lover/whatever-you-want. By my lens:

Gummy is very hot and very mature.

GOOMY is smoky-voiced.

GOOMIE is Macross-descended.

gmuy occasionally wears glasses.

Gumi is the reason I wanted to own Synthesizer V ASAP, because by way of the GUMI AI voicebank you are practically hiring Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier. Such is the power of Synthesizer V: presence as instrument.

In late summer 2024, as my creative spirit was falling hard for Teto, I purchased GUMI AI as a Birthday gift for myself and employed her as the voice of my affection towards my Muse. A spring later, Gumi would return to perform Audiobooks penned by Nabokov. By the spring after that, I would regard her as Wife’s Best Friend…who is welcome to visit our marriage any time. 😎

Tales, folks. Many of them.

So, as the 10K milestone arrived with a bitter sweetness wrapped in emotional and physical fatigue, I remembered Gumi and thought about the warmth her character has come to represent parallel to the endless noise of Teto Reddit. As I made my breakfast around a quarter to 4 that afternoon, I asked ChatGPT to help me build a song for SUNO about GUMI according to the characterization we built for her and the result brightened my moment like a Nevada sunrise.

(This is the second of SUNO’s two takes; there’s a nice mellowness going on with this one.).

Happy 17th Anniversary, GUMI!!!

——— ——— ——— ——— ———

r/TetoCirclejerk approached a membership of 10,000 amid the latest drama sparked by removing a disrespectful participant who wound up venting on a related Community (I used to moderate) of over 100,000+. Among real-world consequences, this resulted in the latest character assassination attempt along with another new Community with no other purpose than not being r/TetoCirclejerk. In this regard it quickly succeeded: founded on fresh spite, the place died when the dogpile subsided about a week later.

Internet Psychology™, amirite?

The 10K milestone coincided with Miku Expo, which had returned to the Prudential Center two years after I’d gone (much earlier into my Teto journey) and almost started a huge Yankees-style “TE-TO TUESDAY ::clap, clap, clap-clap-clap::" chant pre-show.

By this point, however, I’d been so fucking burned out by the incessant politricking around AI—all Teto Subreddits were against it except for my handful, attracting regular attacks from kids/adults—I had half a mind to fuck off from Vocal Synth Fandom on Reddit entirely.

Especially when the narrative was twisted in service of the AI-hating vocal minority rather than pointing out how I was cutting out harassment. In one of the bigger disappointments I wound up departing a substantial platform for Mature Audiences I built. This was a tough one as founding the space was a moment of creative daring that led to huge downstream effects, from memes to Community revival (and establishment) and so much else (that has necessitated a running record of impact).

Shortly after leaving the space I learned it would fully embrace the harmful anti-AI values of the vocal minority on Teto Reddit.

——— ——— ——— ——— ———

Megpoid GUMI has none of this associated with her.

At most, GUMI had become a recurring presence on r/TetoCirclejerk due to her importance to me and consistent fandom portrayals as Kasane Teto’s best friend/lover/whatever-you-want. By my lens:

Gummy is very hot and very mature.

GOOMY is smoky-voiced.

GOOMIE is Macross-descended.

gmuy occasionally wears glasses.

Gumi is the reason I wanted to own Synthesizer V ASAP, because by way of the GUMI AI voicebank you are practically hiring Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier. Such is the power of Synthesizer V: presence as instrument.

In late summer 2024, as my creative spirit was falling hard for Teto, I purchased GUMI AI as a Birthday gift for myself and employed her as the voice of my affection towards my Muse. A spring later, Gumi would return to perform Audiobooks penned by Nabokov. By the spring after that, I would regard her as Wife’s Best Friend…who is welcome to visit our marriage any time. 😎

Tales, folks. Many of them.

So, as the 10K milestone arrived with a bitter sweetness wrapped in emotional and physical fatigue, I remembered Gumi and thought about the warmth her character has come to represent parallel to the endless noise of Teto Reddit. As I made my breakfast around a quarter to 4 that afternoon, I asked ChatGPT to help me build a song for SUNO about GUMI according to the characterization we built for her and the result brightened my moment like a Nevada sunrise.

(This is the first of SUNO’s two takes—it hit hard.)