Hollis Black
@hollisblack.bsky.social
They/them, occasionally a writer, persistently tired.
The pro: When I was young I dreamt of being a writer, but I feared I wasn’t smart or interesting enough to do it, so I pursued other fields.
The con: Whoops, we all live in a Hieronymus Bosch painting now! Haha! It’s all bad!
The con: Whoops, we all live in a Hieronymus Bosch painting now! Haha! It’s all bad!
August 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The pro: When I was young I dreamt of being a writer, but I feared I wasn’t smart or interesting enough to do it, so I pursued other fields.
The con: Whoops, we all live in a Hieronymus Bosch painting now! Haha! It’s all bad!
The con: Whoops, we all live in a Hieronymus Bosch painting now! Haha! It’s all bad!
Listen. I have an idea.
May 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Listen. I have an idea.
I’m home from the hospital, a proud new father. I wanted to share the joy with the world, however I did not want to dox my partner or my newborn son in the process, so to be careful and protect their safety I have added The Prodigy from the 1996 Firestarter music video to our first family picture.
May 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I’m home from the hospital, a proud new father. I wanted to share the joy with the world, however I did not want to dox my partner or my newborn son in the process, so to be careful and protect their safety I have added The Prodigy from the 1996 Firestarter music video to our first family picture.
My kid’s gonna be born tomorrow. Youth is strange and fleeting. Felt the itch to make up some screamo riffs. Sort of a goodbye to the times when I could drive three hours out to play a show to thirty or so people and scream and be messy and be loud. Gonna miss it. Time for the next chapter.
May 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
My kid’s gonna be born tomorrow. Youth is strange and fleeting. Felt the itch to make up some screamo riffs. Sort of a goodbye to the times when I could drive three hours out to play a show to thirty or so people and scream and be messy and be loud. Gonna miss it. Time for the next chapter.
I need to know. Does Sneak King come up at all?
April 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I need to know. Does Sneak King come up at all?
Sometimes if something hurts or startles my girlfriend she’ll go “ow,” but she’ll say it like Earthworm Jim when he gets hit in the old games. I told her this, and then I had to explain who Earthworm Jim is, and then I had to find a clip of him getting hit. Just the longest walk for my bullshit.
April 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Sometimes if something hurts or startles my girlfriend she’ll go “ow,” but she’ll say it like Earthworm Jim when he gets hit in the old games. I told her this, and then I had to explain who Earthworm Jim is, and then I had to find a clip of him getting hit. Just the longest walk for my bullshit.
Pretty cool that visual representations of our stock market look like when an Angel attacks in Neon Genesis Evangelion and all their screens freak the fuck out about it.
April 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Pretty cool that visual representations of our stock market look like when an Angel attacks in Neon Genesis Evangelion and all their screens freak the fuck out about it.
I started playing Octopath Traveler 2, and I gotta say, the weight of the character’s stakes don’t always feel THE MOST balanced.
March 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I started playing Octopath Traveler 2, and I gotta say, the weight of the character’s stakes don’t always feel THE MOST balanced.
This has got to be one of the most ideologically baffling stickers I’ve ever seen. Like, do you get that Roman Cops are who put Jesus on the cross? Were you whooping and hollering and yelling “Get his ass, Pontius Pilate!” when you got to that part of the story?
February 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This has got to be one of the most ideologically baffling stickers I’ve ever seen. Like, do you get that Roman Cops are who put Jesus on the cross? Were you whooping and hollering and yelling “Get his ass, Pontius Pilate!” when you got to that part of the story?
You had hubris this time.
February 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
You had hubris this time.
Been messing with writing some new stuff.
February 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Been messing with writing some new stuff.
One time I lost a bet and had to watch Grave of the Fireflies every day for seven days in a row. Saw this while walking through an Asian Market and it felt like the emotional version of getting flashbanged.
February 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
One time I lost a bet and had to watch Grave of the Fireflies every day for seven days in a row. Saw this while walking through an Asian Market and it felt like the emotional version of getting flashbanged.
I don’t know how to explain it, but this is the most Divorced Guy Guitar Riff I have ever learned. And no, not because it’s from She’s Leaving You, by MJ Lenderman. It’s not the song title or the lyrics. It’s this riff. This riff is a divorced guy.
January 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I don’t know how to explain it, but this is the most Divorced Guy Guitar Riff I have ever learned. And no, not because it’s from She’s Leaving You, by MJ Lenderman. It’s not the song title or the lyrics. It’s this riff. This riff is a divorced guy.
Hey, unrelated to dumb jokes and very sad political postings, I (kinda) figured out how to play both guitar parts to the verse and bridge of Napoleon Solo, by At the Drive-In with the help of a looper pedal. That’s fun for me at least!
January 31, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Hey, unrelated to dumb jokes and very sad political postings, I (kinda) figured out how to play both guitar parts to the verse and bridge of Napoleon Solo, by At the Drive-In with the help of a looper pedal. That’s fun for me at least!
Also hi, been trying to be silly, but we’re all pretty stressed out I think. Here’s me messing with a looper pedal trying to recreate Green Gloves, by The National. What’s a song that makes you go, “Ok, I feel kinda calm again”? ‘Cause this is certainly one for me.
January 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Also hi, been trying to be silly, but we’re all pretty stressed out I think. Here’s me messing with a looper pedal trying to recreate Green Gloves, by The National. What’s a song that makes you go, “Ok, I feel kinda calm again”? ‘Cause this is certainly one for me.
Girlfriend: Right. So that’s how it is? I’m not allowed to be a sexual being in your presence? It makes you uncomfortable when I have agency, when I express myself?
Me: No, it’s not- I just-
[THIRTY SECONDS EARLIER]
Girlfriend: Mmm, that really curdles my loins.
Me:
Me: No, it’s not- I just-
[THIRTY SECONDS EARLIER]
Girlfriend: Mmm, that really curdles my loins.
Me:
January 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Girlfriend: Right. So that’s how it is? I’m not allowed to be a sexual being in your presence? It makes you uncomfortable when I have agency, when I express myself?
Me: No, it’s not- I just-
[THIRTY SECONDS EARLIER]
Girlfriend: Mmm, that really curdles my loins.
Me:
Me: No, it’s not- I just-
[THIRTY SECONDS EARLIER]
Girlfriend: Mmm, that really curdles my loins.
Me:
Watching Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. A dog barked and the caption read “[Speaking foreign language.]” and I thought it RULED until I realized there were guys in the background speaking Malay.
![Picture of a dog barking on a dirt road with a subtitle that reads, “[Speaking foreign language],” making it look as though the video caption writer went, “What is that small hairy man saying? I don’t know that language.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y6n77bhhwf2zad6akpc5662o/bafkreiez3xaqwa4qmjdxvebgufd5drj3zgqfcvwymghacuhtts6qug42rm@jpeg)
January 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Watching Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. A dog barked and the caption read “[Speaking foreign language.]” and I thought it RULED until I realized there were guys in the background speaking Malay.
Regarding the weird defenders of Elon Sieg Heiling.
January 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Regarding the weird defenders of Elon Sieg Heiling.
The creator I will most miss randomly seeing on TikTok? Wigglewood. The good news is that they are also on YouTube. Highly suggest you follow.
January 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The creator I will most miss randomly seeing on TikTok? Wigglewood. The good news is that they are also on YouTube. Highly suggest you follow.
The aspect ratio made it unwatchable? I thought it was just the movie! Oh ho ho ho ho!
January 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The aspect ratio made it unwatchable? I thought it was just the movie! Oh ho ho ho ho!
Sometime soon I’ll think of jokes again. Here’s a song I always liked from Silent Hill 3.
January 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Sometime soon I’ll think of jokes again. Here’s a song I always liked from Silent Hill 3.
I keep seeing people post art and lists of things they like, so I guess I’ll give it a shot. Here’s some stuff I like and a guitar cover I did a few months ago:
-David Lynch
-Silent Hill
-Evangelion
-Chainsaw Man
-Metal Gear Solid
-Elden Ring
-Indie Games
-Blank Check
-Horror
-Tim Robinson
-David Lynch
-Silent Hill
-Evangelion
-Chainsaw Man
-Metal Gear Solid
-Elden Ring
-Indie Games
-Blank Check
-Horror
-Tim Robinson
October 20, 2024 at 10:28 PM
I keep seeing people post art and lists of things they like, so I guess I’ll give it a shot. Here’s some stuff I like and a guitar cover I did a few months ago:
-David Lynch
-Silent Hill
-Evangelion
-Chainsaw Man
-Metal Gear Solid
-Elden Ring
-Indie Games
-Blank Check
-Horror
-Tim Robinson
-David Lynch
-Silent Hill
-Evangelion
-Chainsaw Man
-Metal Gear Solid
-Elden Ring
-Indie Games
-Blank Check
-Horror
-Tim Robinson