Andrew Helm
@surlyclown.bsky.social
Currently watching "The Birds" in Bodega Bay in the hotel where it was filmed. That's how you start Halloween season!🎃
October 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Currently watching "The Birds" in Bodega Bay in the hotel where it was filmed. That's how you start Halloween season!🎃
Was in Las Vegas for the first time in almost a year. It's already changed so much and not necessarily for the better. But...the Double Down Saloon remains a dark, sticky shining star in a desert of overpriced pretension.
July 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Was in Las Vegas for the first time in almost a year. It's already changed so much and not necessarily for the better. But...the Double Down Saloon remains a dark, sticky shining star in a desert of overpriced pretension.
Finally got my RealID and in the photo which will now represent me across the nation I look like the Mayor from Willow. Thanks DMV. I will not be taking further inquiries on the matter.
June 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Finally got my RealID and in the photo which will now represent me across the nation I look like the Mayor from Willow. Thanks DMV. I will not be taking further inquiries on the matter.
Me (bathroom, 3am, naked, peeing): 😴
Cockroach: scurries next to me
Me: make freakout noise like overexcited Japanese schoolgirl, sidestep, make mess, bang into 1/2 open door frame
Cockroach: laugh, disappear behind cabinet...
Cockroach: scurries next to me
Me: make freakout noise like overexcited Japanese schoolgirl, sidestep, make mess, bang into 1/2 open door frame
Cockroach: laugh, disappear behind cabinet...
June 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Me (bathroom, 3am, naked, peeing): 😴
Cockroach: scurries next to me
Me: make freakout noise like overexcited Japanese schoolgirl, sidestep, make mess, bang into 1/2 open door frame
Cockroach: laugh, disappear behind cabinet...
Cockroach: scurries next to me
Me: make freakout noise like overexcited Japanese schoolgirl, sidestep, make mess, bang into 1/2 open door frame
Cockroach: laugh, disappear behind cabinet...
Ahh...the view out our back window. I love LA?
June 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Ahh...the view out our back window. I love LA?
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LOL Hegseth ain't paying. Right now all they're talking about on military forums is how the deployments are broken up into 29 day blocks so DoD doesn't have to pay them active duty benefits INCLUDING no allowance for housing.
Bring these dudes some cold water. They'll keep ICE off your back.
Bring these dudes some cold water. They'll keep ICE off your back.
June 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
LOL Hegseth ain't paying. Right now all they're talking about on military forums is how the deployments are broken up into 29 day blocks so DoD doesn't have to pay them active duty benefits INCLUDING no allowance for housing.
Bring these dudes some cold water. They'll keep ICE off your back.
Bring these dudes some cold water. They'll keep ICE off your back.
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Like Frankenstein, like Pygmalion, certain men want to create life by THEMSELVES, without women. They think: they can create physical form, and then they can create a consciousness to put in that form? This will UNLOCK THE POWER over - dare I say - life itself!
Even though it’s just a talking Roomba
Even though it’s just a talking Roomba
Like, this guy isn't normal, and we do have to talk about the fact that a certain group of uber-wealthy people have invented a fictional promised land and they're using all their money and power to drag us there, kicking and screaming.
June 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Like Frankenstein, like Pygmalion, certain men want to create life by THEMSELVES, without women. They think: they can create physical form, and then they can create a consciousness to put in that form? This will UNLOCK THE POWER over - dare I say - life itself!
Even though it’s just a talking Roomba
Even though it’s just a talking Roomba
Strolling through Ralph's cereal aisle when I spy superlative actor Ray Wise heading my way. "Play it cool" I tell myself. --3 minutes later-- I have fanboy'd out with all the subtlety of an Adderall addicted chimp on three cups of espresso. He was super nice though!
May 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Strolling through Ralph's cereal aisle when I spy superlative actor Ray Wise heading my way. "Play it cool" I tell myself. --3 minutes later-- I have fanboy'd out with all the subtlety of an Adderall addicted chimp on three cups of espresso. He was super nice though!
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Joshua Rome (b.1953), American born woodblock artist living in Japan as a resident,
Tsukikage, In the Shadow of the Moon, 1987
#woodblock
Tsukikage, In the Shadow of the Moon, 1987
#woodblock
April 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Joshua Rome (b.1953), American born woodblock artist living in Japan as a resident,
Tsukikage, In the Shadow of the Moon, 1987
#woodblock
Tsukikage, In the Shadow of the Moon, 1987
#woodblock
I've reached the point in my life when ALL of the articles in the AARP Magazine are relevant to me.
April 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I've reached the point in my life when ALL of the articles in the AARP Magazine are relevant to me.
Random photo phriday! All hail Lemmy at the fabulous Rainbow Bar and Grill!
March 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Random photo phriday! All hail Lemmy at the fabulous Rainbow Bar and Grill!
Out to dinner last night like everything is fine... But anyway what celebrity walked in that elicited an honest to goodness "ooh!" from this jaded nerd?🤓
a woman in a black dress is making a surprised face .
Alt: Super cool actress Kristen Schaal of What We Do in the Shadows, Bob's Burgers and Flight of the Conchords.
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February 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Out to dinner last night like everything is fine... But anyway what celebrity walked in that elicited an honest to goodness "ooh!" from this jaded nerd?🤓
Random photo phriday!
All praise Goddess Divine!
All praise Goddess Divine!
February 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Random photo phriday!
All praise Goddess Divine!
All praise Goddess Divine!
My Mum died 2 years ago today. The loss and grief are just as palpable. And with so much misery already this month... It's all just a lot. Miss you.💜
February 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
My Mum died 2 years ago today. The loss and grief are just as palpable. And with so much misery already this month... It's all just a lot. Miss you.💜
David Lynch was an enormous influence. Not just his art, but his approach to it and to life in general. He had tremendous empathy for the "weirdos" and their plight despite "polite" society disapproving. We're all stuck in fear sometimes, but the whole world is indeed Wild at Heart and weird on top.
January 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
David Lynch was an enormous influence. Not just his art, but his approach to it and to life in general. He had tremendous empathy for the "weirdos" and their plight despite "polite" society disapproving. We're all stuck in fear sometimes, but the whole world is indeed Wild at Heart and weird on top.
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Without Mel Brooks hiring Lynch to make THE ELEPHANT MAN — on the strength of ERASERHEAD alone — he is very likely just a guy who made a weird film at AFI. That whole filmography you love doesn’t happen.
We all need sponsors and mentors and patrons. We need people who believe in us.
We all need sponsors and mentors and patrons. We need people who believe in us.
January 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Without Mel Brooks hiring Lynch to make THE ELEPHANT MAN — on the strength of ERASERHEAD alone — he is very likely just a guy who made a weird film at AFI. That whole filmography you love doesn’t happen.
We all need sponsors and mentors and patrons. We need people who believe in us.
We all need sponsors and mentors and patrons. We need people who believe in us.
Current level of my generalized anxiety.
a cartoon character from bob 's burgers wearing a pink bunny hat says this is fine
ALT: a cartoon character from bob 's burgers wearing a pink bunny hat says this is fine
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January 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Current level of my generalized anxiety.
Letterboxed wrapped: LA Cataclysm edition
January 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Letterboxed wrapped: LA Cataclysm edition
So, apparently with World War III on the docket and LA both on fire and in a massive wind storm, seems like a good time for the power to go out. Happy New Year world!
January 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
So, apparently with World War III on the docket and LA both on fire and in a massive wind storm, seems like a good time for the power to go out. Happy New Year world!
Happy New Year... hopefully.
January 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Happy New Year... hopefully.
A small tree this year at our beach pad by the ocean (which kinda looks like Hearst Castle.) Merry Christmas! 🎄
December 25, 2024 at 9:04 PM
A small tree this year at our beach pad by the ocean (which kinda looks like Hearst Castle.) Merry Christmas! 🎄
You ever go for a walk at night with a flashlight so as not to trip on anything, but trip on something anyway and wipe out on the sidewalk? Me too!😰
December 6, 2024 at 2:38 AM
You ever go for a walk at night with a flashlight so as not to trip on anything, but trip on something anyway and wipe out on the sidewalk? Me too!😰
A field of dreams under a full moon at Sensorio in Paso Robles. #throwback
November 28, 2024 at 8:02 PM
A field of dreams under a full moon at Sensorio in Paso Robles. #throwback
Singing the song of my penguin people at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
November 17, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Singing the song of my penguin people at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.