Infinite Zenith

I think I'm getting better at doing this 🙂 Here's my final shot from yesterday's Milky Way shoot. I drove back to Elbow Falls from Forget-Me-Not Pond for this. #ShareYourWeather #Alberta #Canada #MilkyWay #SonyPhotography

#ShareYourWeather

I might be shadow-banned on BlueSky and not able to get any engagement because my buttons are disabled, but I can still post landscape photos.

Cynicism and fatalism are weaknesses, excuses for inaction and idleness. It takes strength to get up in the morning, do good and leave the world a better place than one found it.

Chuck Norris can shoot a sharp, detailed photo of the Milky Way with a single exposure at ISO 100, f/8 and a 1/200s shutter speed, handheld, while the Milky Way's core is beneath the horizon.

The age of my blog might be over, but I had enough fun with the Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid movie that I found it worthwhile to write about.

What negative people on the internet say should not have any bearing on what one does: do the things you love in the manner of your choosing, like I did with #HaloCampaignEvolved

When you've seen as much of life as I have, Twitter takes and internet wars become inconsequential next to the vastness of the world.

Watching all the bollocks on Twitter is hilarious. Living life virtuously, without 240-character sound bites on politics, is its own reward. BlueSky, on the other hand, is a little more curated. If there's geopolitics nonsense here, I'm pretty insulated from that stuff.

Beating a basement-dweller in #Battlefield6

Celebrating 20 years of Haruhi with a discussion of what the broadcast order offers, and another perspective of the work that I'm sure people have discussed to death in the past, but not quite in the same manner that I discuss things in.

My old Twitter was compromised. Please delete/block me and ignore all messages coming from my account as a safety precaution

Revisiting the last #Locodol OVA 10 years after my MSc defense, or, "Infinite Zenith likes the sound of their voice too much"

Here's my review of #IchijoumaMankitsuGurashi, an underappreciated anime that was quite charming and fun to watch.

I prefer real life to the internet. I go for a pleasant five-day road trip, and what's the first thing I find when I get back? A flame war on #IchijoumaMankitsuGurashi. Stay classy, chronically online internet users.

Just to show that my blog's back in business now, here's another talk on Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu's eighth chapter and how Girls und Panzer's slice-of-life side is able to carry the story.

My attempts at flower photography

I sometimes wish that people who make interesting observations and detailed analysis of things would start a blog. Social media is so volatile that you could say something excellent and then struggle to find it again later, especially without search-by-date options.

I was having trouble with the blog earlier, but it's back online now. Let's celebrate with a look at the latest instalment of Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!'s seventh act 👍

Anime gatekeeping is hilariously ineffective, and for my part, I don't care if some celebrity says they like anime. The only people who aren't worthy of being anime fans are the gatekeepers of the Haruhi era who fansubbed things wrong or wrote elitist posts about how taste can be objective.

Because out of all our vast array of options, this is the one we choose for ourselves. We go forward like a breath exhaled from the Earth. With vigor in our hearts and one goal in sight...we will have fun. #Otafest

Whatever Ribbon Warrior is, it is NOT Girls und Panzer. Shizuka Tsuruki completely goes against everything Girls und Panzer stands for, and I hope this project is never adapted into an anime.

🎶Broetry is made by stupid people, clever people wouldn't even try. If you wanna place in the LinkedIn feed, then write something dumb before you die. 🎵 (To the tune of "History is made by stupid people", by The Arrogant Worms)

Two perspectives of the Milky Way #ShareYourWeather #YYCWeather #MilkyWay #Astrophotography

Generally speaking, Social media tends to punish people for posting excellent content, and rewards people for posting poor content (e.g. anything that's punchy, polarising and political).

This morning's G2 Aurora was spectacular #ShareYourWeather #YYCWeather #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights

Spoiler alert, I'm having fun with #Battlefield6, and it reminds me of my graduate student days, back when I didn't have to deal with taxes, health insurance or annual returns.

#Battlefield6's Operations is pretty fun. It would've been nice to have some narrations like in Battlefield 1, but the notion of maps linked together for a longer series of games was enjoyable.

The #GirlsUndPanzer #MottoLoveLoveSakusenDesu spinoffs are the perfect show of how Girls und Panzer isn't all srs bns. The slice of life elements remind viewers to take things easy and smile.

Given recent life events, I no longer believe I can be effective as anime blogger. The number of responsibilities in RL bring new opportunity, but it means I won't have time to write like I once did. It's time to look at rolling things back.

I don't think I've posted here in a while. Here's a discussion about #Frieren that nobody wanted, talking about the topics nobody usually talks about 🙃

Totally got this cheater back one in #Battlefield6

Last night, I went out for my first astrophotography shoot of the year with the photo club; we had hoped to shoot the Milky Way. In classic Alberta fashion, the clouds came in and nixed that, but in the end, we got a faint aurora to show for last night's outing.

Annual photography club AGM

Spring means spring fever.

Being a volunteer photographer and board member of a photography club made me realise one thing. Arguing about anime is a bloody waste of time.

Post processing on Byodo-In Temple from my Japan trip back in 2024

By the time Girls und Panzer Das Finale finishes, I'm going to be sitting on a beach somewhere, earning 7%.

This has been one of the most interesting and turbulent Februarys in living memory: ✅ Insane market volatility ✅ Going from spring to winter at the drop of a hat ✅ Volunteered so much I didn't spend any weekends at home I can't believe the month is almost past this quickly

Yessir, only in Calgary can it be 16C/60F in one week, and then -22C/-8F the next

Welcoming the Chinese New Year in style by volunteering as an event photographer #ChineseNewYear #ChineseNewYear2026 #YearOfTheHorse

"When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change". Here's a #valentines perspective of #hyakkano, from another side of the fence.

We're halfway through #WashItAllAway, and we're making incremental progress in the story: as Wakana integrates with the community more, hints of her past begin manifesting gently. A lot of folks are more keen on the fanservice, but there's more going on here. #綺麗にしてもらえますか #KireiNiShiteMoraemasuKa