about

Durendal: the sword of Roland [...] the sharpest sword in all existence.[citation needed]

My name is Roland, in homage to the manufacturer of synthesizers. The spelling Durandal is used in homage to the character from Marathon.

Interests (non-exhaustive): gender, baking, archives, history & archaeology, stationery, books, games, zines, horror fiction, the gothic, danmei and baihe, music, somatics, tarot, esoterica, new and mixed media art, sexuality, anarchism, buddhism, death and funerary practices, grief, trauma, permacomputing, small web, writing, backpacking and hiking, cycling, animism, sff, kink, fandom and online fan culture, cats.

Zines in which my words appear:

Do not expect consistency in topic, quality, originality, or completeness of anything here.