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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1588: Faster than the Last
I want to try and get something written at a faster speed than the last one. I don’t want to go into talking about racing the clock as that’s not what I’m doing, even though that’s exactly what I’m doing. … Continue reading
Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1576: First Day of Another Contract
It’s another day and this building is filling with people, and I need to kill some time. Feels weird not starting at eight in the morning, but today I don’t. Today I feel old and tired, and perhaps that is … Continue reading
Kimitaka Matsumae: Staff Roll
One listen, and I was a bit surprised as to how little I was able to pull from what I was hearing. I think I went too hard early on which caused me to stumble a bit. Kimitaka Matsumae’s (松前公高) … Continue reading
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Tagged familiar, insects, jade cocoon, kimitaka matsumae, normalcy, reflected, sounds, staff roll
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“Layla” in a Café
A good few weeks ago I was in Dirty Red, and the piano exit section of “Layla” was playing and it was quiet, and it made me think of Casino, when Robert De Niro’s character is talking about Las Vegas changing … Continue reading
Underworld: 11 Hundred Hz
One listen. Felt I had to rush and try to stay where the song was up to. Not a good way to be about this, I think. The writing suffered a bit for it. Underworld’s “11 Hundred Hz” is from I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged 11, carry, collection, familiar, hundred, low, notion, surface, underworld, unpleasant
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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1502: Everything Written and Then Some
So I’m sitting here, doing some stuff before I start work for the day/ Life is okay at this moment. I’m in a building and there are windows nearby, but the closes one that’s visible from where I am… isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged everything, familiar, mood, return, settle, some, writing, written
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These New Puritans: Organ Eternal
One listen. Just threw myself in, got it done. In, out and the below is the result. Not sure what it’s saying. It describes the song well enough. Feels like there’s much room for more. These New Puritans’ “Organ Eternal” … Continue reading
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Tagged brushed, familiar, looms, memory, movement, organ eternal, still, textural, these new puritans
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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1289: A Cycle Today
Earlier today I went for a cycle. It’s the first one I’ve been on since shortly before moving house. Been meaning to get back on the bike before now but… yeah. So I went and it was a fairly easy … Continue reading
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Tagged cycle, familiar, lizard, months, moved, remembered, river, traffic
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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1284: Scrapped the Start and Restarted
So I started this off in a way that was far too familiar to me and so I scrapped the start of this bit of writing. Admittedly I did not lose many words but it still feels like a large … Continue reading


