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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1500: Relaxed and Sad

This morning I walked almost eight kilometres to save a bit of money on parking. Well, also to avoid dealing with city traffic, but you know. Since then, it’s been a bit of a dead day. Going to try and … Continue reading

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Hitomi Sato: Route 12 (Autumn/Winter)

One listen. A lot of the main Pokémon games’ soundtracks are quite beloved, and for good reason. They’re composed appropriately and don’t offer more than necessary, but also appeal when removed from the context of the games. I think that … Continue reading

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Hitomi Sato: Eterna Forest

One listen. For this particular soundtrack album, not all the songs loop, so there’s a bit more pressure to get things across. I had an idea of some of the things I wanted to touch upon when going into this … Continue reading

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Masafumi Takada: Sweet Blue Flag

One listen. I was playing catch up for most of this one. When I realsied what kind of sound the song had, things sort of became easier. It’s kind of a futuristic sound, or at least a futuristic sound of … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1463: Trying to Dump Words

What’s the time right now? It’s writing time. Somehow I just lost twenty minutes and I’ll probably lose twenty more before the day is over. I’m not jumping through time, however: I just… lost it. Where did it go? What … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1456: Like any Other Another Day

So a couple of dead days but otherwise I’ve kept on going. Hoping I can get another review or two done this week. Hoping to keep up the momentum. What has happened? Usually my bursts don’t last this long. Am … Continue reading

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King Crimson: The Howler

One listen. Just went into it and spent most of the time feeling like I was trying to catch up. I like what came forward, however. Not sure how well it captures the song, but it does get across something … Continue reading

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The Train Keeps Going

I wonder about what I am doing, and I’m thinking about the people left behind in time; people who got off at their station. Of course some get back on at some point, but there are plenty who don’t as … Continue reading

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On Maruki and The Phantom Thieves

So I’ve been working on this essay which I’ll be publishing somewhere away from the usual places. I’ve been working on it for far too long and slowly chipping away, and it needed a lot of work and still does … Continue reading

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Another Cycling Ramble

Going to try and power through some writing AND do more than one thing today. Exciting, I know. Totally exciting and worth stating. Being back on the bike is great. I’m wrecked, as they say, but it’s wrecked in a … Continue reading

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