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One Thousand Word Challenge 232: Thoughts, Some Repeated

Alright, so I have about ten minutes and so I’m going to do a little bit of racing. Have been meaning to write a lot more this month than I have and it hasn’t been happening. Lack of sleep and … Continue reading

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Himuro Yoshiteru: I Wanted a New Life

One listen. I had ideas going into this one, and I’m not sure if I properly realised them. That’s fine, however, as I still capture the song, or at least was getting to a point where I was getting across … Continue reading

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Yoko Shimomura: Dearly Beloved

Two listens for this one. A rather iconic piece of music, especially for a particular age group that was into gaming in the early aughts. Certainly iconic to me, too. Tried to avoid that, and I think I did. Tried … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1476: Felt Better

Today I’ve been feeling okay. I’ve definitely felt better, but I’ve been feeling okay today. Get on my lunch, prepare to write and the anxiety started spiking. Why? This is not what I need right now. I need to write. … Continue reading

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Nobuo Uematsu: Sealed Door

One listen. I did a few checks on this one to see if I’d written it before. Yesterday I found out that I wrote about “Brink of Time” (“時の最果て”) twice, so I combined them into one piece. Been a bit … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1399: Through the Long Tail

I feel wretched. A sudden illness that has passed and left lingering stuff. Fun times. It was an overnight thing and now I go through the long tail of it, but I’ll rebound. Don’t have much choice, really. Kind of … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1388: Warm up by Writing

Alright, it’s a Monday and the sun is coming out and I’m trying to warm up by writing furiously, and with some sort of fury in a furious manner. No fury in me, however. Whatever shall I do? Not much. … Continue reading

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Shoji Meguro: Memories of the City

Two listens for this one and it was a bit of a struggle. Not enough sleep. I think this turned out mostly okay. There’s some of an idea of the song here but a lot of this feels like it … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1281: Being Tired is a Thing

Being tired is a thing that happens sometimes and you try to get used to it but you can’t always and so that’s the way life goes. However, it could be argued that it is better to not get used … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1271: Boxes Getting Away

Long day, all that stuff. Working and unpacking and working and unpacking and moving boxes and unpacking, then losing boxes as unpacking only to find that they absconded with other boxes and then you’re chasing down boxes to stop them … Continue reading

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