In some circles, the Handmaid's Tale got a lot of flack for being some very left-leaning overtly feminist bloat or something or other. In other circles, it was admittedly made to be an insufferable symbol

I came to a rather huge, albeit anticlimactic, decision today. I will not buy a new laptop!! Crazy huh? Basically, I dropped an entire cup of tea on my current one, and I assumed it was doomed, but thankfully

Aging is a terrible thing. But it's also frustratingly inconsistent, something which I am continuously reminded of. Fitness Experts seem to be able to predict it. If you can't do a certain exercise in

In honour of my Sister's birthday, I belatedly created this song: Ode to Doom, or, Happy Birthdoom. Like many people my age, Doom was a rather grim childhood game, an FPS that essentially set the stage

I can't believe I actually saw Hans Live! As a graduate of music composition, Hans was always a big name in my list of icons and influences. Just look at his portfolio of movie music: Batman Spiderman

Some people with somewhere said that there are two types of joy: The immediate joy you get from an experience The delayed joy that comes in hindsight of what, at the time, may have seemed miserable. Consider

Sidenote: Join my Community - The Dull Club! A place for where you have a particular interest or passion that may seem remarkably dull to others, but remarkable to you. Dental Punishment Today was the

I just took my oldest cat, @smashthecat to the vets for the first time since he was diagnosed with herpes a year or so ago. Back then he had a single flare up and was the first time it was ever diagnosed,

Sidenote: Join my Community - The Dull Club! A place for where you have a particular interest or passion that may seem remarkably dull to others, but remarkable to you. Unsolidified plans I'm thinking

As I touched on in my last post, I've been working on an album as an outlet for my increasing feelings of nostalgia lately. I'm famous among people such as myself for never really committing to a large

My levels of homesickness are going through the roof lately. It's very weird, because for most of my 15 years of life abroad - my entire adult life, I was never once homesick. Even as a kid going on trips

There are so many people online who post things that basically boil down to this trite garbage: You Matter I absolutely loathe it. Yeah, I know, I can just scroll past and move on but for starters, I see

I've been really in the mood to type out some thoughts here for ages lately. I have two mechanical keyboards somehow and they're really enjoyable to type with (although a bit tiring). But weirdly I have

Over the years I tend to download a ton of third party plugins for my musical endeavours which I then never use, fully intending to maybe one day check 'em out if I feel the need to. Now it's gotten to

When teaching music, one thing I notice, whether it's improvisation or composing, is that kids always want to move. Step by step, marching forwards. One note quickly onto the next. Often their attempts

The Power of Habit is some book I've never read but I've seen the name tossed around. I'm not talking about the book. If there is one thing I've been historically bad at, it's consistency. My whole life,

There's this idea in music I won't go into the details of because nobody gives a damn, which basically suggests you can boil down any musical harmony to the simple function of 'Three Blind Mice;. Everything

I think there is a moral weakness in the UK and Europe and it makes me feel ill in my soul. I like to think about things in terms of 'total net suffering'. For example, regarding Covid vaccines and lockdowns.

I recently started as a twitter user. Hopefully not long term, the place was always immediately toxic to me - and right now is no different. But I wanted to keep tabs on some current events in UK politics

There's this mindset in the West of the Rules-based order that everybody must adhere to if they want to be objectively good. Otherwise, they are objectively bad. There is a perception that the EU is some