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Writer, musician, amateur game developer, and full-time mother for special needs children. She/Her 🏳️‍⚧️
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Watch his right pinky, the way it acts as almost a third hand, adding an extra layer of tonal richness to the composition through prudent writing and sheer manual dexterity. Hot take: Beethoven was a genius. youtu.be/sbTVZMJ9Z2I?...

Inspecting a top secret DOD facility; a woman is hooked up to an elaborate VR apparatus. "It's a project to create the ultimate female soldier. This device simulates being raised with a nearly infinite number of brothers - and only one bathroom."

As someone who's been waiting for Deltarune to be completely finished before playing it, the knowledge that the wait is almost over feels unreal. Undertale feels like a lifetime ago; it was the last game I got really into before my first child was born.

Was pretty uninterested in the Netflix Narnia movies until I found out Greta Girwig is directing them. Maybe Susan won't be barred from Heaven for discovering boys and makeup in this version. #justiceforsusan

How come every time I hear a news story about JD Vance it's about his vacation getting interrupted? How many weeks of vacation has he taken two months into this job? I realize Veep is kind of a fake job, but shouldn't he at least pretend to be busy?

How have I never heard of Logan Whitehurst!? This also might be Wikiforr's cutest animation yet! youtu.be/87sUYxA-yC8?...

Watching the Garfield movie with my kids and it struck me: it's wild how often Animal Control are depicted as sadistic animal-hating crooked cops in kids' media, when in reality they make personal sacrifices and risk life and limb just to save animal life and ameliorate animal suffering.

If someone posted video of working in a garage and nothing was greasy and everybody was in formal wear, people would know it's bullshit. But a tradwife influencer claims to clean the bathroom in a Sunday dress with a full face of makeup and everybody's like "seems legit."

In honor of International Women's Day, here's one of my favorite songs by a gal :3 What's your favorite song by a female artist? youtu.be/pySSdwwx204?...

Such a gorgeous song. I remember seeing this video on MTV years ago and I was instantly hooked. youtu.be/Oextk-If8HQ?...

Getting a lot of mileage out of the song that got me through the worst of high school and my parents' divorce lately. It reminds me of my grandmother, one of the strongest people I've ever known. youtu.be/ZxgzCr6PGeo?...

The problem so many film/TV adaptations of Garfield have is that the antagonist of the comic strip Garfield is Garfield himself. So when you move him to a more protagonistic role you lose a lot of what makes him compelling as a character.

Smoking, listening to this song, and staring at the sunset is a huge vibe. youtu.be/ql-xNcpW_dA?...

Localization for early PSX RPGs was quite rough. It only lasted a couple of years, but it created this unique and irreplaceable vibe. The phrasing felt slightly but noticeably off, and it added to the feeling of being immersed in a strange world. I wonder if there's a way to recapture that feeling.

I am always saying this.

At first I was disappointed with Dragon Quest 3 2D-HD's hard difficulty, but now that I'm up to the pyramid it's really gotten good. I enjoy the treasure troves they scattered around the world map to encourage you to explore the wilderness instead of walking in a circle around town to level grind.

Spellbound is a cute little allegory with a great score. I appreciated some of the details about what it's like to be a child who has to display more maturity than their parents. Bonus points for being about a royal heir and actually involving the pressures and expectations of executive power.

Remember when they localized this grim show about the psychological impact of war on child soldiers and tried to make it acceptable for ten year olds? As though watching Heeroy Yuy attempt suicide would be less traumatizing if he never said the word "die"? Gooood times.

I don't see the point in not believing in things you can taste like fear and cinnamon youtu.be/AttQPGybmo4?...

This is one of my favorite pieces of kitschy pop ephemera, maybe the campiest show it's possible to make. Use clips from it in your next stage show or work presentation! youtu.be/Gbn-zwNB7r4?...

Female character that you love I keep intending to build a multiclass Bard/Druid based on Kipo Oak.

Hearthstone core set update has me excited for the future, given that Leroy, Deckhand, Kill Command are all leaving. Seems like every new dev team has to learn a hard lesson about Charge. Also with MC Tech, Reska, Yogg, Reno, etc etc etc rotating we might actually be able to stick a board again.

Love this song so much. I arranged it into a lullaby and sing it to my kids at night. youtu.be/D13zs5z3wnQ?...

Happy Valentine's Day everybody! <3 youtu.be/1qdAHiwQfQQ?...

What I love about this song is how it showcases Neil's ability to build a boppin' jam out of noises most people would not even call music. Something about it scratches a strange itch in my brain just right. youtu.be/pjeF8aiQgLU?...

Still see folks holding out hope that, after Trump's spite-based economic policies inevitably fail, it will make his supporters reconsider. Sorry, but no. They'll blame feminists, or communists, or Jews for the failure of their policies and crack down ever harder on their victims. That's fascism.

Playing through the whole Mother series in order (okay, I didn't actually finish the first one) has got me thinking about this amazing version of the series theme song again. Guaranteed to brighten your day: youtu.be/IP8JgWd6TW0?...

As a huge nerd who didn't use any THC until her late twenties, I had to come up with the pneumonic "Indica makes you indolent, sativa makes you sprightly" to keep them straight. I couldn't come up with anything better, so I guess I'll be silently saying that in my head for the rest of my life.

I got this game for my birthday and I honestly just thought I was going to enjoy the cute aesthetics for an hour or two and lose interest. But WOW is it good. The writing is a little indulgent sometimes, but other than that it's great on every level. store.steampowered.com/app/2124380/...

Oh my God this remix goes even harder than the original. The improved instrumentation really shows off how solid the underlying composition is. youtu.be/_cSjpiQB6RA?...

I am completely obsessed with this arpeggiation. If you'll excuse me, I have to learn this melody by ear. youtu.be/BGDtuYVBYtk?...

The Oprah episodes on BTB were really long and sad and morally complex. So it's nice that our followup episodes about Venusian Space Magic feature Robert giggling at poop jokes like a delighted child for a solid hour. It's a nice mood contrast.

Disaster strikes on the third day of the investor conference as one of them finally realizes that I've been saying my goal is to "get bred" all weekend.

Showed my eldest son Star Fox 64 and he's been playing it on the NSO service. And he's just running around the house quoting the hammy voice acting all day, just like I did at his age. Funny how many of the mission briefings are just Pepper saying "There's bad guys here!" and Fox replying, "Yup."