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Date: April 15th, 2020.

Time of Writing: 11:20 PM.

Weather: I've not a clue!

Mental and Physical Health State: The inside of my mouth hurts. I think I cut the inside of my mouth somehow, the inside of my lips. Otherwise I feel fine, both physically and mentally.

Day Overview: The highlight, or, rather, the focal point, of my day was a job interview I did over Zoom for the position of Archival Music Director. It was a nerve-wracking experience, but I think it went pretty well. They told me it did, at least, they seemed impressed by my past experience in libraries and by my responses to questions and the questions I had. That said, I'm really bad at reading people. It could have gone really terribly! The rest of the day was spent writing for class and, I dunno, eating? I didn't really get to do that much. I listened to music while I worked and managed to watch some stuff in the morning, but that was it.

On My Mind: Not much really. My brain's in full academic writing mode. Not a fun mode to be. Just got done with an assignment and then I'm going to log onto video games with some friends for a few hours. Not going to spend much of that time really doing any heavy duty brain lifting. I don't really want to be in class tomorrow. I'm not presenting until next week, so why do I have to show up if tomorrow is just a bunch of presentations that aren't mine? They can be each other's audience. My friend in class is going the day that I'm going so I'm not really interested in tomorrow's presentations.

• Blue Bell Knoll by Cocteau Twins: Okay, this is the best Cocteau Twins record I've heard. Treasure is really great, but this album takes the cake. The percussion focus is excellent, the texturework is so dreamy and layered and excellent, the vocals are really, really going for it, everything just lines up perfectly. It's just a really, really nice listen. It doesn't supersede the other Cocteau Twins records, though. Those still have moods and times they're best for. But I just sort of feel this is the best overall encapsulation of their different sounds, and it's a joy to listen to. It might be a little bit formless in the middle though. 9/10.
• The Redeemer by Dean Blunt: It's been a while since I heard a subtle concept album like this, and even longer since I heard one that tries to deceive the listener as to what that concept is. The album starts like it's a pretty normal unrequited love focussed work, but over time reveals that the protagonist (I really hate talking in these terms about music but whatever) is a creepy, stalkerish figure. The lusher tracks on here are breathtaking. The phone interludes are unsettling. The rest? Falls a little bit flat, and loses me a bit. A lot a bit. It's distracting how the album flips between exquisite nocturnal sounds and just... I dunno how to say it without being mean, but just lame stuff. I'll cherish the good bits though. 7/10 overall.

• Kami no Tou animated by Telecom Animation Film: Episode Three.
• Tower of God by SlaveInUtero: Season One Chapters (I'm going to call it Chapter to avoid confusion) 12 - 17.

Works Produced: Class stuff over and over and over. Tomorrow will be stronger for creative things. But then I gotta do another essay. Aaaaugh! And I didn't have time to implement the viewer counter today either. Oof.

Other Thoughts: Thank you for reading my blog! It's Wednesday, and that means it's time for The Quarantine Machine. This week's theme is Air, concluding our Elemental Series of playlists. You can listen to a big playlist of all of these last four episodes end to end to end to end, here. I need submissions for new themes, on that note; please send me your ideas!