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Date: May 20th, 2020.

Time of Writing: 11:23 PM.

Weather: I'm not really sure, I didn't go outside today, but the sun was really bright in the evening shining through the window illuminating all the dust on my computer screen.

Mental and Physical Health State: I'm feeling really good today. I feel like the last few days I've had a lot of anxieties, about people and my friends and just various circles I've been a part of over the years, but recently I've started to just feel better about it all, somehow.

Day Overview: I woke up around eleven o'clock today, and sort of sat around denying it for a while. Not much was done today. No writing at all, really, though I did some sort of mental planning and solidification of concept for a thing that's happening in the writingosphere. I played some video games and chilled and listened to music. That's all I need to be doing. I don't need to expect anything of myself, this is a crisis. I just need to be calm, and I just need to feel okay, and ready to brave the new world. Anything to escape the Backstreet Boys Reunion Tour.

On My Mind: I mean like I said in the health section I've been doing a lot of sorta negative reflecting on myself as a social person. Being away from physical contact with people has made me forget what parts of that translate to interaction online. A lot of emotional stock has gone into my online interactions as of late and I haven't really been careful about that at all.

Works Consumed:

• Orpheus vs. The Sirens by Hermit and the Recluse: What an absolute powerhouse this is conceptually. Most historical rap is incredibly corner, borne from the inevitable influence of the Theater Kid, but this album is absolutely confident and musical without any of that lyrical influence seeping through. That's really good for a post-Hamilton album. The production has this kind of seeping lethargic mood to it, aged and ancient, that compliments the lyrics a lot. My main criticism is that I don't really like Ka's flow on this. I mean his singular flow on this. He's got a monotone sort of deadpan delivery that works well in rap groups/duos where there's something to balance it out, but there aren't even any features on this thing. Overall I enjoyed myself but it could be better in some obvious ways. 8/10.
• Shigeo Sekito Special Sound Series Vol. 2: The Word by Shigeo Sekito: This is fun lounge music. A lot of fun lounge music. It starts to get grating after a while. After a while, bouncy slap bass is just... someone playing the bass. Even when something is greatly enjoyed in moderation, over time you still realize that there's nothing special about a lot of it at once. Some of the songs also have a really annoyingly corporate quality. The cover of Yesterday by The Beatles, for instance. Yuck. Overall it's nice for a little while and there's some alright synthwork to salvage here. Especially The Word II and Lost Horizon Share the Joy. 6/10.

Works In Progress:

• Kami no Tou animated by Telecom Animation Film: Episode Eight.

Works Produced: Not much other than some very basic planning stuff. We passed 15,000 pageviews on the site today. So now I can re-anounce the page counter as an addition in celebration of this milestone. Yep. That's totally an honest, sane thing to do.

Other Thoughts: Thank you for reading my blog. This week I don't have an episode of The Quarantine Machine ready. However, I'm going to share something a little different; a sort of mood board in a playlist, just a collection of songs that capture a specific feeling or set of emotions that I've had at the time. A sort of catharsis playlist. I've been making these for a while now, but in the past I haven't really shared them much or done anything with crossfades. Today's playlist, I made in the last week before everything kinda hit the fan. The first week of March. It's designed to work best with a twelve second crossfade, and it can also loop, it's designed so that the last song flows into the first. I'll do another Quantine Machine playlist next week, and it'll have a theme for sure.