“Landsailor” isn’t my favorite Vienna Teng song.

Musically, it’s pretty simple, especially compared to some of her other work. There’s some clever lyrical twists—actually, there’s a whole pile of metaphors and allusions, which I appreciate—but again, no more than I’d expect from her. Compared to what seemed like shocking variety on the rest of the album, her first in years, “Landsailor” felt forgettable.

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First foray into chiptune / “8-bit” style! I think it’s all the Undertale music I’ve been listening to lately. This is from the musical The Fourth Messenger.

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Yesterday’s story for NaCreSoMo featured a version of me as the main character, and was told in third person. As I mentioned then, that’s already a weird situation for me, but there was one complication in particular that went beyond the usual: was the character “Jordan” or “Jordy”?

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