I’ve been playing for 7.5 hrs now. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I need to sleep.

It started with WRC 8 on my laptop. I was getting frustrated because my wrists were getting tired but I couldn’t budge out of my ranking.

Because my wrists were already hurting, I decided to play a more casual cosy game, Stardew Valley. It turns out, it’s more addicting than I anticipated and Twin I has been laughing at me because I couldn’t get out of my gaming chair.

This is dangerous.☠️

Jon Batiste may be my favorite individual musician to date. His enthusiasm and joy for life is infectious. And he plays one of the most difficult genres for me: Jazz.

The foley part of this video is just the start of something magical. His entire collaboration with Josh Harmon here is a joy to watch. Jon Batiste explained exactly why I’m having a hard time playing jazz on the piano: it drops beats in unpredictable ways. There are so many technically proficient pianists around who can play Franz Liszt flawlessly, but jazz… it comes from  the artist’s feelings that can’t be taught in any conservatory of music. Either you have it or you don’t.

With Jon Batiste, I’m convinced he can see colors when he hears and plays music. It’s similar to how Tori Amos is affected by music. They both have chromesthesia, I think.

Whatever. Jon Batiste is a joy to watch or listen to.

JOSHUA JACKSON WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE IN MY HEART.

I was a forever Pacey girl. I even wrote a short story based on Pacey/Joshua Jackson when I was in college. ❤️ 😁