This ended up being significantly more complicated than I anticipated.
This Is Supposedly an Essay about Death of the Author but Really It’s Just an Excuse to Talk about a Song I Like That, Statistically, You Have Never Heard
What meaning did you derive from that, beyond the literal semantic meaning of the words? Did that do anything for you? Probably not, right?
WRITING FACTS
I guess now's as good a time as any to explain what I'm doing.
Year in Review 2023: Video Games
We can all remember getting that new set of clothes, a vehicle of our own, and a magical stone that lets us defy gravity, then setting out to explore derelict spaceships and collect beetle dung.
Year in Review 2023: Music, Part 2
It's got space, it's got chill vibes, it's also got a few intense vibes, it's got all the feelings, and it's got mushrooms.
Year in Review 2023: Music, Part 1
There's a feeling of someone trying really hard to relax, but not quite getting there.
Year in Review 2023: Movies
Rather than "ok, here's the thing I went through, how do I write about that," it's "here's what I'm writing about...why am I doing this?"
Year in Review 2023: COEF
Sometimes it's ok to like things, and I really needed to be reminded of that.
Year in Review 2023: Books
This was a neat little collection of some of the many ways you can tell a story in the medium, and several made me go "Ooooh," and "Hmmmm" and other noises of inspired approval.
CYBERPUNK 2077 Is More Style than Substance, and That’s Fine
You'd think I would be absolutely shitting on this game's writing. Which, I guess I am a little.
Certain of Eventual Failure 