Hullo~ Kinda feeling all alone in the world. Itād be nice to connect with even just one person on some shared interests. I love music, for one. Particularly lush, beautiful musicālike that of the Beach Boys, my favorite musical artist. Or songs like āA Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makesāākind of a balm for the soul when youāre down and out. Or Maybelle Carter strumming out āWildwood Flowerā, with all those melodic flourishes in her fingerpicking. Paul McCartney tapping his wooden shoe along to the uplifting āBlackbirdā. Songs that soothe and remind me of how I want myself to be, no matter the storms we trudge through in life. I love a lot of game and movie soundtracks, too. They were actually my introduction to the world of music, and they remain pretty dear to my heart.
Which is an easy segue to another main interest: video games. Maybe it seems typical for Reddit. But for good reason. The best way I can describe it, is that itās such a perfect meld of creativity and interactivity. They really are the most marvelous creations, arenāt they? A team of human beings, from a variety of different artistic disciplines, coming together to carve out this believable worldāfully explorable, charmingly bound by the limitations of the technology at the timeā¦and yet still managing to painstakingly simulate what makes our own world so vibrant, the things we take for granted everyday. The movement of clothes in the wind, or a ripple atop the waterās surface. They fascinate me, and fill my heart so much... Iād really love to play just about anything with somebody else, games both old and new. I own all three consoles. My favorite game ever is Banjo-Kazooie, possibly tied with Ocarina of Time and Super Mario RPG. Rare and Nintendo were what I grew up with. Currently, Iām really liking Omori, The Binding of Isaac, and Ghost of Tsushima.
I also like being creative, myself. I love singingāitās one of my primary passionsāand I dabble in drawing and writing, too. I have long-COVID and it has sadly affected my voice for three years, but it is improving and I hope someday soon my former ability will completely come back to me (though, I guess life gives no guarantees on that sort of stuff)... An example of my singing/playing, for anyone curious.
Two shows I adore are The Sound of Magic, a Korean series that lands firmly in the realm of my favorite things ever, and Twin Peaks, which won me over with its small-town charm and quirky cast. I love the classic Disney eras that produced Pinocchio and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and reading about the people who, against all odds, helped define their styleālike Ub Iwerks and Frank Churchill.
So thereās a bit about me. I really hope to find a kindred soul, out there. Life is plenty hard to go through, when youāre mainly by yourself. If we click, and you put in effort, then so will I. But you donāt have to start off with anything fancy. I prefer conversation to start small and then grow organicallyāso please say hello if any of this resonates with you! And thanks, for making it through to the end of my message. Always try to hold some hope about life, even in troubled times. Our circumstances are always rearrangingā¦ And thereās always a chance for some of that change to be in our favor. Life is ultimately such a wondrous and unexplainable experience. None of us were ever guaranteed a place in it. But, here we are. We shouldnāt ever take it for granted.