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Hello :) I am Marisa, wanting a place to show and tell my bits of life.

I collect physical media (small and slowly) and I enjoy divination (learning piece by piece). Stay and chat with me ;)

  • Emotions – Wild Painting

    Rating: 5 out of 5.

    Hello my friends 🙂

    I think this is the album that is going to follow me for the rest of my life. It’s seen me at my highest and lowest. And through it all the album has held. It has survived all of my genre swaps, and purging of my liked songs on Spotify.

    And it was recommended to me by an old friend, and anytime I listen to this album I think back to he and I at the time. It was simpler then.

    Beyond my own emotions and past attached to it, ‘Emotions’ is so nostalgic. It switches in tempo several times, swinging from something out of an coming of age movie to a dreamy soft melodic tune. The album art does give Bill Wurtz vibe, a sunset version of it. The orange and pinks match the time and sound it holds.

    I did actually get to watch a livestream of the band coming back to perform their album live at Tourist Trap back in 2023. I was so ecstatic about it and they mentioned having made more music, teasing releases. I haven’t seen anything since them from then, though I’m not looking so hard to be fair.

    My favorites of the album have to be Distractions and Within (You).

    To me, the Distractions is about loss through ‘the way things go’ or just getting distracted.

    “Like sugar and rain
    Oh, I wanted you to stay, sometimes
    But things never change, do they?
    Or do they change without notice?    “

    And wishing what you lost knew you loved them, but still being held back, with things moving like a blur.

    ” I wish you knew what I know
    Distractions, distractions
    I’m full of distractions, distractions    “

    I tie this song with an old friendship I had, where we drifted apart. We said we would do it all together, her and I versus the world. Big dreams and all, intertwined. This song reminds me of the loss of it but also the importance of letting it go. I wanted her to stay, but stopped being a reason to stay, change happens and life distracts. We keep moving forward. I am happy and so is she.

    For Within (You), it gives the vibes of chasing someone who wants to leave, has tried to but came back. Being bitter about the hurt and realizing they are not the same as they left. Being confused because you dont know what has changed. You tried to keep them, caught them before they left but its different now.

    “Ooo What, oh what –
    What’s going on with you?”

    I love the orange juice line. Anyways, it feels like with their partner changed, the area itself feels unfamiliar and the singer doesn’t know what to do. Feeling alone and seeing people you don’t know recognize something, in someone you thought you knew; or seeing someone you know act different because of the people around or the setting.

    “And hey, how long’d you stay
    The last time you came around?
    An hour- don′t make me wait
    I’ll get bored and then I′ll get out
    Out of this place, I feel alone
    And nobody knows the real truth
    Oh where the hell is my orange juice?
    It calms me down when I’m awake
    So let’s refrain, make no mistakes    “

    The last bits being the singer reaffirming that the person has changed into something unknown that their own vibes don’t know how to feel or don’t fit anymore with what they’re doing.

    “I’m not cool with your aura
    And your vibes aren′t even sure of how to feel
    When they’re with you    “

    I genuinely love this album and I hope Wild Painting releases something soon. My delusions will live on. I need to order a physical or burn one soon. I can’t rely on Spotify forever.

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  • Site Motive

    Hello my friends 🙂

    My main goal in sharing and documenting is to hold onto my memories and see how I change over time. Some time ago, I mentioned my Letterboxd to some friends, and one person had said something along the lines of: ‘nobody cares what you have to say, why write so much in a review.’

    Which stung. True, I had reviews on there that were lengthy, but still shorter than others. But I did have people responding and became online friends with a few. I had community on there! But that comment stuck to me, and I haven’t touched Letterboxd since, other than odd log here and there but never the notes I used to write.

    Having grown a bit since then, I can recognize that it does not matter to most people and lengthy replies can be boring . But it does matter to me and I love in-depth looks at different perspectives.

    So I wanted to have an ongoing melting pot of my interests. All of my movie, music, food, trends, and life opinions in one spot. This is kind of like a public journal for me at this point. One my friends and strangers can peek in on.

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