Today’s deck is the Surrealist Tarot.
I love surrealism, I actually had a small hardcover book about it as a teen. Whenever I hear the word Breton (eg: Elder Scrolls or Warhammer) my brain always goes immediately to Andre Breton, the father of the movement.
Today’s reading speaks of being comfortable in the fruits of my labor. Coincidentally, I spent some time today chatting with a friend and I was talking about that topic in general. I brought up for example how I don’t consider myself “rich” because at least in my head rich people can spend money unaware of how much they’re throwing away while I spend perfectly aware of the value of each penny.
So right before I went to sleep I had to send an email to my old accountant asking if he had a document I need for a thing.
This was more stressful than the usual bureaucratic email because basically he said he couldn’t work with us anymore… though not before introducing us to our current accountant.
Now, I do get it. I already take too much time to get back on paperwork matters from traumas related to being thrown into the deep end with taxes for which my stay in the country depends. This was also in 2020 where I was (as I’ve said plenty of times) at my lowest point ever before accounting for the pandemic. I also couldn’t speak as much Japanese as I could now and we didn’t have an in-house person that spoke the language like we do now.
So what I’m saying is that I don’t blame him for thinking it was Too Much and I appreciate him not leaving us without options, but like I’ve mentioned I have trauma related to rejection so it sure was a fun way to go to bed.
Thankfully there were no weird dreams in the aftermath…
I woke up at like 8PM which means I’ve pushed my sleep schedule like 3 hours from yesterday. I didn’t feel like cooking so I went to McDonald’s because that’s what I do when I need food but I don’t want to Think.
That or eat a slice of white bread while I wait for my meds to kick in.
Which reminds me, I still can’t make that psychiatrist appointment, I might need to call…
Eventually I get back into my backing up shenanigans and BEHOLD, another DS gem.
Oh Imageepoch, you were too good for this sinful earth.
I love how yellowed it is. I LOVE to get used items that are in a good state but clearly old or used, makes me feel like I’m adopting someone’s treasure.
I was shocked that it didn’t have Brilliant World (the game’s opening) in full, but I was even more shocked that they had a full version… a “Brazillian Club Mix”.
This is the opening in question by the way.
And THIS is the Brazillian Club Mix, which… yeah…
I’m not even complaining, it’s a banger. But its existence is so wild.
I’m not gonna get TOO derailed with Luminous Arc and Imageepoch (TODAY at least) but I’m required by law to also embed My Beloved while we’re at it.
Turns out if I want to get Brilliant World in non brazillian form I have to get the Kaori Oda single CD Brilliant World which is such a curious thing since I don’t think this obscure game made enough of a splash to be a springboard for her.
Man, it’s such a shame that Stella Glow didn’t get an artbook…
Ok NOW I’m done with Imageepoch… for now.
I did finally find my copy of ENSON 1 by the way, and iTunes recognized it immediately which left me uh… baffled.
This one here is special though. Suara is one of my favorite singers and Akai Ito is one of my most favorite songs ever, so I was super used to this album cover and having it in my hands feels surreal in a way I didn’t expect.
Have I mentioned I love the DS’ library?
This ones is more of like… a sample of the OST, like one of those crappy Special Edition specials that Atlus does.
I gotta hunt a different CD to get the actual soundtrack and more importantly: the opening.
That opening by the way, was sung by Yoko Takahashi.
THAT Yoko Takahashi.
THIS Yoko Takahashi.
ITUNES RECOGNIZED THIS CD TOO BY THE WAY SO NEEDING TO MANUALLY INPUT THE INFO FOR ENSON 2 AND 3 IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE BAFFLING.
The rest of my day was boring paperwork stuff, so not much else to say for now.