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Picked one of these up for £25 from a charity shop the other day and I am immediately in love. It is so beautiful and loud and you have to wait a few seconds after turning it on for the fan to kick in and make it work
May 16, 2025
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such a wonderful and beautiful instrument that is very underrated - i’m biased because my dad is a professional organist and a professor of sacred organ music (yes that is a thing - he does in fact have six students in total) so i’ve listened to more organ than the average person - anyway i have such fond memories of him asking me for a song to improvise on (like happy birthday on my bday) and then he would play the closing music at church based on that and it would be like a secret between just us - maybe this is more of a dad appreciation post lol
anyway the organ should be way more appreciated especially outside of religious contexts - it’s such a glorious instrument like just think of the cornfield chase music from interstellar (which coincidentally was performed by a friend of my dad)
Oct 26, 2024
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The behemoth of an instrument that’s becoming increasingly rare.
One time the organ director of a local Christian church took me on a tour into the pipe room, you’re literally stepping inside an instrument.
So insane
Mar 22, 2024
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I had only been dating the guy who would eventually become my husband three weeks when he called me and, at once brazenly and sheepishly, asked me if he could borrow three thousand dollars. He wanted to buy into an investment opportunity that he was excited about, but he had enough sense to recognize that it was a huge ask because it was far from guaranteed that that money wouldn't just be flat out GONE, it was one of those super risky things that essentially never pan out, but some people go for it anyway because hope is a powerful drug. He immediately launched into all sorts of "no matter how long it takes I'll pay you back and if it pays off you'll make interest" but I cut him off and said, "Listen. I will lend you this money. If the investment succeeds, I'll expect you to pay me back in full. However if it fails, we can simply call it a loss. I am prepared to lose the money. I am only going to ask one thing of you, in return for this: I would like you to play me something that you truly like playing." My husband is a pianist. At the time we were both performers in a show, I was in the dance chorus and he was one of the conductors of the orchestra. I'd heard him play rehearsals and other work stuff and we'd talked a lot about music, but I'd never heard him truly play. He didn't have access to any pianos outside of work, but the next week he was slated to move into a new house that came with a baby grand piano. He already had the keys, so even though his lease hadn't officially started, that Sunday (our day off) we went to the house where eventually I'd be putting my step kids to bed, learning to cook and how to be a partner. The utilities were off so there was no light or heat on this afternoon in late autumn. I wrapped up in my scarf and sat on the floor next to the piano and he played this sonata for me. Best three thousand dollars I ever spent.
Feb 12, 2024
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May 21, 2025
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1. Don't set an alarm and wake up naturally. Snooze for however long you want to, it's okay
2. Have breakfast. For me it's toast. Have it with butter/jam/honey and a lot of water and coffee and juice.
3. Listen to an album in full and do some puzzles until it ends. I like to stick a record on and do the nyt games (connections, then wordle, then the mini, then I'm ready for a crossword)
4. Shower and use all your best stuff. Smell great. Make your hair feel soft.
5. Wear an outfit you don't get to wear that often. I tend to wear the same thing over and over at work so I wear something a bit more fun and less practical.
6. Go outside. I live near a road with secondhand shops that are great browsing but quite tempting on a budget. To beat the temptation just look in the windows and then walk round the streets or to a green space if it's a nice day. Walk as fast or as slow as you like. Try and spot cats that might let you stroke them. See how each place you go smells different. Walk down streets that you've not been down before just because.
7. Come home and decide how much energy you have. If you have energy do an activity (I would write, play an instrument, do some art, read, play a game) if you don't then watch something from your watchlist. Saturdays feel like a good day to watch something new.
8. Cook yourself a meal. Start before you're hungry and spend ages on it. Use every pot. Listen to music. Sing whilst you wash the dishes.
9. Play! Video games, board games, internet games, card games, phone games, rearrange your plushies, embrace your inner child. Play with ideas, experiment with felt tip pens, write a limerick. Get silly with it.
10. Talk to your friends. Invite them over, call somebody up, text that person back you didn't have time to. I like to spend a good day off by myself then have a great time talking to people after I've recharged.
11. Have so much fun getting to do whatever you want you fall asleep at whatever time. Monday - Friday is about appeasing your body clock, Saturdays are for filthy pleasures like falling asleep at 3am because you were too busy flirting or reading or watching videos.
Apr 16, 2024
