Jems
@liquidjems.bsky.social
Come as you are
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Bnet: jems #2976
https://mastodon.social/@Liquidjems
https://soundcloud.com/liquidjems
Steam: https://s.team/p/hdw-thdj/WPNJJKPR
Bnet: jems #2976
https://mastodon.social/@Liquidjems
https://soundcloud.com/liquidjems
Jumped into Guild Wars 2 again after a three year break. Kinda comforting to see that the vanilla boss train is still alive and well. Tempted to pick up the new expansion but I'm still playing WoW, which also has a new expansion... Can't really play both can you?
January 25, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Jumped into Guild Wars 2 again after a three year break. Kinda comforting to see that the vanilla boss train is still alive and well. Tempted to pick up the new expansion but I'm still playing WoW, which also has a new expansion... Can't really play both can you?
Anyway I think my main take aways from my Hamburg jaunt are:
I'm somewhat passable until I open my mouth. I don't see it but that's also normal to think.
Doing it is life on hard mode, and I'm not really sure if it's worth it.
Certainly not now in the Uk.
I'm somewhat passable until I open my mouth. I don't see it but that's also normal to think.
Doing it is life on hard mode, and I'm not really sure if it's worth it.
Certainly not now in the Uk.
January 24, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Anyway I think my main take aways from my Hamburg jaunt are:
I'm somewhat passable until I open my mouth. I don't see it but that's also normal to think.
Doing it is life on hard mode, and I'm not really sure if it's worth it.
Certainly not now in the Uk.
I'm somewhat passable until I open my mouth. I don't see it but that's also normal to think.
Doing it is life on hard mode, and I'm not really sure if it's worth it.
Certainly not now in the Uk.
The German commitment to the arts like the 99% attendance at the Elbphilharmonie for a 1.5hrs Messiean piece is very impressive. Altho I look around and do wonder how many are aware of what they're about to hear. Do some just go every Friday regardless? Is it social and they just endure the music?
January 24, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The German commitment to the arts like the 99% attendance at the Elbphilharmonie for a 1.5hrs Messiean piece is very impressive. Altho I look around and do wonder how many are aware of what they're about to hear. Do some just go every Friday regardless? Is it social and they just endure the music?
Kinda forgot how drably Germans generally dress. Made it harder to blend in when I'm not doing the full massive black parka jacket, jeans and sweatshirt combo.
January 24, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Kinda forgot how drably Germans generally dress. Made it harder to blend in when I'm not doing the full massive black parka jacket, jeans and sweatshirt combo.
Hamburg day 2 random thoughts. Lübeck is probably not worth the look tbh. There's a slightly wonky tower, some other architecture,but in between that it's just town. Found some Labskaus for lunch tho. Kind of weird balance of things with a load of beetroot left to finish off - needs more eggs 🥚🥚
January 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Hamburg day 2 random thoughts. Lübeck is probably not worth the look tbh. There's a slightly wonky tower, some other architecture,but in between that it's just town. Found some Labskaus for lunch tho. Kind of weird balance of things with a load of beetroot left to finish off - needs more eggs 🥚🥚
Hamburg city break random thoughts day one:
So nice to switch off the media, just be myself and settle into existing in the world rather than having fleeting moments of doing it. And it's fine, like obviously... Even though that was hard to imagine a little over a year ago.
So nice to switch off the media, just be myself and settle into existing in the world rather than having fleeting moments of doing it. And it's fine, like obviously... Even though that was hard to imagine a little over a year ago.
January 21, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Hamburg city break random thoughts day one:
So nice to switch off the media, just be myself and settle into existing in the world rather than having fleeting moments of doing it. And it's fine, like obviously... Even though that was hard to imagine a little over a year ago.
So nice to switch off the media, just be myself and settle into existing in the world rather than having fleeting moments of doing it. And it's fine, like obviously... Even though that was hard to imagine a little over a year ago.
Oohh Fallout new season/series starts today. I remember watching that. It was pretty good so's I remember.
December 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Oohh Fallout new season/series starts today. I remember watching that. It was pretty good so's I remember.
Annual Spotify Wrapped reaction thingie:
Top Artists:
1. Chet Baker
2. Bill Evans
3. Jamiroquai
4. Laufey
5. Green Tea Peng
Which makes me 86, which feels about right...
This year's been a mix of curling into a warm mix of jazz and 90s metal i used to drum...
open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...
Top Artists:
1. Chet Baker
2. Bill Evans
3. Jamiroquai
4. Laufey
5. Green Tea Peng
Which makes me 86, which feels about right...
This year's been a mix of curling into a warm mix of jazz and 90s metal i used to drum...
open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...
audiojoc's Top Songs 2025
open.spotify.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Annual Spotify Wrapped reaction thingie:
Top Artists:
1. Chet Baker
2. Bill Evans
3. Jamiroquai
4. Laufey
5. Green Tea Peng
Which makes me 86, which feels about right...
This year's been a mix of curling into a warm mix of jazz and 90s metal i used to drum...
open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...
Top Artists:
1. Chet Baker
2. Bill Evans
3. Jamiroquai
4. Laufey
5. Green Tea Peng
Which makes me 86, which feels about right...
This year's been a mix of curling into a warm mix of jazz and 90s metal i used to drum...
open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...
On an (Ill-advised) Ally McBeal rewatch: Ooh Lisa Edelstein is in it...I forgot about that. Oohh boy I really forgot about that...
It reminds me that my nostalgia for a time prior to today's trans visibility (a simpler time?) wasn't actually all that great was it.
It reminds me that my nostalgia for a time prior to today's trans visibility (a simpler time?) wasn't actually all that great was it.
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
On an (Ill-advised) Ally McBeal rewatch: Ooh Lisa Edelstein is in it...I forgot about that. Oohh boy I really forgot about that...
It reminds me that my nostalgia for a time prior to today's trans visibility (a simpler time?) wasn't actually all that great was it.
It reminds me that my nostalgia for a time prior to today's trans visibility (a simpler time?) wasn't actually all that great was it.
Ok, its come to this...i'm doing memes.
October 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Ok, its come to this...i'm doing memes.
I was today years old when i discovered the video for The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian. Reading the comments - Which one's Susanna Hoff? What's this eyeroll thing?
Ohhh...
youtu.be/JA0VfqtIK_A?...
Ohhh...
youtu.be/JA0VfqtIK_A?...
The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian (1987) • TopPop
YouTube video by TopPop
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I was today years old when i discovered the video for The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian. Reading the comments - Which one's Susanna Hoff? What's this eyeroll thing?
Ohhh...
youtu.be/JA0VfqtIK_A?...
Ohhh...
youtu.be/JA0VfqtIK_A?...
If someone asked me for my 'socials' (which is unlikely, but go with it...) I'm not really sure what i'd even be able to provide. Bluesky? dead. Mastodon? dead. FB, Xitter etc all deleted. Insta, tiktok, that FB Xitter clone i can never remember the name of - never used. Discord? yeh no.
August 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If someone asked me for my 'socials' (which is unlikely, but go with it...) I'm not really sure what i'd even be able to provide. Bluesky? dead. Mastodon? dead. FB, Xitter etc all deleted. Insta, tiktok, that FB Xitter clone i can never remember the name of - never used. Discord? yeh no.
This whole age verification thing is going to be such a clusterfuck.
July 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
This whole age verification thing is going to be such a clusterfuck.
Mounts found so far in #Wow #Collector's #Bounty
Vitreous Stone Drake (28 attempts)
Blue & Azure Drakes from Malygos (1 in 1st, 0 in 2nd, then both in 3rd attempt)
Swift White Hawkstrider (5)
Still no Onyxia (13) or Blue Protodrake (20).
Vitreous Stone Drake (28 attempts)
Blue & Azure Drakes from Malygos (1 in 1st, 0 in 2nd, then both in 3rd attempt)
Swift White Hawkstrider (5)
Still no Onyxia (13) or Blue Protodrake (20).
July 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Mounts found so far in #Wow #Collector's #Bounty
Vitreous Stone Drake (28 attempts)
Blue & Azure Drakes from Malygos (1 in 1st, 0 in 2nd, then both in 3rd attempt)
Swift White Hawkstrider (5)
Still no Onyxia (13) or Blue Protodrake (20).
Vitreous Stone Drake (28 attempts)
Blue & Azure Drakes from Malygos (1 in 1st, 0 in 2nd, then both in 3rd attempt)
Swift White Hawkstrider (5)
Still no Onyxia (13) or Blue Protodrake (20).
Prediction for Faith Kipyegon's sub 4 attempt: An big improvement on her PB, but not sub 4.
But, who knows...
But, who knows...
June 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Prediction for Faith Kipyegon's sub 4 attempt: An big improvement on her PB, but not sub 4.
But, who knows...
But, who knows...
Yes, its the annual London Marathon Ballot rejection email day!
Recent history:
2018? No. (Ran Manchester instead)
2019? No.
2020? No. (lockdowned, entered Rotterdam - eventually cancelled)
2021? No. (Berlin? No)
2022? No.
2023? No. (Berlin? No)
2024? No. (Berlin? No)
2025? No.
2026? No.
Recent history:
2018? No. (Ran Manchester instead)
2019? No.
2020? No. (lockdowned, entered Rotterdam - eventually cancelled)
2021? No. (Berlin? No)
2022? No.
2023? No. (Berlin? No)
2024? No. (Berlin? No)
2025? No.
2026? No.
June 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Yes, its the annual London Marathon Ballot rejection email day!
Recent history:
2018? No. (Ran Manchester instead)
2019? No.
2020? No. (lockdowned, entered Rotterdam - eventually cancelled)
2021? No. (Berlin? No)
2022? No.
2023? No. (Berlin? No)
2024? No. (Berlin? No)
2025? No.
2026? No.
Recent history:
2018? No. (Ran Manchester instead)
2019? No.
2020? No. (lockdowned, entered Rotterdam - eventually cancelled)
2021? No. (Berlin? No)
2022? No.
2023? No. (Berlin? No)
2024? No. (Berlin? No)
2025? No.
2026? No.
Sad to hear of the passing of Alfred Brendel - my favourite 'all- round' interpreter of Beethoven and just a perfect match for Schubert.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-q...
ALFRED BRENDEL - BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO NO. 5 "EMPEROR" - MVT. 3 - PART 3/3
YouTube video by MIGHTYJLY
www.youtube.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Sad to hear of the passing of Alfred Brendel - my favourite 'all- round' interpreter of Beethoven and just a perfect match for Schubert.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-q...
A little WoW story...
I first played WoW back in the dog days of Wrath, eventually I tried raiding with m guild to a run of ICC. We worked our way through the bosses, but by the time of fighting the Lich King it was getting very late so we decided to call it a night. About 4 or 5 days later...
I first played WoW back in the dog days of Wrath, eventually I tried raiding with m guild to a run of ICC. We worked our way through the bosses, but by the time of fighting the Lich King it was getting very late so we decided to call it a night. About 4 or 5 days later...
June 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A little WoW story...
I first played WoW back in the dog days of Wrath, eventually I tried raiding with m guild to a run of ICC. We worked our way through the bosses, but by the time of fighting the Lich King it was getting very late so we decided to call it a night. About 4 or 5 days later...
I first played WoW back in the dog days of Wrath, eventually I tried raiding with m guild to a run of ICC. We worked our way through the bosses, but by the time of fighting the Lich King it was getting very late so we decided to call it a night. About 4 or 5 days later...
Been Reading Ursula K Le Guin's - The Lefthand of Darkness and its one of those sci fi novels where so much of the text is like 'the Flonthbtang is home to the Nonki-ning who worship the great Blargxltl..' So far it doesn't seem important to actually parse any of it...? its just tedious to read.
June 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Been Reading Ursula K Le Guin's - The Lefthand of Darkness and its one of those sci fi novels where so much of the text is like 'the Flonthbtang is home to the Nonki-ning who worship the great Blargxltl..' So far it doesn't seem important to actually parse any of it...? its just tedious to read.
In ongoing midlife crisis news, I've been playing World of Warcraft again. 6 expansions (plus the current one) or about 11 years since I last played later. On one hand it's still WoW and it still scratches a certain itch, on the other there's no going back to what that first time playing was like.
June 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
In ongoing midlife crisis news, I've been playing World of Warcraft again. 6 expansions (plus the current one) or about 11 years since I last played later. On one hand it's still WoW and it still scratches a certain itch, on the other there's no going back to what that first time playing was like.
It only took 1,215hrs, but i finally bothered to defeat Mother...
(I'm the weirdo that just likes to do Eden Greedier mode runs to kill 20mins...)
#bindingofisaac
(I'm the weirdo that just likes to do Eden Greedier mode runs to kill 20mins...)
#bindingofisaac
May 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It only took 1,215hrs, but i finally bothered to defeat Mother...
(I'm the weirdo that just likes to do Eden Greedier mode runs to kill 20mins...)
#bindingofisaac
(I'm the weirdo that just likes to do Eden Greedier mode runs to kill 20mins...)
#bindingofisaac
Just started dipping my toes into the world of Stanislav Lem with the Star Diaries. Beginning with the Seventh Voyage, it feels like part Douglas Adams, part Joseph Heller, part 60's sci fi. I think i'm already hooked.
#scifi
#scifi
May 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Just started dipping my toes into the world of Stanislav Lem with the Star Diaries. Beginning with the Seventh Voyage, it feels like part Douglas Adams, part Joseph Heller, part 60's sci fi. I think i'm already hooked.
#scifi
#scifi
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSMD...
I never played There, but this one hits pretty hard thinking back to Second Life and early 2000's internet. I went back to SL for a little while a couple of years ago and its got that same feeling of both nothing's changed and yet also everything's changed...
I never played There, but this one hits pretty hard thinking back to Second Life and early 2000's internet. I went back to SL for a little while a couple of years ago and its got that same feeling of both nothing's changed and yet also everything's changed...
I Spent 30 Days in a Dead Game
YouTube video by globert
www.youtube.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSMD...
I never played There, but this one hits pretty hard thinking back to Second Life and early 2000's internet. I went back to SL for a little while a couple of years ago and its got that same feeling of both nothing's changed and yet also everything's changed...
I never played There, but this one hits pretty hard thinking back to Second Life and early 2000's internet. I went back to SL for a little while a couple of years ago and its got that same feeling of both nothing's changed and yet also everything's changed...
I saw a post about the Altoholic addon for WoW, which almost got me curious enough to see how much time i've got logged on there. Wow has always had a bit of an outsized influence on me as I only played it during the dogs days of Wrath. I played Rift and Guild Wars 2 a hell of a lot more.
April 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I saw a post about the Altoholic addon for WoW, which almost got me curious enough to see how much time i've got logged on there. Wow has always had a bit of an outsized influence on me as I only played it during the dogs days of Wrath. I played Rift and Guild Wars 2 a hell of a lot more.
Your average Youtube video on Linux command line editors be like:
7 must have tools! Including FRT, PFT, MEH, BAHF, CNT, PISH and BALZ...
7 must have tools! Including FRT, PFT, MEH, BAHF, CNT, PISH and BALZ...
April 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Your average Youtube video on Linux command line editors be like:
7 must have tools! Including FRT, PFT, MEH, BAHF, CNT, PISH and BALZ...
7 must have tools! Including FRT, PFT, MEH, BAHF, CNT, PISH and BALZ...