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Julia Wolf - Last Summer (a late 2024 song, YouTube) was a recent one I discovered from 2024. Really speaks to me at this moment in my life.

Earlier this year around March was when I discovered her song In My Room (i was also late to the party in discovering that one or two year track) here in 2026. Lol.

I like her sound. It's relevant for the me, for the now. For my ongoing present.

Music to my ears. 😋 Mmm.

Some folks seem even on YouTube or Reddit to feel that the main reasons Pixar lost its magic was either dilution of talent, retiring talent, and a changing audience / or even a tiring audience. Always wanting the next thing - "I've seen one CGI, I've seen one all" lol 😆

I'm impressed by certain (spoilers) aspects of the Toy Story 5 visuals on youtube from trailers etc - personally while watching those scenes muted I felt more magical listening to Julia Wolf - Last Summer (I only just discovered it) rather than say spoiler a different singer that's in the film. Anyways - I love moody tunes to my ears 👂🏻 🎧

To me, I call that "underemployment." Sure, a job is a job, but if you have specialized training and/or a degree in something and most of the added jobs out there are assembly line workers and menial labor roles, I don't see those as being job market successes.

Imagine being a seasoned software engineer or an attorney to then have to go work on a hot factory floor behind an assembly line or nailing frames together on a building. Let's say $18/hr vs $55/hr... that's a huge difference.

Yes, those jobs are more suitable for some, and there isn't anything necessarily bad about them, but for those who put the extra time and efforts to educate themselves further, that's a huge slap in the face.

As someone who been into the arts for a very long time, watching art sites that are still active, and looking at art trend, from 90s to today, I notice a slow shift toward diverse representation of what is beautiful, and appealing. Previously, there were idea that really thin ladies are attractive, but now that's not as popular as women who are of normal weight. For most of 90s and 2000s, what is dominant is the representation of white women to symbolize beauty, but that's changing toward more inclusive and diverse representation as in non-white people are beautiful, and even men's bodies are more out there too. So, I can see 2030s and beyond becoming the era of diversity in arts after a massive cultural shift happens.

Personally, I find every demographics beautiful, in and out visually, and I'm an asexual heteroromantic man. But, I do wonder how far are we when it comes to appreciation of beauty in both men and women, and in ethnicity. I don't think appreciation of beauty in bodies (clothed or not) has to do with either romanticism or sexuality, and that's not the case with me.