for the voyage is long, and the wind won't blow

I spent a productive evening last night listening to sea shanties. It was fun! And, weirdly, reminded me of my childhood. (My working theory is that they used to have people who sang shanties or shanty style songs on the folk music programme my mum used to listen to on the radio, and that's why).

Turns out I know more than I think I do (one I'm familiar with via its folk music incarnation), whereas I thought I only knew What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor?, because that's the one everyone knows.

There's also one called Rolling Down to Old Maui which sounds a lot like The Miller of Dee in parts (I was not prepared for that, lol). I taught myself to play The Miller of Dee when I was a teenager, but it's not ever something I've heard in the wild, as it were. (The Wiki page for Old Maui suggests it may be based on The Miller of Dee, but there's no conclusive proof).

Jazz does not approve of sea shanties, but that's because she has no taste :q

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Yesterday, Aoife streamed herself playing Journey as a chill game for everyone to watch. So I thought I'd share the link in case any of y'all are interested. She is planning to play other chill games as well, although we don't know what at the moment (she asked for recs during the stream, and the only one I can remember is Abzu).

I haven't actually played Journey myself, although now I'd like to (I think I'd spend ages bimbling around in the desert, tbh). And also even though I know what happens, it'd be nice to experience something like that for myself.

I got strong ICO vibes from it, as well, although there's no combat in the game at all. I think it's the running around with a friend thing (although it's entirely possible to play Journey on your own, whereas with ICO, you have to rescue Yorda because that's the point of the game).

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Off to finish off this painting I accidentally wrecked yesterday, but have since fixed! (It just needs a few final touches, and then it should be good to go!)