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You two have become close friends, eh? Yeah. She's amazing. And I bet she'll become more amazing. You'll become amazing, too.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

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another piece for my noir series ;)

stereotypical delightful classical music:

battalia a 10 in d major (biber)

brandenburg concerto no. 5

brandenburg concerto no. 3

symphony no. 45 - “farewell” (haydn)

if you need to chill:

rondo alla turca

fur elise

anitra’s dance

in the steppes of central asia (borodin) (added by viola-ology)

if you need to sleep:

moonlight sonata

swan lake

corral nocturne

sleep (eric whitacre) (added by thelonecomposer)

if you need to wake up:

morning mood

summer (from the four seasons)

buckaroo holiday (if you’ve played this in orch you might end up screaming instead of waking up joyfully)

if you are feeling very proud:

pomp and circumstance

symphony no. 9 (beethoven; this is where ode to joy came from)

1812 overture

symphony no. 5, finale (tchaikovsky) (added by viola-ology)

american (dvořák)

if you feel really excited:

hoedown (copland)

bacchanale

spring (from the four seasons) (be careful, if you listen to this too much you’ll start hating it)

la gazza ladra

death and the maiden (schubert)

if you are angry and you want to take a baseball bat and start hitting a bush:

dance of the knights (from the romeo and juliet suite by prokofiev)

winter, mvt. 1 (from the four seasons)

symphony no. 10 mvt. 2 (shostakovich)

symphony no. 5 (beethoven)

totentanz (liszt)

quartet no. 8, mvt. 2 (shostakovich) (added by viola-ology)

young person’s guide to the orchestra, fugue (britten) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

symphony no. 5 mvt. 4 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)

marche slave (tchaikovsky) (added by eternal-cadenza)

if you want to cry for a really long time:

fantasia based on russian themes (rimsky-korsakov)

adagio for strings (barber)

violin concerto in e minor (mendelssohn)

aase’s death

andante festivo

vocalise (rachmaninoff) (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

if you want to feel like you’re on an adventure:

an american in paris (gershwin)

if you want chills:

danse macabre

russian easter overture

egmont overture (added by shayshay526)

if you want to study:

eine kleine nachtmusik

bolero (ravel)

serenade for strings (elgar)

scheherazade (rimsky-korsakov) (added by viola-ology)

pines of rome, mvt. 4 (resphigi) (added by viola-ology)

if you really want to dance:

capriccio espagnol (rimsky-korsakov)

blue danube

le cid (massenet) (added by viola-ology)

radetzky march

if you want to start bouncing in your chair:

hopak (mussorgsky)

les toreadors (from carmen suite no.1)

if you’re about to pass out and you need energy:

hungarian dance no. 1

hungarian dance no. 5

if you want to hear suspense within music:

firebird

in the hall of the mountain king

ride of the valkyries

night on bald mountain (mussorgsky) (added by viola-ology)

if you want a jazzy/classical feel:

rhapsody in blue

jazz suite no. 2 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)

if you want to feel emotional with no explanation:

introduction and rondo capriccioso

unfinished symphony (schubert)

symphony no. 7, allegretto (beethoven) (added by viola-ology)

canon in d (pachelbel)

if you want to sit back and have a nice cup of tea:

st. paul’s suite

concerto for two violins (vivaldi)

l’arlésienne suite

concierto de aranjuez (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

pieces that don’t really have a valid explanation:

symphony no. 40 (mozart)

cello suite no. 1 (bach)

polovtsian dances

enigma variations (elgar) (added by viola-ology)

perpetuum mobile

moto perpetuo (paganini)

pieces that just sound really cool:

scherzo tarantelle

dance of the goblins

caprice no. 24 (paganini)

new world symphony, allegro con fuoco (dvorak) (added by viola-ology​)

le tombeau de couperin (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

carnival of the animals (added by shadowraven45662)

if you feel like listening to concertos all day (I do not recommend doing that):

concerto for two violins (bach)

concerto for two violins (vivaldi)

violin concerto in a minor (vivaldi)

violin concerto (tchaikovsky) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

violin concerto in d minor (sibelius) (added by eternal-cadenza)

cello concerto in c (haydn)

piano concerto, mvt. 1 (pierne) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

harp concerto in E-flat major, mvt. 1 (added by iwillsavemyworld)

and if you really just hate classical music in general:

4′33″ (cage)

a lot of these pieces apply in multiple categories, but I sorted them by which I think they match the most. have fun exploring classical music!

Short Story Collection

This is an extra Tsujimura-Sensei wrote for the Pride-month 2026 and posted it on bluesky. Mind you that she wants to revise the story when she has time. So I will correct the content once that happens.

Index

(A short story that contains slight spoilers for the final volume of The Case Files of Jeweler Richard)

"I want to be honest."

"Go ahead."

"I want to get married."

"We're already married."

"No... I don't mean spiritually. I mean I want us to be legally married."

"I agree with that, but it won't be possible today or tomorrow. Has something happened?"

"There aren't many inconveniences to living with you. But still, when I suddenly get caught up in trouble again or something like that, I really hate the idea of you being pushed aside."

"Then will you truly obtain British citizenship?"

"I am thinking about it... I am thinking about it... I am... but ughhhhhhh..."

"That voice crawling along the ground is answer enough."

"Ugh..."

"But to be even more honest, I feel indebted to the gay people who march in Pride parades."

"In what sense?"

"...Because I don't march either... I can't really say I'm actively involved in rights issues, and to begin with, it's not as though I'm personally involved in the struggle over marriage rights."

"The vast majority of gay people do not participate in parades. They simply live their lives."

"But it's precisely because there are people who stand up and say, 'This isn't good enough!!' that it definitely becomes easier for the rest of us to breathe. And it feels really uncomfortable, benefiting from that without contributing anything..."

"And yet, I know that you make donations to various causes."

"That's true."

"Just staying alive is genuinely difficult for human beings, isn't it? All things considered, I think I was born in a good era."

"You're not joking?"

"Of course not. After all, I got to meet you."

"............"

"I do think I was born in a good era. But by the time you reach my age, you realize there are things that won't change if all you do is sit in the bath and think, 'Ah, things turned out well.' People from younger generations start coming along too, like Minoru-kun. So if possible, I'd like kids younger than me to be able to think, 'I was born in an even better era than he was.'"

"...I completely agree."

"Yeah, figured you would."

"...I'm really going to think about a lot of things from now on. Truly, a lot of things. I'll think about changing my nationality as well. But more than that, I'm going to try thinking a little more seriously about the country where I was born. When all is said and done, I am Japanese, after all. I put nori on white rice, make miso soup, cook rolled omelets, and eat them with green tea."

"The breakfasts you make are always excellent. And if possible, I would like you to live happily forever in the place where your smile comes most naturally."

"Together with you."

"...If that wish can be granted, then I have no other wish."

"Thanks. But if I can spend the rest of my life with you, then I feel like wanting to aim a little higher."

"'Aim higher' is an interesting expression. I understand it as meaning to desire something beyond one's station. Yet in this age, when equality is supposed to be taken for granted, what exactly could you possibly be aiming higher for?"

"I want a happiness that isn't just enough for me alone."

"............"

"I don't like the idea of you not being happy too."

"............"

"Well, I guess that's actually a pretty ordinary wish after all! A-anyway, now I'm starting to feel embarrassed, so I'm going to take a bath."

"I'm beginning to feel embarrassed as well, so I think I'll go to bed first. Good night."

"...Can I say that I love you?"

You did force me, and the test was scary, and I felt afraid all on my own. I could have just sat there and waited for someone to get me. But... That day, as I stood at the base of the Dadah Range, it was me who decided to try it. I'm the one who wanted to prove that it was okay, and that I could it. I wanted to overcome the trail with my own magic and feel like things weren't totally hopeless. Because, otherwise...

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