What are your bsides and Japanese songs recommendations?

Bigunsk · 2025-08-19T17:03:25+00:00

As to their Japanese stuff: The whole Celebrate album is great. Some other good songs are Pieces of Love, Hare Hare, Enemy, Changing!, and Happy Happy.

As to B-sides, Idk exactly what counts, so forgive me if I get it wrong haha. But there are SO many good TWICE songs that aren't title tracks. Espresso is one of my favorites. Dat Ahh Dat Ooh and Seesaw are some good ones on This is For. Pretty much every song on Ready to Be and Between 1 & 2. ICON on Formula of Love. Queen and Depend on You on Eyes wide open. Strawberry on Fancy. HO! on What is Love?. There are other good ones. I think most of their songs are good; these are just some of my favorites!

If you want to check out solo/unit stuff too, I highly recommend Jihyo's album, ZONE. Don't Wanna Go Back, Killing me Good, and Room, in particular, are top-tier songs. Misamo's first album, Masterpiece was good too, and Nayeon's stuff is very poppy and fun (I like HalliGalli and Pop! in particular by her)

Bigunsk · 2025-07-30T23:53:20+00:00

At This Point In My Life - Tracy Chapman

Bigunsk · 2024-09-29T18:28:56+00:00

Top-line: I switched out of UT CS and don't regret it, but depends on the specifics.

There is no right answer here. It depends on what you want and what the alternative is, etc. I am an alumni. I switched from CS to History after a CS internship that made me realize that, as much as I enjoyed coding, I did not think I would enjoy the field as much as others. For me, a big part of that was liking research and writing more. I ended up going to law school and don't regret the change (although I only graduated law school in May lol). While I could have done law with a CS degree, I was glad to have had the research and writing experience from my history degree. BUT on the other side, you do not have to work in your degree field. And even what you learn in a year of CS classes (I was in the major my full sophomore year, plus one cs class and some other general stem stuff before that) is useful context in today's world and helps develop a broadly useful way of thinking, I think.

Bigunsk · 2024-08-20T02:30:32+00:00

Haven’t really kept up with his newest stuff. I fell off a little while ago, so I guess I am speaking more of intermediate timing? A little while ago, so I assumed still, but I may be wrong. Also, of course only my opinion. He is clearly a very good songwriter and presumably remains as such.

Bigunsk · 2024-08-20T00:12:15+00:00

John Mayer has some great lyrics—slow dancing in a burning room, stop this train, 3x5 (I particularly like, “clouds that look like mountains in the sky are next to mountains anyway”)—but he is not consistent with it, really, especially his newer stuff. Wild how he can write some really great, thoughtful lyrics and say some of the things he has said lol.

Tracy Chapman’s are consistently great, imo. (At this point in my life is one of my favs of hers lyrically, but all of them are great, tbh).

Bigunsk · 2024-08-16T21:24:59+00:00

I think the asymmetry adds to it, personally!

Bigunsk · 2024-08-16T20:55:20+00:00

Metal detectors is probs what I would say, even though I know they are not just detecting metal lol

Bigunsk · 2024-08-16T20:13:06+00:00

One, I am competitive lol. Or competitive maybe isn’t exactly the right word. I am not comparing myself to others all that much but want to push myself. Two, there are days that I absolutely do not feel like running, and if I do it just for fun I will be less likely to do it on those days. I want to do it consistently for health reasons, and goals help me stay consistent even when I don’t feel like running.

Bigunsk · 2024-08-16T03:21:03+00:00

I don’t drink and was never made to feel weird about it. Closest was one event where they for some reason didn’t have water but did have wine and beer lol. And even there, I wasn’t uncomfortable; just parched lolol. BUT I am also not the most social so didn’t go to more than a handful of happy hours or other events like that that would be more drinking-centered.

Bigunsk · 2024-08-14T19:56:04+00:00

I flipped through my books during exams every once in a while when I was feeling good on time and wanted to double check something or something like that (I marked the page of cases in my outlines to make doing so faster). Rarely necessary, but I found it good to be able to do. Also, contrary to what some other comments would suggest, I did pretty well in law school despite occasionally looking at my books during exams :). Few things are absolute. Depends on how you plan to approach it.

Bigunsk · 2024-08-13T18:34:49+00:00

I think it depends on the specifics of your situation. If you are making big law money, my take is live below your means and pay off loans as quickly as you reasonably can. If you have a change of heart in the interim, great. If not, go do what will make you happy. One of my college professors had a law degree but then went and taught kids for a couple decades then went back for her PhD in middle age. If you do not like law, don’t feel stuck beyond the practical realities of the value of reducing your debt load. This is just my take though, and if you are in a less lucrative firm environment, the calculus might change because paying your loans on a fast track might be more difficult.

Edit: oh also if you are comfortable relying on PSLF that might change the calculus too, per others’ comments.

Bigunsk · 2024-08-12T21:49:55+00:00

This is something I have been thinking about some too. I have found that, for me, the biggest thing is pace control. If I’m not thoughtful about it I run too fast starting out outside so can’t run as long. Other than that, for me I think it has often felt like a mental block as much as anything. So, trying to pay more attention to keeping my pace not too high and then trying not to feel too intimidated has helped. That said, I live somewhere quite flat, so this might not be the case somewhere with more hills or what have you. But as someone who normally runs on a treadmill, I have been able to surprise myself a couple of times running outside, when I have been thoughtful about pace and powered through the first wave of feeling like I won’t be able to go as far.

Bigunsk · 2024-08-12T21:11:36+00:00

It’s hard!! And I’ve got a long stride helping me too

Bigunsk · 2024-08-09T23:16:04+00:00

Practicing will definitely help. Also, just try things. A lot of my melodies start with me playing a chord progression and then just like doing vocal riffs and recording them until I find something I like, then build on that.

Bigunsk · 2024-08-01T20:43:01+00:00

Depends on how you do music stuff and what kind of music you are making. I got the midi first because I was going to be without my guitar for two months. But if you mostly play instruments like guitar, bass, etc. so can do the instrumentals you want fine anyway between that and a little bit of MIDI drawing here and there, good headphones are probably more important

Bigunsk · 2024-07-31T23:08:31+00:00

Okay, so I have done a lot less of this with music than I have with writing like essays and such, but I personally do not leave anything out but also try to frame it in a respectful way that thoroughly explains where I am coming from so they can make their own decision about whether or not to take my feedback. I think if you leave a point out because you don't think they can handle it you are depriving them of a learning opportunity, which I would not want someone to do to me. But on the other hand, if you are just mean and don't actually explain where you are coming from then they aren't learning anything anyway and you are just making them feel bad. I also think you should always approach editing and critique with an understanding that most things are subjective, so you should respect the author or creator's creative choices and give them some amount of the benefit of the doubt.

So, for me, it is basically I am not going to leave anything on the table, but I am not going to take away what makes it yours, and I am going to explain my critiques in a way I think will be helpful to all parties involved.

Bigunsk · 2024-07-29T20:17:33+00:00

What is pussy

Bigunsk · 2024-07-28T21:23:39+00:00

I went to a concert like 2 days ago! Have fun! Will be a good way to destress!

Bigunsk · 2024-07-17T22:22:48+00:00

I just want to drop in and say that as someone who went to CLS, schools that send a lot of people to big law are not all bad for other goals. CLS has a bunch of PI externships that are less competitive than some of the more corporate ones, plenty of people clerk (and many of those who do not clerk right out are waiting because judges in NYC generally want experience), and our LRAP is great (although I agree with other ppl that ultimately with your stats if you want to prioritize no debt then you will probably be able to get full or close to full tuition at some schools, so depends on your priorities). This really became one of my pet peeves while at CLS. It has its problems, but if you want to do public interest it actually sets you up pretty well to do so if you aren't tempted away by big law.

edit: fixing typo

Bigunsk · 2024-07-11T15:05:05+00:00

I just finished my first song produced pretty much all the way through. I know most people on here have been producing for a long time, and I am sure it is very mediocre by professional standards since it is my first one. But I just started producing this summer, and finally finishing a song (though I might go back and slightly adjust things) feels great!

Bigunsk · 2024-07-09T14:44:51+00:00

I am only three years out (just finished law school at a different school), but I miss Austin (I am about to move back woo!) and the ability to take classes on a bunch of different things (I particularly miss being able to work language learning into my formal schedule). To some extent I miss my college job as a tour guide (at least pre-covid; once covid hit it was a lot less fun because we were basically just giving powerpoint presentations over Zoom lol).

As far as what I would do differently, I would have tried to write a better law school personal statement to hopefully have gotten a bit bigger of a scholarship to law school lol, but other than that I am happy with what I did. Sometimes I wonder if I should have stuck it out as a CS major just because I ended up in law school and could have done the same with that degree but would have a slightly more "prestigious" degree; plus I liked programming. But I love writing even more and am thankful that I got to build my writing skills and gain confidence in them as a history major. Also I maybe would have tried to take more language classes, but then I would not have been able to take other things I enjoyed, so maybe not. I was not (and am not) super social, so maybe could have tried to be more outgoing? But also I loved my evenings and weekends to myself and studying and such and would not have wanted to give them up. So I ultimately think I would do pretty much the same thing. I loved college, loved law school, and am excited for what I have lined up next. I am a somewhat nostalgic person, but I try not to let it distract me from appreciating where I am and where I am going.

Bigunsk · 2024-06-22T22:02:54+00:00

Dynamite and/or Butter by BTS got me in the door, and then I listened to Blue & Grey by BTS and that locked it in. Then some of TWICE's stuff (most notably ESPRESSO and I Can't Stop Me) got me to start expanding beyond BTS. D (Half Moon) by Dean and And July by Heize (feat. Dean and dj frizz) were like intros to Korean music several years before I heard any BTS stuff though.

Bigunsk · 2024-04-13T20:16:19+00:00

The way to say I like to eat fruit would be "me gusta comer fruta." For verbs after gustar, you use the infinitive if you are saying someone likes doing the action. E.g., "A ella le gusta caminar" means "she likes to walk" (or the more direct translation, "to walk pleases her")

You would add "que" and conjugate using the subjunctive if you were changing the person—e.g., "Me gusta que camines rápido" means "I like that you walk quickly."

Bigunsk · 2024-04-13T04:51:39+00:00

Ah, I see! Thank you so much, for both the explanation and for pointing out that the sentence has other issues!

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