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if you can't sleep, count counting words?
Feb. 19th, 2021 03:32 pmDaily life: Still commuting to and from the Edo period for work; I should be there at this moment (or else amid class descriptions for a university sign language project, or helping advertise healthy mineral water, or some other exciting thing). Very little else to report, let's call that a blessing.
Music: The Brahms trio for piano, clarinet, and cello, an old favorite; the slow movement in particular has that Brahmsian sense of "this is not a happy ending, this is heartbreak, but in the end it's meaningful and worth it" that few other composers (or writers) ever manage. In tears.
Books: Lots of delicious Sundial reading this week. I succeeded to some extent in commenting on fics read, for a change; did not manage all of them (or any non-fic media), and also I remain stupidly shy about commenting on explicit fic or RPF, but it was fun! The Guardian fics in particular featured, along with a lot of wonderful Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, two new and intriguing takes on Zhao Xinci and a variety of background competent!Lin Jing, satisfying me and my weird-favorites tendencies.
Chinese: For work-related reasons (don't even ask, no live organisms involved) I realized that I did not know how to count snakes in Japanese, and asked various ex-colleagues: 一本 (long thin things)? 一匹 (animals small enough to pick up)? Aoki-kun said dryly "I haven't counted very many snakes but I think it's 一匹." Misa said "一匹, right? Same like children? Small wriggling things?". I do, on the other hand, know how to count snakes in Chinese: 一条, the counter for long linear things, same like dragons (thank you 龙哥) and lives (thank you Shen Wei, *sniff*).
Writing: Getting some useful and appreciated advice (some of which boils down, accurately, to "What you are trying to do worked the way you wanted it to, and that's a problem"). Not getting very far ahead; I need to be more serious about setting and meeting word goals for each day, whether writing or revising. Should maybe go find the write-every-day thing again on DW, but I'm always shy about that unless it's being hosted by someone I know.
Photos: ( Plums and oddities )
Be safe and well.
Music: The Brahms trio for piano, clarinet, and cello, an old favorite; the slow movement in particular has that Brahmsian sense of "this is not a happy ending, this is heartbreak, but in the end it's meaningful and worth it" that few other composers (or writers) ever manage. In tears.
Books: Lots of delicious Sundial reading this week. I succeeded to some extent in commenting on fics read, for a change; did not manage all of them (or any non-fic media), and also I remain stupidly shy about commenting on explicit fic or RPF, but it was fun! The Guardian fics in particular featured, along with a lot of wonderful Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, two new and intriguing takes on Zhao Xinci and a variety of background competent!Lin Jing, satisfying me and my weird-favorites tendencies.
Chinese: For work-related reasons (don't even ask, no live organisms involved) I realized that I did not know how to count snakes in Japanese, and asked various ex-colleagues: 一本 (long thin things)? 一匹 (animals small enough to pick up)? Aoki-kun said dryly "I haven't counted very many snakes but I think it's 一匹." Misa said "一匹, right? Same like children? Small wriggling things?". I do, on the other hand, know how to count snakes in Chinese: 一条, the counter for long linear things, same like dragons (thank you 龙哥) and lives (thank you Shen Wei, *sniff*).
Writing: Getting some useful and appreciated advice (some of which boils down, accurately, to "What you are trying to do worked the way you wanted it to, and that's a problem"). Not getting very far ahead; I need to be more serious about setting and meeting word goals for each day, whether writing or revising. Should maybe go find the write-every-day thing again on DW, but I'm always shy about that unless it's being hosted by someone I know.
Photos: ( Plums and oddities )
Be safe and well.
