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happy more-sweets-day
Mar. 14th, 2021 06:04 pmbecause the actual name of the chocolate-company-sponsored Japanese event celebrated today sounds absurd anywhere else.
Daily life: I've been trying to do situps a couple times a day, counting them off in Chinese for 一石二鳥; this has the added benefit of making me feel like Wu Xie doing pushups (only without the fasting and fainting parts). In related non-fasting news, a little shop selling tasty "American cookies" has opened within walking distance, requiring some self-control.
Music: We had a full orchestra rehearsal today for the first time in over a year (with precautions according to the protocol the professionals have come up with). Knock wood we'll be able to continue for a while, who knows. It was tiring but comforting, and while I think Tchaikovsky 2 is a lot more repetitive than it needs to be, the development section in the last movement is a delight, positively 20th-century.
Books: I have a large backlog of quotable Mass-Observation entries (British diaries during and just after WWII); have a few amusing ones. ( Faithfully! )
Chinese: I've been downloading some Anki stuff thanks to helpful advice from tinny and falkner; I found an Anki deck made from sentences on the Chinese Grammar Wiki! Yessss. I'm still very tentative about Anki in general, but it's a good resource.
Writing: A lot of thinking about revisions based on advice from kind and helpful beta readers; I don't think I've had anyone do a close reading of anything I wrote since grad school (this is where I confess shamefacedly that my fanfic gets posted unbetaed), and it's a very illuminating process. Also I can kind of see the themes and the plot structure as they should be sort of hovering at the edge of my vision, but I am not smart enough to pull them together. You know those dreams where you're reading this fabulously satisfying novel, but you can't remember it when you wake up...?
Photos: ( They're not really called basketball fruits )
Be safe and well.
Daily life: I've been trying to do situps a couple times a day, counting them off in Chinese for 一石二鳥; this has the added benefit of making me feel like Wu Xie doing pushups (only without the fasting and fainting parts). In related non-fasting news, a little shop selling tasty "American cookies" has opened within walking distance, requiring some self-control.
Music: We had a full orchestra rehearsal today for the first time in over a year (with precautions according to the protocol the professionals have come up with). Knock wood we'll be able to continue for a while, who knows. It was tiring but comforting, and while I think Tchaikovsky 2 is a lot more repetitive than it needs to be, the development section in the last movement is a delight, positively 20th-century.
Books: I have a large backlog of quotable Mass-Observation entries (British diaries during and just after WWII); have a few amusing ones. ( Faithfully! )
Chinese: I've been downloading some Anki stuff thanks to helpful advice from tinny and falkner; I found an Anki deck made from sentences on the Chinese Grammar Wiki! Yessss. I'm still very tentative about Anki in general, but it's a good resource.
Writing: A lot of thinking about revisions based on advice from kind and helpful beta readers; I don't think I've had anyone do a close reading of anything I wrote since grad school (this is where I confess shamefacedly that my fanfic gets posted unbetaed), and it's a very illuminating process. Also I can kind of see the themes and the plot structure as they should be sort of hovering at the edge of my vision, but I am not smart enough to pull them together. You know those dreams where you're reading this fabulously satisfying novel, but you can't remember it when you wake up...?
Photos: ( They're not really called basketball fruits )
Be safe and well.
