silver platters

・ Do other people do this? I feel as if my brain insists on having something as a main source of worry, trivial or otherwise; when one thing is resolved, I can actually feel my mind flailing around for the next thing to worry about. Jewish race-memory neurosis? Fear of blindsiding? Who knows.

・ Talking with A-Pei about 知己 vs 志同道合; her take was that the first one, the zhiji that turns up in cdrama fics a lot, is more of an emotional connection (not necessarily romantic) while the second, new to me, has to do with shared perspectives. Worth thinking about for both fic and real-life purposes.

・ I've written, let's see, respectively 0.8, 0.6, and 0.2 or so of three fics for the Guardian wishlist thing, with a few more in mind, all short. Not sure what I will end up with but I'm enjoying myself. I got quite a lot done yesterday by alternately procrastinating on fic writing with work and on work with fics.

・ Strauss' Salome on the radio, a favorite opera: "Joka-a-a-nan!" talk about being carried away by your crush on someone, even though I hope most people will not go quite as far as Salome does, but her swooning-over-him theme is so so gorgeous.

・ ( The Rebel notes eps. 35-37 )

Photos: Purple. The cat was not for sale, but came and said hi to me politely when told to do so by the shop lady. As for the other photo, it's a not uncommon error even among native speakers, but the last dessert on the list gave me pause (or paws).
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Be safe and well.