Cappuccino.
I had a cappuccino at lunch. I'm not a big coffee drinker (I prefer tea), but I was at a pretty nice place and I thought maybe it could be as good as the best cappuccino I've ever had, in a patisserie in that noted cultural capital: Tirane, Albania.
(One of the people I was with had done a semester abroad in college in Provence, France, and she agreed - it was the best cappuccino she'd ever had, too.)
It was pretty good. Not as good as Ye Olde Albanian Cappuccino, but good.
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It occurred to me at lunch today that dinero comes from "dinar".
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Bizarrely, my boss is trying to convince me that I should watch anime. What is this? No. I don't want to watch anime. She's being more persistent than my friends who are anime nerds. I am confused by this turn of events.
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Been thinking about my writing lately. When I started writing fic, about a year and a half ago, I thought that this would be something I was good at. Not AMAZING, but I can string words together coherently, I have a good command of spelling and grammar, etc. I've had lots of teachers and professors tell me I'm a good writer.
It turns out that: while I'd written approximately eighteen million essays and memos and analyses, I hadn't written anything creatively since I was a kid. So writing fic was actually a new experience for me. And it has turned out to be akin to pulling teeth. I find the writing process to be incredibly nerve-wracking and angst-filled. I am a very slow and anxious writer of fiction, I have learned.
But I have to say, I really enjoy it. I think it's good for me to be creative. Even if it's hardly high-brow, writing fic engages parts of me that I haven't used in forever.
I like it.
(One of the people I was with had done a semester abroad in college in Provence, France, and she agreed - it was the best cappuccino she'd ever had, too.)
It was pretty good. Not as good as Ye Olde Albanian Cappuccino, but good.
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It occurred to me at lunch today that dinero comes from "dinar".
***
Bizarrely, my boss is trying to convince me that I should watch anime. What is this? No. I don't want to watch anime. She's being more persistent than my friends who are anime nerds. I am confused by this turn of events.
***
Been thinking about my writing lately. When I started writing fic, about a year and a half ago, I thought that this would be something I was good at. Not AMAZING, but I can string words together coherently, I have a good command of spelling and grammar, etc. I've had lots of teachers and professors tell me I'm a good writer.
It turns out that: while I'd written approximately eighteen million essays and memos and analyses, I hadn't written anything creatively since I was a kid. So writing fic was actually a new experience for me. And it has turned out to be akin to pulling teeth. I find the writing process to be incredibly nerve-wracking and angst-filled. I am a very slow and anxious writer of fiction, I have learned.
But I have to say, I really enjoy it. I think it's good for me to be creative. Even if it's hardly high-brow, writing fic engages parts of me that I haven't used in forever.
I like it.