This year, I have planned to write as much of my NaNoWriMo novel in Chinese as possible. I have all of my dictionaries piled up in front of the computer, and I recently figured out how to type in it on this computer.

My tentative title this year is "Nihao Maomi," which, if your Chinese is a little rusty since you haven't been able to go over due to ( Read more... )

I just read of it in my library's copy of "Moll Flanders."

I think it's a kind of fabric and that it's coarse, but I'm not sure...

Wikipedia says it is a high-quality wool yarn.

I stand corrected, then.

It makes me think of that orchestra music I didn't actually play but almost did, that Mendelssohn not-4th symphony.

I struggled over that 4th ( Read more... )

A marquee is "a large tent used for eating and drinking in at events held mainly outside that involve a lot of people" - my mother has hired them before for this and that big celebration that she seemed particularly excited about holding. (I just came across that word in my book and didn't remember what it meant.)

*giggling at the Taylor Swift ( Read more... )

I have been eating an apple granola bar, and my cats have been miaowing "hello's" so they must be well. The oboe icon I have is currently "inactive..." I have been getting feedback from some of the performers that they needed my positive reception to keep going. I thought it was important to say something! I remembered when I was there playing that ( Read more... )

:O! It gave some interesting factoids about this problem. For example, the scope of it at this point in estimated global history. (The END EPILEPSY people suggest that approx. 65 mil people have "one of the epilepsies" right now.)

It says the second Monday in February is when International Epilepsy Day repeats.

Do you have your cosplay outfit ready ( Read more... )