yes, i am still here
Isn't it true that the older one gets, the faster time seems to fly by? It's been so long since I last posted that my LJ subscription ran out and I decided to let it go and continue with the basic skin and 15 icons. Why would I need over 60 like I had up until now? I pared them down to 4, then added 4 more based on The Untamed, made by user chaotic_beautiful.
Yes, after more than a year I am still hooked on this Chinese wuxia drama, have watched several others of the same genre, bought related merchandise and recently ordered (and received) the English translations of the 3 MXTX (author's name) novels: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System, The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (the novel The Untamed was based on) and her latest, Heaven Official's Blessing.
All 3 novels are being printed in multiple volumes. Scum Villain has two, Grandmaster has 3 and Heaven Official has 4. I believe the next volume of Scum Villain (or SVSSS) is the last, but Grandmaster has 3 altogether and Heaven Official has 4.
I just finished SVSSS's first volume last night, so must wait until March for the second and final installment. I will, however, start Grandmaster today. I did read an online translation of this last year so it will be interesting to see what differences there are (if any) in the official translation, which was done by a different person.
It's a good time of year to have a lot to read. I also received another book for Christmas which I have yet to delve into.
We had a huge snowfall last Monday of over 55 cm, with more expected today I believe. Nobody could get out of their driveways and onto the roads in the subdivisions for 2 days. My husband had run out of one of his prescriptions which I could have picked up the day before the snowfall but alas, left until it was too late, but I did manage to walk to the drugstore along with a friend to pick it up and buy a few grocery items. We had to navigate some huge snowbanks, one of which I had to drop to my knees (at my age!) and crawl over.
In some places the snow wasn't shoveled so it was touch & go sliding over the ice patches.
Ah, the pleasures of winter in Canada!
I'd post some photos but I've forgotten how. Perhaps I'll try to learn again and then post some.