Busy, busy!
Okay! We've got a few things to tackle on today's post!
First thing on the brain is that you've probably heard me complaining about the lack of gold-tone craft wire in heavy gauge in my area, which is a vital part of the Nabooru costume I want to make. Apparently, the stuff no longer exists anywhere near here.
Well, I've come up with a brilliant plan around it! What I could try to do is get some of the finer-gauge wire that's a dime-a-dozen a spool around here (maybe 20 gauge?) and double it up. For one thing, being thinner and more flexible, it'll probably be easier to work with anyway (and won't require me to get the Big Old Wire Cutters to get the lengths I need), and from a distance won't be much indistinguishable from a heavier-gauge wire, and up close will just add some extra intricacy to the design. However... it could mean more sharp points on the jewelry itself, so there's a chance it could slice and dice me up just like my dancer's costume fastened together by twist ties did, or, worse, injure Adrian if I try to pick him up. Hmm. Well, I figure I could try a spool and see how it goes. If it doesn't work, I'm only out a few bucks and have to figure out something else. If it DOES work, then that means the only thing left to figure out will be those earrings.
Next on the list, how about some more of the True History? We're on Day 5 and through Line 24!
"I suppose that they would think that my writing is of this sort of writing. For not only the strangeness of the supposition, nor the graceful seduction of its purpose will it be for them, nor those lies embroidered plausibly and untruthfully that we carried out, but also each of the things not without a spice of comedy woven contains some tacit illusion of the old poets and historians and philosophers, having written many portentious and fabulous things; of whom I would write by name if I weren't about to make clear to you by recognition. Ctesias, son of Ctesiosous, the Cnidian, wrote about the Indian land and those people within it, which he neither saw himself nor was listening to that said by another."
Here, Lucian is still trying to promote himself as the purveyor of light fiction that isn't TOO fluffy, and the reason that he thinks his stuff is so cool is because of his unique premise, the overall allure of the piece, and, oh yes, the fact that it is ALL LIES. That's right--the True History is ALL A LIE. Pay attention, because this fact is important. He also states that he is alluding to works of his predecessors: epic poets, historians and the philosophers he admires, but he won't name names as to those he's stealing from--the parody is going to be so glaringly obvious that he shouldn't need to--except for this guy: Ctesias, who wrote about a trip to India, even though he never went to India or actually heard an account from someone else who had.
It's worth noting here that this sort of gambit of the "true story" is fairly common in sci-fi and fantasy works, for example, "She" or "The Princess Bride," among others. Lucian, however, feels compelled to spell out that it IS, in fact, entirely made up, which is rather unusual. Most authors seem to prefer fully suspending the disbelief. Then again, this IS Lucian, who apparently has to punch holes in every pretention he runs across.
Finally, have a meme. I was tagged on it on Facebook (hence the tagging nonsense, since that doesn't exactly apply on the journals), so why not?
ABCs of Me
You have been tagged! You are supposed to write a note with the ABC's of YOU. At the end, choose 26 people to be tagged. You have to tag me, so really you just need 25 more people. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you... but not in a creepy stalker kind of way.
A - Age: 24--25 next month, though.
B - Bed size: Twin. Shut up.
C - Chore you hate: Um, housekeeping in general. I am remarkably content to live in disarray.
D - Dog's name: Never had a dog.
E - Essential start your day item: Umm... Breakfast? I almost never skip it.
F - Favorite color(s): Blue. And Red. And, really, most all colors at some time or another.
G - Gold or Silver: Probably gold--it complements me better.
H - Height: 5'2"
I - Instruments you play: Piano, alto saxophone (though I'm grossly out of practice), and larynx--I have, in fact, had vocal music training. ^_^
J - Job title: CRAI, Francophone Associate.
K - Kids: So far, my beautiful little boy, Adrian, who will be three this October. Also, my never-borns, Summer and Valentine.
L - Living arrangements: Multigenerational household--a.k.a. me and my son living under my parents' roof. Plus one cat.
M - Mom's name: Linda
N - Nicknames: WAY too many to list here--we're talking over 100. The most common is "Kim" (or maybe "Kimmy" or "Kim-chan"), but I will answer to almost anything if I know I'm supposed to respond to it. Other popular nicknames have included "Elf," "Ardruna," "Naga," "Erato," and others.
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Does GIVING birth count? If not, then just that kidney stone back in 2002.
P - Pet Peeve: Obnoxiously poor grammar. -_-
Q - Quote from a movie: ...I only get to pick one? Dang. Well, just for sheer brilliance in vocabulary, I admit a deep, deep fondness for V's introductory speech in "V for Vendetta":
"But on this most auspicious of nights, permit me then, in lieu of the more commonplace soubriquet, to suggest the character of this dramatis persona. Voila! In view humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the “vox populi” now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin, van guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
Verily this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it’s my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V."
R - Right or left handed: Left by genetics. Right by choice.
S - Siblings: One big brother, and an unknown number of blood siblings.
T - Time you wake up: My alarm technically starts ringing around 5 a.m., but I usually end up dragging myself out of bed sometime around 5:30 if I have to work. If I don't have work, I still usually have to be up by 7:30, unless it happens to be a Saturday, where I can sometimes get away with 8:30-9.
U - Underwear: Most of it is pretty basic, but I have a few special and specialty items, including all my maternity and nursing stuff.
V - Vegetable you dislike: Pretty much anything that falls under the so-called "nightshade" category (which encompasses several things that aren't actually related to the nightshade plant).
W - Workout style: Nonexistent.
X - X-rays you've had: Left hand/wrist, and an abdominal series.
Y - Yesterday's best moment: Ummm... Yesterday was pretty unremarkable, actually. Well, okay, Tom remembered my name yesterday, for once. He usually forgets it.
Z - Zoo favorite: The big cats, definitely.
Okay, that's all for now! Now, to do more translation work and get that art piece finished up for Monday!
First thing on the brain is that you've probably heard me complaining about the lack of gold-tone craft wire in heavy gauge in my area, which is a vital part of the Nabooru costume I want to make. Apparently, the stuff no longer exists anywhere near here.
Well, I've come up with a brilliant plan around it! What I could try to do is get some of the finer-gauge wire that's a dime-a-dozen a spool around here (maybe 20 gauge?) and double it up. For one thing, being thinner and more flexible, it'll probably be easier to work with anyway (and won't require me to get the Big Old Wire Cutters to get the lengths I need), and from a distance won't be much indistinguishable from a heavier-gauge wire, and up close will just add some extra intricacy to the design. However... it could mean more sharp points on the jewelry itself, so there's a chance it could slice and dice me up just like my dancer's costume fastened together by twist ties did, or, worse, injure Adrian if I try to pick him up. Hmm. Well, I figure I could try a spool and see how it goes. If it doesn't work, I'm only out a few bucks and have to figure out something else. If it DOES work, then that means the only thing left to figure out will be those earrings.
Next on the list, how about some more of the True History? We're on Day 5 and through Line 24!
"I suppose that they would think that my writing is of this sort of writing. For not only the strangeness of the supposition, nor the graceful seduction of its purpose will it be for them, nor those lies embroidered plausibly and untruthfully that we carried out, but also each of the things not without a spice of comedy woven contains some tacit illusion of the old poets and historians and philosophers, having written many portentious and fabulous things; of whom I would write by name if I weren't about to make clear to you by recognition. Ctesias, son of Ctesiosous, the Cnidian, wrote about the Indian land and those people within it, which he neither saw himself nor was listening to that said by another."
Here, Lucian is still trying to promote himself as the purveyor of light fiction that isn't TOO fluffy, and the reason that he thinks his stuff is so cool is because of his unique premise, the overall allure of the piece, and, oh yes, the fact that it is ALL LIES. That's right--the True History is ALL A LIE. Pay attention, because this fact is important. He also states that he is alluding to works of his predecessors: epic poets, historians and the philosophers he admires, but he won't name names as to those he's stealing from--the parody is going to be so glaringly obvious that he shouldn't need to--except for this guy: Ctesias, who wrote about a trip to India, even though he never went to India or actually heard an account from someone else who had.
It's worth noting here that this sort of gambit of the "true story" is fairly common in sci-fi and fantasy works, for example, "She" or "The Princess Bride," among others. Lucian, however, feels compelled to spell out that it IS, in fact, entirely made up, which is rather unusual. Most authors seem to prefer fully suspending the disbelief. Then again, this IS Lucian, who apparently has to punch holes in every pretention he runs across.
Finally, have a meme. I was tagged on it on Facebook (hence the tagging nonsense, since that doesn't exactly apply on the journals), so why not?
ABCs of Me
You have been tagged! You are supposed to write a note with the ABC's of YOU. At the end, choose 26 people to be tagged. You have to tag me, so really you just need 25 more people. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you... but not in a creepy stalker kind of way.
A - Age: 24--25 next month, though.
B - Bed size: Twin. Shut up.
C - Chore you hate: Um, housekeeping in general. I am remarkably content to live in disarray.
D - Dog's name: Never had a dog.
E - Essential start your day item: Umm... Breakfast? I almost never skip it.
F - Favorite color(s): Blue. And Red. And, really, most all colors at some time or another.
G - Gold or Silver: Probably gold--it complements me better.
H - Height: 5'2"
I - Instruments you play: Piano, alto saxophone (though I'm grossly out of practice), and larynx--I have, in fact, had vocal music training. ^_^
J - Job title: CRAI, Francophone Associate.
K - Kids: So far, my beautiful little boy, Adrian, who will be three this October. Also, my never-borns, Summer and Valentine.
L - Living arrangements: Multigenerational household--a.k.a. me and my son living under my parents' roof. Plus one cat.
M - Mom's name: Linda
N - Nicknames: WAY too many to list here--we're talking over 100. The most common is "Kim" (or maybe "Kimmy" or "Kim-chan"), but I will answer to almost anything if I know I'm supposed to respond to it. Other popular nicknames have included "Elf," "Ardruna," "Naga," "Erato," and others.
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Does GIVING birth count? If not, then just that kidney stone back in 2002.
P - Pet Peeve: Obnoxiously poor grammar. -_-
Q - Quote from a movie: ...I only get to pick one? Dang. Well, just for sheer brilliance in vocabulary, I admit a deep, deep fondness for V's introductory speech in "V for Vendetta":
"But on this most auspicious of nights, permit me then, in lieu of the more commonplace soubriquet, to suggest the character of this dramatis persona. Voila! In view humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the “vox populi” now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin, van guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
Verily this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it’s my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V."
R - Right or left handed: Left by genetics. Right by choice.
S - Siblings: One big brother, and an unknown number of blood siblings.
T - Time you wake up: My alarm technically starts ringing around 5 a.m., but I usually end up dragging myself out of bed sometime around 5:30 if I have to work. If I don't have work, I still usually have to be up by 7:30, unless it happens to be a Saturday, where I can sometimes get away with 8:30-9.
U - Underwear: Most of it is pretty basic, but I have a few special and specialty items, including all my maternity and nursing stuff.
V - Vegetable you dislike: Pretty much anything that falls under the so-called "nightshade" category (which encompasses several things that aren't actually related to the nightshade plant).
W - Workout style: Nonexistent.
X - X-rays you've had: Left hand/wrist, and an abdominal series.
Y - Yesterday's best moment: Ummm... Yesterday was pretty unremarkable, actually. Well, okay, Tom remembered my name yesterday, for once. He usually forgets it.
Z - Zoo favorite: The big cats, definitely.
Okay, that's all for now! Now, to do more translation work and get that art piece finished up for Monday!