I've been back from the US for a week, which feels simultaneously like a day, a week, and a month. I had such an amazingly good time, both doing things outside and staying in and mostly hanging out with friends, both old and new. My jetlag meshed perfectly with
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I sent off my passport to the Chinese embassy last week, so we'll see what type of visa they agree to give me, and it looks like I'll be leaving in a month. *inserts a bajillion exclamation marks* *does not actually know how to handle*. I feel like I need to give myself a crash course on Chinese history and culture, and I will attempt to learn... ( Read more... )

It's been a beautifully sunny Friday and wonderfully rainy Saturday and multi-rainbowed today, and I am decently caught up on all of my shows; which softens the blow, a little, for the fact that I got home from work today at 11PM ( Read more... )

I have another post lined up which is basically real time quotes and reactions I had while reading, most of which can be summarized by "oh my god", but until I actually format that, uh, let us talk about this book because it is a book that deserves talking about ( Read more... )

Continued here! Spoilers all the way to the lone chapter we have in book 3. I think.

( Book 2 reread reactions. )

HI GUYS I MANAGED TO REREAD BOTH CAPTIVE PRINCE BOOKS THIS WEEKEND I AM SO EXCITED.

I hadn't read the books fully since I originally read them 2-3 years ago, so I had forgotten a loooooot of stuff - basically all of the major politics and plot twists, and also a lot of the bigger details. So it was super enjoyable to read again and yup I cannot ( Read more... )

It felt like too much to lump in with the China post but can we also talk about fandom stuff? Because ( Read more... )

And it's so so good *___________________* For all Captive Prince fans, rec rec rec:

Till China and Africa meet, and the river jumps over the mountain by ??? (Captive Prince, Damen/Laurent, 2316 words)
Rated: Mature
Additional Tags: Declarations Of Love, Past Sexual Abuse
Summary: Piece by piece, it all fell into place.There are 3 more CP fics this ( Read more... )

I am posting this with the hope that once LJ works again, this will be crossposted ( Read more... )

So over the past two days I've probably spent approximately 6 hours chatting/talking about Captive Prince theories/squee/angst so I am definitely on my way to getting it out of my system. Er... yay?

I watched Casablanca tonight with a coworker. I haven't watched that movie in maybe ten years, haven't watched an old movie in such a long time, and ( Read more... )