And when I'm in the States (I leave on April twentieth), I'll try to be better about posting too. And hopefully I'll also have time to update all my other projects. I haven't abandoned them, I swear. I've just been really busy and distracted lately, partially because of schoolwork, but a lot of it because my life may or may not be completely turned upside down and I have to be prepared. If it does turn upside down, you guys will definitely hear about it, both on my blog and on Brynne's. Meanwhile, since everything is still in the works, we ain't saying a thing. :D
in which I dangle information
I know I've been a terrible blog-mistress. I'm sorry. I've been disgustingly busy these last couple of weeks, and this week I'm off to Xi'an and Shanghai. If I have internet in Xi'an, I may post some pictures and whatnot, but if not, I promise to tell you all about it when I get home. For reals.
stalling, one, two, three...
Things to do online when you're bored/procrastinating (geek version):
- make a blog (or three)
- watch Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
- go look at all the pretty stuff on thinkgeek.com
- browse mentalfloss.com
- browse omniglot.com
- browse The Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form
- browse Mysterious Britain and Ireland's Encyclopedia
For some reason, my brain has been in a bit of a funk lately and doesn't want to concentrate on one thing for a long time, so in between writing papers, I'm doing all of the above. It's surprisingly addictive.
The Great (Fire)Wall
yeah, I can't count.
This post comes to you in four parts.
Part one: hay-fever, or getting sick
This is what I have/am. I've been exhibiting hay-fever-like symptoms for the past two weeks. Blergh. They make me irritable. And now I think I may be getting sick. Not fun at all.
Part two: pleasure boats
When we were in Hangzhou last weekend (did I mention that I went to hangzhou with my mom and one of her friends?), we took a 'pleasure boat' to the island in the middle of West Lake. The name made me giggle incessantly, especially after my mom brought up The Love Boat. So then we all started making bad puns about being on the 'Pleasure Luuuuuurve Boat' to some mysterious island. It was fun.
Part three: durian roti
We went to the Banana Leaf restaurant one night, and I finally tried something with durian in it. Not going to again. Ever again. Everyone (including my mom) said that it didn't taste at all the way it smells. I'm sorry, but for me it tasted exactly the way it smelled. But at least I can now say that I don't like durian on good authority. Though I don't want to get close enough to stinky tofu to even find out.
Part four: 'Roadsinger'
I think that for once, I'm going to go all fangirly on you. Cat Stevens has a new album coming out in May. *squee*
Part five (bonus): new template
What thinks you of it? The old one's code was a mess, and changing anything was a huge hassle. Hopefully this one will be better, even though it's quite different. This one's sort of temporary until I find one that I like better.
Ze Tomato
EDIT: I just saw a mosquito buzzing around in my bedroom. I'm not sure I'm quite as excited about it getting warm as I was a half hour ago.
We have a new oven! Behold!
Yes, it is a "Tomato" brand oven. In this household, we now 'tomato' things, and pop some muffins into the 'tomato'. I made muffins in the tomato yesterday using THIS recipe, and they were amazing. Sorry, no pics of the muffins themselves. I have no self-control.
Then I took a walk, because it stopped raining! (It had been raining almost continually for a month.) I'm glad the canals didn't flood, they were looking pretty high.
This is a field of canola. As in 'canola oil'. The leaves are quite tasty stir-fried too.
I'm in love with the building on the right.
And the plants seem to think it's spring!
The birds think it's spring too.
I just hope the weather stays this nice. I'm tired of freezing, especially during the fast.
I just hope the weather stays this nice. I'm tired of freezing, especially during the fast. sorry, mom
Last night I had a really, really weird dream.
I dreamt that I was about seventeen, and I was planning my own funeral. It wasn't because I was sick or anything like that, I don't know why I was thinking about my own funeral at seventeen, but I was.
The main thing that happened in my dream is that my mother and I argued about flowers, because she wanted to have roses at my funeral, and I said absolutely not. It's kind of funny, because that's exactly what would happen in real life. My mom loves roses and I can't stand them.
Just throwing this out there: no roses at my funeral.
Right now I think I want a combination of any of the following:
- violets
- jasmine
- lilac
- tea olive
- royal paulownia
- wisteria
Pop!
Have had this stuck in my head all day. Not that I mind, it's just slightly distracting.
And you should go check out some of Dan's other stuff. [/shameless plug]
Ministry of Names?
A couple of most excellent sites I stumbled upon while doing I-don't-know-what.
The Name Inspector- on names and naming.
las pretties
My hummingbird. His name is Corin. He adorns the side of my wardrobe.
And... the Indian tapestry I got in Malaysia. Her name is Roshni.
not a cheeseburger, a project!
I can haz new project?
I think I can.
Here is Layli's site of all things Chinese (okay, not really, but it's a start). I'm thinking that I'll update it once a week or so. I'm also hoping to update Pelakîs once every week, but don't seem to be doing a great job so far.
Is there such a thing as too many blogs?
DUN DUN DUN!
My shower-head hates me. Seriously. The small one not so much, but the big one keeps dripping 70 degrees celsius water on my head. If I ever stop posting for a week again, you can just assume that the shower-heads revolted and are holding me for ransom.
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