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Some days are some days
Dec. 27th, 2021 02:02 pmLife:
I am visiting family over the holiday, and while it has been going peacefully, the wear and tear of six people in a house that usually holds one is becoming apparent.
For example, I am hiding from my mother because we tried to watch a show with two timelines and it turns out she can't do that without her demanding "Oh, my god, Who is that [new character]? what happened to the characters in the flashback??" every two minutes. I have put the show on pause and gone to the basement room I'm in "for a nap" before I became ungracious.
It's also becoming clear that some people are more interested in 'pandemic adjacent' stories than I can really stand, so the act of negotiating shared watch experiences is a slight grind, tho I am actually glad I branched out because Station Eleven seems to have real promise!
(If anyone is interested in the theatrical troupe in a post apocalyptic America, I recommend seeing a production of Mr. Burns; a Post Electric Play, which I got to see live in 2019. Excellent play, deeply thoughtful, very funny.)
The Christmas holiday has been relatively chill - I got to give my siblings a detailed rundown of the awfulness of my last visit to the in-laws and they join me in my WTF face regarding it. It's nice to have their support. I'm also just really happy to see them - they are delightful nerds.
Reading:
I have started reading the new more official translation of The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (aka, Mo Dao Zu Shi) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, which is the source material for the Netflix Chinese drama, the Untamed. The show seems to have taken fandom by storm, but I have needed a few approaches and the aid of a fandom buddy to get into the source material. The new novel translation, which is part 1 of three, is a more natural read than the fan translation of the novel, and I am finding that I don't mind my own unfamiliarity with the genre nearly as frustrating with a novel. (Tho, I am taking notes, because I find it difficult to hold onto the proper names of all the characters, sects, and locations without writing them down.)
I have also started a re-read of the Witcher and the Lordling by Alex5324, an alternate universe fic where Jaskier and Geralt run away into the woods together.
I am visiting family over the holiday, and while it has been going peacefully, the wear and tear of six people in a house that usually holds one is becoming apparent.
For example, I am hiding from my mother because we tried to watch a show with two timelines and it turns out she can't do that without her demanding "Oh, my god, Who is that [new character]? what happened to the characters in the flashback??" every two minutes. I have put the show on pause and gone to the basement room I'm in "for a nap" before I became ungracious.
It's also becoming clear that some people are more interested in 'pandemic adjacent' stories than I can really stand, so the act of negotiating shared watch experiences is a slight grind, tho I am actually glad I branched out because Station Eleven seems to have real promise!
(If anyone is interested in the theatrical troupe in a post apocalyptic America, I recommend seeing a production of Mr. Burns; a Post Electric Play, which I got to see live in 2019. Excellent play, deeply thoughtful, very funny.)
The Christmas holiday has been relatively chill - I got to give my siblings a detailed rundown of the awfulness of my last visit to the in-laws and they join me in my WTF face regarding it. It's nice to have their support. I'm also just really happy to see them - they are delightful nerds.
Reading:
I have started reading the new more official translation of The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (aka, Mo Dao Zu Shi) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, which is the source material for the Netflix Chinese drama, the Untamed. The show seems to have taken fandom by storm, but I have needed a few approaches and the aid of a fandom buddy to get into the source material. The new novel translation, which is part 1 of three, is a more natural read than the fan translation of the novel, and I am finding that I don't mind my own unfamiliarity with the genre nearly as frustrating with a novel. (Tho, I am taking notes, because I find it difficult to hold onto the proper names of all the characters, sects, and locations without writing them down.)
I have also started a re-read of the Witcher and the Lordling by Alex5324, an alternate universe fic where Jaskier and Geralt run away into the woods together.
