The Husky And His White Cat ShiZun, Volume THREE 3 三
The Husky and His White Cat ShiZun, volume THREE 3 三
(The one with the dark cover)
This translation is really awesome. The only notes I have are translations of esoteric reference-styles, a few “here are Chinese characters” if you like that sort of thing, and one minor cultural reminder.
Names in Chinese are so fun. Most are just a very nice-sounding combination of lovely or auspicious characters, but sometime you get great puns (sometimes on purpose, sometimes not so on purpose 😝).
You know things are bad when Xue Meng is calling Mo Ran “big brother.”
霜天 is such a lovely name. Works much better in Chinese.
I am not sure if I love or I hate how all reference terms are different for monks, both towards monks and from monks, but, well, they are.
And that’s it, folks! This was an awesomely easy read. I hope you’re enjoying the story as much as I am.
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Wei Wuxian | Ep. 11
for @/the-lady-of-the-blue
posting on twitter feels like throwing something you worked on for hours, days, weeks into a river, hoping it'll get swept out to sea for many people to experience, only for it to immediately crash into some rocks and explode. its gone now. if no one sees it in the 0.00003 seconds it exists on their timelines, no one ever will
posting on tumblr is like carefully placing your work in the middle of a dark abandoned factory, and slowly a bunch of weird little goblins manifest from the shadows and touch your work all over with their little raccoon hands and share it with each other. sometimes they find your thing again many years later and excitedly share it again
the weird goblins are much more enjoyable
Another new favorite quote:
那么一个人要如何能不吃苦又有出息呢？
So, how can a person not endure suffering but still make great progress in life?
(A young adult tries to figure out how to best raise a young adolescent whom he cares about very much.)
From ch 18 of “Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang” by Priest (which is going to be released in English this summer 2023!!)
WHEN SANITY IS NOT HOME
Starring: DaGe, Director Nie, ErGe, and Yaomei.
Sorry, I can't breathe👻
Saturday, August 7, 2021. That’s the release date for Mo Dao Zu Shi season 3!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excuse me while I go schedule my Season 1 and 2 marathon so that my memories will be perfectly fresh and ready for Season 3 on August 7!!!!!!!!!
(Sources: https://youtu.be/YzvNsFSw0RY and https://www.yualexius.com/2021/01/mo-dao-zu-shi-season-3.html. I really really hope that they’re right!!!!!!)
Still one of my favorite instrumental songs.
Our Shining Days - Review
This review is for the movie from 2017, not the TV series from 2019. I really enjoyed this. It’s silly (very silly), but it’s fun. If you’re a trained musician maybe close your eyes during those parts but I assume you do that anyway (other than for the guzheng player anyway, since the word is she can actually play). Pros:
Funny! It was properly funny for me
Largely focused on the musical angst rather than romantic angst
GREAT music
Generally enjoyable leads
Cons:
I mean, it is silly, so if you don’t like silly then that’s a con for you
Bad miming of the western classical music esp, if that bothers you (I tend to space out and just listen)
Female lead’s hair slightly bothered me most of the movie (but they didn’t give her a makeover, which I appreciate)
A little over the top in the school western vs Chinese instrument hierarchy, but that IS the point of the movie (the folk music department is literally behind a gate, which I found hilarious).
This was mainly on my watch list, because I figured the music would be good (I love a traditional instrument), and it turned out to be really enjoyable over all. Just a quick, fun watch. Most of the cons aren’t things that bothered me much, but I try to think about what might bother other people.
I just noticed there’s a flute/recorder part in that video and none of them play that… Luckily that stuff doesn’t really bother me if I’m enjoying the media.
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