a series of randomised thoughts
Jul. 10th, 2020 01:08 pm1. Look, I don't follow JKR on twitter and yet I'm still seeing her, so my option is to not go on twitter...? This is annoying. She can hold all kinds of demented views in her own brain, but why do I have to read them*?
*There's no 'two sides' to this... this thing. Trans-women are women. I feel dumb even typing this out: it's like questioning if the sun sets in the west. Can we talk about something more controversial now?
2. Kindle sample chapters:
(a) I started with Middlegame by Seanan McGuire and was thrown out in no time by one word: ounces. Or was it ounce? I've watched too many medical K-dramas to not assume that blood and other bodily fluids are measured using cc's...
(b) Zen Cho has a new book: The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water. Sample chapter looks promising, want to order from Kinokuniya but it's out of stock... needs 3 weeks. Ok, I'll wait... >_<
3. So, I watched King's Avatar, China-drama, last week.It's apparently based on a comic series ETA: It's based on a webnovel (thanks, ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
larryhammer!), and about professional gamers. I am utterly ignorant of its origins but I have to admit that the sole - sole - reason I started was because the main character is acted by Yang Yang whom I belatedly learnt was also Jia Baoyu in 2010 Dreams of Red Chambers. YY is pretty. I keep trying to imagine his character as Jia Baoyu, though, which adds a layer of internal hilarity to my watching.
I love all the shots of (apparently) lightning-fast finger combinations on the keyboard and swishings of the computer mouse. I guess they have to make gaming look exciting the way they made playing Go look exciting (airplane flying! shining light!).
Also, yay! A series full of cute blokes (too few women, alas). Even the trash talking is adorable.
4. There goes my adventures in venturing out of MDZS fic. Also apparently the 3rd season of the animated series will be out at the end of July? \o/
5. Peninsula: sequel to Train to Busan. y/y?
*There's no 'two sides' to this... this thing. Trans-women are women. I feel dumb even typing this out: it's like questioning if the sun sets in the west. Can we talk about something more controversial now?
2. Kindle sample chapters:
(a) I started with Middlegame by Seanan McGuire and was thrown out in no time by one word: ounces. Or was it ounce? I've watched too many medical K-dramas to not assume that blood and other bodily fluids are measured using cc's...
(b) Zen Cho has a new book: The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water. Sample chapter looks promising, want to order from Kinokuniya but it's out of stock... needs 3 weeks. Ok, I'll wait... >_<
3. So, I watched King's Avatar, China-drama, last week.
larryhammer!), and about professional gamers. I am utterly ignorant of its origins but I have to admit that the sole - sole - reason I started was because the main character is acted by Yang Yang whom I belatedly learnt was also Jia Baoyu in 2010 Dreams of Red Chambers. YY is pretty. I keep trying to imagine his character as Jia Baoyu, though, which adds a layer of internal hilarity to my watching.I love all the shots of (apparently) lightning-fast finger combinations on the keyboard and swishings of the computer mouse. I guess they have to make gaming look exciting the way they made playing Go look exciting (airplane flying! shining light!).
Also, yay! A series full of cute blokes (too few women, alas). Even the trash talking is adorable.
4. There goes my adventures in venturing out of MDZS fic. Also apparently the 3rd season of the animated series will be out at the end of July? \o/
5. Peninsula: sequel to Train to Busan. y/y?