let us recount the deeds of the day...

[0dense]

so far: 

1. slept past my alarm
   1. aaaaaaaaaaaa
2. somehow made it to campus on time
3. HANDWROTE 8 PAGES OF FINAL ON CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION 
   1. and professor said he really liked my last paper!
   2. so much that he wanted my feedback on the format of the final! he's trying something new and appreciated my writing process for the assignments, so he asked me about the final as well!!
   3. I'm eternally terrified to speak up in class, but somehow I made a good impression I think??
   4. wow this reminds me how much I miss prof philo
   5. yall I just love learning and my professors so much
4. got a basket of strawberries from the farmer's market for lunch/tea/celebration
5. was so entirely Trans Validated downtown I nearly cried on the bus after
   1. lmaoo I am such a simple creature, when the approval and kindness of strangers nearly tips you over the edge you know it's bad
6. was on a traincar over 90F, summer is abhorrent
7. took 6 separate instances of public transportation over the day
   1. thank goodness for the student pass
8. got the second half of little sister's birthday present :D!
9. got groceries to make heizhima tangyuan for Grandmother
   1. I can't say it right but I hope it's good enough when I make it
   2. any traditional cooking I know, I've taught myself. I just hope so very much that she enjoys it still

forgot to: 

1. pick up my hold from the library, agk

this evening: 

1. eat dinner
2. rehydrate
3. turn my brain off

tomorrow: 

1. pick up The Terror
2. watch The Terror
3. while making tangyuan
4. ???
5. chill

right now: 

1. eat this torrone 
2. appreciate the blooming ginger out back
   1. ginger and amaryllis, two blessings of august heat
   2. amaryllis, sweet and glittering in the sun to remind me to walk slowly
   3. ginger, so fragrant the evening air is heavy

Comments

[yuuago]

Sounds like your morning had a CRAZY start, but turned out okay!

I bet your grandmother will love your cooking. :)

Hopefully you'll enjoy The Terror! :D

[0dense]

lol yeah it was crammed!! But for the best, and now I've got a week before the regular semester comes back, I'm very glad to get to unwind :) and cooking and shows were a great start! Grandmother did like the tangyuan, and as soon as I get technology back on my side, the terror is a blast, did you like it??

[yuuago]

Yessss, I loved The Terror. It was put together really well; lots of great acting and buildup of the atmosphere. And they made some adaptation choices that I really liked. But I confess to being kind of biased in its favour because the Franklin expedition is something I've always found fascinating(ly horrible).

I kiiind of think that they showed too much of the monster, though, but that's my only complaint. ;)

Are you planning on watching the second season? I was kind of planning to pass on it, since it's an anthology series and part 2 isn't Age of Sail/historical RPF, but it looks really good.

[0dense]

:D it's so much fun! lol I honestly don't know much of the history, but I think they're walking a good balance of supernatural and interpersonal dramas. It's funny, but I feel like even for such an awful situation, they manage not to be depressing? It's dark but not grim, didn't Harris say, and I so agree. Misery is one thing, but they keep pushing anyway!
My first major Age of Sail media was Master and Commander, back when, and now I so want a crossover - nothing too fancy! and I know the timelines don't match perfectly, but then what if dr maturin was one of harry goodsir's mentors, somehow? naturalists and surgeons of the world, buddy up! and then part of why goodsir joined up was being inspired by stephen's stories of the galapagos

I'm not sure about season 2 - I found the first season through the library, so I'll probably have to wait for a hardcopy again. But dang yeah it looks so good. I'm really glad they chose the internment camps, everything about that lends to horror and we can do with some attention to it these days, unfortunately

[yuuago]

"Dark but not grim" is a good way to describe it, I think. And utterly miserable. xD Then again, in that kind of situations, pushing on is your only option!

That would make an interesting crossover, I like it. :D Sure, it doesn't match up quite perfectly, but if you slap an AU label on it, it'd excuse any timeline fudging one has to do. xD

Yeahhh I'm probably going to have to wait for hardcopy too... Unless after seeing it all over my dash I cave and pay to watch it digitally (possible). But sometimes waiting makes it even better. ;) Since part 2 isn't an adaptation of a previously existing story, they can go in absolutely any direction they want with it, and since they did such a good job with part 1 I'm REALLY curious about what they'll do. Like you said, it's such a perfect setting for horror.

[aboxthecolourofheartache]

Be sure to check your ginger over for solitary bees! I've found that some of the wee tiniest ones are ginger-fanatics. If there's a safe place for a bee hotel near your ginger, you'd be doing the little pollinators a favor. <3

[0dense]

oh I hadn't thought of that, I'll certainly look into it! It's been so hot out lately, maybe they'd like one of those water trays with marbles so they don't fall in, too : D