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Jul. 11th, 2021 02:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotAs you know, I am insane, so in a fit of some guilt over reading unlicensed translations of certain Chinese novels I ordered copies of the originals and am now painstakingly going through with Pleco to read them on my own. It is frankly still a better experience than reading the most popular (only finished?) translation. Very very very slow going, although I'm marking proper nouns so that hopefully I'll start recognizing them. I delusionally think this is a good way to learn a language.
(The Mandarin textbook/workbook I was using was good, but it simply was not teaching me the important phrases for wuxia/xianxia novels! I don't need to know how to say/read what floor the cafeteria is on.)
I have read one full page. It was exhausting and exhilarating.
Found my grommets and equipment! I knew I would eventually. It was all in a misc box in the storage room; found it when I went for the pencil sharpener so I could circle the proper nouns in MDZS. I should probably do that on this rainy afternoon.
Finally feels like we're making progress on painting the house, because we've finally settled on an actual plan and stopped DITHERING. Dad is going to buy an airless paint sprayer and we will spray the whole thing with primer, then yellow paint. I've bought a tin of plain unmixed white paint and have done a couple of window/door frames.
Costuming Mary Poppins Jr properly starts tomorrow. We've done a little prep and I think the director is getting freaked out, but I'm sure it'll go well once I really dig in. They've bought a cheap Jolly Holiday dress that I'll need to take in, I really hope it's not too cheap.
(The Mandarin textbook/workbook I was using was good, but it simply was not teaching me the important phrases for wuxia/xianxia novels! I don't need to know how to say/read what floor the cafeteria is on.)
I have read one full page. It was exhausting and exhilarating.
Found my grommets and equipment! I knew I would eventually. It was all in a misc box in the storage room; found it when I went for the pencil sharpener so I could circle the proper nouns in MDZS. I should probably do that on this rainy afternoon.
Finally feels like we're making progress on painting the house, because we've finally settled on an actual plan and stopped DITHERING. Dad is going to buy an airless paint sprayer and we will spray the whole thing with primer, then yellow paint. I've bought a tin of plain unmixed white paint and have done a couple of window/door frames.
Costuming Mary Poppins Jr properly starts tomorrow. We've done a little prep and I think the director is getting freaked out, but I'm sure it'll go well once I really dig in. They've bought a cheap Jolly Holiday dress that I'll need to take in, I really hope it's not too cheap.
