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tarigwaemirLowell House, on the Feast of St. Enda
Someone needs to write a medieval fantasy where the king's court travels from place to place like they did in the early Middle Ages. (We just learned about the Carolingian court culture today in lecture.) I know, I know, there's the King's Progress in The Merlin Conspiracy but that doesn't count because it isn't medieval fantasy, at least not in subgenre.
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dot_fst_snark, I think fst has plenty of great FSTs. But occasionally, there comes along a mix surpassing all the rest that takes over your mind and ends up on your repeat list for days and days and days. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fable's The Lions of al-Rassan FST falls in that category. Actually, the liner notes alone moved me enough to download tracks for a book that I had never heard of (although I've read the first two volumes in one of Guy Gavriel Kay's other series), and then I listened to the ST. Instant love. Some of this music really manages to wrench my insensitive little heart. I must read this series as soon as I get the chance.
Taken fromladydaera, schwimmerin and klio911 (otherwise known as my lemming instinct):
5 foods you love:
- 갈비 (Korean ribs)
- 설렁탕 (a stew made with bone marrow soup base with beef, noodles and rice; is usually eaten with 깍두기)
- 장어 덥밥 (also known as unagi-don; alltryogeru's fault)
- 매운탕 (a spicy fish stew, also known as Korean bouillabaise on pretentious restaurant menus)
- 콩나물국 (bean sprout soup; my version of comfort food, particularly when it's reheated leftover soup from last night's dinner with a drop of sesame oil to season and served with 열무김치)
5 favorite dance songs:
(I don't normally dance to music, so I'll just interpret this literally as favorite music that falls under the "dance" genre)
- Kal Ho Naa Ho - It's the Time to Disco (Indian and apparently cheesy, but so, so addictive)
- Pet Shop Boys - Boys and Girls (originally by Blur, but I like the PSB cover better)
- Loveholic - Magic (Korean)
- Abba - Dancing Queen (because I actually danced to it at prom)
- Telefon Tel Aviv - Farenheit Not Enough (I don't know if you can actually dance to it, but it's called "intelligent dance music" so...)
5 favorite places:
- Widener Library
- Union Square Barnes and Noble
- 96th Street branch NYPL
- Mid-Manhattan branch NYPL
- Lowell JCR
5 secrets about you (of a non-explicit, not-that-embarassing nature):
- I have a goddaughter, whose name I constantly misspell.
- When I was in third grade, I actually thought I wanted to be a physicist.
- I've been kissed on the cheek once by a nonrelative who was under twenty years old at the time. (Before you get excited, I was 13, it was a patronizing show of affection from a church oppa, and I secretly hated him.)
- When I was in ninth grade, I once sent an irate email to William Safire in response to one of his New York Times Op-Ed columns. He never responded, alas.
- I once had to participate in a lip sync to the hit H.O.T. song, Candy. (Why I hate and loathe H.O.T. with a passion. That retreat marked a low point in my life.)
5 things you wear every day:
- glasses
- my watch
- um...socks? (Not the same pair, though!)
- sneakers
- ...I don't know!
Also from my blockmates + taisho:
Bold the things you have done.
Bought everyone in the pub a drink.
Swam with wild dolphins.
Climbed a mountain. (설악산! All the way to 울산바위! Plus, I was only eight.)
Taken a Ferrari for a test drive.
Been inside the Great Pyramid.
Held a tarantula.
Taken a candlelit bath with someone.
Said 'I love you' and meant it. (To my parents?)
Hugged a tree.
Done a striptease.
Bungee jumped.
Visited Paris.
Watched a lightning storm at sea.
Stayed up all night long and watch the sunrise. (Unfortunately.)
Seen the Northern Lights.
Gone to a huge sports game. (The Mets at Shea Stadium. I still don't know who won that game.)
Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa.
Grown and eaten your own vegetables. (Once we successfully grew a cucumber.)
Touched an iceberg.
Slept under the stars.
Changed a baby's diaper.
Taken a trip in a hot air balloon.
Watched a meteor shower.
Gotten drunk on champagne.
Given more than you can afford to charity.
Looked up at the night sky through a telescope.
Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment.
Had a food fight.
Bet on a winning horse.
Taken a sick day when you're not ill.
Asked out a stranger.
Had a snowball fight.
Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
Screamed as loudly as you possibly can. (Probably when I was a kid.)
Held a lamb.
Organized and planned a surprise party for a loved one.
Taken a midnight skinny dip.
Taken an ice cold shower.
Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar.
Seen a total eclipse.
Ridden a roller coaster.
Hit a home run.
Fit three weeks miraculously into three days.
Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking. (At home, with my mother. ^_^)
Adopted an accent for an entire day.
Visited the birthplace of your ancestors. (Well, technically no, but...)
Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment.
Had two hard drives for your computer.
Visited all 50 states.
Loved your job for all accounts.
Taken care of someone who was really sick.
Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
Have amazing friends.
Danced with a stranger in a foreign country.
Watched wild whales.
Stolen a sign.
Backpacked in Europe.
Taken a road-trip.
Rock climbing.
Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice.
Midnight walk on the beach.
Sky diving.
Visited Ireland.
Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love.
In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them. (Well, the stranger actually sat with us.)
Visited Japan.
Bench-pressed your own weight.
Milked a cow.
Alphabetized your CDs.
Pretended to be a superhero. (Kindergarten. Captain Planet.)
Sung karaoke.
Lounged around in bed all day.
Protested something you feel strongly against.
Scuba diving.
Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye.
Kissed in the rain.
Played in the rain.
Gone to a drive-in theater.
Done something you should regret, but didn't.
Started a business.
Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog. (Not that I cared.)
Dropped Windows in favour of something better.
Fallen in love and not had your heart broken.
Toured ancient sites.
Taken a martial arts class. (Well, kendo counts, right?)
Swordfought for the honour of a woman. (Can I claim that I fought for my honor? ^_^)
Played a DVD for more than 6 hours straight.
Been in a movie.
Crashed a party.
Loved someone you shouldn't have.
Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy.
Started an office war.
Gone without food for 5 days.
Made cookies from scratch.
Won first prize in a costume contest.
Ridden a gondola in Venice.
Gotten a tattoo.
Rafted the Snake River.
Been on television news programs as an "expert".
Got flowers for no reason. (From parents.)
Made out in a public place.
Got so drunk you don't remember anything.
Been addicted to some form of illegal drug.
Performed on stage.
Recorded music.
Eaten shark.
Drank an entire 6 pack by yourself.
Gone to Thailand.
Seen Siouxsie live.
Bought a house.
Been in a combat zone.
Buried one/both of your parents.
Shaved all of your hair off.
Been on a cruise ship.
Spoken more than one language fluently.
Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone.
Bounced a check.
Performed in theatre.
Read - and understood - your credit report.
Raised children.
Taken a bicycle tour in a foreign country.
Found out something significant that your ancestors did.
Called or written your Congress person.
Picked up and moved to another city to just start over. (My parents did, anyway, and dragged me with them.)
Walked the Golden Gate Bridge.
Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking.
Had an abortion.
Had plastic surgery.
Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived.
Held someone while they were having a flashback.
Piloted an airplane.
Pet a stingray.
Broken someone's heart.
Helped an animal give birth.
Been fired or laid off from a job.
Won money on T.V.
Broken a bone.
Killed a human being.
Gone on an African photo safari.
Ridden a motorcycle.
Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100km/h.
Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced.
Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol.
Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild.
Ridden a horse.
Had major surgery.
Ridden on a passenger train.
Had a snake as a pet.
Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
Slept through an entire flight.
Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours.
Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states.
Visited all 7 continents.
Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days.
Eaten kangaroo meat.
Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground.
Been a sperm or egg donor.
Eaten sushi.
Had your picture in the newspaper.
Had 2 healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime.
Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about.
Gotten someone fired for their actions.
Gone back to school.
Parasailed.
Changed your name.
Petted a cockroach.
Eaten fried green tomatoes.
Read The Iliad.
Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read a book by them.
Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, or cups because your apartment needed them.
Taught yourself an art from scratch.
Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt.
Skipped all your school reunions.
Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language.
Been elected to public office.
Written your own computer language.
Thought to yourself that you're living your dream.
Had to put someone you love into hospice care.
Built your own PC from parts. (Well, with the help of my father.)
Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you.
Had a booth at a street fair.
Dyed your hair.
Been a DJ.
Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal.
Written your own role playing game.
Been arrested.
Hated someone.
Goal for tonight: physics lab report, recs journal update, Korean homework, [relatively] early bedtime
Yours &c.
Someone needs to write a medieval fantasy where the king's court travels from place to place like they did in the early Middle Ages. (We just learned about the Carolingian court culture today in lecture.) I know, I know, there's the King's Progress in The Merlin Conspiracy but that doesn't count because it isn't medieval fantasy, at least not in subgenre.
Despite the existence of
dot_fst_snark, I think fst has plenty of great FSTs. But occasionally, there comes along a mix surpassing all the rest that takes over your mind and ends up on your repeat list for days and days and days. fable's The Lions of al-Rassan FST falls in that category. Actually, the liner notes alone moved me enough to download tracks for a book that I had never heard of (although I've read the first two volumes in one of Guy Gavriel Kay's other series), and then I listened to the ST. Instant love. Some of this music really manages to wrench my insensitive little heart. I must read this series as soon as I get the chance.Taken from
ladydaera, schwimmerin and klio911 (otherwise known as my lemming instinct):5 foods you love:
- 갈비 (Korean ribs)
- 설렁탕 (a stew made with bone marrow soup base with beef, noodles and rice; is usually eaten with 깍두기)
- 장어 덥밥 (also known as unagi-don; all
tryogeru's fault)- 매운탕 (a spicy fish stew, also known as Korean bouillabaise on pretentious restaurant menus)
- 콩나물국 (bean sprout soup; my version of comfort food, particularly when it's reheated leftover soup from last night's dinner with a drop of sesame oil to season and served with 열무김치)
5 favorite dance songs:
(I don't normally dance to music, so I'll just interpret this literally as favorite music that falls under the "dance" genre)
- Kal Ho Naa Ho - It's the Time to Disco (Indian and apparently cheesy, but so, so addictive)
- Pet Shop Boys - Boys and Girls (originally by Blur, but I like the PSB cover better)
- Loveholic - Magic (Korean)
- Abba - Dancing Queen (because I actually danced to it at prom)
- Telefon Tel Aviv - Farenheit Not Enough (I don't know if you can actually dance to it, but it's called "intelligent dance music" so...)
5 favorite places:
- Widener Library
- Union Square Barnes and Noble
- 96th Street branch NYPL
- Mid-Manhattan branch NYPL
- Lowell JCR
5 secrets about you (of a non-explicit, not-that-embarassing nature):
- I have a goddaughter, whose name I constantly misspell.
- When I was in third grade, I actually thought I wanted to be a physicist.
- I've been kissed on the cheek once by a nonrelative who was under twenty years old at the time. (Before you get excited, I was 13, it was a patronizing show of affection from a church oppa, and I secretly hated him.)
- When I was in ninth grade, I once sent an irate email to William Safire in response to one of his New York Times Op-Ed columns. He never responded, alas.
- I once had to participate in a lip sync to the hit H.O.T. song, Candy. (Why I hate and loathe H.O.T. with a passion. That retreat marked a low point in my life.)
5 things you wear every day:
- glasses
- my watch
- um...socks? (Not the same pair, though!)
- sneakers
- ...I don't know!
Also from my blockmates + taisho:
Bold the things you have done.
Bought everyone in the pub a drink.
Swam with wild dolphins.
Climbed a mountain. (설악산! All the way to 울산바위! Plus, I was only eight.)
Taken a Ferrari for a test drive.
Been inside the Great Pyramid.
Held a tarantula.
Taken a candlelit bath with someone.
Said 'I love you' and meant it. (To my parents?)
Hugged a tree.
Done a striptease.
Bungee jumped.
Visited Paris.
Watched a lightning storm at sea.
Stayed up all night long and watch the sunrise. (Unfortunately.)
Seen the Northern Lights.
Gone to a huge sports game. (The Mets at Shea Stadium. I still don't know who won that game.)
Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa.
Grown and eaten your own vegetables. (Once we successfully grew a cucumber.)
Touched an iceberg.
Slept under the stars.
Changed a baby's diaper.
Taken a trip in a hot air balloon.
Watched a meteor shower.
Gotten drunk on champagne.
Given more than you can afford to charity.
Looked up at the night sky through a telescope.
Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment.
Had a food fight.
Bet on a winning horse.
Taken a sick day when you're not ill.
Asked out a stranger.
Had a snowball fight.
Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
Screamed as loudly as you possibly can. (Probably when I was a kid.)
Held a lamb.
Organized and planned a surprise party for a loved one.
Taken a midnight skinny dip.
Taken an ice cold shower.
Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar.
Seen a total eclipse.
Ridden a roller coaster.
Hit a home run.
Fit three weeks miraculously into three days.
Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking. (At home, with my mother. ^_^)
Adopted an accent for an entire day.
Visited the birthplace of your ancestors. (Well, technically no, but...)
Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment.
Had two hard drives for your computer.
Visited all 50 states.
Loved your job for all accounts.
Taken care of someone who was really sick.
Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
Have amazing friends.
Danced with a stranger in a foreign country.
Watched wild whales.
Stolen a sign.
Backpacked in Europe.
Taken a road-trip.
Rock climbing.
Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice.
Midnight walk on the beach.
Sky diving.
Visited Ireland.
Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love.
In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them. (Well, the stranger actually sat with us.)
Visited Japan.
Bench-pressed your own weight.
Milked a cow.
Alphabetized your CDs.
Pretended to be a superhero. (Kindergarten. Captain Planet.)
Sung karaoke.
Lounged around in bed all day.
Protested something you feel strongly against.
Scuba diving.
Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye.
Kissed in the rain.
Played in the rain.
Gone to a drive-in theater.
Done something you should regret, but didn't.
Started a business.
Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog. (Not that I cared.)
Dropped Windows in favour of something better.
Fallen in love and not had your heart broken.
Toured ancient sites.
Taken a martial arts class. (Well, kendo counts, right?)
Swordfought for the honour of a woman. (Can I claim that I fought for my honor? ^_^)
Played a DVD for more than 6 hours straight.
Been in a movie.
Crashed a party.
Loved someone you shouldn't have.
Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy.
Started an office war.
Gone without food for 5 days.
Made cookies from scratch.
Won first prize in a costume contest.
Ridden a gondola in Venice.
Gotten a tattoo.
Rafted the Snake River.
Been on television news programs as an "expert".
Got flowers for no reason. (From parents.)
Made out in a public place.
Got so drunk you don't remember anything.
Been addicted to some form of illegal drug.
Performed on stage.
Recorded music.
Eaten shark.
Drank an entire 6 pack by yourself.
Gone to Thailand.
Seen Siouxsie live.
Bought a house.
Been in a combat zone.
Buried one/both of your parents.
Shaved all of your hair off.
Been on a cruise ship.
Spoken more than one language fluently.
Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone.
Bounced a check.
Performed in theatre.
Read - and understood - your credit report.
Raised children.
Taken a bicycle tour in a foreign country.
Found out something significant that your ancestors did.
Called or written your Congress person.
Picked up and moved to another city to just start over. (My parents did, anyway, and dragged me with them.)
Walked the Golden Gate Bridge.
Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking.
Had an abortion.
Had plastic surgery.
Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived.
Held someone while they were having a flashback.
Piloted an airplane.
Pet a stingray.
Broken someone's heart.
Helped an animal give birth.
Been fired or laid off from a job.
Won money on T.V.
Broken a bone.
Killed a human being.
Gone on an African photo safari.
Ridden a motorcycle.
Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100km/h.
Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced.
Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol.
Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild.
Ridden a horse.
Had major surgery.
Ridden on a passenger train.
Had a snake as a pet.
Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
Slept through an entire flight.
Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours.
Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states.
Visited all 7 continents.
Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days.
Eaten kangaroo meat.
Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground.
Been a sperm or egg donor.
Eaten sushi.
Had your picture in the newspaper.
Had 2 healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime.
Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about.
Gotten someone fired for their actions.
Gone back to school.
Parasailed.
Changed your name.
Petted a cockroach.
Eaten fried green tomatoes.
Read The Iliad.
Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read a book by them.
Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, or cups because your apartment needed them.
Taught yourself an art from scratch.
Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt.
Skipped all your school reunions.
Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language.
Been elected to public office.
Written your own computer language.
Thought to yourself that you're living your dream.
Had to put someone you love into hospice care.
Built your own PC from parts. (Well, with the help of my father.)
Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you.
Had a booth at a street fair.
Dyed your hair.
Been a DJ.
Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal.
Written your own role playing game.
Been arrested.
Hated someone.
Goal for tonight: physics lab report, recs journal update, Korean homework, [relatively] early bedtime
Yours &c.
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Date: 2005-03-22 01:30 am (UTC)Also, we need to be in our neighborhood at the same time. This is getting ridiculous.
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Date: 2005-03-22 02:12 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-22 02:12 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-22 01:36 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-22 02:15 am (UTC)Anyway. All fixed. Have fun with physics; I actually haven't even started yet. >_
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-22 06:31 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-23 01:40 am (UTC)And wow, you've climbed 설악산 before? I've always wanted to see 울산바위... heard it was pretty amazing. I'll climb that mountain and see thar rock when I go back to South Korea someday. ^^;
It's an interesting meme you have there. Maybe I'll snag it. :P
I hope you finish all your work on time, because going to bed early feels so good. There's nothing like some good sleep.
Oh, by the way (out of my curiosity), do you listen to Korean singers? I haven't heard about one in a long time. Any recommendations? XD
*waves*
(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-23 02:16 am (UTC)I only recently started listening to K-pop (over the past year, really), so I don't know how good my recommendations are. I adore 서태지's comeback album, 7th Issue, and I also like Cherry Filter, Clazziquai, Loveholic, Page, 유리상자 and 옥주현. I'm also a huge fan of K-drama soundtracks, because I'm cheesy. ^_^;;
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Date: 2005-03-23 06:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-23 09:18 pm (UTC)I'm not a huge fan of geranjjim, but naengmyeon! I forgot to put that on the list! (Probably because it's a summer dish for me.)