Mild fit of indignation

Ad Mundo Exteriore,

( Quizzes )

JanimeS, which provides WYSIWYG scanslations of Korean manhwa, has just started translating Aspirin, which is a horribly bad modern take on an amalgamation of Korean folktales. So far, the folktale count is at two--the Tangun founding myth and the love story of Ondal and Pyeonggang--and I think more are going to be referenced. Anyway...I would appreciate it more if the folktale hasn't been horribly tortured into its present form. I mean, leopard print panty shots?! >_<

I wanted to retell the stories and provide some commentary but I'll just link to a good summary site here. If you go look at Aspirin afterwards (something I do not recommend), you can enjoy clawing your eyes out at the...defilement.

I want a Gyeonu and Jiknyeo (the Weaver and the Cowherd folktale) retelling. Actually I started writing one myself, but the prose got too intolerable.

I'm going to practice putting on my men (protective mask/helmet in kendo) so I don't embarass myself at practice today.

...Tari

Return to kendo

Ad Mundo Exteriore,

I am so tired. My back is in pain. I have bruises across my wrist. My head aches. I can't move.

This is Tari after her first intensive kendo practice in over a month.

Well, now I can really, really scream loudly. It's so true--kiai is the only thing that kept me going at the end. My problem was mostly stamina; once that went, everything else fell apart too. (I was so out of breath toward the end of the first set of rotations that I felt like throwing up. I sat out for one rotation and recovered a little; after that, breathing was not so much of a problem.) I think I really should go running regularly, since if I'm this exhausted now, I'll be dead once the Keio students come to visit.

My form has gotten terrible, by the way. I think I need to practice the basics all over again. I probably looked completely sloppy today, especially when I was so tired that I couldn't hold the shinai up properly. Will focus a little harder tomorrow.

I'm going to go to sleep as soon as I finish eating (I'm having dinner in my room instead of going to Chili's with the rest of the club because I want to finish up Mother's soup) and take a nice long hot shower. I bet I won't be able to move in the morning and I have to do it all again at one o' clock tomorrow. Tryo-chan, you are coming, right? Call me tomorrow morning, please.

...Tari