That’s right, I am not really allowed to drink alcohol for the next six months or so. I’m taking medication for a long-term problem which, to my surprise, medicine may well be able to cure… my nails may turn out to be normal in six months, we’ll see. So anyway, if we’re out somewhere and you see me without a drink, don’t even bother asking why. I’ve spent half my life hiding the fingernails on my left hand and feeling embarrassed about my feet, and I’d like a chance not to have to do so.
Month: May 2005
Book Meme
Thieved from Ritu’s place… 1)Total number of books owned? I have no bloody idea, but it took a serious hit because about five boxes were lost in transit, and even the pittance of insurance offered was never collected upon. In my apartment in Korea I have about 230 books, plus about 20-odd on loan to different people around the country. I think I must have thrice that at home. Of the 230 in my house now, I’ve half-read about 30 (especially omnibus editions like the collected HG Wells, Douglas Adams’ omnibus HHGG, and so forth) and fully read about 60 …
Temples By Night and Other Wonders… and a photoblog update
Last night I went to (I think it was) Seong-Gwang temple with Lime and a friend of hers who was celebrating her birthday. Amusingly enough, the friend—a staunch Catholic—was born on the day on which Korea officially celebrates the birth of the Buddha. That’s the day when people go to temples and write their hopes or prayers onto notes, and attach them to fire lanterns which are hung in the courtyard of the temple. The courtyard was lovely, and I was so happy to have been able to come along, though beforehand I’d been feeling a little leery from tiredness. …
Frodo Baggins Shocked To Return Home To Find Corruption
The Shire (Brandywine Network) – Amid a scene of treeless devastation, tangled waggon-pieces, tarred sheds, and a political intrigue, Frodo Baggins and his band of political malcontents have arrived in the Shire. After a long and protracted occupation of Mordor, and the loss of thousands of elves, dwarves, and men from the Western lands—especially Gondorese and Rohirrim—these onetime members of the Fellowship of the Ring have returned home not to peace, but to more struggle. Apparently being beset by bandits did not trouble Baggins. “He said that were to be expected, in a time so harsh as this one, right …
Tolkien Summary for Lazy Students
For those students who always turn up asking people for summaries of Lord of the Rings for book reports, here is an excellent summary. I mean, who has time to read such a long trilogy?