A little while ago, the lovely Goddess asked about culture coming through when studying language. One of the things that's very difficult to translate into English (and is thus blog-worthy) is all the nuance that gets packed into the language in a very compact way. I'll provide a couple of examples looking at names and pronouns.
Name appellations
Anyone who has heard even a little bit of Japanese conversation has heard the "san" (さん) suffix. It's a default appellation that most closely
I'm so tired today. I don't know it it's because I've only had 2 days off of work in the past 11 days (and they weren't in a row) or if it's stress or everything else going on in my life but I just can't function today. I didn't clean the house today, I didn't cook, I didn't really do much of anything. And I have to work tonight and tomorrow night. I just asked for and got a change in my schedule though so now I work 9 days every 2 weeks instead of 10 and I have 2 days in a row off once a we
So I'm a mood music person, probably the reason I have "when words fail, music speaks" tattooed on my chest. And a couple of songs are speaking to me tonight.
Jamie O'Neal - There is no Arizona
Sugarland - Stay
Now for something entirely different--there's a subreddit called "dirtywritingprompts," with ideas for us perverted smut writers. The writing prompt for this piece was: "You lose the power to climax at all. Instead pleasure is reduced [and] you become much more horny."
It was maddening. Over three weeks she sent me photos, an open arrangement she had termed "preparation for my visit." No other instruction, and scarcely a dirty word. She said little more than a place and time,
This was hard... lol I've obviously never done this before so be patient with me while I attempt to figure it out. Technology hard... Cave painting easier... Sorry about the music in the background, like I said I'll maybe get better at this lol.
So I have added a Members Map.
You can find the link in the menu bar:
You will then find this page:
On the right side, you will see all the people in the map:
You can also add your one location;
You just enter your city, state, province, country what not, and a drop down list will appear.:
You can also browse your all the markers that have been placed here.
I look forward to seeing where you all are.
So I've never been great at keeping up with a blog but I notice lately I keep rambling in random places so I'm going to try to contain it to one spot so I'm not subjecting everyone to it all the time.
I thought about doing an audio one but since I'm currently sitting at the nurses station at work between rounds and call lights now isn't the best time. But maybe tomorrow when I have the night off (yay!)
Anyhow... for now I think I'll just leave it extra short and sweet and I'll add mo
Every once in a while I travel around google images and look for ideas that I cloud possible replicate with my own hands. Mostly under the search term of Homesteading, Traditional architecture of the past or Survival tricks of the trades. Other times I am inspired by the books I read or posts that I see to seek images such as nomadic hand carvings thanks to the Bride Story manga. Artworks and practical pieces that will encourage sturdy long lasting builds upon any piece of land that I hope to
Mindy sat in the passenger seat, looking out the window. "Why are you going this way, Sean?"
"You know why we're going this way," Sean said with a little exasperated. "I know we were supposed to go down highway 13, but it was closed for construction back in Maplethorpe. The signs said to follow country road 586, which is what we are on now."
Mindy turned and looked at Sean. "But, it's been ages since we've seen anything. No other town, no building, nothing. Are you sure you aren'
David entered the office with his briefcase in one hand and his full cup of coffee in the other, just as Adrian walked around the out of the office looking back over his shoulder into the office and crashed into David causing David to spill his coffee all over himself. "Oh shit, Dave buddy. I'm...."
David swung his briefcase, crushing into the side of Adrian's face spraying the wall with blood. Raising his briefcase up over his head, he brings it crashing down on top of Adrian's head, rai
So as of today, I've re-added The Northlands to Facebook and Twitter.
Here is the link to the Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/thenorthlands/
Here is the twitter page:
https://twitter.com/TheNorthlands
Also, if you look in your profile, you have the option to link your Facebook account and/or your Twitter account.
Have fun!
So it really has been a long time since I've written anything of substance. At least, I haven't written any stories or poems. If you look at NL Archive, the last blog post I've written was on August 15, 2016, and that was about American football, titled NFL Competition.
That's not to say that I haven't been busy creating things. I've also been podcasting, which you can find at my Dom Dumais website, thought it's been ages since I've done a podcast as well. I've also done a lot of work w
So, just to keep you all in the loop, when we started NL 4.0, we were on IP version 4.2.4. There has been an update that consisted of security patches. I have installed the update, so if you encounter any issues (outside of appearing to be logged out) please either post them or send me a message.
Happy posting!
Not a story, but something that has been teasing on the edges of my thoughts this morning. Of course, this is one of those things that, as an adult, I feel like I'm not supposed to worry about or deal with anymore, like it's something reserved for dramatic teenagers donning their heavy black eyeliner, writing bad depressive poetry. God knows that was me not long ago in the scheme of things. I never got much into makeup, and by most accounts I wasn't all that outwardly dramatic as a teen, but i w
As some of you know, I left Facebook last year. I recently reactivated my account as per a friend's request, but I rarely read my feed and only log in maybe twice a week to check notifications/messages. The main reason I left is that Facebook is essentially a confirmation bias machine. In order to keep you coming back, the algorithms are specifically designed to show you things you will like, based on data collected on you from Facebook itself along with partner sites. One can reduce a user's pr
As I mentioned in my first post on language study, I'm going through a textbook to pick up new grammar (and in fewer and fewer cases, review old grammar) and practice it. It's also giving me vocabulary, but I'm not putting a lot of emphasis on it--a lot of the vocab is esoteric to college life. Not long from now I'm going to poke around NHK Easy News and pull new vocab from there. Much more practical.
However, something I've been thinking about as I proceed through the book (today I am star
I love photography. I love taking pictures of many things, some I'm good at, others...not so much. The one thing I've always enjoyed capturing on film/pixels is people. Portraits, candids, close ups and...nudes! Yes, I know, shock horror, a man who likes taking photos of naked ladies. Damn right! But, not for the reasons your dirty little minds are thinking. Honestly, it's nothing to with any sexual aspect that most people assume goes along with photographing the naked female body. Or the male n
I will try to post positive things here from time to time, despite my cynical nature.
The changes weight loss causes necessitates adjustment to how one dresses. It can be bittersweet. Last week, I had to put away a pair of Levi's I got a great deal on at a thrift store, and of course, the goal is to never wear them again. They were actually too long, but I learned how to hem with them. The process took all day and no less than two trips to the craft store, but it worked out pretty well. I w
First some background/side information;
- As the people who follow me on facebook probably haven't been able to miss, last year was the first time i ever went on a faraway vacation/travel (i rather call it traveling, because a vacation you mostly spend on the beach reading a book, i want to see the country i'm in, i'm exploring).
Before that i never been farther away than a 6 hour drive, except for when i was about 10 years old we went with our family to. what was back than called, Yugoslavi
After ditching my homework for a few days to come on here, I finally got a half assed version of it done. I'm definitely no good at Java programming, but I'll turn in what I have if the prof doesn't respond. I am seriously done stressing out over it.
Good news on the therapy front. I have an appointment with a therapist that accepts my insurance for later next month. That will help me immensely.
I also wanted to share that my new glasses came in today. I have had the same frames
Come all ye holidays, days of worship and times of feasts.
Come all ye people to celebrate, worship and to eat.
Come all ye spirits the living, deceased and the fae.
Harken to our windows, tables and doorways.
Making merry, popping cherries and rejoicing as we feast.
No year is quite complete without a gathering of all people near and far.
They set away their differences and embrace each other as they are.
Come all ye seasons long or short and tarry with us a w
