meme

[cornerofmadness]

Here's a new Meme. Comment on this post, and I give you a letter of the alphabet, and you post a list of ten things you love that start with that letter. ishte gave me the letter W

1. Water – I might be an air sign but I’m much more aligned with water. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t swim. I love the ocean (being in it, not sitting on the beach), I never feel more at home than when I’m lakeside. My daily relaxation time is in the tub. I used to be more active in cleaning up the water supplies
2. Watermelon – I’m trying to grow them again. I’m failing but I’m trying. I love it. I love the fake candy watermelon too. One of my favorite fruits
3. Writing – my most favorite thing to do. What took me until #3 to think of it, I have no idea. I’ve been writing almost all my life. I’m prolific. I’m occasionally good. It’s something that even when I fall down and don’t want to do it any more, I always come back around quickly. It’s not a hobby. It’s a life style
4. Winter – my most favorite time of the year. Yes I can’t garden but I feel GOOD. My body doesn’t suffer. I love looking out over the cool white snow. I enjoy walking in it. Okay I’m not thrilled with ice on the roads but other than that I love winter
5. Wisconsin – I have lived across almost all of the United States. I’ve lived in WI twice. I would go back in a heartbeat. It’s got natural beauty. The people are as friendly as anywhere I have ever been. Madison is a great city. Upper Wisconsin is rugged and just amazing. The whole place with one or two exceptions is so clean you can barely believe humans live here.
6. Walking – While I often grumble about it, I do like to walk and hike. I’m reading Thicht nhat hanh’s walking meditation trying to use it to both exercise more and learn to relax better
7. Wind – I love the sound of the wind in the trees, especially when a storm is approaching I enjoy it so much I have cds of Aeolian harp music, harps named after Aeolus, the god of wind, i.e. slap a harp on a hillside and record what the wind plays
8. Wind instruments – yes this is cheating reusing a word but I maintain they’re two very different things (and this isn’t an easy letter). I have always been drawn to wind instruments and have been good with them. I’m far less good with string. I enjoy playing sax, clarinet and flute among others. I wish I had more time to play.
9. Waxing/waning – definitely cheating but it brings in my love of the moon and everything about her. She’s full as I’m typing this or darn near to it. I love the stages of the moon and love the piece of jewelry I made surrounding it.
10. Woods – I enjoy being in the woods. It’s another one of those peaceful, I belong here kind of feeling. For that matter I just like wood, the way it feels, the way it looks polished and stained, love the smell of it in a fireplace, all very comforting things.

Comments

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it was harder than I thought to find historical data on the clothing. way harder.

[hikari-katsuya.livejournal.com]

I was completely surprised by the fact that the few pictures of Japanese uchikake (Wedding kimono) and Korean hwarot (traditional bride costume) I found on Wiki were easier to build of off and learn from than all the articles and notes that went with them. I've also found a few pictures of what the Chinese wore (yay Google), but other than that, I'm mostly going to have to make this entire ceremony and process up because even simple information on a lot of it is hard to come by. Not that I mind, because creating entire things like that (with some historical detail that I can find) all out of my own imagination is what I love best. And besides, it's fanfic; I claim artistic license by default. :3

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yep and Xing isnt'; china or japan so...

[hikari-katsuya.livejournal.com]

So it's all aboard the historical failboat and more power the conga line-ing bunnies. Which I still haven't figured out how/why they do that. :3

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

snort. right now I'm tring to beat that fire & ice challenge into shape 7 pages in and still no winry...gah

[hikari-katsuya.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Good luck with that! I'm about 80% or so done with my art for the challenge, so I'm taking a little break; I got a lot done in Erie because we all stayed up late watching old movies and late night shows. Somehow that all adds up to good muses and efficiency. :D

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

cool