The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 09

[sirhugs]

Always. Hot and strong.

Well, things are getting very real. Tonight was my last night of karate, probably forever. I'm actually quite sad about that. It's been a big part of my life for close to ten years. The removalist truck turns up on Monday and thankfully the house is mostly boxed up and ready to move 2700 km (1677 miles) west.

For some reason, I haven't done much writing.

don't they have karate where you are moving to?

 

[Rustyoznail]

don't they have karate where you are moving to?

No. Taekwondo or Brazilian jujitsu. I'll try taekwondo in the new year, because I'm too old to be thrown to the ground.

Might go back to squash.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Sounds like a business opportunity.

Litrate.

 

[Duleigh]

Might go back to squash.

The first thing that popped in my head was "Butternut or acorn?" then I realized - that's silly, he's Australian! Rusty probably prefers Zucchini!!!

 

[Z_TheWriter]

The first thing that popped in my head was "Butternut or acorn?" then I realized - that's silly, he's Australian! Rusty probably prefers Zucchini!!!

This is an orange soda. No idea why it is named that.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

I'm aching a little this morning after three days without the Meloxicam but I can bear it (so far), so maybe I should have stopped using it anyway. We'll see how it goes today.

I've got a fresh pot of coffee brewing and the teapot is hot. The usual pastries and holiday candy are on the counter. I'm going to make a cornbread today so if there's any left, I'll bring it in.

I've submitted my story and am waiting for it to be approved. I didn't do any writing today, deciding to take a day off. I'll get back to it tomorrow unless I get bored and start writing later today. Speaking of squash, when I switched to racquetball after playing squash for years, it took some adjusting because I was swinging too far from the ball, forgetting the handle is much shorter.

 

[MiaBabe23]

No. Taekwondo or Brazilian jujitsu. I'll try taekwondo in the new year, because I'm too old to be thrown to the ground.

Might go back to squash.

Sounds like you realize if you’re choosing the taekwondo, but BJJ has throws too, just so you’re prepared. If you have a good instructor, they’ll find a way to adapt it for you, as with any martial art; but there will be some usually be some form of takedown to get to the ground in bjj

 

[MiaBabe23]

No. Taekwondo or Brazilian jujitsu. I'll try taekwondo in the new year, because I'm too old to be thrown to the ground.

Might go back to squash.

Just reread what you said, my comments were completely superfluous, you obviously do realize - ignore that lol

 

[cw5523729]

Who said your chapter lengths need to be consistent?

Phew! Glad you said this. I just got halfway through editing a chapter to say "He was very, very, very, very, very, very, horny." Exactly 1,500 words!

 

[NotWise]

No. Taekwondo or Brazilian jujitsu. I'll try taekwondo in the new year, because I'm too old to be thrown to the ground.

Might go back to squash.

What you get in Taekwondo depends on the Sensei, but it's like Karate with more emphasis on footwork.

Is Aikido an option?

 

[TheRedLantern]

I'll try taekwondo in the new year, because I'm too old to be thrown to the ground.

Do it! There are at least a few of us for whom Taekwondo is a very foundational part of our lives and writing!

 

[NotWise]

NWS was actually right! We had a few drops of rain last night, and there's a skiff of snow on the ground this morning.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

One of the chapters in Christopher Moore's The Stupidest Angel reads in its entirety:

Or there's a two-sentence chapter in the Bible, if you want an older example of a classic with variable-length chapters.

(Psalm 117, since you ask: "Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever; praise the Lord.” Hugely repetitive, full of plot holes and discontinuities, still a huge seller...)

 

[Kumquatqueen]

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This is an orange soda. No idea why it is named that.

Sure it's not meant to be diluted 1:10 or so? UK squash (also known as 'diluting juice' in Scotland) is undrinkable as is, so it's always entertaining when foreigners get a bottle and insist they know what they're doing. (See also spreading Marmite or English mustard half an inch thick...)

Squash is an underrated sport. I think I've written the only story on Lit about it (short and sweet).

 

[Z_TheWriter]

Sure it's not meant to be diluted 1:10 or so? UK squash (also known as 'diluting juice' in Scotland) is undrinkable as is, so it's always entertaining when foreigners get a bottle and insist they know what they're doing. (See also spreading Marmite or English mustard half an inch thick...)

Interesting, I didn't know you guys had a type of Squash too. But no, this is just normal soda, like coke but orange flavor. It's kinda popular here, in part because of a silly ad campaign, made by two famous comedians, where the customer keeps not being able to say 'Squash'.

 

[JGittes]

I hope so too.

The future is ahead.

 

[MillieDynamite]

The ice arrived at midnight last night and now we have snow. They put the advisory out yesterday afternoon. This time, it was right on time. I need something stronger than coffee! But I'm going settle for it.

 

[iwatchus]

Woke up (later than usual) to a few inches of new snow down.

Appreciated the chance to sleep in a bit. One of my cats is diabetic and we are running a CGM (continuous glucose monitor) on her for a two week stint and the vet wanted to try upping her insulin a few days ago. She ran out of range high until yesterday afternoon when she plummeted all through the evening until she was alarming every fifteen minutes between midnight and two. By 8:30 this morning, she was back to high.

Hopefully, this will be a writing afternoon. Get another chapter or two of the draft of the WIP done.

 

[cw5523729]

Woke up (later than usual) to a few inches of new snow down.

Appreciated the chance to sleep in a bit. One of my cats is diabetic and we are running a CGM (continuous glucose monitor) on her for a two week stint and the vet wanted to try upping her insulin a few days ago. She ran out of range high until yesterday afternoon when she plummeted all through the evening until she was alarming every fifteen minutes between midnight and two. By 8:30 this morning, she was back to high.

Hopefully, this will be a writing afternoon. Get another chapter or two of the draft of the WIP done.

We had a diabetic dog for 4 years. No continuous monitors back then so we were checking sugar once or twice daily and constantly adjusting the insulin dosage. We had to have a nutritionist prepare a special diet as well.

 

[TheRedLantern]

Not a lot of words today, but a ton of progress. Got to "THE END" yesterday on my Valentine's story first draft, so if I don't place in the Holiday story then my protagonist Jiwon ready to pounce from the tall grass with claws made of adorableness, true love, and innocent charm.

I also started two Jasmine Tea stories. The main one I'm working on has a working title of "Sijo Battle" and it's a combination of traditional Korean poetry and Eminem's rap battles from the movie "8 Mile".

 

[NuclearFairy]

Did you know that poetry battles have been taking place across all cultures far into the distant past and that rap battles are just the newest iteration of these?

 

[TheLobster]

Did you know that poetry battles have been taking place across all cultures far into the distant past and that rap battles are just the newest iteration of these?

Did they also historically involve mom’s spaghetti?

 

[TheRedLantern]

I started to suspect that as I learned about these Korean poems. The women who wrote them named names and spilled T.

In the samples I found, they usually bragged about famous or virtuous men they slept with, but I felt like a rivalry between two of the top poetesses would be an interesting excuse to write some off-color, visceral poems and publish them as part of a short story.

If you have examples of these kinds of poetry battles, I'd love to see how they unfolded

 

[TheRedLantern]

Did they also historically involve mom’s spaghetti?

I know that people remember that lyric, but that whole song is one of the all time great "pump up" songs. We used to listen to it before Taekwondo tournaments to get icy. I'm listening to it again now and it's held up with time.

Edit: Listening to this song again while thinking about my Jasmine Tea stories, I realize it's exactly the right tone I'm going for. I think I found the song I'm going to be writing to.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Did they also historically involve mom’s spaghetti?

Well the ones during the Italian Renaissance very well might have.

If you have examples of these kinds of poetry battles, I'd love to see how they unfolded

I don't know any off hand, but the best documented European ones were the poetry battles of the Renaissance.