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I like words
6 Apr 2019 13:53I voted! It's the parliamentary elections, and in my district, based on polling, there's one seat that could go to either [party I voted for] or to the racist fuckwit party. So, uh, if you have the right to vote in the Finnish parliamentary election: please do. We're currently in early voting, and the actual results of the vote will be known by the Monday after next. Fingers crossed.
In fandom news, I stayed up until 2am first writing the Guardian Rewatch post for episode 7 and then making icons for the icontalking song set challenge. Not worth it, 0/10, do not recommend at all. Go to sleep on time, penguin.
I did, however, complete the two winners of the poll I put up! Now I'm tempted to continue the Finnish-language song, but the lyrics I'd iconize just ... don't translate well. "Let's drive fast / and be all silent / you can pour tequila down my throat" is much harder to iconize and sounds much less impressive than "Ajetaan kovaa / ollaan ihan hiljaa / saat kaataa mun napaan tequilaa". (I also discovered that the drink and thus the song are called Tequila in Finnish in a direct contravention of Finnish orthography. If it's pronounced "tekila", it should be spelled "tekila" gdi!! Whiskey/whisky is spelled "viski", what's wrong with "tekila"?) I also have half-baked ideas for iconizing it all the way from the start to the "and my only homeland" icon I have so far. If the song were in English, I probably would, but given the nigh-nonexistent crossover between Guardian fans and people who speak Finnish, it doesn't quite seem worth the effort. Even if "muistoksi tulevaisuuteen" ("as a memory for the future") and "(kylttiin) menneen maailman" ("(into a signpost) of a bygone world") would fit the past era... Ah well. It's not like we're in any danger of running out of Shen Wei icons. Go resolve this dilemma by voting on the linked poll?
520 Day Reverse Exchange sign-ups have closed. Soon, there will be claiming, and after that, fic to write! I have written a long, long letter of requests for no reason beyond the fact that I enjoy writing letters. IDK whether I should actually post it somewhere or just copypaste the appropriate prompts for the people I select. In any case, I'll try to make inroads into my MDZS WIP. It only needs 7k-ish and a thorough editing, but I can do the latter after I've taken a break to write Guardian stuff.
In fandom news, I stayed up until 2am first writing the Guardian Rewatch post for episode 7 and then making icons for the icontalking song set challenge. Not worth it, 0/10, do not recommend at all. Go to sleep on time, penguin.
I did, however, complete the two winners of the poll I put up! Now I'm tempted to continue the Finnish-language song, but the lyrics I'd iconize just ... don't translate well. "Let's drive fast / and be all silent / you can pour tequila down my throat" is much harder to iconize and sounds much less impressive than "Ajetaan kovaa / ollaan ihan hiljaa / saat kaataa mun napaan tequilaa". (I also discovered that the drink and thus the song are called Tequila in Finnish in a direct contravention of Finnish orthography. If it's pronounced "tekila", it should be spelled "tekila" gdi!! Whiskey/whisky is spelled "viski", what's wrong with "tekila"?) I also have half-baked ideas for iconizing it all the way from the start to the "and my only homeland" icon I have so far. If the song were in English, I probably would, but given the nigh-nonexistent crossover between Guardian fans and people who speak Finnish, it doesn't quite seem worth the effort. Even if "muistoksi tulevaisuuteen" ("as a memory for the future") and "(kylttiin) menneen maailman" ("(into a signpost) of a bygone world") would fit the past era... Ah well. It's not like we're in any danger of running out of Shen Wei icons. Go resolve this dilemma by voting on the linked poll?
520 Day Reverse Exchange sign-ups have closed. Soon, there will be claiming, and after that, fic to write! I have written a long, long letter of requests for no reason beyond the fact that I enjoy writing letters. IDK whether I should actually post it somewhere or just copypaste the appropriate prompts for the people I select. In any case, I'll try to make inroads into my MDZS WIP. It only needs 7k-ish and a thorough editing, but I can do the latter after I've taken a break to write Guardian stuff.