green tea in the morning

Currently reading Alma Katsu's The Taker - has anyone? I picked it up on a whim.

Indonesia is going to have its own tokusatsu series, Bima Satria Garuda. Excited!
( Teaser trailer )

1. artillie reintroduced me to A.S. Byatt. Words that evoke heady visceral reactions are the kind that I'd like to write easily, and don't. (They were useful in my drabble days, too)

2. Speaking of writing: Don't go to workshops expecting praise for your writing. I feel what the post says about wanting validation.

3. There's a saying in wuxia that a hero is surrounded by beautiful women. (Which is a topic for another day) Liang Yusheng seems to think that a heroine tends to be surrounded by men whose personalities aren't as forceful as hers, and, sometimes, whose martial skills aren't as flawless. And said men do often admire the heroine for being knowledgeable, experienced, etc.

4. Thanks to spammers and more than 100 comments on my domain blog per day, Wordpress deleted previous comments, and no one can leave new comments either. The AddThis widget has also gone missing. I'm thinking of uninstalling Wordpress and start everything anew. Unless my dwcircle has a better suggestion? Tried signing up for Akismet but it won't get past the sign-up page.

5. RL-ish. ( And some silliness )

Manga-related:
. TeniPuri/TeniMyu fans, check out these PVs (gifset Tumblr posts):
Hyoutei
Rikkai
Then these:
Rudolph and Yamabuki
They sure know whose fanbases are bigger.
. One thing I noticed about shounen anime/manga characters with dead people in their past: If it's a man, having a dead woman in his past often ~motivates~ him to reach greater heights. If it's a woman, having a dead man in her past usually influences her present only a little - the attitude in general is, "He had to die/was dying anyway because - ." In other words: Don't you mind those dead boys, girls, just get stronger on your own.

RL:
Dropped one of the computer's speakers while I was cleaning the desk and fixed it with sellotape. Just one of those morning with extra surprises.

Writing:
100k in 100 days is a writing event taking place from January 1 to April 10, 2013, where participants write 100k words in thsoe 100 days. It's a Facebook (yeah, I know) group, and the default setting is being notified by e-mail every time someone posts on the group's wall.

1. My niece was born on Wednesday. I haven't seen her yet, because she was born 180 kms away.
Earthquakes hit the western part of Sumatra on the same day. No casualties were reported, thankfully.
ETA: Casualties, mostly due to heart attacks, have been reported.

2. Kekkaishi: I wasn't going to continue buying the manga after the Kokubourou arc. But the cover of vol. 14 has such pretty colors. *is a simple person* And the box arc has Misao and her adorable power.

3. A needs must post, where you can share what you need and maybe help those who are in need of something.

4. This DW account is three years old today and this is the 555th entry. *hands out mugs of apple juice*

1. Forgot to mention this: on Saturday, just as I was leaving the house, I saw several men carrying a small, live crocodile. They probably caught it at a nearby stream. But where did it come from? I have no idea what they did with it, either. Moral: Life is all about loose threads.

2. Bleach 483: ( Hm. )