Way back in the before times, I decided to quit working my civil service job and go back to school to research Korean linguistics. More specifically, I studied pragmatics--how language is used in the everyday (Do you see the pattern? Honestly, I get stuck on things and they just
One can no longer write a language monolingually. One is obliged to take into account the imaginations of the languages. These imaginations strike us through all kinds of new, unprecedented ways: audiovisual media, radio, television. When one sees an African landscape, even if one does not know the Bantu language,
Spoilers below. Please be forewarned. Also, please note that I discovered a little soapbox in the middle of trying to tell this part of the story and couldn't resist climbing on top of it for a bit. It's at the end though, so you can always
It’s a funny thing, living in a tourist area. When we first moved here, in 2015, I loved it. The beach is a five-minute walk away and every Sunday, a fresh batch of tourists would arrive at the surrounding hotels, elated to finally be in paradise. It gave
Okay, I have a confession. Although I didn’t actively look up tutorials or playthroughs at first, my agenda got the better of me and I looked up a few game mechanics to ensure I could achieve my aim. Remember now, my indignation at Astarion’s rebuff of Zhi meant
I chose the song as I was washing dishes on a late Monday morning, feeling a little displaced in a moment of liminal time between a life I had not yet finished and a life I was about to begin. How many lives can I live at once, I wonder.
I began playing MMORPGs when I was undergraduate “at the turn of the twenty-first century.” This was, of course, when MMORPGs were first introduced.
After choosing your race and your class, and spending (if you're me) at minimum an hour customizing your character's look, you have to choose a name. Naming is sacred, you see. It is also, I think, intensely personal. And contrary to labels, which are imposed on
You remember when I mentioned that whole dissertation thingie? Maybe not, if you haven't read the Invitation to Ayla's Story. But, well, so there's this dissertation thingie that I'm trying to write (still futzing around with the proposal, in case you'
It's Mother's Day. I realized not long ago that I never really called anyone mother when I was younger. Not mom or mama or mommy, either. It feels weird to call myself a mother and when I let myself stop and think about it, it still
(Potential spoilers below) This little detour is important. I promise. (Also, be prepared for some, shall we say, innuendo? Don't say I didn't warn you...) I was late to the whole Baldur’s Gate 3 thing. Story of my life. The reason was largely technical—I
It’s late on a Sunday evening and I feel like I’m rejoining the world after having been…elsewhere…for the weekend. You see, I’m fairly risk-averse on the whole, except when I’m not, and when I’m not, it’s usually because my metaphorical feet
Travel Moments
Way back in the before times, I decided to quit working my civil service job and go back to school to research Korean linguistics. More specifically, I studied pragmatics--how language is used in the everyday (Do you see the pattern? Honestly, I get stuck on things and they just