Baby girl voices in Cdramas is a huge bugbear for me.

Oh yeah, the Gulf Stream is what keeps Ireland mild & warm when England's going through blizzards. Also we have palm trees. Had to remove mine when I put in a small driveway. But alas the climate crisis means the Gulf Stream is moving & apparently we'll lose it at some point. 🥶.

Ok that's a message from the Cdrama universe. I started it cause I love #Dilraba but the storyline & her baby voice drove me away. But too many of you with whom I usually (lol) agree like it. Looks like I need to hang in past Episode 2. Also nothing new for me to watch. 🤷 Dropped #Rebirth. Going in.

Spoke too soon! Spanish company sent very apologetic note saying website error, shipping costs have doubled due to current situation, happy to fully refund with sorrow. I said, no problema, totally understand & bank transferred the difference. Still great price for artisanal work. #FuckTrump.

My only argument is with the word "biggest". How to judge the worst of a bad bunch?

.../2 starsi ne' suoi panni "stay in one's own clothes" i.e. mind your own business; mettiti nei miei panni "put yourself in my clothes" (we say "shoes"); chi dei panni altrui si veste, presto si spoglia "who dresses in others' clothes soon undresses" i.e. don't pretend to be what you're not (😂🌟).

Separate post for venire a' panni, an idiom for "follow closely/stick close to", panni is "clothes" so Longfellow has "skirts", Hollanders "hem"; Meta AI says in mediaeval times you followed someone through a crowd holding onto cloak or walking at hem; some other panni idioms include .../2

Delayed word parse: 1st pers. indic.future tenses verrò & rigiugnerò (but not piangendo gerund); rigiugnere not in olde dictionary or Trecanni but congiugnere & raggiugnere are "to connect, join" & "to reach, join" so 🤷; masnada is "gang, band" olde dictionary, Trecanni literary schiera generica.

Oh yes, I worshipped Apollo as a child (still do) after reading books about his adolescent priestess called the Pythia. Saved sweets from Lent (recovering Catholic) & burnt them in a bowl when no adults around. It's time we brought back the Old Religions! Maybe skip the human sacrifice part.

Share one of your favourite TV characters who did not start out as a series regular.

Irish singer/songwriter/actress, Maria Doyle Kennedy, was so popular as Catherine of Aragon in #TheTudors they wrote her into more episodes & seasons.

My daughter and I used to quote Jane Austen lines, or paraphrasing of same, at each other. "Dublin is so diverting." "All my friends say so." Sharing is caring lol.

"I want that" by (G)I-dle. Missing the subtle storyline, I found it elsewhere i.e. he murdered all the women except one who took revenge and "Jotto" by Bibi. This is adult content, as they say. 😱 Both definitely come under the title of "Bad Goodbye". Enjoy!

Indeed. Did you see the other two mv's he did? Very sexy bad goodbyes lol. One of them is definitely not for the kiddies.

Like swallows. But taller. 🥰

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So I'm just going to say good night with a repost of #ParkJeungMin in his #Humint bad-guy-with-good-heart North Korean operative role, because he's a fine t'ing, as we say in Ireland, and would give anyone sweet dreams.

Però va oltre: "i' ti verrò a' panni/e poi rigiugnerò la mia masnada/che va piangendo i suoi etterni danni." But go further on; "I will come at your skirts and afterwards will rejoin my group who go weeping their eternal losses."

lol

a woman wearing sunglasses and a black headband looks to the side Alt: FL Tian Xiwei resting between takes, black sunglasses, black head band and armour, leaning on her weapon (?).

What's not to like???!!!

For sure. Not possible! 😂

a man with his arms crossed is featured in a netflix advertisement Alt: #Kdrama darling Jo Jung-suk giving two Korean thumb hearts.

MInd yourself. Get well soon!

But why? 🤔

Excellent. Something's working right ... as opposed to current mainstream journalism, which isn't.

Are you ok?

He doesn't care. 🤷 He either can't run again or he's got a crazy plan to stay in power.

Figured I'd better order now though the room is nowhere ready for furniture - we've only just begun 🎶 - but delivery costs are bound to skyrocket when Europe runs out of oil thanks to the mad emperor's war. (Happened in 2022 with diesel shortage.)

Futon Espai – Futones, tatamis y sofás cama naturales y artesanales | Futones, Tatamis y Sofás Cama en Barcelona | Tienda física y online Futonespai En Futon Espai diseñamos futones, tatamis y muebles de madera maciza inspirados en Japón.

Update on Japanese bedroom. Black mould discovered under wallpaper due to leak in roof (repaired). Major treatment needed before plastering & painting. Work makes work. On good news front: ordered tatami mats, futon & 2 cotton pillows from artisanal company in Barcelona futonespai.com

Um no. I was there in 2024 on a speaking tour. (see JAPAN TOUR www.ormelling.com ) The airfare alone cost more than what I'm paying for paint, tatami mats & futon (€650 delivery to door from Barcelona), acrylic paint for my artwork ... Not even close.

It has to be said. The notion that #ZhangLinghe is the reason for #PursuitofJade being top Cdrama of 2026 is nonsense. Yes he's beautiful - prefer his manlier look in #PrincessRoyal - but any competent Chinese ML would've sufficed in that all-round excellent series. Everything about it is 🌟.

Oh no he wouldn't be able to handle India at all. He fled my favourite artist's retreat in Ireland - Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig - as too many people at the supper table. Utterly introverted genius type. I always say India is an extrovert's dream. A billion people ready to chat with you!