This is a Chinese Fantasy/Martial Arts drama, available on viki. Romance, martial arts, magic, and happily ever after. Which doesn’t typically happen in Chinese historical or pseudo-historical drama because only Communist path can guarantee happy future. Verdict: Liked it a lot. It’s a nebulous historical time in China. The country is ruled by an Emperor
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Computer games?
So I tried to write a post about our lives and I deleted it because everything seems to be sucking right now. I’ve vented to Jeaniene Frost yesterday and told her that I haven’t written anything for a while, and she said, “I can’t imagine why. Your life is so zen, like a little green
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Things I Learned From Chinese Dramas
Physics are for wimps. Warrior maidens are awesome. sometimes the bad guy is just cooler heroes are gallant Dramas listed in this post: Princess Weiyoung, Love Me If You Dare, Princess Agents, Legend of Yu Xin, and the General and I. Everything can be found on viki.com.
Dianxi Xiaoge, My Favorite Youtube Channel
Let’s watch the video first. Makes you feel better, doesn’t it? The woman’s name is Dianxi Xiaoge, the dog’s name is Da Wang. They live in Yunnan in China. I’ve been following her videos on Facebook for months, and they always make me feel better about my day. I don’t watch for the recipes –
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The Purse Story
K. writes You had a funny story about your purse on the blog and I can’t find it. That’s because it’s archived. After a few years, I archive some posts from Family and Life categories. But since you asked. So it’s May 2015. We just finished a draft of WHITE HOT and we are exhausted.
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I’m So Mad
Why is this not the real thing? Do you know how many times I have watched that cartoon series from start to finish? Someone make this for us. We deserve it! For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about: Come on, Hollywood. You love remakes.
Moonlight Drawn By Clouds
I have found it, the magical unicorn of dramas. Historical setting – check. Amazing costumes – check. Cool brutal action scenes – check. Outstanding leading actors – check. Lots of humor – check. Less than 50 million episodes -check. Happy Ending – check. Behold! I give you Moonlight Drawn by Clouds. This Korean drama is
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Rainy Day Ramblings
It’s raining. It will rain really hard for a few minutes, then slack off, then rain again. I have my tea. Awhile ago I’ve made the decision to get my news from the actual news sources rather than social media, because with the social media you get a wallop of outrage with the news, and
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I made a Russian Hat
So this is a hat based on a pattern available at Modnoyevyazanie.ru, pattern Kosa S Tenyu, or Braid with a Shadow. Here it is, being reluctantly modeled by its intended recipient. When you get a typical pattern off Ravelry, it usually comes in a multiple of sizes with a graph and a video and different
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From Pages to The Big Screen
Hey everyone, Brandi here. Ilona Andrews are currently crunching to meet their deadlines, so in the meantime I’ve been tasked with updating the blog. I was trying to find something entertaining to talk about, and I remembered something I had thought about earlier and wanted to hear yall’s opinions. Recently, I saw a trailer for
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Hair Problems
My hair is naturally wavy, which means that if left to its own devices it will form spiral-looking waves. That sounds delightful in theory, but in practice I look like Merida. And if I brush it at the wrong moment, it goes full poodle and I end up having bigger hair than a Southern woman
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Ranger Cowl: Andrews Edition
I have finished it! Behold my husband, properly acowled. He needs a longbow. Original pattern is here: Ranger Cowl. Be aware if you start this pattern that it takes forever. The hood is formed by increasing those ribs and at some point, there is a lot of them. The original pattern uses bulky, this is
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