Taylor Drew

Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 15:03 UTC

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 12:01 UTC

There are so many things wrong with this. Please excuse me while I rip out my eyes and scream.

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 09:00 UTC

I've never heard of him or any of the adaptations, so I had to look this up, but it seems unlikely unless some translator made it their personal mission I think.

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 05:35 UTC

I do, but it's also a relief that you caught it!

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 05:33 UTC

This is a good one 😂

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 02:36 UTC

We all need a distraction sometimes 😌

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 01:55 UTC

Come and play here! It's more fun if there are actually people around!

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 22:24 UTC

Of course! Ask anyway!

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 13:51 UTC

Spent the day catching up on the latest volumes of My Dress-Up Darling while avoiding the heat and I swear, if these kids don't end up happy, books will fly. They truly deserve the world. I absolutely adore them and can't wait to see where they end up. I am extremely invested.

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 13:38 UTC

I'm currently going through my manga shelf in alphabetical order in an attempt to get it under control (aka deal with some of my tsundoku problem) and I'm currently on F authors, so should definitely be this year at least! 😂

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 13:23 UTC

I bought the Japanese edition when it came out and though I haven't read it yet, it's really well put together! Excited for when I finally get to it.

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 08:51 UTC

I find weighing oneself daily helps answer these questions, though there is a potential for that to be more stress and hassle than it's worth depending on the person 😅

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 03:11 UTC

Interesting! This is the first year I've actually had any problems with dryness (thank you immune system for eating things you aren't supposed to eat), so I might have to look into this more 🤔

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 23:03 UTC

I really need to start this, but I promised myself I'd read the stuff collecting dust on my shelf first and it's taking so long 😭

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 13:39 UTC

This book is a kind of summary of issues facing Japan's immigration system told through the lens of Wishma Sandamali's death while in detention in 2021, reported by several Mainichi Shimbun reporters. Yet another example of how the powerful deny others their humanity. It chilled me to my bones.

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 13:09 UTC

Wouldn't the dry setting make it worse? I *need* the humidity. Dry is the opposite of what I want. Even on the normal setting at a very modest 28C setting with the weakest options available, someone might as well be pouring literal sand directly into my eyeballs as far as they're concerned.

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 12:58 UTC

Definitely only leave your house between the hours of like 7PM-10AM weather. Absolutely awful. Very glad I got my humidifier today so I don't have to worry about blinding myself (severe dry eye) using my AC while I hide from the climate...

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:42 UTC

Always good to support artisans!

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:13 UTC

This still seems like a lovely thing to have!

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 12:47 UTC

What's this second wind you speak of? I need some of it myself 😴

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 11:54 UTC

Just in time for the start of Sauna!

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 06:57 UTC

Finally ordered a humidifer so I can hopefully use my AC with causing physical damage to my eyes. My dry eyes really can't handle it 😭

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 13:04 UTC

I have never found geta that didn't have my feet begging to detach from my body. I often wonder if it's a price problem 🤔

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 07:39 UTC

Truer words have never been spoken 😌

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 21:54 UTC

Oh, definitely. Canadian healthcare is an embarassment, but it doesn't take much to be even a little bit better than the U.S. in a general sense.

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 21:42 UTC

The healthcare part though lol I grew up in rural NS and the local ER is only open a few days a week from like 9-3 now because there are no doctors to staff the department and no family doctors mean everyone uses the ER for everything. I would be in a very bad place indeed if I were still there 😅

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 21:36 UTC

Sometimes I have good ideas! lol (Thank you nearly 10 years in Tokyo for providing me with the knowledge and experience to think of this on a smouldering 28C morning.)

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 21:32 UTC

No problem. Just add a a parasol to your collection of hot weather accessories 😎

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 21:31 UTC

Chickens as a small human are definitely a different experience lol

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:01 UTC

Chickens have more personality than you might expect. My mother bought some laying hens when I was in high school and they very quickly became beloved pets. We didn't even collect the eggs 😅

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 12:55 UTC

How exactly are you finding the time to do all this reading while also translating? Teach me your ways 😂

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 05:14 UTC

This author really is a lot of fun! I read a short story collection of theirs in Japanese a few months ago and this one is also available. Would be very happy to see their work find an audience in English too :)

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 02:40 UTC

Haha... 🥲

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 23:24 UTC

Also the idea that Canada is going to save anyone from American politics of this nature is so laughable that I have to fight the urge to launch myself into the sun every time I hear it...😅 If being a Canadian abroad has taught me anything, it's the power of "Canada is nice" propoganda...

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 22:57 UTC

It's kind of right if you squint a bit and tilt your head to the side I guess 😂

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 22:43 UTC

The chibi version of your character is so effective!

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 14:41 UTC

At least you can find fun stuff there 👀

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 02:10 UTC

I first flew into Tokyo in September 2015 and when I left Halifax it was like 10C (at most). Got off the plane in Tokyo *many* hours later and it was over 30C. Not sure how I survived honestly 😂

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 21:46 UTC

Welcome to The Sauna ✨

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 21:38 UTC

So glad that I, a Canadian citizen living in Japan, have to spend so much time paying attention to a country I never have and never intend to live or have citizenship in...🙃

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 22:37 UTC

I decided in May that I wanted to track my time reading to see how much of my time was spent on it and how I was dividing my time beteeen langauges. The May trial showed me just how fast small chunks of time add up and this was my result for June. Really interesting results for my first full month.

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 21:40 UTC

It really was fascinating from a translation perspective, but I did also leave the book feeling rather angry about the state of the world too.

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Taylor Drew @mollymay5000.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 15:49 UTC

Babel by R.F. Kuang stands out in particular, along with The Mountain Sings by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai. The three books in Japanese I got through this month were also quite thought provoking!

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