Updates (bad Amber)

[amberdulen]

*Feeling much better; my cold is mostly gone, although I'm suffering remnants of an allergy attack, and my sinuses are pleading with the weather to make up its mind.
*Went home over the weekend, saw Grandma and brother. Talked to tax guy
*Chatted on the phone with Mr. Smith about going up to see his new digs later this month
*Chapter 9 in la piedra

Comments

[scionofgrace]

Gies. GIES.

Anyway, must be loads of fun reading things in Spanish. You know, I've always wanted to do that! Didn't know Amazon had a whole way of searching for good untranslated works. ::ponders::

[amberdulen]

Gosh DARNIT! I'm so sorry!!! *clubs self* Every time I think I get it right and then it turns out not to be ....

Anyway, yeah, reading la piedra filosofal is just a hoot. Partly it's cool to go to a coffee shop and be all, "Look at me, I'm reading a book in a foreign language" and partly it just cracks me up to see how the translator interprets certain things. Like, JKR keeps calling Neville "the toadless boy" which is hilarious, and the translator calls him "el chico sin sapo" or "the boy without a toad" which is equally funny.

It took me a long time to find the feature on Amazon, but it thoroughly rocks.

[corridorgeist]

Heh. Ember. I feel classified now. Heheh.

Lord Amighty, that feels like a long time ago.

[tahmthelame]

How cool am I. Not only have I known you as nearly all of those and for nearly all of those reasons, I am a reason! Yay!