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Snowflake Challenge - Day 4&5
In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private.
I wasn't really good at goal-setting in the past, and that is to put it mildly. But it motivates me like hell and serves as encouragement too. From me to me. Much love and care,
xoxo
Not to be FANNISH but YES:
Some years ago I started to translate a multichaptered Drarry fic and almost finished it by now. I have to admit, with the new fandoms and ships enveloping me I didn't have the time or motivation to make any progress with it but this year I really want to wrap it up. It'll free up some space for other projects too.
Which is most embarassing - I have a gift exchange fic still sitting and growing among my files... It was due A LONG TIME AGO, but I was never satisfied with it, or got stuck in the middle. Driving me up the wall. -___- Imma tackle that monster til the end of February. I have to. The last remnants of my sanity depend on that. Oh, and btw - it's Mo Dao Zu Shi. Loving it to pieces but ath the same time s u f f e r i n g.
On another note, I'm keen on meeting my
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getyourwordsout writing goal of 75k words. In a year, I think that's a sensible goal (and the lowest, hahahaha). When I was at my peak I effortlessly wrote out that amount in three months, so. I want to get back to that mental state, even surpass it, if I can. So I'll put up a progress tracker under my intro post in the sidebar and maybe in my DW profile too, for motivational purposes. Annnd it looks kinda cute, isn't it? I wrote an original little story for an annual Christmas exchange - in Hungarian, but that's not the point now - and accidentally created my own characters. And the thing is - I like them. A lot. And they started to live in my head, which sounds mildly terrifying now that I think about it but at the same time it just feels so good. Like, I have children now! I should take responsibility. On this note, same exchange but one year back - that fic just begs for it to continue, so I should get my shit together and do just that.
Different material but. I'm a part of a manga&anime site - hungarian - and I want to make relevant progress with my assigned project there too. Meaning, translate a few books throughout the year.
I'm fully aware that the main part of me neglecting my projects is &/ was literal burning out. And, well, for more than two years now I really don't have an inspiring and safe home life experience so with that changing for the better I'll instantly turn back into my productive and constantly working self. I know. So that's gonna be my main motivation in the upcoming weeks - to get this horrible situation behind me once and for all and finally get a breather from all the stress. Just sitting back in my safe haven and breathe. After that, all the fannish work can come. All.
As far as Challenge #5 - Comment to someone you haven't ever interacted with before or introduce yourself to someone you've briefly interacted with and friend/follow them - is concerned, that's easy. It's mainly thanks to
snowflake_challenge that I get to know more, amazing individuals year by year and I always feel right at home among them. (HOW was I not aware that there are many many MDZS and Guardian fans on DW????)Thank you, my special snowflakes. Thank you so-so much!
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Breathe. Absolutely.
Also I went to Budapest last month and it was so cold I did my version of self-care by seeing very little but eating a lot, and it was excellent.
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Anyway, yeah, nowadays I'm painfully familiar with my new limits but at the same time always been the type who just pushes past them furiously. Then comes the crash and burn. -__- (Healthy...) It's just so loooong now, like I literally need a year off sipping orange juice on a nice beach, no stress in a radius of 5 miles... (That's a thing too, it happened a few weeks ago but I can't tolerate alcohol anymore? Like, I get sick from the smell alone?? Wtf)
Haha, we're experiencing extremely unpleasent weather here. ^^ I'm happy you managed to enjoy it tho - Budapest is lovely and there are many good places to eat and drink! (I totally know the best teahouse and the most authentic street kitchens, courtesy of my big gangster of a grandpa XD)
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Your alcohol thing happened to me with coffee... at which point I switched to alcohol. What I really need is an ADHD diagnosis and meds, but here we are. Weirdly enough I can have coffee when I travel but I have to be extremely careful at home. I still love it though.
Oh, tell me about those places! I might go again when it isn't freezing cold. Does your gangster grandpa also have jazz club recs? I missed out on that, though I did go to that cocktail bar that makes you custom cocktails. It was really nice -- or, the cocktail was really nice, the atmosphere didn't particularly make me want to stay for long. Food-wise I couldn't get a reservation at Menza so I ended up going to Borbíróság (totally up my alley, loved it) and I fully forget what the other one was called but it was a bit further east? It was very cozy, a lot of wooden tables and stuff. It's bugging me that I can't find it, I'm gonna ask my travel companion.
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I'm a part-time barista at this point and while I've always been a tea-fan first and foremost I grew to love good coffee. Can't really imagine my life without it now. ^^
Ugh, ADHD is tough to deal with. :/ I hope you'll get the best treatment!
Those restaurants are considered Very Fancy around here XDXD Goose liver is delicious! I know a girl who studied at Gundel (very traditional, very old, top-notch place) and she made that once at a family dinner. 🤤 Ooh, but dumplings are the best when they're home-made, so good choice there.
Vendéglő means restaurant. Well, actually it means 'a place to welcome guests with lots of delicious food' :) Uh, that's a really hungarian thing, especially in the countryside.
Hmm, jazzclub. I know one which is really great, Klub Vittula - it has jazz&funk nights, rock and metal nights, even some electro sometimes... It's a wild space. Young and local and cheap, very Budapest-vibe, but most places I know are XD One of my coworkers actually owns a metal-pub and it's surprisingly nice XD
But, to be more traditional, Budapest Jazz Club is a classic. It has the best music in the city - musicians come from all over the world to perform here, from pros to newbies with exciting new albums -, the booze is fine and affordable but the bistro is average, so I'd advise to dine somewhere else XD
Which could give you an even more... authentic experience however are the folk dance nights. Basically it's live upbeat folk music, lots of booze and dancing all night long. At the free, unofficial gigs, which you can only know if you know someone, haha, there are almost only young people XDXD. Which is weird, because these are the most... uniting events a hungarian person can attend. You can spot ladies and gents in their sixties, 8 year old children and everyone inbetween. One thing is for sure - I'm not a big dancer but even I had fun when I went to these nights. I just realized this is a stereotype hungarian thing but it's really not that common. I just grew up in that circle of people and interest, but this is not the norm, haha.
Anyway, Fonó is the crowned king for decades now at this, you can watch concerts there, learn traditional dances, get rare albums. At the same time, it's in the top 20 among the globe's world music record studios. It's a unique place to visit.
Haha, even the kitchens and restaurants I know are taking you off the beaten path XD definitely needs a local to guide you through those. I can make a list tho, if you want to experience the city more like a local. (It's cheaper and more, well, real that way). For example the best lángos is sold in a local market in district XVII and the line is always big there. You can get the best chimney cake in a really ugly neighboorhoud (right next to the best sushi place in Budapest, haha), and it's not big and fancy like the ones they sell to tourists but it's the most delicious in the whole city! Lacikonyha - the most hungarian street kitchen is actually hard to find nowadays, because everything is taken over by nu age stuff but thanks to late grandpa I know a few too. Hearty soups, sausage and pickles and fried fish and meat! It tastes like home XD
The best teahouse is a nondescript black door, you can only find it if you know it. Good strudel is a religious experience for me, and there's an old lady's place I know, and her stuff is golden.
OMG I got carried away a bit, wow, sorry? I should just stop now.
Anyway, if you come to Budapest again feel free to ask me about anything :D (if you're not frigtened by the word-vomit)
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You're not wrong, I do like fancy restaurants. I tried a less fancy one in Prague and it wasn't worth it. I mean if I'm gonna spend more I might as well spend extra to get really good food... or just get super cheap fast food. I am really bad at street food, though, so that's something I need to learn more about. You should do a blog post or sell it to a site or something! Or maybe we can co-write a post about Budapest for my blog? I can talk about where I went and then make a list of places for next time that you'd recommend, so I can find the info easily next time I go there. I'm super intrigued by the teahouse and I don't even like tea!
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Haha, I'm not that good with fancy yet, you see. Partially because I never had the money before, and well, that's not my main dwelling. I'm not against it tho, far from it. Streetfood, well, that's more like my style. XD I'm a hippie at heart, always has been.
I'd love to co-write for your blog, if you're still in! I could balance out the interesting, visit-worthy between the fancy and the veeery local places so it can offer something for everyone.
Hmm, I love writing!
(and that teahouse is amazing, and they have coffe, delish hot chocolate and you can smoke a shisha too)
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That'd be great. I was thinking I could do a twofer for Budapest-- I'll write a first post on what I did and where I went there, and we can co-write one about your local know-how. Maybe we could do it podcast transcription style, or just however it comes out? I'm gonna start a gdoc, I haven't cowritten anything in ages but this sounds like a lot of fun. And since I don't have pictures for your places, we can use maps for that. Let me know what email address I should share the docs with! (I usually take forever with all this but at least I have been categorizing pictures by what to edit and stuff, so there's that. Right now I need to write a post about my bar cart, and I have zero visuals for it because I drank all my top-shelf liquor already...)
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I wish you a happy and productive 2020!!!
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Thank you!
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Creating your own original characters is super fun! Scary. And addictive. ;) I have done the same more than once and it is as you say, like having children to devote on. May you have much joy in delevoping your OCs!
Good luck with removing yourself from the horrible situation and resting yourself.
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My poor OCs are all sad boys with Issues© but we're having an awesome time together!
Anytime :) It really is amazing and I'm always eager to find good people out there with similar (awesome) taste. XD (OHMG, Tony, I could go on for hours how unjust almost everyone was with him, and okay, usually the world's Steve Rogers' are my types but I just cannot with this, I'm shutting up now, Tony is best boi, must protect at all costs, thanks for coming to my TEDTalk.)
So, welcome with a warm heart and all the fannish feels :)
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Hurrah with practice honing skills! =^_^= It is brilliant also that you enjoy translating and that it has opened up new experiences/fandoms :-)
My poor OCs are all sad boys with Issues© but we're having an awesome time together!
Awww, that is fabulous. Also, completely support having an awesome time with OCs - I do with mine...even when I put in difficult situations!
Feel free to give your TEDTalk on Tony Stark any day! :D
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I should start translating my originals to English >_< So many things to do!
Very, very tempting! We usually rewatch the whole MCU once a year with my mom, out of all people XD That time is getting closer and closer...
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