Is there any reason to boogie in butt first? Is that how he enters all doors when not carrying a boombox? This chapter has more questions than answers.
I mean if I had a butt like his I’d make excuses to shake it. “Alas, I have a hand full with these flowers! I can only turn the knob. Luckily I GOT DAT BOOTIE”
I have possible insight into this aspect of Copia’s character!
As I go about my day, I use body parts other than the expected ones all the time, usually for efficiency. Flipping the hall nightlight on or off with the toe of my shoe so I don’t have to bend over to do it with my hand (and only break my stride for half a step), closing a stubborn door with a hip-check or a kick (especially if I’m carrying something), holding small things aside between a ring and pinky finger while I do other things with the rest of my hand, etc.
There’s also a bit of flair to these actions, but that’s just how I do things, as they usually happen when I’m the only one present. Sometimes it’s for both practicality and fun, which is what I’m guessing Copia’s shimmy is, here. A good example of this kind of thing is Gene Kelly’s breakfast sequence in An American in Paris (2:00-2:45 of this clip).
Copia’s ability to make the most of a moment, when he feels confident about what he’s doing, is likely a big part of why Sister Imperator chose him.
Tausig’s crossword is a so-called Schrödinger puzzle, named for the physicist’s hypothetical cat that is at once both alive and dead. In a Schrödinger puzzle, select squares have more than one correct letter answer: They exist in two states at once. “Black Halloween animal,” for example, could be both BAT or CAT, yielding two different but perfectly correct puzzles. Only 10 such puzzles have now been published in Times history.
It’s the theme of Tausig’s puzzle, though, that makes it special. Four entries in Thursday’s crossword can include either an “F” or an “M.” Both are correct; neither is wrong. For example, “Part of a house” can be either ROOF or ROOM. The long “revealer” answer, tying those select entries together and spanning 11 squares smack-dab in the middle of the puzzle, is GENDER FLUID.
This puzzle, with “M”s and “F”s that aren’t fixed, is a masterful blend of subject and structure. “It potentially really evokes what gender fluidity is, which is not moving back and forth between two poles, but actually not being committed to either pole, and potentially existing in many states at different times,” Tausig said.
This is … really cool.
i never really thought of crossword puzzles as an art form, but like… this is art.
a crossword puzzle based on schrodingers’ cat??? a phYSICS CONCEPT??? sign me tf up i love everything about this
Someone probably told a crossword maker they couldn’t possibly be nerdier, and they said, “Hold my 14-across.”
Art has many forms. Boy I was surprised how nerdy art can be.
Thanks to @sylphidine bringing this practice to my attention at the end of 2017, I tried this last year, finding it fun and extremely helpful. So, again! MUCH more concise this time, though! (originally posted on Tuesday, January 8, 2019)Please don’t reblog!
KEY:
to be done by the Super Blood Wolf Moon (and conjunction of Venus & Jupiter) on January 21-22 = ♥️
by the Vernal Equinox = 🌱
by Summer Solstice = 🌞
by Autumnal Equinox = 🍁
by Hallowe’en = 🎃
by Winter Solstice = ❄️
Ongoing/Indeterminate Time Frame = 🌀
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Creative
Finish Altar Cloth. ♥️
Mask(s)? 🌱 🌀
Revamp and finish the first draft of my narrative book. 🌞
Establish a first draft of the smaller, non-narrative book idea. 🍁
Get a regular day job again (after sorting out current health issues). 🌱
Recycle old laptop & desktop. 🌱
Finish organizing room. 🌱
Cohousing proposal, and meetings surrounding implementing it. 🍁
Start name change process? 🍁 🌀
Vote early. 🎃
Get back out on my own. ❄️
Personal
Doctor appointment(s) to figure out these migraine/vertigo episodes. ♥️
Figure out a work-around for certain TMI challenges that is suitable for my current living situation (getting back out on my own would simplify this somewhat). 🌀
More rituals, once the herbs get here; 2-3x a week, barring any emergencies. 🌀
Read at least one grimoire or history text a month. 🌀
Spend at least an hour a week studying one of the three ancient languages I’m most interested in. 🌀
Tattoos! ♥️ (Just had them finished today!)
Social
Finish setting up private (from extended family) Facebook account. ♥️
Expand social circle, at least a bit — join Meetup, or generally get better at chatting on social media, as I’m usually better at talking in-person. 🌀
Watch the movies I’ve been meaning to see, alone or with friends. 🌀
Try dating again, if it feels right with someone. 🌀
Reconnect with folks that I don’t see as often as I’d like to. 🌀
More Museum and National Park trips, alone or with friends. 🌀
Quiet think tank hangouts, where folks work on projects, sort of together, but in separate, adjacent spaces? 🌀
Tagging a few folks, if this proves interesting or helpful:
Item: Necklace of Faces; each frame is a screen that connects to the Land of the Dead, through which the spirits are able to see and hear what is going on in the mortal world. Most necklaces just have the one screen, usually a loved one or important person, but there’s no reason to limit. This person might be showing their life to their extended family, or maybe they were hired by the survivors of some awful killer or catastrophe to extract revenge on behalf of the victims.
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