The internet is full of interesting things

This is why I love my f-list. Because there are awesome things that come across is, for free, easy as anything for me to read and enjoy and love. I totally need to remember to thank these people who put this out there. And so should you!

The ever wonderful deepad talks about saying "ick" in Doodh se Dhuli, in response to another great post by kalichan: what's love got to do with it: my thoughts on *fail.

I have so little to add as far as commentary, because what can you say to truth besides "stay in my head and my heart, please"?

Read both of those things. Then bookmark them. Then return to them frequently. And, oh yeah, friend those two. Pronto.

vi posted the entirety of Gross, Weird, Inedible and it is just a magnificent piece of writing. It is damn near perfect and it's so vivid and god it's just so damn good. I love this and it's probably one of my favorite things I've read this year as far as short pieces (fictional or non-fictional) that I've read and it's December the 1st, so that says something. Just wonderful.

And just for more squee about writing, this interview with Nnedi Okorafor in The Nervous Breakdown about fantastical language and the words used in Who Fears Death. Really fascinating, not only discovering the story behind the novel as far as some of the terms used for things from Onyesonwu being an "ewu" (did not know that the word meant "goat") to how to word "yeye" is actually quite a commentary coming from the author about a subject that's been controversial concerning the novel, if you know that "yeye" means "worthless, useless" in Yoruba. If you're a bit of a language geek (like me) or just a big fan of Okorafor's work and Who Fears Death, go check it out.