yakalskovich: (The Princess' typist in RW)
Maru ([personal profile] yakalskovich) wrote2004-04-13 12:50 am
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Incense

The proper frankincense Falk the Metropolitan brought from Djelibeybi Egypt goes up in smoke without any residue, quite unlike the Athonite goo I normally use.

I frankly need some substance help in finishing that translation. It's my own fault. I have been evading work for the whole weekend, unless it was Zer Vahoonie-Shaped Projekt, of course. And even that had to stand back for a moment when Ji came back today and was finally online again - our poor programmer started getting very nervous about the long time I took testing when in truth I was busy with Teppic talking to Victor about taking a junior Turnipspawn off his hands for a few hours - instead of finding much fault with the programmers work, as he thought...

On the pro side, I get to chant along with the Byzantine CD, as I did on Saturday/Sunday - the congregation was allowed to chant the "Chrestos Anestin" along with the choristers at the Greek Orthodox church, and I did, too. This music does things to the brain. It should never be used while driving, though. The Lady Iris once got seriously over-relaxed on it.

And the translation for [livejournal.com profile] japanologist isn't that bad. The reputed 65 pages of PowerPoint evil boil down to one fell swoop of easy marketese...

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