*wibble*

Am off to my catering job soonish. (Must first look up and print bus schedules, as I haven't the foggiest idea when the bus to IC runs, nor the night bus that loops between IC and the university I no longer attend, passing my neighborhood on the way.)

Why am I so nervous about this? I know from food service -- I can't cook worth much, but I can take orders and arrange platters and serve drinks and make nice with people at tables. I have two years paid experience doing that, and with senior citizens who couldn't remember their own orders half the time. I know from difficult "customers."

I think it's just that I haven't worked at all for two months. I'm out of the habit.

Plus, new boss, new location, etc. I usually get a little nervous when flung abruptly into a new situation, regardless of my prior relevant experience.

*wibble*

Am off to my catering job soonish. (Must first look up and print bus schedules, as I haven't the foggiest idea when the bus to IC runs, nor the night bus that loops between IC and the university I no longer attend, passing my neighborhood on the way.)

Why am I so nervous about this? I know from food service -- I can't cook worth much, but I can take orders and arrange platters and serve drinks and make nice with people at tables. I have two years paid experience doing that, and with senior citizens who couldn't remember their own orders half the time. I know from difficult "customers."

I think it's just that I haven't worked at all for two months. I'm out of the habit.

Plus, new boss, new location, etc. I usually get a little nervous when flung abruptly into a new situation, regardless of my prior relevant experience.

[Fic] "Harvest," part 1 -- original, Ekanu

This is the Ekanu story that grew. And grew. And grew some more. And still isn't finished growing.

But while I've spun a number of threads and I have a rough feeling of how they'll come together, I'm not yet certain of the details. So I'm posting this as part one. Part two will come whenever I get around to finishing it.

While I have your attention, here are a few quick notes on Hlaenish pronunciation:

A as in father
E as in fee
I as in pick
O as in hole
U as in puma
Y as a long I
AE as the A in pay
CH as in Bach or loch (back of the throat, not between the teeth)
HR or HL as a softened, wetter version of the consonant that follows the H.

The occasional apostrophes between the letters A and E are not actually pronounced; they just signal that the A and the E are pronounced separately.

Of course, this has no bearing on words and names in Common or Arhadikim. And it probably doesn't really matter to general understanding of the story, but I thought I might as well mention it. Because the name Yfane is pronounced Eye-fah-nee, not Yuh-faen. And if I didn't explain the rules up front, no one would know that.

*innocent smile*

( Harvest, Part 1 )

The catering job went well. I'm going back Saturday morning for another round. Yay income! (But oww, my aching feet...)

[Fic] "Harvest," part 1 -- original, Ekanu

This is the Ekanu story that grew. And grew. And grew some more. And still isn't finished growing.

But while I've spun a number of threads and I have a rough feeling of how they'll come together, I'm not yet certain of the details. So I'm posting this as part one. Part two will come whenever I get around to finishing it.

While I have your attention, here are a few quick notes on Hlaenish pronunciation:

A as in father
E as in fee
I as in pick
O as in hole
U as in puma
Y as in why
AE as in sundae
CH as in Bach or loch (back of the throat, not between the teeth)
HR or HL as a softened, wetter version of the consonant that follows the H.

The occasional apostrophes between the letters A and E are not actually pronounced; they just signal that the A and the E are pronounced separately.

Of course, this has no bearing on words and names in Common or Arhadikim. And it probably doesn't really matter to general understanding of the story, but I thought I might as well mention it. Because the name Yfane is pronounced Eye-fah-nee, not Yuh-faen. And if I didn't explain the rules up front, no one would know that.

*innocent smile*

( Harvest, Part 1 )

The catering job went well. I'm going back Saturday morning for another round. Yay income! (But oww, my aching feet...)