The movie has parkour! I totally have to check that out, Jesse. Thanks for the heads up.

Anytime.

I got called by my Mom this morning with the news that my aunt (76) had suffered a stroke last night. According to my uncle, the bearer of the bad news, she's in the hospital and already showing some good signs of recovery. Continued aunt-ma would be helpful, as she deserves as many more good years as she can get....

Much health~ma to your aunt, Theodosia.

Oh, Theo. Much health and recovery to her.

From what I remember when my f-i-l and grandfather had strokes, sometimes it takes a little while to determine how the patient is doing (swelling has to subside, or the like), so I think it is good they're already seeing good signs.

My grandfather's only permanent after-effect was slightly limited use of his right thumb, which really only caused him difficulty in removing bills from envelopes. My f-i-l has the teensiest of aphasia (if you could measure aphasia via microscope, it still might not show up) that is really only noticeable to him. If he were a member of my mother's family, we wouldn't even consider it aphasia.

Best of health~ma to your aunt, Theodosia! (BTW, do you pronounce it "ah-nt" or "aa-nt"?)

Kathy, which of those is supposed to sound like the insect?

Aunt~ma to Theo and her aunt.

Cindy- I actually somehow missed chapter 7 of The Liberation of... so I am glad you posted the link.

You need the sari but also an underskirt and a top. I just wore a t-shirt under mine since I was borrowing everthing else, and noone had a top to fit me. There are sites on the internet that show you how to wrap a sari, but there's different styles from different regions of India.

I have a loaner set (though the top will likely be too small) to practice with in regards to both wrapping and not falling down.

Hopefully the groom is from the easy wrap region of India.

Sophia, for whatever reason, it wasn't linked at the end of chapter six. I suppose they just forgot. I went directly to the LJ, because I figured there had to be more by now (I just read it over the weekend). They've made a trailer too, but I haven't watched it. My computer's media programs don't all work correctly, so I didn't want to disappoint myself, because the odds are it won't play for me.

Kathy, which of those is supposed to sound like the insect?

The "aa-nt" (it's hard to write down that nasal inflection).

Oh, and for nonlinguistic good news, my deposit check from the old apartment was already in my mailbox last night, and the manager just checked the apartment on Thursday night! Fast service--yay! (It's already in the checking account, now I just have to wait for it to clear before I can put more than the $1.16 I've been carrying around in my wallet since last Friday.)