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  • Early aughts in international relations class they were still teaching students about China being a “sleeping giant” just beginning to come into its own economically speaking. At the time it was emphasized that they had a huge army but it was not well trained in combat. Tianamen and the transition of HK were in the very recent past so it seemed China was more interested in managing internal divisions than challenges on the international front.

  • My cat making what I call his “wretched meow” like he is the tiniest baby cat left out in the cold and needs cuddles right now.

    Also, the sound of my neighbors’ kids playing outside is the sweetest thing.

  • Are you from Texas? There was a restaurant chain there back in the day that served a pie very similar that consisted of a crisp whipped cream meringue(?) mixed with crumbled saltines. It was absolutely divine, I found the recipe a few years ago but I failed to make the pie of my rememories.

  • cats @lemmy.world
    Elaine @lemm.ee

    Old enough to drink - still baby

    rpg @ttrpg.network
    Elaine @lemm.ee

    Last night I debuted my homebrewed xianxia game!

    About six months ago I talked to @Ashyr@sh.itjust.works about home brewing games set in Ancient China. Last night I finally debuted my game - The Scroll of Hengdian. If you like CDramas the name may be familiar as Hengdian Studios is where many series are filmed. My game is based on the Castles and Crusades game system so I could leverage the Codex Sinarum. The codex goes deeper into the actual history of China than my game does, but it is still very useful for this setting.

    My TTRPG is xianxia-based so I created a new 'cultivator' class for all of my players. The differentiation really comes with the clan and domain choices that give access to magic based on elemental aspects and creature choices.

    I borrowed heavily from the Codex Sinarum to develop the Qi abilities for my characters since that was the heaviest lift for me in terms of devel

    cats @lemmy.world
    Elaine @lemm.ee

    The loaf is almost done baking

    cats @lemmy.world
    Elaine @lemm.ee

    Churu time!

    My old buddy enjoying snack time.

    cats @lemmy.world
    Elaine @lemm.ee

    The kids are watching Saturday morning BirbTV

    Cats With Jobs @lemmy.world
    Elaine @lemm.ee

    Just cleaning up after lunch!