Muggles!

I emitted a very excited squeak (in a public place with a crowd) when I saw the 4th entry listed below in my KTdict Chinese-English iPhone dictionary.


我是麻瓜。
Or is it 我是一个麻瓜。?

I'm trying to say "I am a muggle."

I'd like to be able to say: I am a muggle, but I'd rather be a wizard.

Unfortunately, my Chinese is far too elementary.

Now I want to get a copy of Harry Potter in Chinese. (Or maybe I shouldn't. I bought a copy Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone in Spanish in high school when I was attempting to learn Spanish in my sorry excuse for a language class. I don't think I ever made it past the first few pages.)

Ooh! Maybe I'll just use my "studying Chinese" time to look up Harry Potter words. Like, how would you say pensieve? Or boggart? Or Snape? Or Blast-ended skrewt?!

And what about hobbit? Legolas? Bombadil? Fool of a Took!? Figwit?! (Though considering Figwit is a product of fangirl frenzy and not an actual written character, I doubt there's an official Chinese rendition of his name.)

What about Middle Earth?

I vote 中国.

That is, Middle Kingdom/Country.

That is, the official name of China.

Look! I'm thinking of going to Middle Kingdom/Earth this year!

Last year, I went to Middle Earth under the guise of New Zealand (hehe).

I sense a trend here.

I've been geeked. Travel geeked.

Now how do you say "Fern, get your travel-geeked butt back to work." in Chinese?

The Perils of Geeking Out

Today's neglected todos go a little something like this:

1. Research China language studies. [top]
2. Resume Round Two. [top]
3. Send transcription resume. [top]
   
4. Water plants. [high]
5. Illustration job read up. [high]
6. Call ISIC, get refund. [medium]
   
7. Cover letter, Round One. [medium]
8. Illustration job sketches. [medium]
9. Jobs and the Joker blog. [low]
   
10. A conglomeration of other items. [low]

Several todos happily went home with check marks to validate their worth.

The rest were witnesses to the hijacking of their creator's attention by her itch to tweak and bend new technology to her will.

The culprit?