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the lost year [ideas]

three systems of age reckoning (diff of up to 2y) solar vs lunar system east vs west || aging together on CNY ordinal numbers vs. cardinal numbers; order vs. quantity chinese zodiac vs. other

grandfather celebrates birthday ?? times a year, whenever convenient memories: WWII, same week as girl he loved, riots, immigration papers on 50th, every time -> noodles, white rice (at least once a year, twice when he was lucky and the store was doing well)

question of aging, maturity -> base rules/laws/privileges off it, based on how you count rotations of sun, when start the long race of life

doesn’t know how old he is, every birthday has been so different and in some ways so remarkably the same -

sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_age_reckoning

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal_numeral

https://web.archive.org/web/20091005081651/http://www.culturalink.gov.cn/chineseway/2009-04/30/content_327732.htm

#thelostyear #shortstory #writing

writing prompts / ideas

to name a star* // technological revolution in china, introduction of fame and celebrity in the first place; imagine what it means to become famous; zodiac reliance?

the lost year* // grandfather celebrates birthdays, questions aging/maturity/calendars, etc.

the heartsong* //

the peanut seller** // based on kung kung’s story

#writing

7.21.20

dreams half-remembered, re-tracing neuron pathways never used at least not for real

celebrities are named stars: affluence, influence influenza, end of stanza

5.7.20

cages in ivy

glass stands teeth

a birdcage for ribs;

[planets] spinning slow circles (around each other) ;