update from sparkleup

diary/2022-01-06.html

@@ -68,6 +68,23 @@
 <li>Surprise = expectations</li>
 <li>The automatic brain says &ldquo;That <em>deserves</em></li>
 <li>Fact: the more numerous your specifics are, the more likely they are to be wrong or a lie (paper)</li>
+<li>Cloud-tigers &mdash; tiger combos that create crystal-clear impossibilities (specificities in weird combos: Rabid Raccoon Energy Drink)<ul>
+<li>January Nail Polish</li>
+<li>Michigan moonstones</li>
+<li>Black banana sunrise</li>
+<li>Dodge Dart dance party</li>
+<li>Citicard customer service penguin</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>Choose a less familiar character. Three details that should be tigers, three clouds (Tycho):<ul>
+<li>Clouds: accent/voice quality, body shape/size, age</li>
+<li>Tigers: anxiety, walk, clothing</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>Switch clouds and tigers. Choose one new tiger and one new cloud and write a paragraph describing the character (bonus: cloud-tiger):<ul>
+<li>Codrin was not tall, and Dear certainly was not &mdash; the historian certainly stood taller than it &mdash; but every time he was near, Tycho felt that he dwarfed the two. He was tall enough that he could see clear over Codrin&rsquo;s head, even above those flyaways that graced eir crown, and could easily have rested his chin atop Dear&rsquo;s or True Name&rsquo;s head without lifting it at all. &ldquo;You, who have your head in the clouds and feet on the ground,&rdquo; he remembered True Name having said about the Bălans, and the phrase had stuck with him. His feet were a steel-toed anchor, and though he towered above the others, he could never name the feeling of being that much closer to his beloved stars.</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
 </ul>
 </li>
 </ol>