Author Archives: Jeannie Lin

Judge Jeannie

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I recently judged for several contests and one of them returned a judge’s grid so you could compare how you scored against other judges. Either it was the luck of the draw or I’m the hanging judge, the grim reaper, the infamous EAST GERMAN JUDGE as we were discussing on the Ruby Slipper Blog.

Well, I didn’t have a bad hair day and I genuinely sit down ready to love each entry. I always give constructive comments and I try to stick to the major issues rather than flood the entry with a bunch of nitpicks, yet I was a little surprised how my scores compared to the other judges.

Watch out! Apparently Judge Jeannie’s got a mean streak.

Mid-autumn moon festival

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mooncakeToday is the mid-autumn celebration. It’s one of those lunar holidays that floats around each year. On the lunar calendar, it falls on the 15th day of the 8th month.

I bought some moon cakes from a Chinese bakery when I was in NorCal to celebrate. I always thought they looked prettier than they tasted. A website I went to compared them to fruitcake — not in taste or appearance, but in cache. Everyone buys them around this time, but the majority just sit around until they dry up and get thrown away. These are pretty good. And they’re tiny so you don’t end up with too much at once. 🙂

So if you’re out and about tonight, take a moment to enjoy the moon. It’s rainy here so I don’t think I’ll be able to.

More about the Moon Festival.