September 8, 2009
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(Pointless post)
I have very short attention span lately! In reference to my working anyways–I’ve been trying hard to concentrate on all the Chapter 1s, but introductory stuff is often boring.
Pixelated!dum dum dum!
I have a lot of reading to do though. I’m currently taking Latin and it seems a lot more difficult than Spanish–it seems like everything changes; there are too many components to every word–case, declensions, and then I think with verbs there are moods and voices also (in addition to conjugations). For some reason it doesn’t stick well in my head either! Spanish seemed so much easier. Pronouncing it makes me feel like a grade school kid sounding things out; I don’t remember sounding so awkward in Spanish, with reading aloud anyways. Diphthongs too!
My friends were watching a really strange animated show today and it really confused me. It was in Japanese with English subtitles and all I remember for sure was blood and a girl with what she thought was a monkey paw but was apparently some rainy devil something.
I love Yeah Yeah by Sam Means (free download ^^); it seems so relaxing–I almost feel myself out there on and island or sailboat listening to it. WHY ISN’T iTUNES WORKING?
I kind of miss reading too. I was talking to my friend and we both realized that we haven’t been reading books much. My lame excuse is that I am always reading for class, so when it comes down to free time, I don’t feel like reading anymore. My other excuse is that I don’t like a lot of the books that have been literally churned out. Many of them are THE SAME with altered details. I like a lot of the ‘classics’ better. Those paint wonderful landscapes into my imagination–and they’re not ALL THE SAME O_O. They actually have substance and literary technique (one reason I like Harry Potter, amongst most modern stories)–and it doesn’t take a literary critic to notice
(a.k.a. overanalysis).My day was alright. I am wearing my zipper earrings!
Comments (9)
You’re probably also learning Latin a lot faster than you learned Spanish. At least, assuming you learned Spanish in high school.
@phantomFive -
Yeah, I learned Spanish in high school; but when I learned it I did both Spanish I and II in one year, so I guess I should have progressed quickly then. Latin just seems so much more nit-picky!
@loves_mud -
lol I guess dead languages can afford to be more picky (I have no rational basis for that comment, it just sounded good)
@phantomFive -
It is fun when statements sound good, whether they make sense or not. Which reminds me of something I read http://absolutangel64.xanga.com/709949578/item/ (teehee).
Though dead languages wouldn’t know if future students would be grumbling (not that they would care).
lol
@phantomFive -
Haha, and that, my friend, has to be one of the worst possible responses
, unless you are in fact laughing out loud. (I guess depends on how it was “said” too–like “lol” sounded out versus L-O-L; if “lol” then it might be a little more lame just because it is monosyllabic and a shortened version of an already shortened phrase.) I say/type with a wink or two.
lolol
I am in kind of a lethargic mood tonight
@phantomFive -