2009-05-31

quadruplify: Stuart Staples (lead singer of Tindersticks) surrounded by pigeons (awesome)
2009-05-31 02:39 am

Writer's Block: Multilingual

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Parlo anche italiano, siccome lo studiavo dalla scuola media (perché c'è una popolazione grande degli italo-americani in Connecticut), ma per più di un anno non lo studiavo e non mi esercitavo niente a parlarlo, leggerlo, o scriverlo, quindi questa frase probabilmente non è grammaticalmente corretta.  [trans.: I also speak Italian, since I've studied it since middle school (because there's a signficant Italian-American population in Connecticut), but for more than a year I haven't studied it or practiced speaking, reading, or writing it at all, so this sentence probably isn't grammatically correct.  ;-) ]

そして、私は今年初めて日本語の授業を取りましたが、来年もっと日本語を習うつもりです。[trans.: And this year I also took Japanese classes for the first time, and I plan on learning more Japanese next year.]

I've also taken classes in Modern Greek, Mandarin Chinese, German, and Korean, but I don't remember much from those.  =3

quadruplify: Stuart Staples (lead singer of Tindersticks) surrounded by pigeons (Default)
2009-05-31 02:58 am

Sorry for the double post...

...but just a few things before I go to bed (hoping I don't get caught still being up at this hour...XD).

I changed my profile and layout, and added a Transformers mood theme, partly to make up for the fact that I have no TF icons (don't have much room anyway), and partly because they're L'il Formers, which are always pretty adorable.  :3  The profile is less friendly, but more to the point (if there's one thing I need to stop doing, it's being really, really wordy).

Some of you might be familiar with FMyLife.com, a site where people post amusing anecdotes about bad things that have happened to them; I just found out about GivesMeHope.com, it's polar opposite.  Good if you need a pick-me-up for whatever reason.  ;-)

Finally, I saw the trailer for 9, coming out in September.  It looks really, really interesting, but not as much as the one for Where the Wild Things Are, and the only reason I'm linking the trailer is because there's a nice use of the song "The Captain" by The Knife, one of my favorite bands.  (The second song is something by Coheed & Cambria -- I don't really listen to them.)