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Jan. 12th, 2022 08:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dani_meowsI am so tired lately. And moody but I suspect I know why. We'll see if chocolate week starts tomorrow. I bought some good lindt truffles just in case. But typically when I get teary at my cat not wanting cuddles it means it's the week where I need chocolate to maintain a good mood.
I got some icons made this week. I signed up for![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
getyourwordsout with the habit of writing for 120 days this year. So I plan on trying to get into the habits of exercising my creativity on most days of the year.
I also want to get back in the habit of babbling on here and talking to friends and making new friends.
I spent today listening to an audio book called Mafia Prince it was a really good memoir by Philip Leonetti about the Philadelphia/Atlantic City mob and why he left the life he was raised in. I found it very interesting. The audiobook I'm now listening to has more information about mafia history but it's more textbook than the other one. On the plus side both books have the common name my great grandfather had being pronounced a lot so I've learned how to pronounce Giuseppe.
Mafia history interests me because according to family lore. A famous mob boss was my grandfather's catholic church godfather. When my grandfather got arrested as a preteen during prohibition he told my grandfather that under no circumstances was he allowed to join the family. There may be some truth to the family lore. My maiden name and his last name show intermarriages around the time period and they were from the same small town in Italy. So now that I enjoy true crime stories something I wouldn't think I liked listening to because I hate seeing violence on tv. I wanted to learn more. And I'm enjoying it.
I managed to do other things while listening which is nice because normally if I'm focusing on listening to things I can't focus on doing other things. But apparently I can cook and make icons while listening even if I can't write while listening.
I'm feeling nostalgic I've been clearing out my inbox and I'm in 2009.immortalje and I have been friends for a lot longer that I thought. Thank you for tolerating my babble and silences my friend! Love you. ^_^
I made a pizza lasagna today it wasn't bad. Kind of a mix of ricotta, mozzarella and lasagna noodles with pizza toppings and sauce. Ian liked it a lot.
I've also spent time working on my German. We bought a Rosetta stone account and I'm learning German while Ian is learning Japanese. I don't know how I feel about it's approach. I keep getting frustrated by not doing well because They and She are both Sie and since it doesn't present verb conjugations to learn first I keep choosing the wrong translation. And I failed on which made me not want to go on. But I do want to brush up and then finish learning my German.
I don't know what else I planned on babbling about and this is getting long.
I got some icons made this week. I signed up for
getyourwordsout with the habit of writing for 120 days this year. So I plan on trying to get into the habits of exercising my creativity on most days of the year.I also want to get back in the habit of babbling on here and talking to friends and making new friends.
I spent today listening to an audio book called Mafia Prince it was a really good memoir by Philip Leonetti about the Philadelphia/Atlantic City mob and why he left the life he was raised in. I found it very interesting. The audiobook I'm now listening to has more information about mafia history but it's more textbook than the other one. On the plus side both books have the common name my great grandfather had being pronounced a lot so I've learned how to pronounce Giuseppe.
Mafia history interests me because according to family lore. A famous mob boss was my grandfather's catholic church godfather. When my grandfather got arrested as a preteen during prohibition he told my grandfather that under no circumstances was he allowed to join the family. There may be some truth to the family lore. My maiden name and his last name show intermarriages around the time period and they were from the same small town in Italy. So now that I enjoy true crime stories something I wouldn't think I liked listening to because I hate seeing violence on tv. I wanted to learn more. And I'm enjoying it.
I managed to do other things while listening which is nice because normally if I'm focusing on listening to things I can't focus on doing other things. But apparently I can cook and make icons while listening even if I can't write while listening.
I'm feeling nostalgic I've been clearing out my inbox and I'm in 2009.
immortalje and I have been friends for a lot longer that I thought. Thank you for tolerating my babble and silences my friend! Love you. ^_^I made a pizza lasagna today it wasn't bad. Kind of a mix of ricotta, mozzarella and lasagna noodles with pizza toppings and sauce. Ian liked it a lot.
I've also spent time working on my German. We bought a Rosetta stone account and I'm learning German while Ian is learning Japanese. I don't know how I feel about it's approach. I keep getting frustrated by not doing well because They and She are both Sie and since it doesn't present verb conjugations to learn first I keep choosing the wrong translation. And I failed on which made me not want to go on. But I do want to brush up and then finish learning my German.
I don't know what else I planned on babbling about and this is getting long.
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Date: 2022-01-13 06:03 pm (UTC)And now that you're talking about chocolate week. I have to think when my next one comes up. It always surprises me because it feels like no time at all since the last one.
Also, yay for working on refreshing your language skills. I should probably do that as well with my Italian and Swedish. I stopped when the Italian course was halted for the second semester due to the pandemic and had the best intentions... (and Swedish stopped when not enough people signed up for the next one even before that). And I agree that verb conjugations would be a good indicator about which one to use in most cases (The only other case I can think of is when it's referring to a previously listed noun which would obviously be in plural or singular). That seems like a design flaw. I wish you good luck with that! Also, while I'm not really good an expert on grammar, if you have questions, feel free to ask :)
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Date: 2022-01-17 10:18 pm (UTC)I usually only know when I notice that I cry at simple things. I'm not normally a crier during the rest of my time. Mine isn't regular at all and comes when it feels like it.
The language software is using an approach based off how babies learn language so it's a lot of auditory and pictures... It's a good theory but I think I prefer learning by learning all the grammar. Good thing is I still have all of my German learning materials so I just have to start learning again. I mostly remember simple things like how to say I have five cats, am hungry or thirsty, and how to say it's very windy outside. I think I remember the last one only because Windig is fun to say.
Oooh I'd love to learn Italian one day since half my family is from there and half from Ireland. Maybe one day when Covid is over I can save up enough money to take a language course or two to learn the pronunciation.
Good luck on refreshing your language skills as well!
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Date: 2022-01-18 04:53 pm (UTC)I think outside of minor cramps/having to go to the toilet more often the only sign I have is that I'm more tired than usual. But that is a state I also reach when I just haven't slept enough. So, not really a good indicator. As for the first - I'm still trying to figure out if I react to anything that I eat in the same way. So, still not a good indicator. Especially since I'd classify most of them as minor inconveniences. I guess I'm extremely lucky on that front when I think about what I hear from others.
Well, the theory for learning like babies sure sounds good, but not everyone deals well with that. I'm really bad when it comes to grammar, but there are languages where you probably ought to start with the grammar just because it has a big effect on understanding what's been written.
I only started learning Italian as I needed some credit points for university and all courses offered by my faculty were for more credit points than I needed. I stuck with it after that because I didn't want to let it go to waste. And it's funny what kind of words and phrases do get stuck in your mind even years later :D
Not sure how easy they are to find or which levels they're at or even how much of it still is a thing, but I do remember seeing some language channels on youtube (German and English at least and maybe some Swedish) where people do explain grammar and pronunciations to promote their native languages. That's certainly a cheaper way to try and learn. Of course, the downside is probably that you don't have direct feedback outside of what might be done in the comments.
Thanks :)