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[dani_meows]

I 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 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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[immortalje]

It feels simultaneously longer and not that long at all since we've become friends. And I have no problems with your babbling and your silences - I'm the very same on that account. There are the times when I'm quiet and then there are those when I just keep talking about everything and nothing :)

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 :)