Forgot how to log out of Hubski for a minute. Can't find it on here either, but turns out I passed the 1000 day mark. Woot!
| "I'm going from pianissimo to fortissimo in three measures and make it seamless" Written so casually, ha! You're very welcome! :)
Seconded! Throwing in Orlando to the list to!
I was just thinking of bacon-wrapped dates before this. Adding this to my small list of bacon-wrapped treats to make.
So used to seeing his shorts and opens that I never saw the full cut. Reminds me of Sims City or Roller Coaster Tycoon!
Furthermore, if that's a belief of anyone's, then the internet can just as easily serve as a positive feedback loop rather than a tool to uncover and/or debunk conspiracy theories.
That's one hell of an isolating experience, or learning as it seems from your perspective. Bold, nonetheless. From what I gather, you've had quite a bit of a colorful life. Both Hungary and the Balkans being corrupt... interesting. All of this taken into account, would there be any thought or recurring theme you derived about either yourself or people in general after living in the U.S., Hungary, and the Balkans?
With regard to anything you're missing: actually, nothing. I, subjectively, agree with you here. My not knowing any better is just speaking to the fact that posting my belief here wouldn't do too much in the way of making progress against this silly endeavor, rather than harboring some secret knowledge about the project. My interpretation of this bit was her tying in other causes of motive alongside wrestling with contradictory, yet prevailing schools of thought that we as humans have developed over time. I swear I had some interesting idea tying into Calvinism and determinism that related back to the article.... seems I lost it. But, hey, you win some and you lose some, eh? Could you enlighten me about what I'm missing? She made the point that guilt can lead to action, but is it productive action to bring back extinct species?
She made the point that guilt can lead to action, but is it productive action to bring back extinct species? The rest of the article really meandered from placebos to determinism.
I really like how you've described this element of how you experience the different languages you've picked up. Would it be appropriate to say that your mindset when jumping into the other languages shifts as well? Into said "personalities" that don't necessarily equate when you jump into another linguistic mindset?A new language in always in context, and you gain some new personality traits with it. My Chinese expression is more precise and logical than my English, partly because I lack the rhetorical skills to bullshit so I can't really afford to. My (very basic) Tagalog is entirely focused on making friends and diffusing tense situations, because rolling with the punches and making friends fast is an important life skill in the Philippines.
Taking pictures to post up on a dating site today. Was extended a great volunteering/networking opportunity for the Mental Health Association in my area. Glenn Close is to be the keynote speaker, from what I've heard. Hype.
This bit's been on my mind for a couple days. What drew you to learn it to this extent - if by choice? Did you have to learn on-the-job?Speak Hungarian fluently. (Or, used to. Not much call for it in Seattle, sadly.)
Rudimentary Serbo-Croat. Enough to read signs and know what's in the food I am ordering, but not enough to get a band-aid.
Doesn't always work perfectly, but lying flat on my back while doing a "body scan" relaxing any and all muscles starting from toes to head.
Interesting! While you aren't fluent, can comprehend it fluently? I'm a native English speaker as well, and I've observed some of my Hispanic friends can't speak Spanish but comprehend it fully to the point that their family will switch between English and Spanish mid-sentence when talking to each other. Do you experience this as well?
What drew you to French, if I can ask?
I am off the mark. I didn't take the time to delve into the difference and left it at "however ancient it is," rather than digging deeper as the context may well warranted. Sorry.
Do you think those classes got you to a conversational level of German with a native speaker? Dare I ask, in the form of a beat box???I can describe the sound of any cymbal or drum any day.
Did business pull you to learn one of the other two languages by chance?
I have the same odd reasoning for Spanish. With regards to what to study in college, I agree with OftenBen for the same reasoning, or perhaps Mandarin. Along with that, Arabic would fall into a similar linguistics branch with Armenian and Russian (however ancient it is).I also somehow learned to read Russian but can't tell what I'm reading for the most part.
That's pretty incredible of your schools to do that. Do you learn to speak it in the classroom as well? Oooh, that's neat. This is learned separately than English in school, then? For lack of a better word, would this be similar to a slang of sorts, then?We start learning English pretty early here - at least I think? (first year of school aka when we're six). And I read it at least as much as my native language.
(I have it in school and have I some friends from Germany) :) ... So reading doesn't feel so different anymore, but reading German is completely something else for me - in a very positive way.
Nynorsk is the result of one man's travels around Norway, collecting all the dialects into one language.
Ah-ha! It was the opposite for me. :P
Ahhh, thank you!
That's quite the list! Seeing how South Africa has so many different official languages, I would have guess the list would be even longer still. Hopefully the job in Germany comes to fruition!
Ahh, just so I understand correctly: the premise is your currency's inherent value is backed (in someway) by debt owed? That's meta as hell if I'm reading this all right.The upside is if you have sovereign debt accounted in your currency, you print all the currency you need and poof you're out of debt.
Great move. My parents just made the same move and I'm right behind them. Oddly enough, the streaming services they're subscribing to are slowly adding up to what they paid for cable/phone/internet packages anyways.
Amen, way to go c_hawkthorne!
Spending a lot of time going through various hoops I'm making for myself to make sure I'm set for next school year. Had to move back in with the 'rents last week as the complex brought out a vendor in order to both find and fix the leak that's been causing mushrooms and molds growing at my place for the better part of a year. As I'm typing this, I need to remember to work out a rent concession and receive a reimbursement with the electric bill while they had dehumidifiers running 24/7. Man, growing into responsibilities are a pain. To make up for it, they installed updated wood flooring and tiles - so long as I cleared the rooms of furniture. I'm finally settled back in; now, onto finding new and better roommates for next year, on top of summer employment. The regular. EDIT: Thank you for the explanation over the weekend, y'all. Three cheers for Humpski(?).
This is one hell of a nice article setting precedent for what conservatives (in my view) are pulling their hair out over. So, if my tiny 20 y/o brain can wrap my head around this article, then America's current deficit spending with regards to it's GDP is relatively low? The author's point I derived being, "We have tons of room to start spending more." On this topic, this will sound like a stupid question, but there really isn't any serious issue with deficit spending here? Further, where the hell would that extra money be put toward? Lord knows there's lots of reformation and streamlining (looking no further than, but not limited to, healthcare) that could happen in the different facets of the system before throwing money at any industry willy-nilly.
Interesting, thanks for the insight. I found that as a peculiar thing that left me wondering....
Ah-ha. Truly the best of luck, then.