I’m not sure, but I think that there is a mosquito under the desk, and I think it’s biting my feet. It’s really annoying.
Today I ordered some STAT questions. I’ll have to go online, check out the essay guidelines and see what needs writing and write it. I also have to make the decision on what language I actually want to study. I have background in French, and maybe it would be stupid to throw away so many years of study… but maybe that’s not where I want to be. I could study German, or Russian (that Clare’s suggestion, and it sounds interesting).
For some reason Noelle, Ro & mum just burst into a tuneless rendition of “Camp Granada”.
So anyway, Russian would be interesting, but I have trouble rrrrolling my rrrrrs, and there seems to be quite a bit of that going on. Still, I can always work on that. I mean, it’s not like I’ve ever made a real effort to get over this thing where if something doesn’t come completely naturally to me, or isn’t effortless, I must be bad at it and there’s no point in trying. An example of this is how I never really tried with maths through high school because it wasn’t as easy as English and History and Geography and everything else that I liked, and the results that I got weren’t really encouraging simply because I didn’t try. But the job that I have now is all about calculations, and the whole thing is a numbers game. Maybe that’s why it’s become so joyless for me though.. once the challenge with anything is gone, I lose interest.
Oooh what a revelation.
Ah I’m being called for dinner.
Ok. A revelation. But then again, that doesn’t really work when it’s applied to my attitude towards writing. Maybe that’s just challenging enough, because you can never learn all the rules because there are none. Once you learn the rules with maths, that’s it, you’ve got it. With writing, there are no rules. Well, I guess there are parameters that you have to work within, for something to be called an essay, or a novel, or a short story, or a novella, or an ode, or a saga, or a sonnet, or a serial.. but within those parameters, you can just go crazy. And often it’s better that you do, that’s what stops things from being boring and usual.
I’m so tired. I should go to bed.
Hey babe!
I’m happy to hear that you are going to learn a language… and doing it YOUR way (meaning, still working whilst studying). I think it’s a good idea and you should do these things how they suit you best! I think you will enjoy it, you just have to be disciplined.
My suggestions for a language to learn:
Russian – don’t even bother… not even the former soviet states are learning russian anymore, it’s not the language of choice these days! I could suggest Hungarian, but that would be purely selfish, because at some point you will have to actually use it and it would mean u have to visit me!!!
If you want it to be practical and useful, then you should learn Spanish or Mandarin. These are the two most widely spoken languages (apart from english). French is also useful, but only in France and at the Olympics
On the other hand, you could decide that in a year or two you want to work abroad, and you could already choose the country – eg. Denmark or Sweden… or Germany (though G has v high unemployment, so foreigners have trouble finding work there). In that case you could learn Danish/Swedish now.
I guess you don’t want to learn Italian. Unless you are keen to work for the Italian police force and get those bastards who stole ur camera!!! ooooh learning language for vengeance has a nice ring to it!
So many options!! Make sure you let me know what you decide!!!
Hugs,
Anna
LOL @ French. I whole-heartedly agree with you there. I am hesitant to give up on it completely seeing as I spent so many years on it, but I guess that trying any more could be seen as flogging a dead horse.
Did you know that Clare wants to learn Spanish? I, myself, could never do it. Mandarin sounds good! Danish also sounds good. These are the unknowns (the x in the algebraic equation of choosing a language to study) that I won’t know until someone tells me. And I really appreciate your advice! (really!) That there aren’t many jobs in Germany… I didn’t know that. But if I wanted to learn Hungarian, at least I’d have a contact over there if I wanted to move and find a job or something!
LOL @ learning language for vengeance. I’m not really a vengeful kind of person! I tried to be angry with L when we were in Berlin, and ended up begrudgingly handing her a kinder egg of forgiveness two minutes later.
I’ll keep you posted!