So it's my birthday today. I think the biggest thing I've learned in the last little while is to take the chance, give yourself permission to try something that might fail. Failing the first time, is ok, unless you're skydiving.
One thing I'm happy about is there's a lot of things I've wanted to do for a long time that (if all goes well) I'll... Read More
I want to put my tax refund toward something wonderful like a trip to Spain or Brazil to see family, but instead will probably be somewhat sensible and save it for a rainy day (those come often when you live in NY, where cost of living is high and pay is low). I'm sure some of it will go toward books because I won't be able to help myself.
I realized while walking to work today that the women I'm attracted to today are strongly based on my first two boyish crushes - Pippi Longstocking & Penny from Inspector Gadget. I can still sing both theme songs from memory despite that I haven't seen them in 1.5 decades or so.
ie.
- extremely intelligent
- fights pirates
- has a "computer book"
- vaguely... Read More
Do it. Take care on the selection though, choose the wrong girl and you may have to stand very still for a very long time and with some of the thoughts on this site you are likely to dislocate something in an attempt to express it. There are one or two that should be excluded from your list, you may end up turning yourself inside out. This could get messy.
- Jump Rope
- Finish Podcast
- Learn how to use Blender (software, not the machine)
- Practice Spanish
- Practice El Silbo Gomero
- Finish some Quests in the saving-the-real-world online game of Evoke (urgentevoke.com)
- Do some writing
- go out and take some photos
- Finish reading some books
I've been studying 3 weeks till now.
And I actually find writing to be the easiest part with Chinese. I'm such a fucker with the tones and pronouciation in general. Just can't get them right. And anyway I'm always really nervous even to try to speak it so of couse that is not helping at all either.