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Eurovision 2015
It's not May, that wonderful time of the year when everyone in and out of Europe doubts each other's tastes in music, but many countries have been holding their own contests to select their Eurovision entry for this year. Through a combination of obliviousness and bad Internet connection, I've only watched the Irish and the Finnish contests ( Read more... ) -
Why Lang-8 pisses me off sometimes
I love the idea of Lang-8, a site where I can post texts in other languages and have them corrected by native speakers of those languages. I learn a lot there. But there's one recurring problem that really pisses me off. For some reason I can't really fathom, a lot of users assume that rambly posts are supposed to a letter to the President or ( Read more... ) -
New DBZ movie in 2015!
I know nobody on my f-list cares, but wheeeee! New DBZ movie in April 2015! I'm so excited to see there'll be a new movie coming out so soon! I'm not too sure about the plot. And yes, the plot of this movie matters, because apparently it's considered "canon", since Akira Toriyama wrote it. It's supposed to be a sequel to Battle of Gods, which ( Read more... ) -
My CV is too long...
Back when I was still learning how to write a CV, people told me to put as much information as possible, whatever seemed remotely relevant ( Read more... ) -
Goku has a mother?!
I just found out that Goku's mother has been revealed, and my, she's so cute and interesting! Too bad this new chapter in the DBZ storyline has some serious continuity issues. I'll have to reread certain parts of the original manga to check the details and make sure I'm not mixing it up with anime-verse facts, but off the top of my head, I have to ( Read more... ) -
Sailor Moon in French / Italian
Since Sailor Moon Crystal will be out very soon, I decided to try watching the first episode in both French and Italian to see how much I could understand ( Read more... ) -
Sailor Moon Crystal
So, I was recently told that Sailor Moon was going to get a remake that was supposed to be closer to the manga story (like FMA Brotherhood, I suppose). I was a moderate fan of this anime when I was kid, so I was kind of curious about this new anime version, but not enough to actively search for news about it. Today, I just happened to see a F!S ( Read more... ) -
Rio seen from above - NICE VIDEO!
As some of you know, Rio has been going through some changes because of the World Cup and the Olympic Games that will be hosted here. They built a... special road for a tram-like thing that will take people from our international airport to Barra da Tijuca, where the Olympic Village is located. They made a video that shows the entire way, and it's ( Read more... ) -
Japanese Lesson #6: Verbs (plain form and ます form)
Long time no see! Today, I'll give you a little introduction to verbs ( Read more... ) -
Esperanto Lesson #1: Alphabet and pronunciation
I think I'll start posting brief Esperanto lessons here, similar to my Japanese lessons. I won't really go into detail, though, because there are many sources out there, much better than anything I could do here, and free of charge. I just want to give you an idea what it's like, so maybe it'll make you interested and encourage you to learn it.
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