I know that there are at least 2 people on my flist who have learned a foreign language beyond primary school level.  How did you absorb new vocab and grammar rules?  My lecturer seems to just expect us to know huge long lists of words the week after we get them, and rather than spending time on vocab in lectures he drills grammar  rules without ( Read more... )

 Swigging from a bottle seems to get me drunk in a nore effective maanner than drinking from  a flass of wine does.  cos I'm satisfyinglyabley drunkednessn.  Mmm.  Ros, you should come ofer next weekend and we will parchase a bottle fo wine to swig from.

 In highschool I used to transcribe the melodies of songs from things like Harry Potter or The Lord Of The Rings and other soundtracks when I couldn't find the sheet-music to play.  I only used to do the melodies though and then I'd usually just play them on the flute.  I was always impressed that my brother was able to listen to the Rugrats theme ( Read more... )

 I've been reading this book called House Rules by Jodi Picoult which Britt recommended to me because the main character reminded her of me.  The main character has aspergers syndrome.  The more I read, the more I suspect I may actually have it because everything that this guy does makes perfect sense to me, and a great deal of it is stuff that I ( Read more... )

 Was up until 1am waiting for the folks to either get home or phone in an update after they followed Nanna's ambulance to the emergency room.  Finally left a message on dad's phone asking if everything was ok and fell asleep.  Found out this morning that she had a heart attack, though thankfully not a big one.  When mum and I went to see her this ( Read more... )

 My boy bought me a dozen red roses and had them couriered here this morning with a card saying "I miss you" and now I'm all ding-batty and happy!  They're so pretty!!!  Now to figure out how to get them in a vase of water without messing up the arrangement...

 So the parentals just came up to lecture me.  Apparently they were thinking of kicking me out, but they've changed their minds because they love me.  (Yes, it's a logical argument...)  They're feeling hurt and used because I don't spend enough time with them.  Well, I reckon if they want me to spend more time with them they should not constantly ( Read more... )

 Just checked my exam timetable and realised that I have been planning in reverse order.  Philosophy is not until Monday, and Italian is this Friday.  I thought that it was the other way around, and was planning to finish revising for Italian on the weekend.  I'm teaching tomorrow afternoon and Friday morning, so I won't have a chance to study then ( Read more... )

Now Gnome, I know you don't believe in Fred, but I'm telling you he's real and he just scared the living daylights out of Zach!  For those of you who are unaware, Fred is the resident ghost of my house ( Read more... )

I currently sound like a midget and a giant fighting for control of a mucus-filled body ( Read more... )