Well, um, hi. So I haven’t updated in a while, as was noticed enough that I did get a comment checking in that I was okay, which was a little surprising to me, but welcome (I’m often taken off guard by the fact that anyone has ever really read these blogs, in a lot of … Continue reading An Overdue Update
It’s the new year and this is normally where I’d spend a while looking back on yearly themes and planning one for 2022, but to be honest, the yearly theme thing has been kinda rough to really consider on pandemic time, and I’m rethinking that. 2021 was deemed The Year of Action for me, in … Continue reading Exploring Yearly Themes
So the time has come this week that I’ve embarked on a new language learning journey and have begun my first forays into Japanese. As I had expected, this is a really different mountain to begin climbing with a much steeper cost of entry compared to Spanish, and it’s been humbling, exciting, scary, and interesting, … Continue reading First Week Learning Japanese
Here again on Tuesday, let’s look at the numbers for the week, and back over November as a whole. Tuesday 11/30 Reading: 2% of Harrow la Novena, ~60 minutesWatching/Listening: 2 episodes of Kiwillius, ~60 minutesSpeaking: reading out loud, ~30 minutes Wednesday 12/01 Reading: 3% of Harrow la Novena, ~60 minutesWatching/Listening: 1 episode of Kiwillius, ~60 … Continue reading November 2021 Monthly Recap Plus Plans
June has come and gone and it’s bizarre to think we’re already halfway through 2021. This last year and a half has been such a bizarre experience in general, with the ebb and flow of the spread of COVID changing so much of the status quo for everyone. My own personal journey through all this … Continue reading Thinking About Where to Go from Here
As we slide into June, this blog has slowly and quietly entered year four. I started it back at the end of May/beginning of June in 2018 as an experiment of sorts, tracking my time and effort spent on language learning, going over the stuff that has worked for me and the stuff that hasn’t, … Continue reading Entering Year Four of Blogging
So as we go into May, at the top of the month I thought I’d revisit a topic I’ve covered before, but one that I think naturally lends itself to evolution over time, and that’s answering the question: “I want to learn a new language, where do I get started?” I’m of course not particularly … Continue reading Language Learning: Where to Start
(This blog is the English translation of this week’s primary blog, which was originally written in Spanish.) This week has been strange. Well, just a little bit, and I don't know why I feel that way. There were a lot of normal things, I worked on Monday like a normal day, and studied most of … Continue reading The Big Wait
(This blog entry is written in Spanish. There will be an English translation available tomorrow morning / Este blog está escrito en español. Habrá una traducción de inglés disponible mañana por la mañana.) Esta semana ha sido extraña. Bueno, solo un poco, y no sé por qué me siento así. Había muchas cosas normales, trabajaba … Continue reading La Gran Espera
After 2020 lingered on like the smell of a dead animal, it’s amazing how much 2021 seems to be sprinting by. Part of it for me is definitely just a renewed focus on other stuff, as I’ve been busy and productive throughout this year in ways not related to my day job doing stuff like … Continue reading Revisiting the Yearly Theme for 2021
Fumbling Toward Fluent 