I’m a twenty-something university grad living in the Bay Area with hopes of returning to the world of academia for Japanese, linguistics, or East Asian Studies.
My obsessive-compulsions include stopping the microwave only when the time remaining is divisible by five and reading the fine print on commercials.
My first sip of tea was out of my baby bottle. I make one of the best cuppas you’ll ever taste.
Get schooled. Two, to, and too are NOT the same thing.
Language and foundation resource page.
In case I forgot to promote it on here: I highly suggest Anki for studying and being an all around nerd!
What I really want to do for my career
… make languages for games. I blogged about it before, but it has been sitting at the back of my mind constantly reminding me that I am too good for this [current] work and I should just “do it”. My problem? All gaming companies have on their job postings are artist work. I just want to see one posting in order to make a to-do list for the qualifications.
Anyone have a link to help a Limey out?
Baby Sign Language’s Benefits
New goal for future babies. :-D
(Note: this is for parents who are struggling to communicate with Deaf/HOH babies. And to my dear Em who’s an aunt to HOH niece)
In my opinion, the ability to communicate with your baby as early as possible is the biggest benefit of them all. Come on, we’re all human; as adorable as babies are, there are times when it can be tiring. Even the most devoted parents have wilted under the repetitious strain of “eat, poop, sleep… eat, poop, sleep.” What better way to break the monotony than communicating—and connecting—with your baby way earlier than if you had waited for verbal skills to emerge? It’s very rewarding and further enhances the bond between you and your baby. Baby sign language is truly a gift.
But wait, there’s more.
Sex & Glitter
Sex: (French = Latin) French sexe = Latin sexum, accusative case of sexus, sex. Perhaps originally ‘division;’ from sec-are, to cut. Derivative sex-u-al, Latin sexualis.
Glitter: (English) Middle English gliteren, to shine. Confer Icelandic glitra, to glitter, frequentative of glita, to shine; Swedish glittra, to glitter; glitter, substantive, a sparkle. Confer Old Saxon glitan, German gleissen, to shine. ( GHAR.)
cite: Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (2007)
JLPT prep via apps
I had a difficult time finding a live-streaming app off listening comprehension, so this list is primarily kanji and grammar recommendations. I have two different iPhone folders for “Japanese” and “JLPT” so I will not be mentioning my apps from the other folder as the ones below are directed towards JLPT students.
Another crossword site with 300 small puzzles available.
Crosswords have always helped my vocab rote.
