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tell us more about these projects! i’ve struggled to pick up languages again after an extended break and no time and a project-based approach seems very refreshing!
Apologies in advance for the long post. I do plan on making a more detailed post on this at a later point hopefully a video but I make no promises these days.
Important note!! Before you start any short- or long-term learning projects, begin a polyglot journal outlining your objectives and check in every two weeks with an extra detailed summary of what you’ve done, haven’t done, dislike, feel needs changing, etc. either once per quarter or 2x year. Your micro-goals, methods and timeline should shift over time, showing that you can reassess the project and try out new things to suit your needs. If you don't update on time it's nbd, but at least try to write a note in your planner or calendar about what you did when because it can be extremely helpful one year later when you try to revisit where you are now and how you got there. 🧿🤍
The main projects from 2019 to today include the following
Greek - Conversational Speaking, 2019
Goal: meet for casual 30-minute lessons with a teacher, 2 or 3x per week to build up conversational skills and high frequency grammar in use as a passive bilingual (it being the native language which I actively lost growing up for various reasons).
Reflection: The real studies were repetition in speech and looking up key vocabulary I would need to use to tell my teacher about what happened in the last week, and my teacher supplied me with additional vocabulary to help me be more specific. Now I have a record of that vocabulary which I can review whenever by topic/story. Plus my family did notice my drastic improvement and asked if I had been studying.
Irish - The Merlin Project (Quarantine Project), 2020-2022 (+ ongoing, needs new methodology because I met my aims a while back at this point)
Aim: Go from A2 to B1 by learning to write so that you can have the skills to be able to read longer texts
Challenge: Rewatch an episode from the last show that you watched and write down what you see in as much detail as possible, making sure to use a grammar point you’re currently studying in your writing. Look up new words to make the text more specific and add them to the description. Correct your text. Watch the same scene again and add more detail, as in the following:
(Basically: first: do a grammar practice, then: watch 30 seconds, write using that grammar, translate dialogue if you want, consult dictionary, write again incorporating the new words and/or make the sentences more complex, at the end: correct your text yourself or with a teacher, start again and repeat until the scene or full episode is complete or you've exhausted the usefulness of the exercise.)
Alternatively just write or translate fanfiction, but I don't say that here.
By self-correcting you should become very confident on the basic skills at your level, whereas the rewriting itself allows for varied attempts at forming sentences and vocabulary acquisition in a specific context.
FYI I posted the project itself along with the notes to my website (here) and intend to share the presentation on the experience I gave in the Gaeltacht this past August soon enough.
Multilingual, select Romance and Germanic languages - The Diana Project, 2022-present
Challenge: dive deep into the rhythm, melody and sound of certain languages (which relate to a poet I’m analysing) via a slow read of poetry and familiarisation with the poet, poet-translator and poet-actor
Components: read, write, translate and recite poetry on the subject of Greco-Roman tragedy (now its shifting to satire after 1+ year or so of tragic influences) from select eras and in select styles, ex. ottava rima, rhyming verse & simultaneously learn about the rhetoric of poetics that influenced these authors and their poems or translations
These writings I’m still adding to my website as part of a translation, recitation and poetry portfolio.
Most recently, I’ve started what I call the Secret Senecan Project which requires reading certain ancient and mediaevil texts on stories I’m familiar with in the original, identifying key words based on context then extrapolating the grammar from their features (declinations, location in reference to other word forms, etc.). The next step will be to compare these predictions with the bilingual translation and consult my grammar books in those languages to confirm or improve my predictions.
If you’ve made it this far, thanks for reading! I hope to polish this up and make the details more learner-friendly sometime before 2024. (:
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‘You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember
‘Nothing?’
#princezam#lifesteal#lifesteal smp#lssmp#lifesteal season 4#if i even try to explain my thought process for this one i'll sound nuts#sorry for quoting the waste land.
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“so you people in charge of a business are gonna make a business decision about your business to increase business revenue for your business and grow your business while focusing on your business”
#personal#watcher#yeah sorry this is what you people sound like#‘we were betrayed by watcher’ tf you were#i meanwhile am not shocked that a company is trying to make more money with their company#because i’m normal#anyway if you can pay for it great go nuts#if you can’t no worries considering they’re STILL UPLOADING ON THE CHANNEL AND KEEPING THE BACKLOG
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scenes that make you go hmmm
#tomgreg#okokokokok before i go abso nuts. what is this like. what is it.#shiv is trying to seem coy saying ah i hear you and greg are going around... is he your WINGMAN *eyebrow raise*#shiv is almost straight up asking tom if he's fucking greg like i'm sorry but she is.#and tom says exhaustedly we sometimes grab a drink shiv#can i just. like i really want to be normal about this but this conversation is so fucking LACED with side piece vibes.#bc tom is kinda cagey and then he says well we agreed we could have a look around while we had a think right?#after she talks about dating.#which. is just. sus as all hell.#idkkkkkk idk god i'm trying so hard to be normal about this but how can i be when it sounds like she's asking him if he's fucking greg.#WE SOMETIMES GRAB A DRINK. what the fuck does that even mean tom. since when did you get drinks with greg.#that sounds so pedestrian for you. you would take him to fancy rich ass restaurants and all that shit. but a drink?#oldest reasoning in the book for not saying yall are fucking like i really am sorry but come tf on.#when will shiv straight up ask are you and greg fucking?#and when will tom exhaustively answer so what if we were#just the way he answers is so....#so if he's not your wingman what is he tom???#much to think about
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*picks out the slimy, dark green raw spinach only to make the rest of the spinach slimy and dark green by cooking it*
#i just thought this was funny#I have executive dysfunction and I hate food waste ok?#cooking vegetables before they go bad is a struggle#I’m making spinach pizza which sounds like a weird bad health food but I swear it’s delicious#with pine nuts and golden raisins and garlic and butter#cooking#food#spinach#I’m not sure how to tag this I’m sorry#food that’s going bad#gross#cw gross#gross cw#tw gross#gross tw#hopefully that makes the squeamish people happy#my post#original post#I’m not expecting people to reblog this but you can if you want lol
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#this sounds beautiful on vinyl I could nut#whole album does#sorry#kid cudi#man on the moon 2#Mr rager#music#SoundCloud
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Still thinking about that Akaza deviating with Rengoku what if its still haunting me im not gonna let that be a one time doodle because I've got soo many ideas swirling in my brain.. just the idea of Akaza struggling with everything and following Rengoku like a shadow because there is something all too familiar gnawing at him that so desperately wants to embody what Rengoku does. A guilt so all encompassing it brings him to his knees at Rengokus feet. He is reduced to a groveling mess because this voice over his shoulder is lovingly whispering that he can be better and he can't understand why he wants to listen! And all the while Rengokus own heart is torn between inciting justice and sparing a bit of mercy to a situation thats so disgustingly fascinating that he can't look away..
#ugck. sorry im so....... these two drive me nuts.#anyways Akaza would probably pull some insane self sacrificey shit in this scenario sbdjd#he would be begging shinobu to posion him over and over so he can feel the pain hes inflicted thousandfold 💗#people love a Rengoku corruption but what about Akaza redemption while Rengoku corrupts just a little in order to Redeem him#yeah? yeah? you feel me?#also Rengoku juicebox moment ...🥴#coughs um! i love a man who is so kind that hed bend his morals in order to spare kindness tonsomeone who nearly kills him#i love when someone is kind to such a fault theyre willing to go too far. willing to sacrifice. willing to destroy themselves for you#i love when someone has to learn kindness and starts so intensely giving that theyd go a thiusand miles just for a chance to feel#like theyre as kind as they person they love#sorry i sound crazy ive been feeling RAW lately this shit is EATING at me
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Yo, if you guys have an insta pot I can NOT recommend this recipe enough.
#sorry to sound like a pop-up ad on main#But I've made it twice before and I'm making it again tonight#with sweet potato casserole and biscuits!#we've got guests coming so I'm goin' nuts this Tuesday night#all the spread is missing is some etouffee#gosh dang I miss etouffee. Etouffee literally never misses#and the closest cajun place is two hours away :(#going to have to make it for myself one of these days as a treat
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oop its uni ranking time again
the time of the year when I remember that since age 14 ive basically spent my life in educational institutions that have been at some point ranked #1 on some of these lists. ugh. bleh. nothing intelligent to say just now, I just always need to remember the ways this limits or biases my experience in addition to the ways it broadens it. someday I will finally write the big article that's been brewing in my brain about the meritocracy fallacy.
#if you ever wonder where my impostor syndrome comes from this explains it#since I was 14 I have been surrounded by people smarter than me#its a real mixed bag bc it means I know that some of these people really are geniuses but also I know how rigged the system is#and how not smart some of them can be#this isn't gonna make any sense#sorry#if I get personal about it for a second its kind of nuts this has happened#bc this has never at any point been my goal#im not an elite institution chaser#for HS it happened to be near where I lived and I applied on a whim#and went with a well lets see! attitude#for uni it was the dream school of the girl who sat in front of me on the bus#and I googled it and it sounded neat and I toured it and liked the vibe#for grad school they had a scholarship avail that seemed tailor made for me I didn't care what school it was at#how has this happened#its almost funny#coming to Tumblr once again bc it feels safer to shout into the void here
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idk. picky eater rights. im coming to your events and turning my picky bitch nose up at your fancy ass desserts you spent a bajillion hours working over in the kitchen and asking if i can find like a basic ass brownie with no extra flairs or ingredients or steps or whatever the fuck. cry about it. stop trying to feed me
#toy txt post#they gotta have some picky eater bitches be the judges on those food competition shows i stg#sorry for committing the unforgivable sin of my tastebuds didnt enjoy the food you made. it was intended as a personal slight actually#i am trying to offend you for real. yeah. thats definitely whats happening. god/sssss#like god irl if i dont like food you made ill try to be fuckin gracious about it buf dont fucking get mad at me for like. idk. prepping my#own foods you percieve as worth less or whatever the fuck. ppl are so fucking weird about food.#honestly guy on prev post didnt even dislike the cake it sounded like but was just experiencing the human emotion of disappointment#when the little specific joy he was looking forward too was not what he expected. if she had asked him 'do you mind if i make a similar cake#that is not the exact same as the one you asked for? maybe he wouldve been fine cos he wouldnt have been looking forward to that specific#thing. OR maybe he wouldve said if youre not going to make this very specific one im looking forward to then dont bother i dont want you#wasting the time and effort and then she wouldnt have been mad. or maybe she wouldve. ppl do get weird about that kind of thing#maybe saying that wouldve been a crime too. guess that dumb asshole shouldve shut up and eaten his stupid cake and enjoyed it and said#nothing. a recipe for happiness#anyway. hot take ig stop putting nuts in desserts. alllergy havers will prolly thank you but you know who else will thank you?#every day i see takes about food that make me think i really should be more of a picky bitch eater on maim to knock yall pretentious#food fuckers down a peg tbh. every day i resist the urge but god how yall test me. let me be the judge on a cooking show.#weird assholes who are rude abt ppl having allergies or sensory issues: come here. im going to break you#anyway more of us picky bitches who are picky just for like. casual reasons. we should he loud picky bitches on main. if a cook or baker or#whatever can accommodate my picky bitch ass thats difficult to feed for no reason we can be sure they can accommodate allergy havers#and ppl w medical restricted diets. if they can be gracious about me just not vibing w the food then they can def be gracious about more#sensitive reasons. yea i could choke down the food i dont like probably. it wouldnt make me throw up or send me to the hospital. but why#should i? if youre an asshole to me about simply not liking your shit then why the hell would i feel safe disclosing medical info to your#bitch ass? why would i trust you to follow it? and not try to sneak some shit in bc you think you know better about food?#anyway#picky eater rights. let ppl be picky for no apparent reason. cos the ppl who have uwu Good Valid Reasons(tm) dont fucking owe you that#explanation
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No one asked, but here's my totally normal, not at all mentally ill-induced thoughts about tagging:
"incorrect [fandom] quotes" - good. The Right Way. This is the tag you bring home to your mother
"[Fandom] incorrect quotes" - you are letting their tits hang out, bro. Clunky. Weird. But also one of the most popular variations
"incorrect [fandom]" - this is only good for searching, not for posting. Incomplete
"incorrect quotes [fandom]" - what the actual fuck
Capital letters in tags - only for DIRE situations or yelling/emphasis
"fanart" - a classic. Fantastic. The only problem is when you wanna reblog official art but don't have an art tag. Tumblr should catch it under "art" as well tho, so you could have an "official art" and "fanart" tag but idk
Capitalizing the first letter of a tag - it can be an honest mistake
"queue" - kinda useless tbh. It's a nice tidbit, but no one searches up queued posts specifically. Plus, it doesn't really fit anywhere except as the last tag, which a lot of ppl don't read
"reblog" - also a bit useless but less so than "queue." Can be good if you wanna find more blogs
"Source: [XYZ]" - HAS to go 1st to look right, and so ppl will read it, which is annoying bc it takes up one of the 1st five tags that are actually picked up by Tumblr dashboard searches
Content/Trigger Warnings - important but confusing (for me specifically), especially with less common triggers. Is it "death," "death mention," "death tw," "death cw," "death ment," or "death ment tw?" (In art/images) is that blood or just a visual choice? Does "animal mention" accurately prevent ppl triggered or bothered by snakes, bugs, or other specific animals? If the word is in the post itself, will most people have it blocked in their settings?
"long post" - is this actually a long post that can be difficult to scroll by, or was there just a lot of words? Do both count?
"[fandom]" / "[shipname]" - sexy. Great for when the brainrot kicks in (and for finding posts via dashboard)
"not [blog's theme] - really funny but rare; I wish I saw it more
"my posts" - good to find original posts, but I don’t use it correctly. It feels wrong to use for "incorrect quotes" even though it makes sense
"incorrect quotes" - one of my fav tags bc I can just. Find incorrect quotes I want to use. Is it ethical? Idk, but thank you for your service (I do usually link back tho)
Tags where someone was just referencing smth that got caught by the Tumblr search - this is agony. This happened to me once with Liu Qingge when I wrote smth thinking about his character but not actually about him (and mentioned him in the tags), and that's the reason I use 10 billion slashes Just in Case. It's also kinda annoying when you're searching for smth and get random shit; I understand the OP's pain. We're all unwilling victims to this site sometimes
#not a quote#sorry this is smth I can’t explain without sounding absolutely insane but the lid has been opened#there's also a system behind the specific tagging structure of things bw#for inco///rrect qu//o/tes -- [characters]. [fandom]. in//correc/t qu//o/tes. incorrect [fandom] quotes. [my posts or reblog]. queue#(sometimes there's a shipname which also has a specific place)#'not a q//uo/te' also has to be the first tag unless I've already started talking / am on mobile and can't change the order#when I changed it from 'not in//co/rrect quo///tes' it put the tag at the end and it drives me nuts tbh#animal mention#bug mention#long post#I should stop talking now lol#my posts#not a web novel
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every year. every year at least one person in my family forgets i can't have nuts and gives me chocolates that are 80-90% nuts.
#;forever yelling into the abyss (ooc)#( they've only known me 30+ years............. )#( and i *know* it's impossible to avoid nuts in boxes of chocolates like this but like. just don't buy them ???????? )#( a bar of chocolate is just as good if not better- )#( at least that way i won't have to give away most of my gift )#( i'm sorry if this sounds bitter and ungrateful i promise i didn't say any of this to their face )#( and i do appreciate the thought obviously. but it's just. tiring )#( especially as it happened *twice* )
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Achilles come down fits the sun vanished so fucking well it's not even funny. Like. Bro. LOOK at these lyrics
Granted the lyrics mostly fit TSV (the guy) so it doesn't really cover season 3 at all but whatever. I have other songs for that lmao
#the sun vanished#thesunvanished#tsv#Sorry guys I found a mash up between a female cover of Achilles come down and the og song and it sounded like a duet and my hyperfixated#brain went a little bit nuts. It will happen again
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The word “gorpcore” is so fucking stupid every time I select it for something I’m listing to sell on depop it makes me want to die lol
#by bug#gorpcore jfc#just say you like mixing streetwear and outdoors shit and be done with it stop making these words lmao#some -cores are ok but this one…#stop trying to bring back gorp as a word at all#it’s always sounded dumb just say trail mix im begging you#does anyone even say gorpcore in real life I hope not#im gonna be a dad about this one im sorry#gorp has always sounded like what goofy says as he nuts to me
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wanted to write today but my day kinda sucked and i'm feeling super agitated/stressed/sad for no reason at all + yet another writer's block is starting so it's whatever
#i've kinda been comparing myself to other writers too and it's been driving me nuts kdsfkldsjfk aghhhhhh#i hate when i look at my fics and start hating them fr#sorry for sounding so whiny#biscuit rants
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i missed vacon's voice so much ooouuuuhhhhhghhhh
#vaconposting#hi sorry if i sound nuts i stayed up until 6am to catch the premiere (damn JST) and barely slept afterwards#... his(vacon's) voice is SO unique i think thats why im obsessed with it. it's weird and inflexible but i like that#(admittedly i don't listen to a lot of different artists especially not a lot of other j-rappers so maybe it's not all that special but)#(I'VE never heard anyone else who sounds anything like him)#it scratches an itch in my brain just right yk...#god i cant wait for his album to come out#nqrse's parts fuck so hard too. ''I DONT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT IT AAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!''#GOOD JOB NQRSE GOOD JOB VACON GOOD JOB DYES IWASAKI THANK YOU I LOVE YOU ALL
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