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( Рксский язык )

My hands are still funny colors. I've washed them about five times.

Oof. Yeah, those verbs are still going to require extensive review. And the best I can figure is just to make sentences, [Subject] [verb] [location phrase in accusative] [manner phrase in prep]. And write them over and over again.

Productive morning, at least. Did the exercises, got my face moisturized and washed after shower since it's getting on towards that time of year again (or should be) and my skin dries out awfully with the cold. If it ever gets cold. I shouldn't say that, then we'll have another freakish winter like last one. Shutting up now.

Desert deadline is pressing down, and I should feel nervous, but I don't, entirely. The major portion of the edits are done, I've got more to go over, sheer word-count wise, but the edits are less substantial. And along with that there's mundane_bingo I should start working on, outlines for Nano, and edits for Martine. And Martine edits aren't going to be that substantial either, or at least, the necessary ones. I do want to fill out some sections here and there, but it turned out surprisingly well on its own. It's been a while since I've both been able to stick to a schedule and not felt writing pressure.

And my tie-dye experiments are at an end, which means that there's nothing I absolutely desperately want/need to get done, craft-wise, till the beginning of the coming year when Dragon*Con costumes start coming together. I could live with this, seriously.

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( 日本語 )

No, Jag, you do want to do your Japanese homework, because you want to speak the language, and you are not going to learn it by beating yourself in the head with the textbook. Stop that.

I've been having a massive amount of caterpillar today. Caterpillar, for those of you just tuning in or who have forgotten or never cared much, is when my brain goes "wait, you've studied how many chapters and grammar points and vocabulary words and so on in how many languages? NO ONE CAN LIVE AT THAT SPEED!" and then it falls over on itself and I can't think in almost any language. Today it started first with Russian, then with Japanese where it collided full-on with the feeling of I'm never going to learn all this so why bother.

No. That is not the answer. At all. Ever. I bother because trying and studying and trying some more is how we learn, not sitting there staring glumly at a pile of textbooks. I bother because learning languages is calming for me, and even doing lines in a notebook helps. I bother because talking to other people in other languages is fun for me, learning the differences, the way culture affects language and vice versa, because I love being able to talk with people in general and breaking down the language barrier one language at a time deeply appeals. So, I try. No, I won't get it right the first time. Yes, I will probably annoy people with incessant questions and occasional bull-headed stubbornness. But I will learn. I want to learn, because what I want can't be achieved without effort and studying and learning. So there.

And all that aside, if I can possibly manage it, I need to get to bed early tonight. I am verging on too damn exhausted and because we have two craft fairs/shows this weekend and ALL THE COUSINS, I'm not going to get a weekend. It's good on the money and bad on the Jag not falling over of exhaustion. Ah well, it'll also be fun, too, with the spinning and dyeing and things.