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Nouns expressing an indefinite point in time are in the genitive:
Eines Tages hat mir Melanie alles erklärt. One day Melanie explained everything to me.
Eines Tages mache ich das vielleicht. Someday maybe I'll do that.

Prepositions with the genitive:
(an)statt / instead of / Kommt Anna (an)statt ihrer Schwester?
trotz / in spite of / Trotz des Wetters fahren wir in die Berge.
während / during / Während des Sommers bleiben wir nicht in Hamburg.
wegen / on account of / Wegen des Wetters gehen wir nicht schwimmen.

In colloquial usage many people use the prepositions statt, trotz, wegen, and sometimes während with the dative, e.g. trotz ihm, wegen dir.

In colloquial usage dative pronouns are frequently used with the prepositions: statt ihr, trotz ihm, wegen mir.


One of these days... oh, hell, I don't even know. Ever since we started CS there's been one goal that's eluded me, which is getting into the shape I want to be in. And I've jiggered and re-jiggered the mechanisms and techniques with which I do it, but the pattern just seems to hold. One month on, three months off.

Maybe just being aware of that pattern will shake it. One month on, three months off, and so at the end of this month being very, very careful that even though I'll have house craziness and probably house cleaning craziness, packing, writing... I have to, have to keep pushing myself on the exercise. Even though. And maybe just being aware will do more than rejiggering the specific times, places, exercises, reminders, logs, notes, etc. Maybe. I hope. Because I'm getting really tired of both the extra mass and the insecurity. And that's about all the dwelling I should do right now. No changes to the exercise routine, it's winter anyway, it's not like I can get out and run more. Just. Being mindful.

Besides, screaming and flailing and crying about it for a while generally helps. And I hadn't noticed that particular pattern before. So, now I know. Now I can do. One patch at a time.

... So, basically, my physical health regimen is analogous to Windows. Good to know. Oh god I'm doomed!

ANYWAY. Moving on. I'd forgotten that headbanging and arm/metal hands waving is exercise, and not just according to Christopher Lee. My neck and shoulder muscles hated me with a vengeance yesterday. Still sulking today, but at least it's better. And, oof. For my own edification/memory, get home, make sandwiches, practice guitar, stretch out. Jump rope for 30, then do writing, Japanese, and go over music theory notes. Mostly the whole back half of the lesson because the front half is stupid easy stuff.

Also, NASA is just awesome. And I don't have a more extensive link, but they're going to clone the woolly mammoth. Next up, T-Rexes! Oh, and you know what else is awesome? Science article writers. And finally, the planet is now diamonds! Look at your planet, now back to me. Now back to your planet. Now back to me. I'm on a frost giant.