Salesman: Yeah, absolutely!
Passerby: So tell me... How many languages do you know, man?
Passerby: So tell me... How many languages do you know, man?
Salesman: 800.
For as long as I could remember, I've always wanted to be bilingual. My mother's side of the family is from Haiti*, so you'd think I would have picked up some Creole as a child. But because my father does not speak Creole, my household was mainly an English speaking one. I only ever picked up the essentials, such as: "go brush your teeth," "are you hungry?" "go to bed," and "I'm going to hit you three times."
Anyway, I decided to take le français in High School from 7th to 11th grades, and took one semester my first semester of college. That same semester, I decided to start up a new language: 中文. But when the time came to choose classes for second semester, I realized I couldn't continue both languages! It was way too much work. (Read: I am weaksauce.) I dropped French because I figured Chinese would be more useful in the long run. Five semesters in, I realize that was pretty idiotic because I was actually good at French and now I'm chillin' here at the bottom of my Chinese class. And then it finally hit me: even though it's really fun to learn, I should have just quit foreign language after I completed the requirements a year ago because I'll never be able to afford to leave the damn country! CURSES! I guess I'll just continue with Chinese and hope they take over the world someday soon.
(P.S. I'm currently learning American Sign Language.)
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Twitter. I have one. Before I had a Twitter, I thought it was stupid. When I first got a Twitter, I continued thinking it was stupid. Now, 238 tweets later, I still think it's a little silly. I always describe Twitter as being "something for people who think of random things to say, but there's no one around to say it to." And I guess even though I think it's stupid, I'm just the kind of person to have one. I frequently have random thoughts or ideas or desires that really are not worthy of a Facebook status or a text to a good friend.
Some of my recent tweets include:
_OMG. #dollhouse
_The opposite of nomnomnom is vomvomvom.
_My lips are dry but I've used up all my chapstick!! I'm in NJ but all my spares are in NY! Nooooooooooo.
_Life.
_I have a craving for chocolate. And pizza.
_I have a craving for chocolate. And pizza.
The second one is a personal favorite.
There are a lot of random observations I make when traveling (be it on the subway, on the T, or crossing state borders) that I could definitely "tweet" via mobile device. Instead, I tell myself, no Sofa, you need material for your next blog post and you could certainly elaborate on that later. But of course I never make a written note of these things & I frequently lose my mental notes among the rest of the clutter on my brain-desk. Therefore, there are a plethora of thoughts I've had that people don't know about! Then again, it's probably better that way...
Until next time...
*I wrote this entry a while ago, but since then there's been a devastating earthquake in Haiti. (If you haven't heard about it yet, do you live under a rock? If you're reading this, you have internet access. Google it.) And, for lack of a better phrase, it sucks a LOT. You should do whatever you can to help, be it pray or donate money or something. I personally am telling my mother to give money, because the money I would donate is coming straight from her bank account anyway. Eliminate the middle man!
