Today I had some trouble with irregular singular familiar imperative forms. And with coughing up that phrase for the preceding sentence. Also: yet another person I know speaks Italian! She is a college classmate of mine, whom I just came…
I woke up, did some verb drills, then went to the Bronx to take more photos of Little Italy. I stopped by Mike’s Deli, which is where I handed out cheese and salami in November, and ended up talking…
I woke up late today, because we had a party last night. I love planning and having parties again. For a long time, I didn’t. Once awake, I did hours of grammar work, still in my same verb book.…
This morning I woke up—way too early—from a nightmare that a massive and sinister lunar force was dragging everyone in Manhattan to New Jersey. Vehicles of all types were being sucked across bridges and tunnels to the other…
I did a bunch of grammar exercises on pronouns and prepositions today. I did them in the morning. I did them in the afternoon at Café Margot. I did them in the evening, with the TV on in the background. …
More Italian grammar today. I need to review verbs tomorrow so I can do well on my Italian exit exam, scheduled for Monday with ALTA Language Services! I begin my next language, Korean, in two days, so this afternoon I…
Shortly after midnight tonight, I finished my Italian studies. I did hours of review today—at home, at Café Margot, and then at home again, with particular attention to the various verb tenses. The last two weeks have in some…
I got the results of my Italian exams today, oral as well as written. I was amazed that the scores were as high as they were: 10 on my oral exam out of a possible 12, and 11 out of a possible 12 on…
I have seen this Volkswagen Passat ad at least a dozen times, and I love it every time. It is hilarious. So, fantasy is being used to sell a car…but it is fantasy devoid of near-naked women. And…
Okay, at the risk of seeming indecisive: I am now expecting to return to the previous three-year plan, meaning 15 languages, with some modifications. Time Warner Center This Week. Wow! The main change affects Dutch, which has been reduced on…
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