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Crepes in horseradish sauce...
Jan. 8th, 2004 06:54 pmThat's a joke.
I woke up this morning at 5:15 and felt pretty wide awake as I returned to the supine position after rolling over to turn off the alarm clock. The next thing I know, I awake with a start and it's 5:50 am, and it's elbows and other body parts trying to coordinate movement in one general direction, said direction being out the door and on the way to JSC for another exciting day as a space-to-ground interpreter.
So of course, for the second day in a row, I forget critical stuff at home. Not all of it, but still...
I took advantage of the fact that my Zaurus runs Apache and - in between exchanges - modified/simplified an old cgi file that in effect gives new life to an old script I once used as an online glossary. I also "upgraded" the code from The Wiki Way to a version called Zwiki, which provides some additional functionality over the former.
I have been listening to Spanish CDs pretty faithfully in the car both to and from work, and am finding that the going is tougher now that I am on disc 6, which continues the theme started in disc 5 - to which I listened almost four times. Said theme is verb conjugation in the present tense, and enough detail has been introduced as to keep me in a fog as I drive (relatively speaking, I do not feel myself losing touch with the road). Despite the emphasis the Thomas approach puts on not memorizing or taking notes, one must keep in mind that there are "nine and sixty" approaches to various tasks, and that what may work for some people won't work so well for others.
In fact, I am reminded of the old NLP idea - or at least I associate it with "neurolinguistic programming" - to the effect that some people learn best when information is presented visually, while others profit most from hearing the information, while still others need to write down what they are trying to learn, so as to get their muscles involved. Myself, I believe I fall into the latter category; I learn best - or I feel most comfortable in a learning setting - when I write down what I have to learn.
Natalie called earlier to say she would be visiting the museum and then stopping by her Wing Chun class, so I better take advantage of the lull and finish what needs finishing.
Cheers...
I woke up this morning at 5:15 and felt pretty wide awake as I returned to the supine position after rolling over to turn off the alarm clock. The next thing I know, I awake with a start and it's 5:50 am, and it's elbows and other body parts trying to coordinate movement in one general direction, said direction being out the door and on the way to JSC for another exciting day as a space-to-ground interpreter.
So of course, for the second day in a row, I forget critical stuff at home. Not all of it, but still...
I took advantage of the fact that my Zaurus runs Apache and - in between exchanges - modified/simplified an old cgi file that in effect gives new life to an old script I once used as an online glossary. I also "upgraded" the code from The Wiki Way to a version called Zwiki, which provides some additional functionality over the former.
I have been listening to Spanish CDs pretty faithfully in the car both to and from work, and am finding that the going is tougher now that I am on disc 6, which continues the theme started in disc 5 - to which I listened almost four times. Said theme is verb conjugation in the present tense, and enough detail has been introduced as to keep me in a fog as I drive (relatively speaking, I do not feel myself losing touch with the road). Despite the emphasis the Thomas approach puts on not memorizing or taking notes, one must keep in mind that there are "nine and sixty" approaches to various tasks, and that what may work for some people won't work so well for others.
In fact, I am reminded of the old NLP idea - or at least I associate it with "neurolinguistic programming" - to the effect that some people learn best when information is presented visually, while others profit most from hearing the information, while still others need to write down what they are trying to learn, so as to get their muscles involved. Myself, I believe I fall into the latter category; I learn best - or I feel most comfortable in a learning setting - when I write down what I have to learn.
Natalie called earlier to say she would be visiting the museum and then stopping by her Wing Chun class, so I better take advantage of the lull and finish what needs finishing.
Cheers...
