congratulations derek & amy
Soooo last Saturday, I took the train in to Glasgow to hang out with Jackie & Nick's (Nax) friend Ewen, whom I had met before when Nax were in Edinburgh. We strolled the streets, had super yummy pizzas (that came with a side of fries??), searched for lemonade, visited the history museum, and even popped into Tesco for some Tunnock's tea cakes, made right there in Glasgow.
It was a grand walking tour of the city, and Ewen is hilarious. Because of his accent, a lot of the time I couldn't tell if he was joking or not, or asking a question or not, or just talking to himself or not. I thought I was a pro at accents, but nope. Never did find that lemonade, but I learned later that there is an Auntie Anne's somewhere in Glasgow. I MUST FIND IT.
This week my first assignment was due. One page translation, no big deal, I thought. It'll take maybe three hours tops, I thought. Ugh. It was a piece of travel writing, and with all of the research I had to do on every single place name and historical figure mentioned PLUS it being an officially official super official assignment that I was not even allowed to put my name on (graded with exam number), it took me 10 HOURS for me to be completely confident in every single word I had written. I am a boss at translating, but hopefully I can get my turnaround time down. For the everyday assignments that no one really checks, it will only take 3 hoursish. Meh.
Wednesday night, the university hosted a lecture by one of the leading scholars in linguistics. I was really excited to hear him speak since we had to read a few of his essays for class and discussed them at length. Out of all of the readings we have done, I found that his opinions make the most sense to me.
His lecture was entertaining, interesting, and reinforced things I'd learned before. He also talked at length about these new concepts I wasn't even aware of, and I was seriously so motivated by his lecture that I may pursue one of these concepts for my dissertation, no joke. I'm not going to tell you what it is because I might jinx myself, but yeah. After the lecture, I was just walking away stunned that a month ago, I had never heard of this man or his theories, and now I'm walking away feeling like I've been in the presence of a rock star and highly motivated to write a dissertation or perform research based on a concept I had never even heard of until that very night. Grad school is a very weird place.
Last night, my friend Martina and one of her friends went to Glasgow to see the electropop indie darlings Chvrches. Flatmate John introduced me to them even before I got over to Scotland. The tickets were actually his, but he couldn't use them because he bought them before he knew he'd be out of town on business this week. Thank you, John! For making me aware of the beauty that is Chvrches and then providing me with tickets.
The tickets said 7pm, so I assumed it started at 7pm, and doors were at 6 or something. Nope. We show up at 7, door is at 7, first band goes on at 7:45, then finally chvrches at 8:45. So, we waited around a lot, but it was totally find in the end because WE WERE IN THE FRONT ROW and Chvrches rocked our faces off, so it was totally worth every second of waiting. Hopefully I will get to see them again in March.
Warning: one eff word.
This weekend I'm just kinda chillin. Might go meet with some people to see if they want to start a webcomic. I said I was going to start a webcomic since I was in high school... maybe if it is a collaborative effort, I would actually do it?
I'm missing my 10 year high school reunion tonight, but more importantly my cousin Derek's wedding. I apologize to my family for always skipping town when important things happen. I am trying to keep tabs via my sister's instagram. Congratulations Derek & Amy <3
It was a grand walking tour of the city, and Ewen is hilarious. Because of his accent, a lot of the time I couldn't tell if he was joking or not, or asking a question or not, or just talking to himself or not. I thought I was a pro at accents, but nope. Never did find that lemonade, but I learned later that there is an Auntie Anne's somewhere in Glasgow. I MUST FIND IT.
This week my first assignment was due. One page translation, no big deal, I thought. It'll take maybe three hours tops, I thought. Ugh. It was a piece of travel writing, and with all of the research I had to do on every single place name and historical figure mentioned PLUS it being an officially official super official assignment that I was not even allowed to put my name on (graded with exam number), it took me 10 HOURS for me to be completely confident in every single word I had written. I am a boss at translating, but hopefully I can get my turnaround time down. For the everyday assignments that no one really checks, it will only take 3 hoursish. Meh.
Wednesday night, the university hosted a lecture by one of the leading scholars in linguistics. I was really excited to hear him speak since we had to read a few of his essays for class and discussed them at length. Out of all of the readings we have done, I found that his opinions make the most sense to me.
His lecture was entertaining, interesting, and reinforced things I'd learned before. He also talked at length about these new concepts I wasn't even aware of, and I was seriously so motivated by his lecture that I may pursue one of these concepts for my dissertation, no joke. I'm not going to tell you what it is because I might jinx myself, but yeah. After the lecture, I was just walking away stunned that a month ago, I had never heard of this man or his theories, and now I'm walking away feeling like I've been in the presence of a rock star and highly motivated to write a dissertation or perform research based on a concept I had never even heard of until that very night. Grad school is a very weird place.
Last night, my friend Martina and one of her friends went to Glasgow to see the electropop indie darlings Chvrches. Flatmate John introduced me to them even before I got over to Scotland. The tickets were actually his, but he couldn't use them because he bought them before he knew he'd be out of town on business this week. Thank you, John! For making me aware of the beauty that is Chvrches and then providing me with tickets.
The tickets said 7pm, so I assumed it started at 7pm, and doors were at 6 or something. Nope. We show up at 7, door is at 7, first band goes on at 7:45, then finally chvrches at 8:45. So, we waited around a lot, but it was totally find in the end because WE WERE IN THE FRONT ROW and Chvrches rocked our faces off, so it was totally worth every second of waiting. Hopefully I will get to see them again in March.
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This weekend I'm just kinda chillin. Might go meet with some people to see if they want to start a webcomic. I said I was going to start a webcomic since I was in high school... maybe if it is a collaborative effort, I would actually do it?
I'm missing my 10 year high school reunion tonight, but more importantly my cousin Derek's wedding. I apologize to my family for always skipping town when important things happen. I am trying to keep tabs via my sister's instagram. Congratulations Derek & Amy <3