I'm sickly, and questy, and rhymey...
Jun. 3rd, 2005 10:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsBleah. I had a headcold all day yesterday and it's still with me today. I stayed home from work, mostly because I didn't want to infect anyone else. I'm not sleepy, but I haven't got the energy to do much but sit and watch television. I tried Airborne and that didn't work. I also tried filling my head with warmed saline solution (a pretty gross task, did it in the shower) and it cleared out my sinuses briefly but it doesn't last very long.
I decided to be brave
And get before the grooming wave
So this morning I chose to lave
My face with good old Burma Shave.
Yeah, when I went to pick up some cold remedy I also found a cake of Burma Shave soap, the kind that goes into a shaving bowl and you need to whisk around with a brush. The stiff is pure glycerated coconut lard with just enough of that scent that I'd probably remind you of a favored uncle or grandfather. The shave was closer than the Emu soap, but not as pleasant-- my skin feels more raw afterwards. Maybe there was something to that emu oil after all. To be fair to both, I used the same razor, so it's duller the second time around. I'll have to experiment a bit.
I kinda stalled on my Japanese lessons for a while, but I picked up my MP3 player and started right back in on lesson 79 and had no trouble. It's all that anime I'm watching; it keeps the memory fresh and active. I was still able to dredge up nagaku ("a long time", although my dictionary insists it's nagaraku), utsuru ("to move or relocate"), atarashii ("new"), yuumee ("famous"), and furui ("old", of things and places, not people). Nifty. And I'm starting to recognize kanji now, too. I can recognize the numbers, and some phrases. And for some reason I'm confident I can recognize the phrase "Girl's Locker Room".
I decided to be brave
And get before the grooming wave
So this morning I chose to lave
My face with good old Burma Shave.
Yeah, when I went to pick up some cold remedy I also found a cake of Burma Shave soap, the kind that goes into a shaving bowl and you need to whisk around with a brush. The stiff is pure glycerated coconut lard with just enough of that scent that I'd probably remind you of a favored uncle or grandfather. The shave was closer than the Emu soap, but not as pleasant-- my skin feels more raw afterwards. Maybe there was something to that emu oil after all. To be fair to both, I used the same razor, so it's duller the second time around. I'll have to experiment a bit.
I kinda stalled on my Japanese lessons for a while, but I picked up my MP3 player and started right back in on lesson 79 and had no trouble. It's all that anime I'm watching; it keeps the memory fresh and active. I was still able to dredge up nagaku ("a long time", although my dictionary insists it's nagaraku), utsuru ("to move or relocate"), atarashii ("new"), yuumee ("famous"), and furui ("old", of things and places, not people). Nifty. And I'm starting to recognize kanji now, too. I can recognize the numbers, and some phrases. And for some reason I'm confident I can recognize the phrase "Girl's Locker Room".
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Date: 2005-06-03 05:21 pm (UTC)*snort* nooooo comment.
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Date: 2005-06-03 05:24 pm (UTC)Glad to hear you're feeling better. When you're back up to boffin' with da Kitty, then we'll know you're your old self again.
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Date: 2005-06-03 05:33 pm (UTC)When its shell has had a chance to set, of course.
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Date: 2005-06-03 09:07 pm (UTC)I'm not actuvely learning Japanese, but it is rather interesting to note that certain phrases keep occurring in conversations with friends. People regularly say "hai" "arigato" "waikarimas" (sp?), or call others "baku", and everyone at some point seems to use "gomen nasai" though they always tend to sound like the bath attendant in Furaba when they do so!