Hectic.

So, things have been getting hectic around here. That is, -relaxed-, hectic. Which is one of my stated goals. There`s no point in too much of a hectic life. Its also related to what i compare myself to, and i compare myself mostly to myself in order to keep at least a semblance of belief in my own progress and prowess. Anyway, i found codeacademy, and am now enjoying myself through some very basic lectures on the workings of javascript. It is very entertaining, even though memorization is far from my strong suit. But it doesn`t hurt to go back and re-check the correct syntax once in a while. I still have faint shimmers of the, frankly stupid, idea that i should manage to memorize everything in one runthrough. I know from experience that this is not the case for me, and should stop bickering about it, but it keeps nagging me. So, linux from scratch, coedeacademy, tonatom, building the Lego Farnsworth House, drinking coffee, trying to stay hydrated, smoking too much (ugh!), trying to learn the hebrew alphabet, listening to lectures on the history and composition of the european union and some very interesting lectures on the crossroads between literature and science in the 17th to the 21st century in (mainly) europe. Those lectures on literature and science from Freiburg are really interesting, though i must admit to occasionally slipping in my understanding of what is being said. Though it seems i am capable of paying pretty good attention now. The last three months of drs 4 has helped a lot. The hebrew alphabet is interesting. It feels really good to learn different signs for the sounds humans articulate, and writing from right to left is quite intriguing. I have plenty of apps to feed my language-curiosity, and i`ll get started with hebrew and see where it takes me. I have approx. 60/70% recognition on the consonants now, and that is with three days of practice, so it seems plausible that i`ll have them under control in another week or so if i commit myself to a daily practice section. Which i do. It is a bonkers experiment if i ever started one, but i feel a distinct need to learn a variety of scripts used by humanity. Afterwards i think i`ll take korean for a spin, and then cyrillic. In those cases i won`t immediately try to learn the language, just the sounds. I`ll focus on german and hebrew for at least another year or two, and then i`ll see what can be gained from that. (The obvious answer is nothing in particular, but we`ll see..... My aunt will probably ask about what i can gain monetarily from it... Luckily my father won`t! I wouldn`t be so critical of the income-related angle if she also could, after having analyzed that aspect, understood or analyzed what other gainful repercussions such a project could have. Alas. sternenspringer is the good stuff! The wors part is that after i`m done with Farnsworth House i`ll need another Lego-set, these things are wonderful diversions when i`m working on the computer!