my friend dana has set up up with language learning software for dutch, swedish, and german. she says dutch is at the top of her list, so i am going to try and focus on that first.
i finally got around to making yogurt cheese and have now been compulsively making a new batch each day. the process is very simple and after the 24 hour wait you find that you have a round ball of smooth white cheese that tastes like something between cream cheese and goat cheese. i like to mix mine with green onions and cilantro and spread it on multigrain crackers with ripe tomato chunks.
I am a happy yellow bumble bee,
I fly around the flowers and trees
and all morning long,
I flutter about in the swirling breeze and the sun is yellow like me
I am a happy yellow bumble bee,
everything's so much bigger than me
but I'm not afraid,
for if something gets too close,
I give them a sting that makes them howl and scamper away...
(of montreal)
I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind.... At these times... I use the Pensieve. One simply siphons the excess thoughts from one's mind, pours them into the basin, and examines them at one's leisure. ~J.K. Rowling, "The Pensieve," Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000, spoken by the character Albus Dumbledore
over the past few weeks i have been bombarded by memories recent and long gone of moments i wish had never happened, things i would rather have not said and things that could have been left undone. at least 2-3 times a day i find myself harassed by some regrettable memory which i have to freshly forgive myself for and move on. it is becoming a burden. why are all of these thought surfacing with such frequency right now? why am i reviewing all of my embarrassments?
this quarter of calculus is going very poorly. this is partially due to the quality of the teaching staff, but my pisspoor work ethic is probably making some contribution. HELP, YIFAT! i need to get motivated.. right now. i had a test today that was completely guessing. i tried to study, but i am so far behind and unpracticed that hardly anything sunk in.
