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I Hit that Weird Language CD Moment
Sep. 11th, 2019 06:05 pmThose of you who have been following me for awhile might remember my story about listening to cassette tapes of "John Learner" and his trip to Japan to do business with his old college friend in the 1980s.
I've now hit that moment in Pimsleur (which I often call "Pimp's leur" since they seem VERY INSISTENT on teaching me how to ask a woman out) where I'm like, geez, Pimpsleur, you're not even hiding it any more. I have steadily been asking this nice young Japanese lady what she thinks of the weather, would she like to go back to my place, what time she wants to go to dinner, what she's doing today, even learning how to push it when she says that "Nine o'clock is a little...." (DUDE, SHE IS JAPANESE. SHE IS SAYING NO THANK YOU, HOW ABOUT NEVER??) ....and now, they're just straight up teaching me to ask, "How much money do you have?"
Wow, after all this build up, I thought for SURE I was at least paying for this meal at Nanbantei. (They legit teach you the name of this restaurant).
Apparently, not.
Apparently, I only have fifteen bucks in my pocket. (Actual content.)
What the hell, Pimpsleur.
I am the worst. I think I liked hapless John Learner better.
Meanwhile, today is Wednesday so I should report on my consumption of various media. Monday, as I said, was anime night, and we watched:
Episodes 3 and 4 of Good Omens
The first episode of The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II
more of Shounen Onmyouji
On my own, I caught up with Given, which is the one of these (besides Good Omens, which I assume you all have already watched a hundred times) I would whole-heartedly recommend. Given is a boys' love manga, but don't let that put you off. There are no yaoi hands in this anime. More importantly, despite some major angst, this is mostly a story about loving music, learning to be good at a thing, and what it means to be labeled as "talented" or a "prodigy." Like often happens, I'm personally invested in some of the side characters, but the main character, Uenoyama, amuses the heck out of me, too. It's also just lovely--very pretty, visually. I have been told the music isn't half bad, either.
I also just started watching A Certain Magical Index on the recommendation of a friend. I can't say much about that one yet, as I'm only two episodes in.
The only thing I've read was catching up on chapters of Ao no Exorcist/Blue Exorcist.
What about you?
I've now hit that moment in Pimsleur (which I often call "Pimp's leur" since they seem VERY INSISTENT on teaching me how to ask a woman out) where I'm like, geez, Pimpsleur, you're not even hiding it any more. I have steadily been asking this nice young Japanese lady what she thinks of the weather, would she like to go back to my place, what time she wants to go to dinner, what she's doing today, even learning how to push it when she says that "Nine o'clock is a little...." (DUDE, SHE IS JAPANESE. SHE IS SAYING NO THANK YOU, HOW ABOUT NEVER??) ....and now, they're just straight up teaching me to ask, "How much money do you have?"
Wow, after all this build up, I thought for SURE I was at least paying for this meal at Nanbantei. (They legit teach you the name of this restaurant).
Apparently, not.
Apparently, I only have fifteen bucks in my pocket. (Actual content.)
What the hell, Pimpsleur.
I am the worst. I think I liked hapless John Learner better.
Meanwhile, today is Wednesday so I should report on my consumption of various media. Monday, as I said, was anime night, and we watched:
Episodes 3 and 4 of Good Omens
The first episode of The Case Files of Lord El-Melloi II
more of Shounen Onmyouji
On my own, I caught up with Given, which is the one of these (besides Good Omens, which I assume you all have already watched a hundred times) I would whole-heartedly recommend. Given is a boys' love manga, but don't let that put you off. There are no yaoi hands in this anime. More importantly, despite some major angst, this is mostly a story about loving music, learning to be good at a thing, and what it means to be labeled as "talented" or a "prodigy." Like often happens, I'm personally invested in some of the side characters, but the main character, Uenoyama, amuses the heck out of me, too. It's also just lovely--very pretty, visually. I have been told the music isn't half bad, either.
I also just started watching A Certain Magical Index on the recommendation of a friend. I can't say much about that one yet, as I'm only two episodes in.
The only thing I've read was catching up on chapters of Ao no Exorcist/Blue Exorcist.
What about you?