Spanish Class

Thanks for the post, Nora Howe

I’m taking a Spanish class in college. It is required for my degree, which I guess is pretty useful since a lot of people I will come in contact with will only speak Spanish. It is not that hard of a language to learn, if you ask me. I’d love to be able to travel to a Spanish-speaking country, because I heard being emersed in the language is the best way to learn it. To this end, I actually watch Spanish shows on my direct tv Baltimore. It has really helped me pick up on the language and the “slang” of the language. I especially like to catch a movie I am familiar with, and then watch it in Spanish. It helps to know the context, or remember what they were saying in English. I actually have a solid A in the class, and while the teacher is great, and I do study hard, I really think viewing Spanish programs on a regular basis has helped me and given me an edge in the class.

audio equipment

I spent the day today volunteering at my church. I've been familiarizing myself with our audio system, which is really pretty fantastic. There's quality equipment everywhere you look... everything from projectors to amps to a yamaha gigmaker. It's a lot of fun playing with everything. I mean, I could never afford these things on my own- and I really don't have a "need" to buy them, either. But they're still fun to use and explore on my own!

what happens to old ballparks

Did you know you can buy all kinds of jewelry made out of parts from old major league ballparks? Apparently when they take out the chairs or whatnot, they reuse them by making ballpark cufflinks and necklaces and bracelets, then sell those to sports fanatics who are willing to pay ridiculous amounts of money for a scrap of the old ballpark. I'm all about "reduce reuse recycle", but this is just kinda dumb...

furniture

When I was in college, just outside of town, there was a shop that sold amish furniture. It was really nice stuff... far nicer than what you'd find at Ikea or even at a lot of furniture specialty stores. Most of it was solid wood furniture, really well built, the kind of thing that would become a family heirloom!!

furniture

When I was in college, just outside of town, there was a shop that sold amish furniture. It was really nice stuff... far nicer than what you'd find at Ikea or even at a lot of furniture specialty stores. Most of it was solid wood furniture, really well built, the kind of thing that would become a family heirloom!!

construction

I have never been much of a fan of construction-type things... the kind of stuff you'd do in a shop class, with power tools and whatnot. Once when I was on a mission trip, my team and I built some wooden shelves... mostly I did the sanding. :) So it's very safe to bet you will never find me wearing a miller welding helmet or playing with power tools!