Now Inarticulate and Geeky In TWO Languages!

[masterofmidgets]

私は日本語で書けますよ。すごい！

So I may or not be ridiculously, painfully, embarrassing excited about being able to type in Japanese. It only took me two thirds of the school year to figure out! In my defense, I'm not as unbearably stupid as that makes me sound, it's just that all the information our teacher had on getting your computer to be able to do it was for XP, and Vista apparently works slightly differently, and...yeah, it was just complicated for some strange reason. But I can do it now! Yay! Now I just need to get to the point where my Japanese isn't really, really awful, and I'll be set! Note: that day may be very long in coming...

(also, for non-Japanese readers, all I wrote above was "I can write in Japanese. Awesome!")

And, because I'm bored and procrastinating on studying and just downloaded some cool stuff, here is a list of songs you probably haven't heard of, but should listen to.

1. She Was The Prize by Gaelic Storm

I've lived a long life and now I'm looking back
it's the end of the road, the last stop on the track
and I smile as I think of my true love once more
the love of my life, the girl I adored

2. The Horse-Tamer's Daughter by Leslie Fish and Heather Alexander

My father was a horse-tamer on the edge of Hali Plain
His work was good and his horses fine but he got little gain
for few folk come now to Hali Town
the trade has gone away
and the distant glower of the ruined tower makes few folk care to stay

3. Being Alive by John Barrowman

Somebody need me too much
somebody know me too well
somebody pull me up short and put me through hell
and give me support for being alive

4. Falling by Kate Rusby

You me shout when no one's about
you find me where I can't be seen
if feel the air flowing for life's in full swing
so tell me why I cannot breathe

5. The Ship of Stone by Leslie Fish

Once there was a ship of stone
that orbited a mighty star
and from it flew the first ship's crew
whose children we all are
and no matter how long we've drawn our track
still over our shoulder looking back
through the hydrogen's hiss and methane's moan
past the polymer clouds of the dead star's shrouds
all our roads lead back to the ship of stone

6. Skellig by Loreena McKennitt

Light the candle, John
the daylight is almost gone
the birds have sung their last
the bells call all to Mass
sit here by my side, for the night is very long
there's something I must tell before I pass along

7. It's Only Time by The Magnetic Fields

Why would I stop loving you a hundred years from now
it's only time (it's only time)
what could stop this beating once it's made a vow
it's only time (it's only time)
if rain won't change your mind let it fall
the rain won't change my heart at all

8. The Prophet by Wolfstone

I saw a raven, plumage pale
I saw him drink the blood of the gale
above Clathmore the gulls will wail
tonight the prophet gets paid

9. Cannot Lay Me Down by Wolfstone

I cannot lay my head here
this place is not my home
I cannot take a rest here
I'm bound to carry on
while others go before me I too must travel far
to seek and find and harness
to follow yonder star

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[telyanofcelore.livejournal.com]

*feels smug because she's been able to type in Japanese since the second month first semester* *feels bad because her Japanese is so incredibly bad now it doesn't help*