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I got some textbook study in today! I think I only studied for around half an hour, but I’m glad that I could at least get that much in. I’m struggling a little bit with this textbook, just because I don’t really like how it feels so reliant on pinyin, but I also understand that not everyone has experience reading Chinese characters (in my case- kanji). I do feel like I can bang out beginner textbooks pretty quickly, since words and grammar points tend to build on each other in a more direct way than more advanced topics do, so I would like to get through this quickly in order to have the opportunity to find a different textbook with less pinyin. However, I don’t know if I can commit to finishing the whole thing by the end of the month since I have a pretty busy schedule.
I also watched some YouTube in Japanese today. I’ve been really into booktube lately, and I figured that it would probably be more worth my while to watch the same types of videos in Japanese than in English, so I found some book YouTubers and watched a little. Watching YouTube is always so massively humbling, my listening comprehension is utter garbage. It’s funny to me how I can read novels but struggle to watch a ten minute video of a native speaker speaking to a camera. It seems like I always say that I want to implement more listening into my studies, because it’s been my weak point ever since day -1 but it ebbs and flows in my studying in a way that my reading doesn’t. I don’t have many issues listening to content made for learners (like learning podcasts or the Tobira listening exercises) but as soon as it’s for natives, my brain goes out the window.
Last thing, I was thinking about how I’ve never gone to study at a cafe, so I looked to see if there were any in my area. Sure enough, there’s a little hole in the wall cafe that’s a ten minute walk from my house! I smell a Saturday morning habit forming... I really should get out more, there’s also a park that’s about five minutes walking from my house, and I’ve only gone there once to read.
I'm reading some Fantasy High posts from sophomore year and I've come to the slow realization that I don't actually know the plot or even recall half the things that happened.