Language

YouTube!

Submitted by David Snopek on September 30, 2008 - 7:04am

Inspired primarily by The Linguist Blogger's YouTube videos where he demonstrates his Spanish and Portuguese abilities, I created a short video on YouTube, where I speak in Polish. I've never put anything on YouTube before and, honestly, in the sea of videos to be found there, I didn't expect anyone to notice it until I linked to it.

However, within an hour of posting it I was getting messages from other users and later comments! YouTube is awesome! I met a bunch of really nice people. So, I think I may post more videos, maybe even do a "video blog" in Polish for the practice.

Anyway, the video follows. Its not terribly interesting, I didn't really plan what I was going to say before I did it. But it at least "proves" that I speak Polish and gives me something to gauge my progress against. I imagine that in a year I'll listen to it and laugh at how bad my Polish used to be. ;-)

New Year’s Resolutions

Submitted by David Snopek on December 10, 2007 - 8:43am

It might be a little early to think about this, but its already on my mind. At the end of each year, I like to think back on the previous year, about what has happened, what was accomplished, what wasn't accomplished, what was awesome, what wasn't, etc... It helps prevent the years from just sliding away without taking notice.

For most people new year's resolutions are a joke, but I like them. Probably people don't like them because they feel bad when they don't meet their goals and so'd rather not set them. I like setting goals, even if I don't reach them. The attempt is more important.

For 2008:

  • Pay off my debt. This was a resolution last year too! I got close, but still not there.
  • Study Polish for 2 hours a day until I have a language break-through. I'm hoping this will be a 6 month goal, because I plan to study in Lublin again in July.
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