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I block all accounts who message me asking for money. I don't have the energy or knowledge to determine if you're a scam.
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If I sent you a post I probably didn't mean to.
I've never managed to reproduce it deliberately, but when I scroll Tumblr on my phone something happens and it tries to send people posts.
I think I've always managed to catch it in time.
But one day, it's going to be embarrassing, probably :/
Day 5 Learning Hindi
Currently alternating between "this is cool" and "oh my god this is impossible"
Day 2 learning Hindi
Not sure how long this is going to last - maybe just a week. I have no particular reason to learn Hindi, it just came to me last week.
The current problem is finding lessons that actually go over the pronunciation. Everything I've looked at so far is basically vocab lists, which although they have audio files is probably not sufficient. For example - the same letter sometimes sounds like d or t, which makes sense (very similar sounds and sometimes interchangeable), but sometimes like a k (I think it was) which doesn't.
There are, if I remember correctly, 13 vowels and 37 consonants. That's more sounds than I am aware of so I assume I need to learn some new distinctions.
Finally found some lessons that will tell me what's what in Hindi alphabet and pronunciation.
"The Hindi language uses Devanagari script, where it follows the alphasyllabary writing system.
“Alphasyllabary” means that vowels and consonants are written as a unit. In each unit, the consonant forms the base and the vowel follows it.
Is all of this messing with your head and making you nervous?"
NO! it is not making me nervous. It sounds fucking cool. Lets go!
some WIPs from the past few days, using quills and a lot of patience lol
Currently crocheting the pinkest balaclava ever. The front will be a different colour because pink looks terrible on me.
The bank we use for our society accounts has "upgraded" to a "more secure" system. Unfortunately our society's secretary is 81 and not a strong technology user. I already have to reset her password for her every 3 months and text it to her as she is unable to reset her own email or answer her own challenge questions (for "security" we have to change our passwords every 3 months).
We now have to activate new accounts on the new system via an email they sent us, which she can't work out how to do, and receive a text code every time we log in. Luckily she has both email and a cell phone or we would be completely stuck. Unfortunately when I emailed the bank for assistance they didn't bother to read my email before answering it. And of course you can't go to a branch anymore, and you're on hold for 2 hours if you try to ring them.
We can't pay any bills without the payment being authorised by 2 people. Our current bill is 2 months overdue because no one told me about it until Monday. But now she can't access the bank account and there's literally no support from the bank. We don't have the same level of access to the account so I don't even know what she has to do vs what I have to do while I try to help her. Thank you bank for this "improvement".
Day 2 learning Hindi
Not sure how long this is going to last - maybe just a week. I have no particular reason to learn Hindi, it just came to me last week.
The current problem is finding lessons that actually go over the pronunciation. Everything I've looked at so far is basically vocab lists, which although they have audio files is probably not sufficient. For example - the same letter sometimes sounds like d or t, which makes sense (very similar sounds and sometimes interchangeable), but sometimes like a k (I think it was) which doesn't.
There are, if I remember correctly, 13 vowels and 37 consonants. That's more sounds than I am aware of so I assume I need to learn some new distinctions.
Alarming statement from Lesson 1 learning Hindi
In Hindi language there are 525 Alphabets, Which are classifed into 3 types,
1. Vowels 13 Alphabets,
2. Consonants 37 Alphabets, and
3. Combinational letters 475 Alphabets.
Presuming they mean characters. Hoping the 475 combination characters are pretty logical though.
I'm not sure about the pricing of patterns on Ravelry. In general it costs $10-$15 NZD for one pattern, plus printing cost, but I can buy a book of patterns from a shop for $30-$40.
I'd also like to be able to give a donation to people with free patterns - some people will offer them free or you can pay for them but I don't want to pay $10 for a hat pattern but I would pay a smaller amount if I could make a donation. Some free patterns don't have any purchase option but if I could donate I would at least donate $1 for a simple 30min toy - although I don't know if the fees to make such a payment would make it worth it.
have you ever met a celebrity irl?
yes
no
microcelebrity
kinda?
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Depends entirely on your definition of "celebrity". I've met people who were celebrities to me, but not to the vast majority of people.
I saw those fish cups that stack on top of each other to form a fish irl. Does that count?
I bought some turquoise (?) yarn at the op shop because so much cheaper than new but colour options limited especially if you want stuff with multiple balls.
I don't like colours without depth though so I'm trying it with other yarns. I think I will go with yellow. I also liked dark blue, and the light blue is technically good I think but I don't like it.
I'm making a crate-like box out of pallets. What pallets save you in money, they cost you in time because you have to work out how to fit your project into pallet size pieces, as well as disassemble part of the pallet. But it does mean I don't have to go to the hardware store and especially to the confusing timber section.
First day of winter this year is warmer than all but five days of summer were.
My hacksaw blade, which is for cutting metal, blunted on the metal I was cutting. The same and only metal I ever cut with my hacksaw blades - nails holding a pallet together.
Now I am both thwarted in my project and confused.
I asked my husband "if I knitted you a hat, would you want a normal one, or one that looked like a fish was eating your head?"
and he went with the first option.
Which is weird but good because there's some nice hat patterns I would like to try, but I would never wear them because I would have too many "fish eating your head" hats to choose from instead.
Crocheting a jellyfish.
I chose some yarns I thought looked cool together and started. Then couldn't continue until I looked up what colour are jellyfish. Apparently jelly fish are lots of colours, in case you were wondering - some are clear but the other colours are not just because of the light (like I wondered) but they can actually be yellow, red, green, etc.
take my mermaid quiz boy
If you were a mermaid, what animal form would your lower half take? Are you a slithery eel, a powerful shark, or maybe a colorful reef fish?
ON IT BOSS!!!
NOT ON IT BOSS
This was beyond what I expected. I guess I'm a small edible fish now.
The humble goby.
Goby as well!!! Brilliant, I always did figure out that if I was a fish I would probably be a sand goby. Laying on the sandy bottom and watching upwards at the dancing of the waves.
Catfish!
[Image ID: A traditional pen and watercolor drawing of a mermaid on a teal background. She has a tail and barbels like those of a flathead catfish. She wears a purple hoodie and excitedly drops a rock into one of the pockets. /.End ID]
And look at the cool human garment she found to store her treasures in!
