Are you like me? Do you feel desperately uncool, unsexy, unwanted? I know I'm not alone. You aren't alone either. Us outcasts need to care for each other, love each other, give a hand or a shoulder or two arms to hug, because we all feel "less than" so much of the time
@poe_collector The plot I'm looking at right now is 10 acres on the coast of the big island. It probably won't still be available when my caregiving comes to an end, but I still look at the photos almost every day, dreaming
@poe_collector Being yelled at in pigeon can be very scary. I fully understand. That's kinda why I'll probably try to learn it. To fit in better and be less likely to be on the receiving end of that kind of attention
@poe_collector I had a teacher tell me once that languages fall on a scale. Level 1, languages that share a history, like English and German. Level 2 Languages that share an alphabet, but not a root language, like English and French. 3, partial alphabet, like Russian, and 4, like Mandarin
@poe_collector Very cool to have weird connecting stories. A few weird little strings reaching across the bay toward each other. I don't think I'll learn any Hawaiian when I move back there, but I'll probably try to learn Pidgeon
@poe_collector Oh, yes, for sure, starting as a kid makes it MUCH easier. I tried learning Japanese as an adult, at University of Hawaii at Hilo, but they expect you to become fully fluent within two years with 3 hours a week of classes. I did not do well.