Wednesday, April 25, 2012

"Kara" among other things

Things are about to get rather busy for me, so I'm not sure if I will update in a timely fashion when I find out about my acceptance/rejection. I have a short paper due Mon, but first I have to visit an art gallery to do it (which is sort of BS, because I'm a believer that field trips should be optional in college as, despite it being free other than transit costs, you do not go as a group). Following that, I have to read two novels by the 10th (shouldn't be too difficult), write a speech by the 3rd and memorize it by the 7th and write a paper on one of the novels by the 10th. On the 12th I have my first exam, the 13th is Mother's Day and despite my having another final the next day (Monday), my employer insisted that I work (it's an important day for restaurants). I shall hope I am able to find enough time to get all my studying done. Final on Mon and then final on Tu, with my last final being Friday (the 18th).

After that, (Saturday the 19th) I head out on surprise over night trip with my boyfriend to celebrate our 5th year together. The date itself isn't until the 27th, but I'm going to Ireland with my dad and brother on that day. The trip will be approximately 10 days long, with our return on the 6th of June. Then, starting the 11th, I have Jury Duty (joy). I was able to differ it, as it would have been this past week originally but I have school that is nonrefundable so I requested to be granted an exception.

On another note entirely, have you seen "Kara"? It's very interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-pF56-ZYkY
I doubt we'll get to this point within a hundred years, but who's to say? As for language, it shouldn't be particularly difficult once we have translating and such down (if you've ever used Google translate, you'll know it has it's flaws). You simply need the signifier (the word) to correlate with the signified (the idea behind the word). For instance, if I say "cat", the signifier is the word "cat" and the signified is the image or idea of a cat that surfaces when the word is said or written.

I don't know what else to say right now, so I'm just going to end it.

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