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@dragonwench-Sorry, didn't read your post earlier (posted at the same time ). Anyway, I'm doing alright (I feel like going back to sleep though )

Originally posted by dragon wench:
<STRONG>It's contagious.......And instead of even thinking about my paper I'm thinking about the dinner I'm making for a friend this evening. </STRONG>

Didn't you have dinner with DP last night? Maybe you have some leftovers you could serve...?

Originally posted by Darkpoet:
<STRONG>CE I'm sorry for my behavior last night.</STRONG>

Don't be sorry You're very sweet Almost as sweet as Georgi

Anyone here, or do I have to make my own pancankes tonight? (Horrible thought, I'm the worst cook I know, even worse than Gwalchmai, I think.)

And you guessed it, I'm not writing on my papers...a virtual epidaemia.

Heya Miss C .I'm sorry, I don't know how to make pancakes either

Hi Brink We will have to do without pancakes, I'm afraid...

How are you doing? Here, weather is horrible and I should work more, but I prefer to spam

Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>And you guessed it, I'm not writing on my papers...a virtual epidaemia.</STRONG>

I'm not writing my paper either.

But Brink can make some very nutritious drinks that you can practically cut with a knife.

In fact, a few of them will probably grab the knife away from you. I suggest using the edge of a sharp spoon, instead.

Where's @Sleep? For a chief chef, he's always out researching potato recipes. :mumbles:

Hello, Minerva.
Nobody seems to be writing their papers
How are you?

Sadly, the course in Japanese I planned to take this summer, was full. I couldn't imagine it would be so popular. But I'm going in September instead

EDIT: Hello Fable. Looks like we have to starve here tonight. How are you?

[ 07-17-2001: Message edited by: C Elegans ]

Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>Hello, Minerva.
Nobody seems to be writing their papers
How are you?

Sadly, the course in Japanese I planned to take this summer, was full. I couldn't imagine it would be so popular. But I'm going in September instead
</STRONG>

Oh, that is surprising... I'm doing my Italian... well, that's what I supposed to beodoing.

I'm fine, but my eyes are very tired by reading and computing. I shouldn't spend so long in the SYM, really...

@CE, doing fine, and yourself?

Alas, it does look like we'll have to make do with baked spam, spam over toast, and spam in one of Brink's drinks. I'd recommend the last, because they're tasty, but bear in mind that the spam won't necessarily stay there. The last piece I put into a Brink ****tail developed wings and flew outside. I think it's nesting in the sign.

Too bad about the Japanese course. I envy you, though: I've not the time to develop much in the way of additional linguistic skills. I'd like to increase my German and venture onwards to Russian, but my chances are slim...at least for a while.

@Minerva: Is your Italian going well?

I think Japanese culture in general has become more popular in Sweden over the last years. Japanese food, especially sushi, is spreading also to the rural areas, Swedish Television recently showed all Kurosawa's films, there has been several art exhibitions with Japanese artists and architects the last year That's good, Swedes are a very non-cultivated people

I'm sorry to hear about your eyes...have you considered getting a computer with LCD monitor? I changed a couple of years ago, and that did wonders to my eyes

Originally posted by fable:
<STRONG>Too bad about the Japanese course. I envy you, though: I've not the time to develop much in the way of additional linguistic skills. I'd like to increase my German and venture onwards to Russian, but my chances are slim...at least for a while.</STRONG>

Learning languages takes time, at least for me. Reading heavy textbooks I can do in no time, but languages are like maths, you have to practise, you can't just learn the theory.
I also wish I had time to improve my Russian...it was quite good some 6-7 years ago, but last year when I was in Russia for the first time since 1995, I realised it really has deteriorated

Otherwise, I'm fine and I'd like to try a spam drink

My Italian isn't going well. Well, for some reason, when I try to learn something a bit advanced (particularly in grammer), I begin to think in Japanese. I normally think in English, so I don't know why that happens. Mentally, it's very exhausting...

It's nice to hear Swedish people have a chance to see Japanese arts. That is something I really miss.

@CE, true. Unless you keep up with a language, it fades--for the most part. (My wife played me a week ago a short piece of a film she bought, with a bit of Flemish, and asked me what was being said. It was weird, something like "my walking chicken is filled with suger," but she laughed and said that was exactly what the character claimed they were saying later in the story. I hadn't spoken Flemish for twenty years.)

There are a few good tutorial programs that can brush up on noun-oriented vocabulary or grammar, but that's about their limit. And I'm afraid German grammar is pretty nasty. Of course, I've heard some pretty intensive things about the Japanese language, too.

Kurosawa's samurai flicks are enormous fun. Have you ever seen Mizoguchi's films? Or Ozu's?

@Minerva: Thinking in your mother toungue happens to everybody I believe, when your brain has to work a lot A second language, however good one is, is always a little bit more of a cognitive effort.

I understand you miss Japanese art Btw, do you know of any Japanese writers translated to English, that you'd like to recommed? I've always liked Mishima very much, but I'd like to read someone else as well, it's just so difficult to find translations.

@Fable: You know Flemish? That's a language I don't understand a spoken word of.

I love Kurosawa's Seven samurai, Yojimbo (sp? The first film featuring Mifune, what a great actor) and Throne of Blood. I have never seen any of the other directors you mention. Japanase film, like literature, is considered narrow and "intellectual" here, so it's difficult to find.

[ 07-17-2001: Message edited by: C Elegans ]

@CE: The author I can immediately think of is Shusaku Endo. His Silence and The Samurai are great read. They are about the 16-7th century Christianity in Japan, so you will particularly enjoy if you like history. Another author is Yasushi Inoue, and I'm sure his works are translated (I'm not sure which one, because I read his works in Japanese, of course. ). I'll think some more a bit later.

My favourite Kurosawa movies are Kagemusha and Yokimbo.

[ 07-17-2001: Message edited by: Minerva ]

Thank you Minerva I'll do a raid at the Internet bookshops
May I ask what you think of Y Mishima? Since he's the only Japanese writer I've read, I'm curious to hear your views. I've heard some say he's very West-oriented in his way of writing, and therefore easier for Europeans to read.

I haven't seen Kagemusha, what does the title mean?

Yea! I just finished my contribution to the publication! My co-author likes me again!

@Gwalchmai: Many congratulations *HUG*

You make my anxiety levels rise, though.
Luckily, my co-author is on holiday for 2 more weeks

Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>Don't be sorry You're very sweet Almost as sweet as Georgi </STRONG>

Did I hear my name?

Good evening CE, Minerva, Gwally

Congrats Gwally