Happy dead week.

what i’m up to

I started the Greek Duolingo course this week. While I’m not particularly good at keeping my Duolingo streak, I do like to pick up new courses every once in a while to see what’s up — I mainly focus on learning Mandarin, but I’ve started at least five others just for fun.

I just find it really interesting to check out the beginning of different courses, especially when there’s another alphabet involved — regardless of how much Greek or Korean I ever end up learning in my life, I think there’s something to be said for having a basic understanding of how their alphabets work & how to pronounce things.

I also, as you may have already seen, started slowly rebuilding my website from scratch. And I’m having fun.

reading

I finally got a copy of Emily Wilson’s new translation of The Iliad and have been slowly making my way through her (fantastic, imo) introduction. I also spent Christmas morning reading Bryan Doerries’ translation of Ajax in All That You’ve Seen Here is God, which I loved. I’m excited to read the rest of the plays in this collection.

this is still one of my favorite lines in ajax emily wilson's introduction to the iliad

playing

A year after I originally started playing FFXIV, I’m finally about to finish the Seventh Umbral Era quests. I also recently got an Analogue Pocket (!!!) and have been playing Castlevania: Circle of the Moon & Fire Emblem: the Binding Blade — both for the first time.

my new pink analogue pocket

I picked up Roadwarden from the Steam winter sale and then played it for four hours straight until I had a headache from reading a lot of tiny video game text on my Wteam Deck in the dark without moving. it’s so good.

watching

I saw Napoleon a few weeks ago — I wish it had committed more to being one of the several different movies it was trying to be all at once. To make up for it, I really want to find time to see Maestro & The Boy and the Heron sometime soon.

I haven’t really been watching any new tv shows, but I did decide (after watching this video) that i want to watch Andor. I’ve also been hearing a lot about Doctor Who again lately, which is kind of making me want to get back into it.