I recently canceled my Netflix membership, not because of
anything they did, but because I realized that I wanted to do more with my time
this year.
If you know me or have read this blog for any period of
time, you’ll know that I like to learn stuff about things. That may seem flip,
but it’s true: I enjoy the process of learning, oftentimes regardless of
subject matter.
Take this past weekend for instance. I took a glass blowing
sampler class (http://www.thirddegreeglassfactory.com)
with a friend of mine. I learned that I’m really good at using the torches,
okay at making paper weights* and horrible at cutting glass. And I also learned
that my friends think it’s funny that I took a “glass blowing” class**.
After the class, I drove up to Chicago for a friend’s
birthday. I saw this as the perfect opportunity to learn some Japanese for an
upcoming trip. Using the Pimsleur system, I was soon saying “domo
arigato” with the best of them***. But I also learned that you can only learn
so much of a language at a time before your**** brain turns to mush.
My friends and I also learned that you can, in fact, sleep 8
adult humans in a single one-bedroom apartment*****. It's a lesson everyone should learn once in their life.
*Happy birthday/Merry Christmas/Joyous other event
**I suspect they just wanted to get me to use “blow” in a
sentence
***Other people learning Japanese, duh
****my
*****Chicago hosts: you rock