Thus far, I've categorized these blog posts as "news"—initially I was doing more talk about politics this and that and stuff going on in the (USA/national) news. Then, this blog has turned to more narration and reflection mixed in with notes on stuff I've been trying and learning. This blog has thus become a kind of diary/log (as the title suggests) of my experience since around half a year ago when "the normal routine" was shut down across the world, probably beginning somewhere around Wuhan China. 1
I haven't written for some time—I don't want to write to just contribute some noise to the world. As evidenced by the fact that I'm not using Medium2 or some other more easily "social" blog/article writing place you can see that the aim of this blog isn't to be popular.
What I hope this blog to be is edifying. For me, it is a useful tool to gather and present my thoughts on the things that are going on around me and keep me accountable for the choices I make to write my life story. So, this blog is a kind of system of accountability for me. Am I causing needless trouble? Engaging in idle or vain talk? The goal is that the answer to these questions is "no!"
I encourage you to stop reading this and do what you need to do if you aren't finding the words written here useful to you. My goal is to not waste your time but to help you use it better, sharing my experiences so you can avoid mistakes I've made.
Grammar, Memory, Work
I've been starting to do in-depth study of a few European languages. Firstly, I'm studying Russian now, which involves learning a lot of new grammar (e.g. memorizing noun declensions) and unfamiliar vocabulary. I've learned the basic pronunciation of (modern) Greek to be able to say and remember Greek words as I encounter them and I've started to learn Latin as a way to understand the language arts more broadly. 3
I think that language study broadly fits under the category of "wholesome activities"—activities that are good (or at least not harmful) to the soul. So while not working on something I have to take care of (e.g. day job to make enough money to live off of, logistics), I'm trying to make good use of my time.
My Language and Linguistics website continues to be slowly built up.