Elucidating Questions

Got myself a Chinese virtual pet

No English option

So naturally I’m like, yeah, I’m gonna learn the menus, but in Chinese

I already know random characters

And when I read my name

I may as well have thrown a party

Hey y’all, I can still read my name!

Obvious ones I still know

And some I know from Japanese

Forgot to put the microwave on

Stuff like that happens and I worry

But I can still read my name in Chinese right?

And I’m still learning Japanese

And apparently I’m going to conquer these menus

There’s a cute little early November storm blowing through

I am nervous

I don’t want to actually disappear

Can’t even remember to set the microwave

I wonder if this storm has any bite

There have been small rumblings

They’ve come in and out

Tiny micro storms

The trees are swaying

Is this leaf falling weather?

Fall, you have to tell the trees it’s Fall and give them time to turn orange first

You can’t just vague Fall your way through September, have window opening weather in October, and then mid October just

Bam

So many sirens today

The space is insistent today

Everything seems to be about something being there

Meanwhile I’m boredly teaching myself some Chinese

It doesn’t feel like there’s anyone there

No one visual

Object permanence

Tugging at senses

A boom in the distance

Who knows

I wonder what the rain says today?

Who are we crying for?

It’s pouring

October rain

Yeah apparently I’m studying Chinese again

That “how do I say “it’s raining?”” point of language acquisition

Maybe I’ll give Korean another shot too