and maybe some bags, too
I have stumbled upon an interview with Avital Ronell, the comparative literature & critical theory professor I had at Berkeley in 1990. Or maybe it was 1991. Who knows at this point… These days I remember very little from her class other than she asked difficult questions about self, power, and intoxication that I still think about.
I should transcribe the text. The auto-generated captions miss a lot of non-English references and slurred words. I might add some notes too.
It’s a Monthly Update! I was feeling like I should have been writing something for the last nearly 5 weeks since I left Erbil … but then I came across this:
https://medium.com/@noahhaber/flatten-the-curve-of-armchair-epidemiology-9aa8cf92d652
And now I feel validated.
So, in an attempt to document daily deeds, I realized I could just go through my e-mail and message apps to see what I have been doing for the last 35 days…
First off, I would just like to point out that I am on a 226-day NYT crossword streak, so there’s that accomplishment!
I’ve also learned the ქართული ანბანი with the help of Memrise
https://www.memrise.com/course/16558/georgian-alphabet/
I started Slovenian as well
https://www.memrise.com/course/2059404/slovenian-1/
And I’m on a 7-day streak with Duolingo’s Italian course, where I learn important things, such as:
