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Title: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: drozmight on January 05, 2009, 08:03:36 AM: Winter Quarter begins today, which means I have to start waking up at a set time everyday not just Friday (work day). It's for the better though... sitting around like this makes me so lazy. In fact I haven't left the house in three days. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO THOUGH!

I'm going to be taking German. Hopefully soon I can just get on Counter-Strike, join some German servers and yell at people.

WHO ELSE!
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 05, 2009, 08:06:13 AM: school isn't the daily grind

bullshit thread
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: drozmight on January 05, 2009, 08:09:46 AM: Yeah it is.

I'm there 8 hours a day aint I!
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: littlemathletics on January 05, 2009, 08:15:18 AM: School's nothing like working for 8 hours.
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: drozmight on January 05, 2009, 08:20:35 AM: Eh, I've done both--granted my job doesn't require anything physically--and being that I want to 4.0 all my classes, I do just as much work as I would working at the job.

Research in library, reading, writing, studying and other boring shit.

The german class might make things easier than previous quarters, it's just a 100 level class, while my others are 300, and one 400.
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: drozmight on January 05, 2009, 08:41:58 AM: WTF did you guys do at Uni that made it like a vacation? I just do work--granted I find it pretty interesting work. I find the work at my job interesting too though.

I worked 40 hour weeks for 3 years prior to getting back into Uni... and I can honestly say it consumes just as much of my time (I had a construction job for a while that was killer though)... and I still work one day a week presently (and weekends assuming there is work that weekend).
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Brehvolution on January 05, 2009, 08:48:39 AM: I'm back to work after having the last week off. It's good to be back.
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Bocsius on January 05, 2009, 09:10:38 AM: Zero Hero finally gets the thread back to the daily grind.

I'm also back to work for the first time since 12/23.
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 05, 2009, 09:14:22 AM: at work

kill me plz
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Tauntaun on January 05, 2009, 09:25:06 AM: Quote from: CajoleJuice on January 05, 2009, 09:14:22 AM
at work

kill me plz

Can I kill you....with cock? :-*

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Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Bocsius on January 05, 2009, 09:38:23 AM: Long day just got longer. :(

My headphones are missing. No music to get me through the day.
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: ToxicAdam on January 05, 2009, 09:43:41 AM: Quote from: Bocsius on January 05, 2009, 09:10:38 AM
Zero Hero finally gets the thread back to the daily grind.

I'm also back to work for the first time since 12/23.

Yeah, I'm actually back for the first time since 11/15. 2G2D is on hold .. for now.
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Bocsius on January 05, 2009, 09:53:07 AM: TA wins the thread.
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Eric P on January 05, 2009, 09:58:54 AM: i have to work for the next five days?

that's total bullshit!
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: cloudwalking on January 05, 2009, 10:00:53 AM: Quote from: drozmight on January 05, 2009, 08:20:35 AM
The german class might make things easier than previous quarters, it's just a 100 level class, while my others are 300, and one 400.

don't fool yourself into thinking that german is easy, though. it's hard! and you will hate a lot of things about it. the grammar is totally fucked up. :'(

the bonus is that once you get a really good hang of it, you can use it to scare people.
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 05, 2009, 10:09:21 AM: I came down with a terrible head cold last evening, so I'm home today.

This sucks.
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: cloudwalking on January 05, 2009, 11:05:16 AM: Quote from: Kosma on January 05, 2009, 10:04:13 AM
Deutsch ist ganz einfach wann sie Niederlandisch sein.

Isn't the German they speak in Sweichz all crazy and messed up though? High German or something.

high german or "hochdeutsch" is standard german. swiss german is a group of alemannic dialects. germans can't understand swiss german, but swiss people can understand german (hochdeutsch).

yeah it's nothing like standard german, a lot of words are completely different and the ones that are similar are pronounced way differently. it also sounds a lot nicer than german, imo.

i always liked this description of the way swiss german sounds:

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It’s a language that implies movement. Simply put, its sounds are very up and down. Descriptively put, some parts of their words create sounds like that of a smallish round stone plopping into the river; of sand shaken within a container to slosh against and fall back from its walls. Of an object pushing into and then bounding off of a material that’s slightly elastic but still innately taut; and of a spring being twisted closer and closer around into itself.

it is a much more melodic and almost twangy sounding language than standard german, which leans much more on the monotone side.

here's a good example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeEW5ixxgYk

i still like the way german sounds because i think it's a very clean, structured-sounding language, which i like. but something about swiss german is just more charming :)

oh and you have a few mistakes in your sentence there... :P
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 05, 2009, 11:52:05 AM: First class is in an hour. Heading out to get a haircut first
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: cloudwalking on January 05, 2009, 01:20:57 PM: jarosh is better at german than most germans are :bow :swiss :hump :bow2
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Bocsius on January 05, 2009, 01:25:46 PM: Quote from: Bocsius on January 05, 2009, 09:38:23 AM
Long day just got longer. :(

My headphones are missing. No music to get me through the day.

I got back from lunch to find my headphones sitting on top of my desk in front of my monitor. Now I don't know if they've been in somebody else's ears. :(

Oh well, so much for those. The official record on them is still going to show MIA.
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Tauntaun on January 05, 2009, 01:45:19 PM: Quote from: jarosh on January 05, 2009, 01:30:14 PM
Quote from: Kosma on January 05, 2009, 01:23:18 PM
My favourite German sentence: Das schmeckt nach Urlaub.

What do you guys do in Schweiz anyways?
...live... here ???

*YAWN* Dude you're supposed to tell him about your adventures popping boners and cutting the heads off of pirates! :ninja
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: cloudwalking on January 05, 2009, 02:05:39 PM: Quote from: Kosma on January 05, 2009, 01:48:55 PM
Quote from: jarosh on January 05, 2009, 01:30:14 PM
...live... here ???

Didnt know you were Swiss , just thought you moved there for a reason.

i'm the one who pretends to be swiss, jarosh is the real thing
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 05, 2009, 02:47:27 PM: first class (advanced accounting) wasn't bad. The teacher actually let us discuss the current financial crisis instead of simply reading off a bunch of boring slides. I only have one class on Mondays :bow
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Flannel Boy on January 05, 2009, 02:48:56 PM: Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 05, 2009, 02:47:27 PM
first class (advanced accounting) wasn't bad. The teacher actually let us discuss the current financial crisis instead of simply reading off a bunch of boring slides. I only have one class on Mondays :bow

I have no classes on Mondays.
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 05, 2009, 02:57:47 PM: I tried to pull that off but couldn't get it to work

monday: 1 class
tuesday: 3 classes (including one that starts at 6pm)
wed: 1 class
thursday: 2 classes

(the 6pm class meets once a week)

I like night classes. The people in the class are usually more serious which is always a plus
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: drew on January 05, 2009, 03:12:31 PM: school is worse than work
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: drew on January 05, 2009, 03:16:11 PM: well, of course it isnt for someone working in videogame coding hell
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: T234 on January 05, 2009, 03:18:11 PM: Quote from: Drewsy on January 05, 2009, 03:12:31 PM
school is worse than work

Fuck no, you don't work at Wal-Mart. :maf
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Flannel Boy on January 05, 2009, 03:22:25 PM: It depends on whether you enjoy what you're studying.

:gloomy LAW :gloomy
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 05, 2009, 03:52:03 PM: law is awesome
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 05, 2009, 03:52:33 PM: malek is just miserable

as am i
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Flannel Boy on January 05, 2009, 04:01:17 PM: Fine! Let me rephrase that. It depends on whether you're a sourpuss who doesn't enjoy anything in life.

:gloomy ME :gloomy
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: FatalT on January 05, 2009, 04:03:18 PM: My classes start next Monday. I've got 4 management classes and 1 fiction writing class, all 300 level. It should be pretty entertaining.
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: drozmight on January 05, 2009, 05:39:25 PM: Quote from: cloudwalking on January 05, 2009, 10:00:53 AM
Quote from: drozmight on January 05, 2009, 08:20:35 AM
The german class might make things easier than previous quarters, it's just a 100 level class, while my others are 300, and one 400.

don't fool yourself into thinking that german is easy, though. it's hard! and you will hate a lot of things about it. the grammar is totally fucked up. :'(

the bonus is that once you get a really good hang of it, you can use it to scare people.

Yeah holy shit. We spent the hour today introducing ourselves and telling each other commands like "sit down" and "shut the fuck up"--which I feel I was appalling at. Plus she touched on the informal/formal thing, and asked us to spell our name with German syllables. It was all harder than I thought.

HS Spanish seems like it will have been easier.
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Madrun Badrun on January 05, 2009, 05:54:30 PM: I knew Germans were always saying fuck in their imperatives!
Title: Re: Back to the daily grind!
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on January 05, 2009, 07:20:26 PM: Today was the 1st day of my job and I worked 10 1/2 hours :gloomy

Tomorrow looks to be more of the same.