Yep. It's Independence Day in Poland. The shops are closed, it's snowing like mad and unfortunately it's Sunday, which means that we won't have an additional holiday this year... pfft.

I'm having a language oriented day. First there was a half hour session with L'Assimil (a French self-study course), then another session with French vocabulary, then hiragana practice, and now I'm about to start some exercise for the English past tenses. And then... we'll see :P Although I don't plan on starting any new languages today... xD

So I started uni and it's all right, I guess... Only I can't get used to getting up so early (6:30, which normally isn't quite that early, but for me, who, for the last six years usually got up at about 7 it's really early xD) and going to sleep before midnight xD The English part of the course is okay (English seems to be at something between FCE/CAE level, which means that I don't have to worry too much....), well, apart from history of Britain and British Literature, which are taught by a weird woman who can't give an interesting lecture to save her life.  The French part, on the other hand, is really scary xD We had conversations on Monday and the woman came in, started speaking and continued to do so regardless of the fact that we hardly understood a thing xD But I'm optimistic :)

To continue where I left last time I wrote... I went to the wedding, was cordial and polite, then my mother came, behaved like an utter idiot and then had the gale to blame me for not sticking up for her and saying that she had behaved abysmally... We're okay now, but those were really unpleasant moments...

Apart from that my life's going okay. Not great, no, but all right. I finally managed to read a part from the book about languages I borrowed from the library about two months ago... And read a part from another book, which I'd had for two years now xD And I bought a jacket that is bright tourqoise! xD The brightest item in my wardrobe apart from a sunny yellow top... the rest is in black and khaki (or olive green) xD So it's a real change and it also means that I've got virtually nothing to wear it with xD

Sadly, university life has depraved me of my inspiration... I have neglected my ficcies and my major novel works (both HEDATARI and The Mieroszewski Palace.... Although I think HEDATARI needs some time to gain some more depth to the story and the characters... I'd like it to have the same feel as the Mieroszewski Palace when I write it... like writing down things that had been long in the brewing, and not thinking them up off the top of my head).

And last, but not least... I've developed another unhealthy interest in a Japanese male idol xD This time it's Yamapi (much better than Oguri Shun, I think xD) and at the end of September I was on constant Yamapi high - I watched Nobuta wo Produce, Kurosagi, Proposal Daisakusen and the available episodes of Sore wa, Totsuzen, Arashi no you ni almost in one sitting xD Since then I managed to get my hands on raw version of episodes eight and nine and though I hardly understand a thing, I'm impatiently waiting for episode ten (the last one) to download...  This drama is kind of weird... normally  I'd say it's pretty boring, but both the leading actress (who is a thirty-something) and Yamapi have wonderful roles... And the romantic story is really great :D Can't wait to see the end.

I would like to get a job as a translator, but I don't think I'm up to it yet. Although I've got a reasonably good grasp of English and my vocabulary is quite good, I don't really know the exact meaning of half the words in Polish. I mean, I understand them perfectly and can use them in the right context, but when it comes to translating it word for word, I'm stuck. Besides, there's also the matter of all of those idioms and British or American references I know absolutely nothing about. Is it even possible to become a translator without an extensive knowledge of the country from which language you are translating? I guess not.

I AM starting somewhat of a translating course in two weeks, but it'll be a long time before I learn it all... But oh well, patience, they say, is a virtue. XD

I'm currently re-writing the beginning of my fictional story, Hedatari... but, unfortunately, in Polish. If I ever finish it, I'd like to try to have it published, so I guess there's no other alternative. IF I ever finish it, that is xD

On a more down to earth note - only five days at work left - now I'm giving out leaflets in front of the Economical Academy in Katowice (means many handsome students xD ... but also as many stuck-up bitches who can't even say 'no, thank you' and look at me as if I'm a bug to be squashed.... or ignore me altogether -.-). And then.... then... I'm starting university! Whoa xD Big step for me, yeah xD