Food and Updates and Thoughts

     Friday I went to a food festival event held in the language floor of the Gruening Building where there were many different foods representing many different places.  I'm sorry I have no pictures of this, but given how very crowded it was, it would have been difficult to take any.  I tried some enchiladas, some ropa vieja, a rice dish, some kind of Italian pasta I've never had before (They were like little dumplings).  I tried a pink ball I thought was a sort of doughnut, but was entirely wrong.  It mostly doughy, and had a brown sort of creamy center.  The Japanese professor told me that it was a dessert, and told me the name of it at a speed that went completely over my head.  While it was a dessert, it wasn't sweet nor rich like I'm used to.  But part of that is because Americans like things a lot more sweet, apparently.  My favorite thing I ate was a half of a German sausage.

     While there I talked to my Spanish professor about my upcoming Foreign Language Minor, and I think she was saying I could just take Spanish for it, though I thought I needed another language.  I still would like to take another (In addition to Spanish and some Native Alaskan Language) but I don't know which.  But I don't want to spread my strengths too needlessly thin.  But studying languages that aren't related helps further your linguistic knowledge and understanding.
     

     Still no snow here, but it's hovering around the forties in the highs, which I've been growing used to.  My classes aren't really hard, but I do have a few tests coming up.

     Do you know about [ɸ] or [β]?  If you make the /f/ sound, but use your lips instead of lower lip and teeth, you make [ɸ] instead of [f], the same goes for [β] and [v].  Spanish uses this in [diβino], which means divine.  I'm trying to train myself to use [ɸ] and [β] in my regular speech because I like those sounds, but it's a tough change considering I'm tying to lose something I'm ingrained with.

     I made a resume, and am trying to get work.  I should be able to get at the least a revolving door desk job, which though paying little (like $8.50, better jobs can pay $14.00 upwards per hour), will still help my tuition.