"Think I'm Just Too White and Nerdy"

Yes, Weird Al Yankovic is amazing. Always has been, probably always will be.


Anyways, to continue my 'syllabus free' dilemma from yesterday.

I decided to count up how many units and individual lessons there were in my Rosetta Stone Japanese Level 1. There are 4 units total, from things like basics to shopping. There are 4 core lessons at about 30 minutes each, then a selection of 5-15 minute lessons on grammar, speaking, reading, etc.

It ends up being 41 lessons in each of the 4 units.

I decided I could handle 10 lessons a week, since the majority are fairly short and would probably only total a few hours a week.

I got super nerdy when I sat down to write a pseudo-syllabus. Picture dates and lessons written up on a Word document. Yes, I'm that kind of nerd.

Anyways, I thought it must be some kind of sign that the schedule I followed will finish on Saturday October 29th, just one short day before my birthday! Coincidence? Maybe, but I figured it was a good end point and dove right in. Now all I have to do is print up my nerdy syllabus (even my husband laughed when he found out what I was doing, then we spent a good chunk of time comparing nerdy tendencies and making fun of each other). Then get crackin' on my Japanese skillz! It's far past time I learned more than the basic "hello" "goodbye" "excuse me" and "thank you".

I'm putting off the literature dilemma for a while longer while I focus on Rosetta Stone. I figured if I piled too much on at once I'd be more likely to dump it all off my plate.

Off to work on my Japanese!