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Jun. 4th, 2005 09:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cadenzaAfter spending a week trying to make applications from 1995 work on my computer, I'm finally able to take my correspondence course -- Spanish I. And, upon starting up the program... I am incredibly confused. The program lists off a bunch of Spanish phrases... and expects me to magically know what they mean in English, I suppose. I was given a Spanish-English dictionary for the course; maybe I'm expected to look up every single word?
And, it's my birthday! Well, tomorrow is, but June birthdays were celebrated at my grandma's house today. Because Mom has such a huge family, birthday presents generally consist of random dollar bills thrown in a card -- thus, I ended up with $42 today. (A new candidate for the ultimate question: "How many dollars did![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
_cadenza receive for her 16th birthday? 42.") Also received the DVD of the Hitchhiker's Guide TV show, and the Phantom of the Opera book!
And, it's my birthday! Well, tomorrow is, but June birthdays were celebrated at my grandma's house today. Because Mom has such a huge family, birthday presents generally consist of random dollar bills thrown in a card -- thus, I ended up with $42 today. (A new candidate for the ultimate question: "How many dollars did
_cadenza receive for her 16th birthday? 42.") Also received the DVD of the Hitchhiker's Guide TV show, and the Phantom of the Opera book!
