Oath, Boast, Toast 2022

 

Hi guys, please don't be too annoyed with me, but as I've neglected my blog in favour of YouTube this year, I decided to do my oath, boast and toast on YouTube as well. I'm not proud of myself. I hope to find a better written/recorded balance in the New Year.

In brief:

Oath

I'm making two:

1. To complete a creative project this year (either the audiobook of Children of Lir or my Sargon manuscript).

2. To go visit friends in Europe - a long overdue ambition.

*drink*

Boast

I learned to ride a moped! So damn proud of that.

*drink*

Toast

To my friends Harris and Rob who are coming to visit in the New Year!

*drink*

Musical Interlude: IV League Jazz

Hanging out with my friend Pacis and his jazz band
IV League in Kigali. 

Google Translate v. Rwandan Folklore

I just discovered that the Google Translate app can read straight from the page, so I put it to the test on my favourite Kinyarwanda fairy tale, the story of the warrior Maguru and the shapeshifter Insibika.

Disfluency, like.

Oh, phew! Ever since starting YouTube, I've realised I use 'you know' fairly constantly (I get it from my mum). I've also noticed that, when speaking on delicate topics where I'm afraid of offending people, I become much more disfluent than when talking about a technical topic. Nice to know this is normal and a sign of conscientious speech.