2nd week of Hungarian and taken another mawling. Been doing Welsh less but already speak in 5 tenses. Meanwhile Hungarian. The 6 sentences below all have the same words; all make sense but each inflect different meanings. And you keep track by the end of each word (hence the colours)

Cats. I’m just saying…

The way home I guess there be more of this aesthetic now Summer is over

TBH, felt lazy as f*ck today. Was meant to go for a ride to make up for the family coming to visit yesterday. Spent all day under the duvet instead. Cdnt be arsed. Massive dent in my numbers as a consequence. We’re all on a different journey but that’s a decent day’s ride for me, on a normal weekend

Well, did my Hungarian homework. Had to write 10 sentences about what I get up to that include places and adjectives. I was going to do a bit more reading but my head is fried

The signs are there…

Green counsellor posting on FB Caversham Gossip riling up the local Fash. F*ck it’s grim.

Off down the local

Cd you imagine? 😳

‘This dog has to go to an active family’. I had to call the wife to come pick him up in the car. FFS. If I hadn’t got him off a charity I’d be giving him back…

Swapped tyres for shoes today. Mom and sister came down. Did a little walk I’d wanted to show them from Henley to Reading

Working towards the end watching the whole of Star Trek TOS+TNG with the kids. Watched First Contact Mmmmm, Borg Queen….

Taken a while for my head to catch on but here we are. One if my favoured routes on my commute south of the river, near Vastern Rd. Lights at this shared crossing will change in a few secs irrespective of traffic or if they have already recently been used, unlike the junction a bit further up

Whadya think? 🚴‍♀️💨

My rides from inside my head. Happy Friday folks; the weekend approaches!!

Left Jujitsu early. F*ck me are ppl grinding my balls at the moment

Transpontine day today, on the commute. Strangely peckish for me, this morning; so Breakfast of Champions (Don’t come at me; they didn’t have Bombay Bad Boy in the shop)

Self-defence

The year and sky is in its decadence. Sultry cycle home with Mazzy Star, in time for Welsh. Duolingo was good enough to get to Level 2 (& was a good way in) but I wish I’d found these online courses earlier; my improvement has been exponential over the last 4 weeks…

…Turns out I was in a breakout room with him next; spent half the session establishing the rules of the engagement rather than talking in actual Welsh!!!

Break-time. Some old boomer who is also left his mic on is listening to old Thatcher speeches in the interval 😳

Well, I’ve checked with the Met Office, and it’s Wednesday New starter at work’s taken over my Tuesday gig, which means I’m trending to only one potter over the hills & woodlands to Henley a week ATM. Guess on balance it’s a good thing; but it’s dropping me an average of 10 km/wk to my final score

The tutor emailed this afternoon asking if I wanted to go up a level, to Upper Intermediate. It’s very flattering, but while I have the confidence to bosh thru’, the purpose is to get more fluid with the grammar. Already feel I’ve got a bit of polishing to do with some of the stuff I’ve jumped over

Yesterday, was beaten around the head by Hungarian. Today I am going to be beaten around the head by a Hungarian. Off to the Jujitsu with the wife…

I say this as an intermittent vegetarian and definitely not a vegan; whenever I meet a non-vegan, they moan that vegans are trying to shove down their throat. Turns out, like all prejudice, it’s a you problem…

First Hungarian lesson. Head fried. Post-match analysis: trying to wrap my head around the rules for location post-positions. Even my wife has had to hit Google/Hungarian Reddit, as she’s confused herself about her own language. How long my ChatGPT query is for just one concept/sentence component

Live footage

Mae fy mhlant yn nofio. Felly, dw i’n gwneud fy gwaith cartref

Britain is looking at the fascist landslide of a party led by a MAGA & Murdoch-aligned grifter, represented by 400 new, barely vetted nativist MPs, selected for their adherence to reactionary causes. Voters will "give them a go" because the Tory/Labour Monoparty has failed them for almost 50 years

Made the kids pizza. I had artichoke hearts

Struggled for vim and inspiration today. Sloped round the usual spaces; did the bare minimum

If you see this, post something monochromatic (DO IT NOW

Lot of debris on the roads. Apparently there has been weather

“This is the strangest life I’ve ever known”

The Chilterns. Area of Natural Beauty

Well, well, well

Is it a bad time to mention I shall be riding without the aid of Strava or Garmin, today? 😉

“I am the Law”

Jujitsu night. Enjoyed it tonight. I managed to remember every move; not pretty but it’s there. I love the elegance of some of the moves. They will f*ck you up with just a slight declination of the wrist. Super powerful

Perennial tweet

… He didn’t address my specific question about giving my details to third-party providers as a means of proving my identity and the question of my identity security

TBH, I didn’t expect anything byd a stock government answer; he has his career. But the response from my MP to questions about flaws in the Online Safety Act, especially for my folk in Reading

TBH, I didn’t expect anything byd a stock government answer; he has his career. But the response from my MP to questions about flaws in the Online Safety Act, especially for my folk in Reading

Do you reckon he’s won them over?

Hope I don’t have to join a WhatsApp group like the Welsh course. Managed to avoid that since just before the Covid outbreak. Does my swede in…

Hungarian books purchased (not cheap - but I figure it’ll be worth it); and in the process of being brought over by one of the local Magyar network (as I might have to sell a child to get them shipped formally)

Sun is mocking weekend me and the mountains seem far away now. Fully in the grind. May see if I can squeak a long weekend before Christmas

Putin shill says what?

Had my interview assessment with UCL to check if I’m ok to go in at intermediate level Hungarian. It appears I am now enrolled in 2 language courses. Project EU Citizenship, phase 1 completed.