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So for my Chinese linguistics class I have to give a half hour presentation. One of the first presentations of the semester, actually, I'm like fourth out of the class. The topics we've heard so far were stuff like, "How the Chinese Writing System Was Developed" and "How the Simplified Characters Were Derived." Okay, cool, that's interesting stuff. This presentation thing looks pretty easy, actually!

My assigned topic is: "Culture and the Idealized Cognitive Models of Mandarin Chinese Compounds." Come on, man.

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Have you ever been overwhelmed with the burning desire to see my face and hear my voice, perhaps both simultaneously? Well you need fret no longer, for in my endless narcissism I have made the decision to video blog.

Though you can clearly see the sleep deprivation on me not to mention my vaguely redneck vernacular HONESTLY I THINK THIS IS A FUN IDEA and it'll be neat for the family and old friends that don't get to see me that often. Though hopefully with practice I will actually improve and not trail off so much and otherwise be really fucking boring. WE SHALL SEE MAN, we shall see.

also maybe i'll be able to line up the video and audio next time, maybe