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Apr. 9th, 2007 11:05 amI'm enjoying this blogging thing a lot more than I expected. I've never been one for keeping a diary but it's nice to have a place just to share thoughts and happenings. Like, today at lunch G., T. and I were talking about the weekend in Welsh (G. learned it in school, I learned it at home, and T. is slowly picking it up from talking to us--she's very good at languages, grew up bilingual). Very simple conversation like Beth naethoch achos Pasg? (What did you do for Easter?) and Fel was 'ch benwythnos? (How was your weekend?), but I really enjoyed it.
It's nothing exciting, hardly worth blogging about, I suppose, but still it was a good thing. We often eat lunch together and spend the hour chatting and telling stories, though not in Welsh generally as neither O. nor the Captain speak it (though the Captain likes listening to it--O. just mutters about our strange little language and makes a big show of ignoring us.)
(I am reminded of a folktale the Basques have--the Devil lived in Basque country for a hundred years and when the people finally forced him out he'd only learned the words for Yes and No. Basque is, by all accounts, a difficult language to learn--Welsh is close. We have half-a-dozen ways just to say yes.)
The answer to Beth naethoch achos Pasg?, for those interested, is that I did in fact go to church. The choir sang "Bread of Heaven" and the Passion story was told. All very normal for the day.
I admit at times I wonder why I continue attending church, considering what I know about the universe and all it contains; but there's always a necessity for believing in something greater than yourself, don't you think? There's something comforting in believing there's greater forces at work--unless, for whatever reason, you believe that greater force is not benign. (Certainly a thought that's crossed my mind, given all that's happened in the last year.) Not a subject I'm going to bring up with the vicar at any point, though.
On a lighter note, I have found a few more blogging pastimes over the weekend and intend to incorporate them as the week goes by. For instance:
Make a mini-playlist for Spring. Five songs about Spring, that sound like Spring to you, make you think of Spring, or are good to listen to in Spring. I'll post that after I've had a think on it. (Source.)
[ooc: not plotty or anything. I just like posting in Ianto's voice :D.]
It's nothing exciting, hardly worth blogging about, I suppose, but still it was a good thing. We often eat lunch together and spend the hour chatting and telling stories, though not in Welsh generally as neither O. nor the Captain speak it (though the Captain likes listening to it--O. just mutters about our strange little language and makes a big show of ignoring us.)
(I am reminded of a folktale the Basques have--the Devil lived in Basque country for a hundred years and when the people finally forced him out he'd only learned the words for Yes and No. Basque is, by all accounts, a difficult language to learn--Welsh is close. We have half-a-dozen ways just to say yes.)
The answer to Beth naethoch achos Pasg?, for those interested, is that I did in fact go to church. The choir sang "Bread of Heaven" and the Passion story was told. All very normal for the day.
I admit at times I wonder why I continue attending church, considering what I know about the universe and all it contains; but there's always a necessity for believing in something greater than yourself, don't you think? There's something comforting in believing there's greater forces at work--unless, for whatever reason, you believe that greater force is not benign. (Certainly a thought that's crossed my mind, given all that's happened in the last year.) Not a subject I'm going to bring up with the vicar at any point, though.
On a lighter note, I have found a few more blogging pastimes over the weekend and intend to incorporate them as the week goes by. For instance:
Make a mini-playlist for Spring. Five songs about Spring, that sound like Spring to you, make you think of Spring, or are good to listen to in Spring. I'll post that after I've had a think on it. (Source.)
[ooc: not plotty or anything. I just like posting in Ianto's voice :D.]
