NattyBucho's Journal: First entry

Okay, so I did another entry a while back... but it never really worked out. So I'm calling this the first entry ever, which I suppose would make the last one... maybe... the negative first entry, I suppose. Or zeroeth. It really depends on how you set up your number lines. But I digress... which is something I plan on doing a lot in this journal, just so you know. Digression is my forte, which I learned actually comes from French and is supposed to be pronounced "fort," not "forté." Way to take away all my fun, linguists! ::shakes fist with ferocious anger::

So anyway, hello. I'm Nat, and I like a lot of stuff, but lately I've been finding myself undergoing a lot of change, so I'm adding new things that I like to do all the time, and consequently having a bit of a restructuring in how I spend my time. I've been spending less time recently doing things that I usually do (like studying languages and playing video games), but I don't think I've given these pursuits up at all; au contraire, mon frère. I've just set them aside to get myself together. I have a wonderful girlfriend, Dori, and she's coming in a week... I'm pretty stoked. I've been planning lots and lots of things for us to do together, and I've got many surprises, games, and presents lined up for her here. She's driving down with J.K., my best friend from Lexington, which was I'll admit a bit unforeseen, but he's a good roadtrip partner (as I myself will testify!) and a good friend, and I trust him. Anyway, those are the generalities of what's going on right now- more details, pormenores, and saime to be added later, interwoven in the telling of the tales that I have to tell.

world wide whoop-de-do

[batconnie]

welcome to the world of online journals. where you can post your life to the world. no matter how boring. hee hee...bai!

Re:world wide whoop-de-do

[NattyBucho]

Boring? Dude, wait until I get to the enthralling UIS stories. Hold onto your pants.

forte

[Noah Adler]

From m-w.com:

In

forte we have a word derived from French that in its "strong point" sense has no entirely satisfactory pronunciation. Usage writers have denigrated \'for-"tA\ and \'for-tE\ because they reflect the influence of the Italian-derived 2forte. Their recommended pronunciation \'fort\, however, does not exactly reflect French either: the French would write the word le fort and would rhyme it with English for. So you can take your choice, knowing that someone somewhere will dislike whichever vari