tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post7293736835250401217..comments2023-11-03T22:34:56.656+09:00Comments on I'm no Picasso: Two year anniversary, Geronimo the mouse.I'm no Picassohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516337555349888808noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-36335874306564298822010-10-15T12:54:49.162+09:002010-10-15T12:54:49.162+09:00The Happy Hocky Family. It's probably way too ...The Happy Hocky Family. It's probably way too basic but whatevs. It's a children's book but not meant for children. Or what about Joey Pigza books? Or maybe Hatchet (but I haven't read it).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-851176928522995962010-10-15T10:54:06.318+09:002010-10-15T10:54:06.318+09:00We should be. Hell. Drink some Stellas for me. I m...We should be. Hell. Drink some Stellas for me. I miss Wangalbi and Dalk Galbi night. Sigh. I had some bulgogi here and it was fine and all but man the ambience was shit. I need old men yelling in the corner playing go stop and people eyeballing me like I shouldn't be there.<br /><br />Another year comrade. Another year another donut.MikejGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499618417606590867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-91186143878974676592010-10-15T10:44:54.525+09:002010-10-15T10:44:54.525+09:00I was seriously just thinking how I wished you wer...I was seriously just thinking how I wished you were here for this weekend. It doesn't seem right to celebrate an anniversary without you. We should be in the back corner of the Goose successfully ordering beers without an issue and asking for more popcorn in Korean. Eating at ANY FUCKING RESTAURANT WE WANT.I'm no Picassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516337555349888808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-17582143986754227492010-10-15T10:09:41.595+09:002010-10-15T10:09:41.595+09:00God. Two years? Where does the time go. Wish I was...God. Two years? Where does the time go. Wish I was still there sometimes Lizzo. You know what the year anniversary means, right?<br /><br /><br />Of course you do.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYCzDhaRV60MikejGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499618417606590867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-30221307498696310802010-10-15T08:54:37.983+09:002010-10-15T08:54:37.983+09:00The problem is that the people coming up with &quo...The problem is that the people coming up with "age appropriate" material are often really, really far from whatever "age" is in question themselves. And it's hard to make something age appropriate that's also timely. I bring in comic books all the time, because the students will actually sit there and try to force themselves to puzzle through them, but the language is WAY too full of idioms and figures of speech. <br /><br />A lot of the graphic novels I know of would be perfect, if it weren't for the fact that they weren't written with second language learners specifically in mind, and the language in them is too high level. If someone took those same concepts and simplified the language (which would be a snap), that would do I think. At least for my boys.I'm no Picassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516337555349888808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-26095997342992263212010-10-15T08:48:18.291+09:002010-10-15T08:48:18.291+09:00I agree completely about appropriate level stories...I agree completely about appropriate level stories for second language learners... but what do sixteen year old boys read about anyway? I remember being forced to do some really lame "appropriate age" French lessons about Celine Dion as a teenager. It would be a challenge to come up with something appealing and yet still appropriate to a school setting (ie no boobs, which I'm pretty sure are high on the list for sixteen year old boys everywhere).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com