The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Humidity and connection issues!

Knife Sharpener actually sings!

Compound clarified with pesticide!

New month! Civic holiday in Canada, Dauphin's CNUF and Folklorama kick off this week. Looks like it's in full swing, I've never seen another city put on a show for each culture in the city. Food, traditional clothing and dance, items for sale from that country. I don't think I ever went to the Chinese one. Greek and Ukrainian (Lviv) pavilions were always huge, same with Italy. If you have the chance, go.

Learning country names! Usually intuitive IF you know how Chinese would represent the sound.

Continuing on with the live streams.

Worked Saturday so not much free time.

Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com

A weekly wrap up of the topics discussed on this week's podcasts! July 25 to 29 2022.

End of month! Humidity hits!

Tough waking up today, is skipping destroying me? Or was it the Nordic curls I tried yesterday? I feel those today! Haven't felt a strained muscle in a very long time!

Quarter Murph done and another two miles and slow mo workout in the aft.

Gold bounces! Crypto charges!

If you're not publishing, do you exist? What do you think?

August Animation?

With work hitting full time now, how to make time for anything else?

Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com

Have a.good weekend!

HUGE shout out to the coders n programmers that have created such cool tech! Trying to livestream from my.phone while using the recorder app AND overlaying show notes from another APP! Simply neat and impressice! More SLV vids up: walking and eatinf chocolate. Can't live stream from my phone cause I don't have enough subscribers on Youtube just yet. So go subscribe! :D

August animation... have been thinking about this. I guess I want to hear if I still have an apartment before committing to this month-long project. I bought a bunch of plasticine and thought it would be fun to play around with.

Began assembling Episode 31 of the podcast. Wanted to have it released but then all of a sudden got drafted into work sooo had to re-arrange things. Behind the scenes walkthrough?

Bike ride today morning, then mobility, a run and a skip in the aft.

Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com. Have a good one!

Right... livestreaming can have connectivity issues.

Sprints... still... eeech, BUT, I've noticed that doing sprints of skipping has been cutting down on fat. Like, noticeably!

There's something beautiful about hearing the rain... but can you sleep with it always there?

HSK flashcards continue...

SLV videos continue and an idea for a TikTok channel!

Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com!

Happy humping day!

Flash card HSK - slowly going through the several decks I have have: physical, Ankidroid x3, and Memrise.

New vids up on SLV, tongue twisters! Are they actually useful for teaching ESL?

SpaceLab, ever been? Neat but food is only 还可以.

A report from Slovenia and... Georgia!

Live streaming... did I just eliminate my evenings out?! Is there another way I could do this to give me some flexibility?

Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com

Have a good Tuesday!

Trying to broadcast while recording, thinking of setting up a new channel on YouTube

Downloaded THREE DECKS of flashcards on Anki PLUS Memrise, we're hitting those characters hard!

Thinking... if I don't get an apartment renewal contract, I may be forced to move which would mean... uni job? Are they still available?

Been posting a few English vids on my language vlog, some tips on learning languages. It seems like it's a good idea. How to do Chengyu?

Curious, what would you want to hear on this daily digest of a podcast or something similar? Is there anything missing?

Ten wondering thoughts:

1. Mandatory exercise would mean you have to dance with your boss. Mandatory exercise means that if you are the boss you have to lead the dance.

2. I think I need a day off. Why? I don't feel well. What's wrong? I'm sick of work. :D

3. Whatever you're doing right now, can you imagine doing it in 15 years' time? :O That's something to think about!

4. What species do you think they will first use for an authentic-look, real-world view camera in a smartphone? Would it be fish eyes or something else?

5. One thing I've found that has helped me get excited for the next day: buy good coffee.

6. If were overheard by your boss complaining about your job and management, etc., and then he she they walked up to you and said the job is yours, do you think you could do it?

7. Most populous cities have had generations of people walk over their land. Do you think your footsteps are historical?

8. What technology do we take for granted today will be obsolete in a hundred years? I kinda think bluetooth (yes, like bluetooth mice n headsets)

9. Bamboo sheets? Why aren't they more common?

10. If you could do a TV show of your life, would you? What would it be like?

Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com

Have a good start of week!

Rain! Unexpected but that will cool things down. Another bike ride this morning, 10 miles / 16 kms, plus a one mile run after. Afternoon workout was a run and kbells... then I ripped a callous off. Ow.

DRUGS!

Shrooms, pot, kava etc., do we need them? What about alcohol or caffeine or tobacco?

What about music? Why do so many musicians partake in these substances? Indigenous cultures around the world have used these things... why are they not more mainstream?

Watching this Netflix doc called 'How to Change Your Mind' with Michael Pollan

-he talked about going off of coffee for three months on Joe Rogan's show some time back.

DONE first book for HSK 5, I can't help but feel rather sleepy when reading these texts! Looked into radicals

Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com!

Have a good weekend!

That generator is still on!

Gold looks good! Is it a replacement for cash? Zhengzhou bank runs and red QR Codes! What about crypto?!

Episode 31 in the books! Recorded and now onto editing.

GoPro battery swollen and stuck... required some finaggling with a knife but got it out. Battery still works but it's a pain to get it out and I wonder if it's safe.

Noodle place gone! Shut down as of yesterday. Their breakfast was alright but it was the fact that it was always open that was good. It was one of those places that serves delivery people and other passersby, not typically foreigners. It was the last hold out of that stretch of buildings and now it is gone!

Aaannd... Ancient Greek Civilization for English Learners! Show notes tracks n vids up on stevensirski.com

Have a good one!

Another going away party! And a few words from someone who has been in the country for over nine years.

What do you want to accomplish in that country? Why do you want to go? When do you know that it is time to leave?

Would you swim in Liangma River?

HSK prep continues, eech buuut... I'm the only one left in the country from my former Chinese class! The others have left!

Podcast episodes in the works!

Two a days: some slow n steady days. Lift heavy, but slow, instead of blitzkrieging through a hundred kbell swings

Show notes tracks n vidz up on the site stevensirski.com