GEEK spelled in British Sign Language.People ask me all the time why I do what I do - lately, my answer is to carefully shrug my shoulders whilst trying NOT to reinjure my right elbow or smack my right hand against anything - but the answer, if I'm honest, is language, or languages. I did… Continue reading In which my inner language geek speaks…
Tag: interpreting
Impostor Syndrome, la maladie du jour.
What?!?So with my last post, I covered some pretty heavy topics and unpleasant truth, and this time is no different, really. Last time I still had faith in my country and my senators to do the right thing. No, I didn't, that's a lie. Last time I still thought that maybe enough of the people… Continue reading Impostor Syndrome, la maladie du jour.
Houston, Part Two and Three
Hobby Airport, HoustonSo, yeah, Thursday was pretty bad. I stayed in a hotel that might have actually been in the middle of the highway, judging from the volume of the traffic noise. Miraculously, I did not end up smelling like hot dogs (seriously, what building material makes a new building smell like that?) but I… Continue reading Houston, Part Two and Three
Well, howdy, Houston.
Yeah, I know that people don't really say howdy just because this is Texas. But to be honest, my first hours in this part of the Lone Star State have been so very weird that I first thought I'd booked the wrong flight and was actually in Austin, but that weird is a good weird.… Continue reading Well, howdy, Houston.
Things I learn from my job, part 358.2
No image in the post today. In truth, it won't be a long one, but just something I wanted to share. People often wonder how I can interpret certain things that I'm booked to do without losing my mind. In a lot of ways, I do still lose my mind, you just don't see it.I've… Continue reading Things I learn from my job, part 358.2