I was tagged by the naughty B to do this desktop meme.
Well the picture above will simply show you, how vain I am.
I have my own article as my wallpaper and I keep reading it over and over! Normally I change my wallpaper weekly but, well I'm just very, very happy right now :)
7 comments:
Naughty B, eh?! :) Haha. I love that your desktop is your published article. There is absolutely nothing wrong with feeling proud about your work! You deserve to be happy and enjoy this accomplishment fully!
I am with breal on this, there is nothing wrong with prominently displaying your achievements right in front of you. But it seems a bit odd. Your profile says you are in Spain, but the article looks like it is written in Lithuanian (but I may be wrong, given that I am basing my conclusion not on knowledge of the language, but rather the shape of the words).
I wish I had a published article :(
Richard, you're right the article was written in Lithuanian. It also was published in Lithuanian newspaper, specialising in ecology etc. I am in Spain, but my writing seems to be published far away from me!
Everyone who really wants to will get published, it takes a lot of time and even more effort, but once you get there! What a joy is that, and it wouldn't happen if it didn't take so much to get it published in the first place...
Ha! You are quick to reply to comments.
As I was scrolling through your blog, I noticed the 04-October-2007 post mentions the article and that it is in Lithuanian (now I feel foolish for not reading more of your blog first before commenting). On the other hand, I am happy to know I recognized the language by its shape.
I must compliment you on your English, it is very good. No doubt, you are multilingual.
B, of course you're naughty! Every time you do a meme I am in the list... Not that I am complaining, I suppose I should have used the term coquine (meaning naughty but cute, if I spelled it correctly!) but well I don't want to make myself look silly by attempting to spell in French!!! I am very happy and I am going to stay this way for some time :)
Richard I am simply a very bad housewife, who spends most of her day in front of the computer! This is probably the first time I managed to reply to a comment so fast!
Yes I am multilingual I mentioned the whole thing in my old post "the language issue" (http://carrasdream.blogspot.com/2006/05/language-issue.html) where I expressed not only my achievements but also my disadvantages. I must admit I am very impressed that you actually knew that such language as Lithuanian existed, as when I tell people where I come from they simply don't know and think I am Russian!
I originally thoguth the article was in Finnish or Norwegian, but closer examination showed it was not. Then I paid attention to the diacritical marks and decided on Lithuanian (of course, I could have thought Latvian, but that did not occur to me at the moment).
I have no idea what Lithuanian sounds like, so I cannot say I would confuse you with a Russian. I am pretty good at recognizing Slavic languages (my ancestry is Polish, though I lost the ability to speak it years ago). Russian is easy to identify, it always sounds like it is badly spoken.
Marrying an English speaker is a good way to learn teh language. Sofia (my wife) learned English from me (we used to communicate in French - she is from Peru). She still has not gotten used to my "acid" humour.
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