first i read the title as “trying the learning thing” and then i realized that i was WRONG and you were trying the leaning thing. and i said to myself, “tower?” and then actually i wasn’t wrong in the first place.
hang on a sec… didn’t they teach me simplified and traditional characters in college? or was it just to be able to read/write simplified and recognize the more common transformations between simplified and traditional? man, i was drunk those years.
Learning. Learning. Yes, that was what I meant to say.
This isn’t related to this derby, but can anyone recommend a hipster bar in Brooklyn? I’m visiting NYC in a few days, and I want to compare & contrast New York hipsters to my San Francisco hipsters.
By the way, I apologize for using the term “hipster“.
Union Pool, Bushwick Country Club, Pencil Factory, Barcade…
What Brandon said – though I found the Pencil Factory to lean a bit yuppie.
Thanks guys! Maybe Pencil Factory is the most hipster of all, since the slow hipster-yuppie progression is on display there.
is it one of those cheng and tsui books? that have the fantastic graphics that must have been done the night before it went to press?
my favorite part of learning chinese in college is there is always someone who sounds like they are restarting puberty when they attempt tones. and it never stops.
It seems to be a different book with bad drawings in it.
Haha, amazing. Our Chinese books cost a hundred bucks, but we’re using them from 101, 102, and 201, so it’s ALMOST okay. We’re using a book by four others, Wu, Yu, Zhang, and Tian, and it’s not bad, but yeah. I hate Simplified Characters, so I’m studying traditional indepently. I’m also planning on going to Taiwan since they still use traditional there. Huzzah! Also Hong Kong and Macau still do too.
wait… ok, i get it. mr chen’s family is from taiwan so they didnt want him to get the shaft when learning chinese in college. ah…
1. I checked out those bars (except Pencil Factory) and they were indeed hipster. My friend and I were pointing out all the ironic mustaches, and everything else found on Hipster Bingo.
2. I met a hipster in the Flatiron District who had just watched the Hipster Olympics video that morning. We both loved it, of course, and had a good laugh.
3. The biggest difference between NYC and SF hipsters seems to be that NYC hipsters are less bicycle-oriented (fixie bikes, messenger bags, etc.)
4. NYC is awesome, and Dorothy better have a darn good reason for leaving!
The difference between NYC and Montreal hipsters is showering.
first i read the title as “trying the learning thing” and then i realized that i was WRONG and you were trying the leaning thing. and i said to myself, “tower?” and then actually i wasn’t wrong in the first place.
hang on a sec… didn’t they teach me simplified and traditional characters in college? or was it just to be able to read/write simplified and recognize the more common transformations between simplified and traditional? man, i was drunk those years.
Learning. Learning. Yes, that was what I meant to say.
This isn’t related to this derby, but can anyone recommend a hipster bar in Brooklyn? I’m visiting NYC in a few days, and I want to compare & contrast New York hipsters to my San Francisco hipsters.
By the way, I apologize for using the term “hipster“.
Union Pool, Bushwick Country Club, Pencil Factory, Barcade…
What Brandon said – though I found the Pencil Factory to lean a bit yuppie.
Thanks guys! Maybe Pencil Factory is the most hipster of all, since the slow hipster-yuppie progression is on display there.
is it one of those cheng and tsui books? that have the fantastic graphics that must have been done the night before it went to press?
my favorite part of learning chinese in college is there is always someone who sounds like they are restarting puberty when they attempt tones. and it never stops.
It seems to be a different book with bad drawings in it.
Haha, amazing. Our Chinese books cost a hundred bucks, but we’re using them from 101, 102, and 201, so it’s ALMOST okay. We’re using a book by four others, Wu, Yu, Zhang, and Tian, and it’s not bad, but yeah. I hate Simplified Characters, so I’m studying traditional indepently. I’m also planning on going to Taiwan since they still use traditional there. Huzzah! Also Hong Kong and Macau still do too.
wait… ok, i get it. mr chen’s family is from taiwan so they didnt want him to get the shaft when learning chinese in college. ah…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAO4EVMlpwM
1. I checked out those bars (except Pencil Factory) and they were indeed hipster. My friend and I were pointing out all the ironic mustaches, and everything else found on Hipster Bingo.
2. I met a hipster in the Flatiron District who had just watched the Hipster Olympics video that morning. We both loved it, of course, and had a good laugh.
3. The biggest difference between NYC and SF hipsters seems to be that NYC hipsters are less bicycle-oriented (fixie bikes, messenger bags, etc.)
4. NYC is awesome, and Dorothy better have a darn good reason for leaving!
The difference between NYC and Montreal hipsters is showering.