I actually forgot to give this post a title
Sun Jul 10, 2005 13:04 (UTC -5)Most of Hurricane Dennis has passed by. For some reason, conditions seemed to be the worst last night and the night before, but not during the day. We didn’t lose our power — except for about a minute this morning — and so, we’ve survived this indirect hit.
Speaking of which, I’m surprised at how much Esperanto I can comprehend. I’d estimate I have about 50-90% comprehension, depending on the text, thanks to the sensible grammar and familiar (mostly Latin and Germanic) vocabulary. For example, I could read this news item on the Esperanto portal-community Ĝangalo without much use of a dictionary.
Uragano Deniso draŝas karibajn insulojn, survoje al Usono
La haitia registaro konfirmis la morton de kvin personoj, post la trapaso de la uragano Deniso, sed atestantoj asertas, ke dekoj pereis ĉe la disfalo de ponto pro la ŝtormo. En Kubo, la ventoj rapida je 200 km/h provokis la morton de almenaŭ dudeko da homoj kaj detruis plurajn domojn.
Translation:
Hurricane Dennis threshes Caribbean islands, on path to U.S.
The Haitian government confirmed the death of five people after Hurricane Dennis passed through, but witnesses assert that tens perished when a bridge fell apart on account of the storm. In Cuba, the 200-km/h winds provoked the death of at least a score of people and destroyed several houses.
There’s more to the article, but I didn’t feel like boring you (and there were a few words I couldn’t figure out).
Anyway, tonight I’m celebrating my birthday (which is Wednesday) with friends at a restaurant. Unfortunately, some of my friends are on vacation, but it should still be fun. My twin sister is bringing her friends also; in fact, this whole thing was her idea and I didn’t have much say in it. For the first time in years we’re not having a dance party, which is a good thing because they were really boring. Our guests either loved them or hated them, and last year we invited a whole bunch of new friends to show them how uncool we are.
Tonight should be much better, with us just sitting around and talking like old times. One of my friends I’m pretty sure I haven’t seen at all this year, though we’ve talked online and on the phone. Maybe I’ll bring cards or something. Ah, good times, good times.
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