So… I did say that I was going to do weekly posts, and I am back to say that I’m going back to doing those. When I initially said that, I was going through a lot of personal stuff and didn’t want to figure out how my git repos actually worked, so I mental boomed and didn’t post to here for a hot minute. It turns out all I had to do was switch branches in my public repo, and then push new commits, and now everything is fine.
Oopsies. LMFAO.
But yeah, I want to make writing more of a habit instead of whatever the hell I am doing right now. I think it’s nice for those who are somewhat interested in my content and university life to see regular updates from someone literally living that life right now.
For those of you concerned about me falling behind in my reading goals, I am here to say that I am still reading, but it’s along with course readings that aren’t books. In terms of books related to learning, I am reading two at the moment:
- C Programming: A Modern Approach (2nd ed.)
- I swear every single year, I have the random urge to start learning programming again. The issue is I never really know what to program, or what goals I even have with programming. Hell, I don’t have goals for programming. So with that in mind, I decided to dive head-first into learning C properly for the first time. I learned some C a year ago during the summer when I was doing CS50 (never completed). I remember having a lot of fun with it. It’s honestly a fun language to tinker and learn around with. From what I saw on reddit, this book seemed to be what people recommend, and I can see why.
- Core Syntax: A Minimalist Approach
- I am trying to be a Linguist, specifically in the field of Theoretical Syntax (Morphosyntax also seems really cool). The issue is, I don’t really have much experience with Syntax anymore. I took the course for it in my second year, and took an advanced course last year. Lots of time has passed since then, and I’ve honestly not been the best linguist. So I want to try and fix that by once again, reading over the basics and more to reinforce my knowledge. I want to make sure I really know what I am talking about, and that I can back up my knowledge with sufficient readings. I want to be articulate. I don’t think this is necessarily THE book to end all books, but it’s better to start somewhere than nowhere at all. My professor had also recommended it at one point so why not give it a full read-through to see what it’s all about. It beats reading Chomsky! ;)
I have a deep-rooted insecurity with my major, one that I may talk about some other day, where I doubt myself and my knowledge a lot. The reason for it is not being up-to-date or doing research practicums. I wanted to do everything on my own behind closed doors, without any help. I also fear not being able to have a job in the future with my work (which doesn’t exist yet), so I always fall back into my programming. So what I am doing is compromising with my inner self: I will learn C but for every hour I study C, I have to read Core Syntax and take notes on what I read. That way, I have to continue interacting with Syntax.
But yeah. That’s the mini update. See y’all next week!
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