2008-04-26 - 6:16 p.m.

I tapped out some random words a few weeks ago but never put them up. For now this is going to suffice as an update:

I'm learning all (well, some) of the definitions for various types of verbs in English. I'm overjoyed. I now know what transitive verbs are!

Alfred Binet, the main formulator of IQ tests, made them to test Parisian schoolchildren to find those of below-average intelligence so they could be helped. He taught special classes and was delighted with the progress his students could make, watching what he called their 'intelligence' increase - and therefore, thinking that intelligence was not a fixed quality but something that was taught and could change. I think that's interesting, that the first guy to use these tests - in fact, the one who made them (along with T. Simon and W. Stern) - basically agreed with the modern argument that IQ tests are subjective and based on skills rather than some inborn quality. Yip!

I really want to watch Sweeney Todd again.
I had a dream concerning Gwen Cooper (from Torchwood) last night. When I was awake and thinking about it in the shower I could identify a few more bits of the dream but now I can't even remember what it was about.

Here is a list of songs that make me happy at the moment, when I feel sad:

All My Best Friends Are Metalheads, Less Than Jake
What Will Happen Will Happen, Lemon Demon
I Woke Up With this Song in My Head this Morning, Bright Eyes
Ma and Pa, Fishbone
Glass Blues (28 Years Round), Bump of Chicken
a Ska Daddyz cover of Hotel California (originally The Eagles)
Get Over It, The Eagles