I have no idea how advanced these plans are, to build a 65-floor "earthscraper" (an underground, "downward pointed" building) under Mexico, D.F.'s Zócalo (central historic plaza). And I understand people's concerns about building such a thing in such an earthquake prone area (although it's worth noting that during the huge 1985 quake, for example, the subway was actually a pretty safe place to be). So maybe the "earthscraper" is not a serious project. But it would be very cool.
Day: January 15, 2012
Caveat: A Philosophical Design for a Hypothetical Language
I'm not a conlanger (q.v.). If I were a conlanger, however, Ithkuil would be the sort of thing I would conlangify, perhaps. Which is probably why it's good I'm not a conlanger – the last thing this world really actaully needs is more Ithkuils. There's something nevertheless appealing about the idea of perceiving a language as an almost purely aesthetic object – I do tend to look at Korean that way, on the days when I'm feeling more positive about it.
I have managed to catch a cold. Again. Not really bad or debilitating, but annoying. I guess that's what winter life is about when spending 6+ hours a day cooped up with groups of children. I slept a lot earlier today, instead of going to the bookstore as I'd well and truly planned to do. I guess I just need to accept that when I have one-day weekends, I'm not going to get anything "done." Next weekend is 설날 (lunar new year) – and I have nothing planned. The city will be shut down, and the idea of travelling anywhere in the country is utterly inconceivable (because for the vast majority it becomes obligatory to travel on that holiday), but maybe I can at least do some "urban hiking" or something.