[00:30] <valorie> LFNW is coming up; are we going to do a table?
[03:48] <MarkDude> Rock it with awesomeness valorie ?
[03:49] <valorie> hi MarkDude
[03:49] <valorie> I know that KDE wants a table
[03:49] <valorie> not sure about *buntu users
[03:49] <valorie> happy new year, MarkDude
[03:51] <MarkDude> Hello
[03:51] <MarkDude> Manigong Bagong Taon
[03:52] <MarkDude> Happy New Year in Tagalog :)
[03:52] <valorie> tagalog is spoken in the phillipines, right?
[03:52]  * MarkDude has been getting into KDE, mostly on F21
[03:52] <valorie> excellent!
[03:53] <MarkDude> Yep, Im pretty good at understanding some. Amusing wjilst speaking it
[03:53] <valorie> we're just discussing that in linuxchix as well
[03:53] <valorie> a German friend of mine is learning Korean
[03:53] <valorie> it's so good for your brain to learn new languages
[03:54] <MarkDude> Is that a channel I can join? Its hard to keep track
[03:54] <MarkDude> Korean is great, it has alphabet
[03:54] <valorie> linuxchix has their own server: irc.linuxchix.org
[03:54] <MarkDude> and also not tonal
[03:55] <valorie> this guy picked up english by himself as a kid by reading english novels
[03:55] <MarkDude> Ah ok, today is misandry Monday in one of my channels, just found out #feminism is invite only
[03:55]  * valorie is full up on channels and servers
[03:55] <MarkDude> Tonal languages can be hard to deal with, Vitenamese the most
[03:55] <MarkDude> I think they have like 1 million tones
[03:56] <MarkDude> or maybe 15
[03:56] <MarkDude> Vietnamese :D
[03:56] <valorie> pretty damn hard to pick that up as an adult
[03:57] <MarkDude> Yep, my gf can manage some of the nuance on some Chinese phrases- similar to how Cali folks can say a few Spanish things
[03:57] <valorie> having a family/partner connection can make it easier to keep at it, I think
[03:58] <MarkDude> Im gonna record my singing with my gf, we are making a routine for a comedy bar. at the start I speak really bad Tagalog (quality) by end 
[03:58] <MarkDude> The only negative has been folks thinking I needed to learn to speak to my gf- lol
[03:59] <MarkDude> Shes not FOB, shes been here since 80s XD
[03:59] <MarkDude> She was resistant at 1st- since no need, until she saw my interests- (long story) Im gonna write some on it. 
[03:59] <valorie> even american born people of asian descent get that
[04:00] <valorie> where are you born
[04:00] <valorie> no, I mean, where are you really FROM
[04:00] <valorie> wtf
[04:00] <MarkDude> lol
[04:00] <MarkDude> Kristina Wong
[04:00] <MarkDude> <3 she talks about that, as well as Yellow fever
[04:01] <MarkDude> Let alone recent SNL Asian Doll skit
[04:01] <valorie> about time we became "majority minority" so that crap can fade away
[04:02] <MarkDude> my gf has gotten into some of my SJ stuff- she saw Janet Mock - said I think you'll like her
[04:02] <MarkDude> Well I think we should have more jokes, but how we do them
[04:02] <MarkDude> Since SNL Asian doll sketch, I have written at least 3 jokes deemed ok- by quite a few
[04:03] <MarkDude> Oh yes, SNL should actually hire Asian folks
[04:03] <MarkDude> I think there black humor may be fine, due to having black folks involved
[04:03] <MarkDude> Sorry - ranting XD
[04:03] <valorie> I know
[04:05] <valorie> I most always miss SNL these days
[04:05] <valorie> too many ads
[04:05] <valorie> not enough funny
[04:05] <MarkDude> I should prolly add LC to my irc
[04:05] <valorie> lots of great people there, and you already know some of us
[04:05] <MarkDude> I was just starting to enjoy some clips of theirs via social media
[04:06]  * MarkDude is finding out"more of you folks know me" I mean that in sense of "the women"
[04:07]  * MarkDude was given nickname Fedora- which is ok, but I have to clarify - I dont WEAR them
[04:07] <MarkDude> Feminism 4 men Rule 4- dont be so sensitive. Get over you fragile male ego :D
[04:08] <valorie> yep