Now I've got it, what do I do with it?

[that is, I believe, the required title for anybody's second livejournal and/or blog post.]

So I started this thing purely because so many conversations I've had lately have given me exactly the same sensation I used to have sitting around with friends in Hamburg: they were all perfectly fluent in English and were very nice about switching languages for my benefit when I was around, but there were always in-jokes or side conversations I couldn't get; didn't have access to.

Hi, I'm Daniel. My friends speak LJ. And all the interesting stuff is friends-only.

( Further paragraphs are coyly tucked behind this link. )