[Public] Journal Entry: Introduction: Daniel Jackson

[om_thoth]

Hi, everyone. I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Daniel Jackson. I'm what you could call a New York native, although I've only been living here permanently for the last few years. Before that, I spent most of my life in and around archaeological digs throughout the world, though my parents' specific expertise was in the Old Kingdom era of Egyptian history. Think pyramids.

I'm in my sophomore year of high school, though from what I've heard, this school doesn't necessarily have 'grade levels'. At least not how most American schools seem to.

If anyone is interested in history, anthropology, archaeology, or linguistics, I've also got a Tumblr [link] that I update pretty regularly.

Comments

[om_cypher]

Hold it - Ancient Egyptian? Seriously? Do you remember ANY of it?

Sorry - I'm Doug Ramsey. My powers involve omnilingual translation. I'm not sure how it works with a language you don't completely know, but I'd love to try it.

[om_thoth]

I wish I could. I'm only guessing, of course because we only have an idea of what the language would sound like and clearly the security guard wasn't the best source. It could have been...something else.

Omnilingual translation? How does that work?

[om_cypher]

Wish I knew. There's a psi component - has to be - but basically, someone starts talking and I sort of intuit the rest of the language by the end of the first five minutes? So, also available for Latin practice, or whatever other language you're studying - you can usually find me down in my lab. Stop by sometime!

[om_thoth]

And you remember the languages after? I'll definitely be stopping by.