Stenokate; not a verb, but should be.

Some of you may not know that I'm studying stenography!

ste·nog·ra·phy, /stəˈnägrəfē/- Noun; The action or process of writing in shorthand or taking dictation. Anyone who can master this process is a borderline ninja and should be compensated as such.

* Side note: Googling this, I found out that steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages. This is not really that at all, so try to keep up.

Court reporting, taking down literal courtroom and deposition testimony amongst other things, is no joke. See below:

 

(The above is a totally badass steno machine, roughly $5 G's.) Each court reporter owns their own machine. To blow your mind further, here's what the keyboard means:

Yup. Typing on this machine breaks down words phonetically. You can make any of the 26 letters of the alphabet using the vowels and seven letters on the right. Oh, I said it!

The end goal to finish school is transcription at 225 words a minute. I'm almost through my 100's. I will elaborate more on this later, but schooling is hard, challenging and at times results in excessive drinking. If you know one, hug a court reporter.