So something that happened this morning was that my alarm went off at 9, but I decided to be a lazy ass and stay in bed a while longer. The fact that Mari was sleeping on my chest did not help at all. But when my phone went off about an hour later I figured I should answer, so, with cat still on chest, I picked it up.

It was a woman from a firm ( Read more... )

So how embarassing is it that yesterday I pretty much nailed my Japanese dialog, and then in the class immediately after proceeded to fuck up a recitation of a poem that was in English? Pretty embarassing. Worse, it was a poem I know really well ( Read more... )

I'm done with the CrimJ paper, at least in this stage! Now I just need to send it to my classmate and catch any errors, and then I can turn it in on Tuesday ( Read more... )

So in Japanese class we're learning new kanji, and I asked why it is that the kanji for "inexpensive" contains the character for "woman ( Read more... )

I'm glad that I technically only have two days of classes next week, since the end of this week has made me want to kill something ( Read more... )

We're learning kanji now! And most of the rest of my class would rather get a root canal ( Read more... )

I just got to write as part of a Japanese assignment, "Please don't listen to that person, because that person is an idiot ( Read more... )

So this week I was talking to someone about my new cat and this happened after I told them her name:

Them: So, did you name her after yourself?
Me: ... What?
Them: You know, her name is Mari, your name is Rosemary.
Me: What? No! I didn't name her after myself. 0_o

And I was being totally honest when I said that. For one thing, they're not pronounced the ( Read more... )

Glad to see that my Japanese skills didn't totally deteriorate over the summer. Some stuff I had to look up, but I remember most of the basics, in fact more than I expected. It probably helps that over the summer I wrote notes to myself at work in Japanese to keep my skills fresh. I did have a few problems remembering some katakana, but that'll ( Read more... )

Today was pretty good as far as classes go, though it did confirm that mentally I'm past college now, as frightening as what's actually past college is. I can see why upperclassmen get so annoyed by freshmen.

I had three today and on Monday Wednesday and Friday, and I knew the Japanese teacher. Unfortunately あまい　ゴキブリ*, the guy who just doesn't get ( Read more... )