A bit late to the party, but in case there are people who HAVEN'T watched this awesome video yet, HERE IT IS:

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I found it on LanguageLog.

(It's a video with linguistics singing "We are the world, linguistic version", and it's hilariously awesome. WATCH IT!)

...that you might not share, so please tread carefully. Hint: I like the Greens.

( capslock flailing, you have been warned *g* )

I think the highlight today, apart from spending about 2 hours in the library studying Japanese after 2 1/2 hours of tandem, was the e-mail I got from amazon stating that they'd shipped out my camcorder ( Read more... )

Yo, have a rec:

Oxforddictionaries.com is an incredibly interesting site offering dictionaries (duh), tips for grammar, spelling etc, differences between British and American English (HAHA omg I mix those two SO OFTEN it's not funny... really...), trivia about words, etymology and stuff as well as games! And stuff for ESL and children. I THINK I ( Read more... )

So basically, I've got an exam tomorrow. Yikes! But it's Modern Japanese Literature, so most of it is supposed to be not all that hard. What to do afterwards - tandem talk, and finally email some people. Okay, make that many people. *yelps ( Read more... )

I'M GOING TO NARA IN OCTOBER FOR A WHOLE YEAR OMG ( Read more... )

OK wow, I knew the literature presentation about Nô went well, but 1+? I didn't even know that mark existed. *fans self* I know it exists for exams with joker questions, but for freaking PRESENTATIONS? O.oAnd 1,0 for the Nô paper? HOW did I manage that? O_O (I've heard my teacher is incredibly picky even though she doesn't look like it ( Read more... )

OMGWTFBBQ

MY TEACHER JUST WROTE ME AN EMAIL STATING I HAD PASSED JAPANESE FIVE WITH ONE POINT ZERO.

THAT MEANS I HAVE A RECORD OF STRAIGHT ONE POINT ZEROS FOR JAPANESE.

that is the most awesome thing EVER. WOOHOOO OH MY GOOOOOOOOD.

These marks also make up 1/3 of my final grade. This is good. OMG ( Read more... )

Everyone, please go and read THIS post on "so you want to write fanfic on the internets" by traveller; if only to be able to say YES with all your heart a great many times.

THIS IS ALL KINDS OF AWESOME

FLOWERS IN FULL BLOOM IN FREAKING NOVEMBER *0* AND I HAVE PROOF!

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