an actual update!
The first session of summer school is almost over. Most of kids here are waaaay older than me, and, to be honest, I probably shouldn't be calling them kids. A lot of them are nearly 30 or in their 30s or have like SIX KIDS. And here I am, the barely-a-sophomore-who-is-barely-19. I'm still a teenager! And I look like it, too. And I REALLY need a haircut.
I'm doing summer school so I can hopefully make up for how freshman focus screwed me over. Well, that, and I don't think my original advisor was all that good.
My anth class was cancelled this summer, so I took a writing class to get rid of a requirement I need...and so I can not take it during the fall...and take a creative writing class instead during the fall. :)
The writing class isn't that hard, really, but I seem to be having sever writer's block. It's like an argument class or something. And I chose Tibet and China as my topic because I want to know more about them. Great topic, right? Really controversial, lots of information, and lots of people who don't know jack shit about it. However, most of the information I find is REALLY biased and lacking a logical base. It's just a lot of angry people saying 'screw you china' for the most part. And I really want to know China's perspective. So I'm kinda at a stand still for the moment. :/
The Asian Film class is great though. I always love analyzing films. Of course, it seems as if a lot of the Asian films are kinda, well, not as fast paced as American movies. Except, we did just watch Tampopo and, boy, was that a riot! I love it. I think the class was all a little weirded out by how pornographic it got sometimes, though. Popular topics of conversation in that class are: Korean dramas, translations, how boring some movies are, kittens, Asian-ness, and how my mom used to like to watch Samurai soap operas.
I moved up the hill from my old dormroom to a single person room. It was terrible. Don't get me wrong, I love the room...but I hated the move. I had no car or boxes so I made like 20 trips up and down a steep hill hauling my crap. I twisted my ankle and knee halfway up once, but I kept going. I still had more trips, too. Had me limping around for a week afterwards, looking all pathetic. And my room is still messy from the move. *sigh*
Also, none of the cafeterias are open on the weekend. Stupid school. Making me provide for myself. :(
My obaachan has stomach cancer now, apparently. It was so awkward talking to her on the phone because my Japanese...well, I get all tongue tied and nervous whenever I try to talk in it. My mom is over in Japan right now, taking care of obaachan. I started crying when I talked to my dad about her over the phone. I don't want her to die before I can return to Japan and say hello to her again.
My brother and dad also went to our Uncle James's surprise birthday party. I guess he's technically our great-uncle. My dad tells me that everybody is getting really old over there. It makes sense. My brother and I are the youngest of our generation of the family. Most of my cousins have already finished college. (My dad was the first person in our family to go to college. :D) And my brother is going to start highschool pretty soon. It must make a person feel real old when their great-grandchildren are starting their own careers and families. Two of my cousins have kids that are in elementary school. Oh, I hope Jaxon is okay. He's the one I'm worried about because his family situation is so sad...I hope that he'll be fine as long as he has Aunt Donna. I have a sort of resentment towards his mother, though, because of what she did to my cousin. I probably shouldn't though, because I don't really know the situation.
It's a little lonely here in Pullman. A friend of mine talked to me about transferring. I half considered it. I would like to be somewhere else, sometimes, but Pullman has its perks. I'm sitting in the twelfth floor lounge and looking out the windows, and it's very beautiful. Makes me long for Tennessee, lol. My mom tells me that JSK's mom told her that JSK is feeling pretty isolated over in Walla Walla. JSK did tell me that he thought there would be more nerds there and joked about me transferring there. It's not a bad place. Maybe I'll look into it. :)
I didn't have many friends during high school, but JSK was definitely one of the best ones I've ever had. We went to the prom together and fast danced during the slow songs. His family also treated his home like a fancy restaurant and we watched Jeeves and Wooster in his basement. :)
April 2007
HP7 Book Release
A few months ago...
Today
Yeah, that was unnecessary. I just felt like it, though.
I'm doing summer school so I can hopefully make up for how freshman focus screwed me over. Well, that, and I don't think my original advisor was all that good.
My anth class was cancelled this summer, so I took a writing class to get rid of a requirement I need...and so I can not take it during the fall...and take a creative writing class instead during the fall. :)
The writing class isn't that hard, really, but I seem to be having sever writer's block. It's like an argument class or something. And I chose Tibet and China as my topic because I want to know more about them. Great topic, right? Really controversial, lots of information, and lots of people who don't know jack shit about it. However, most of the information I find is REALLY biased and lacking a logical base. It's just a lot of angry people saying 'screw you china' for the most part. And I really want to know China's perspective. So I'm kinda at a stand still for the moment. :/
The Asian Film class is great though. I always love analyzing films. Of course, it seems as if a lot of the Asian films are kinda, well, not as fast paced as American movies. Except, we did just watch Tampopo and, boy, was that a riot! I love it. I think the class was all a little weirded out by how pornographic it got sometimes, though. Popular topics of conversation in that class are: Korean dramas, translations, how boring some movies are, kittens, Asian-ness, and how my mom used to like to watch Samurai soap operas.
I moved up the hill from my old dormroom to a single person room. It was terrible. Don't get me wrong, I love the room...but I hated the move. I had no car or boxes so I made like 20 trips up and down a steep hill hauling my crap. I twisted my ankle and knee halfway up once, but I kept going. I still had more trips, too. Had me limping around for a week afterwards, looking all pathetic. And my room is still messy from the move. *sigh*
Also, none of the cafeterias are open on the weekend. Stupid school. Making me provide for myself. :(
My obaachan has stomach cancer now, apparently. It was so awkward talking to her on the phone because my Japanese...well, I get all tongue tied and nervous whenever I try to talk in it. My mom is over in Japan right now, taking care of obaachan. I started crying when I talked to my dad about her over the phone. I don't want her to die before I can return to Japan and say hello to her again.
My brother and dad also went to our Uncle James's surprise birthday party. I guess he's technically our great-uncle. My dad tells me that everybody is getting really old over there. It makes sense. My brother and I are the youngest of our generation of the family. Most of my cousins have already finished college. (My dad was the first person in our family to go to college. :D) And my brother is going to start highschool pretty soon. It must make a person feel real old when their great-grandchildren are starting their own careers and families. Two of my cousins have kids that are in elementary school. Oh, I hope Jaxon is okay. He's the one I'm worried about because his family situation is so sad...I hope that he'll be fine as long as he has Aunt Donna. I have a sort of resentment towards his mother, though, because of what she did to my cousin. I probably shouldn't though, because I don't really know the situation.
It's a little lonely here in Pullman. A friend of mine talked to me about transferring. I half considered it. I would like to be somewhere else, sometimes, but Pullman has its perks. I'm sitting in the twelfth floor lounge and looking out the windows, and it's very beautiful. Makes me long for Tennessee, lol. My mom tells me that JSK's mom told her that JSK is feeling pretty isolated over in Walla Walla. JSK did tell me that he thought there would be more nerds there and joked about me transferring there. It's not a bad place. Maybe I'll look into it. :)
I didn't have many friends during high school, but JSK was definitely one of the best ones I've ever had. We went to the prom together and fast danced during the slow songs. His family also treated his home like a fancy restaurant and we watched Jeeves and Wooster in his basement. :)
April 2007
HP7 Book Release
A few months ago...
Today
Yeah, that was unnecessary. I just felt like it, though.