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I'm so confused. I've been struggling for the past week, trying to find a class to replace Postwar Japan in my class schedule next quarter. Not that I don't want to take the course, in actuality, I desperately want to take it; everything about the subject fascinates me (and it knocks off a requirement for my major), but the time it's held sucks. Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:30 to 4:30. Meaning, that I would get home between 6 and 7 pm on those days. It also traps me into having but one class on Fridays, so that I'm really not going to want to attend class that day (in this manner, living at home will be useful as I'll most certainly be lectured if I skip).
Should I keep trying to get into something else? There's four or five other history classes that would fit in my schedule (if I got the add code to register for them). The description of Postwar Japan does sound lovely though...This course studies Japan's post-World War II experience and gives considerable emphasis to US-Japan relations. It begins with the American decision to use the atomic bomb and the Japanese decision to surrender. It continues with consideration of the American occupation of Japan, Japan's formation of a new national purpose concentrating on economics, the mechanisms of rapid economic growth, postwar nationalism, the US-Japan alliance, development of Japanese-style democracy, the values of middle-class Japan, and Japan's troubles in the post-Cold War era, the growing concerns over tensions on the Korean peninsula, and the rise of China.
I want to know 34 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, never liked each other, or if we already know everything there is to know about each other. Short and sweet is fine... I just wanna know you a little better! Thanks! =D
1. Can you cook?
I can bake. In actual cooking, I can make: grilled cheese-boca burger-pea sandwiches, pancakes, and grandma rolls.
2. What was your dream growing up?
To be a NASA engineer in the 1950's
3. What talent do you wish you had?
To be able to walk without my upper body bobbing up and down. Think Grace Kelly
4. Favorite place?
Washington D.C., Kyoto or possibly London
5. Favorite vegetable?
Asparagus!
6. What was the last book you read?
Mugby Junction by Charles Dickens. I'd highly recommend it.
7. What zodiac sign are you?
A pisces.
8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?
Just two in my ears. I'm too chicken to get anything else.
9. Worst Habit?
I still bite my nails.
10. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
No sadly. I think we'd get along though.
11. What is your favorite sport?
Curling. Or, cricket. Or, baseball. It's a toss up.
12. Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
I suppose bitter would be negative, wouldn't it? Eh. I'm a cynical optimist. How's that for avoiding the question?
13. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
Depending on how tall you were, I might try to hoist you up to open the top door. If there was one. Otherwise, we'd sit and chat about nonsensical things, waiting paitently for someone to rescue us
14. Worst thing to ever happen to you?
Either my grandmother dying on Christmas Eve, or the mess that was the second half of senior year.
15. Tell me one weird fact about you.
On my left pinky toe, I don't have a nail. I stubbed it when I was very young, and the nail has never grown back.
16. Do you have any pets?
My family does. But, me personally, I don't.
17. Do you know how to do the Macarena?
Sadly, yes. It's one of those things that never fully leaves your mind.
18. What time is it where you are now?
9:28pm.
19. Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
Scary!
20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
I'd want fully green eyes.
21. Would you be my partner in crime or my conscience?
Partner in crime, definitely
22. What color eyes do you have?
Hazel. Blarguh. Such a sorry excuse for a "color."
23. Ever been arrested?
Nope.
24. Bottle or Draft?
What?
25. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it?
Probably donate the maximum amount to Obama's campaign. Then...hm. I don't know. Find an apartment in Seattle, and buy lots of bookshelves.
26. What kind of bubble gum do you prefer to chew?
Plum gum!
27. What's your favorite bar to hang at?
Alas, I'm not of age yet.
28. Do you believe in ghosts?
Ghosts, no. Intelligent life, yes.
29. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
Think. Think about everything I possibly can, and then some more.
30. Do you swear a lot?
Only when I'm around Tamarah : P
31. Biggest pet peeve?
People who create more than one aim screen name, so that when you really don't want to talk to them, they sign on the other name to pester you. Also, people who read over my shoulder.
32. In one word, how would you describe yourself?
Devoted.
33. In one word, how would you describe me?
Creative.
34. Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
You already did!
Should I keep trying to get into something else? There's four or five other history classes that would fit in my schedule (if I got the add code to register for them). The description of Postwar Japan does sound lovely though...This course studies Japan's post-World War II experience and gives considerable emphasis to US-Japan relations. It begins with the American decision to use the atomic bomb and the Japanese decision to surrender. It continues with consideration of the American occupation of Japan, Japan's formation of a new national purpose concentrating on economics, the mechanisms of rapid economic growth, postwar nationalism, the US-Japan alliance, development of Japanese-style democracy, the values of middle-class Japan, and Japan's troubles in the post-Cold War era, the growing concerns over tensions on the Korean peninsula, and the rise of China.
I want to know 34 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, never liked each other, or if we already know everything there is to know about each other. Short and sweet is fine... I just wanna know you a little better! Thanks! =D
1. Can you cook?
I can bake. In actual cooking, I can make: grilled cheese-boca burger-pea sandwiches, pancakes, and grandma rolls.
2. What was your dream growing up?
To be a NASA engineer in the 1950's
3. What talent do you wish you had?
To be able to walk without my upper body bobbing up and down. Think Grace Kelly
4. Favorite place?
Washington D.C., Kyoto or possibly London
5. Favorite vegetable?
Asparagus!
6. What was the last book you read?
Mugby Junction by Charles Dickens. I'd highly recommend it.
7. What zodiac sign are you?
A pisces.
8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?
Just two in my ears. I'm too chicken to get anything else.
9. Worst Habit?
I still bite my nails.
10. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
No sadly. I think we'd get along though.
11. What is your favorite sport?
Curling. Or, cricket. Or, baseball. It's a toss up.
12. Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
I suppose bitter would be negative, wouldn't it? Eh. I'm a cynical optimist. How's that for avoiding the question?
13. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
Depending on how tall you were, I might try to hoist you up to open the top door. If there was one. Otherwise, we'd sit and chat about nonsensical things, waiting paitently for someone to rescue us
14. Worst thing to ever happen to you?
Either my grandmother dying on Christmas Eve, or the mess that was the second half of senior year.
15. Tell me one weird fact about you.
On my left pinky toe, I don't have a nail. I stubbed it when I was very young, and the nail has never grown back.
16. Do you have any pets?
My family does. But, me personally, I don't.
17. Do you know how to do the Macarena?
Sadly, yes. It's one of those things that never fully leaves your mind.
18. What time is it where you are now?
9:28pm.
19. Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
Scary!
20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
I'd want fully green eyes.
21. Would you be my partner in crime or my conscience?
Partner in crime, definitely
22. What color eyes do you have?
Hazel. Blarguh. Such a sorry excuse for a "color."
23. Ever been arrested?
Nope.
24. Bottle or Draft?
What?
25. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it?
Probably donate the maximum amount to Obama's campaign. Then...hm. I don't know. Find an apartment in Seattle, and buy lots of bookshelves.
26. What kind of bubble gum do you prefer to chew?
Plum gum!
27. What's your favorite bar to hang at?
Alas, I'm not of age yet.
28. Do you believe in ghosts?
Ghosts, no. Intelligent life, yes.
29. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
Think. Think about everything I possibly can, and then some more.
30. Do you swear a lot?
Only when I'm around Tamarah : P
31. Biggest pet peeve?
People who create more than one aim screen name, so that when you really don't want to talk to them, they sign on the other name to pester you. Also, people who read over my shoulder.
32. In one word, how would you describe yourself?
Devoted.
33. In one word, how would you describe me?
Creative.
34. Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
You already did!