ALSO

in class, a great conversation:

Me: [frusterated noise of frustration]
Chief in my class: What's wrong?
Me: Oh, I just had to lecture this sailor in my division about how he needs to show up to places on time, especially when he's the one who sets up the meeting. It's called personal responsibility ( Read more... )

I hate the feeling of fear, especially when it's utterly unwarranted ( Read more... )

What I'm SUPPOSED to be doing: Writing my final Japanese Race & Ethnicity paper.

What I'm ACTUALLY doing: Downloading various music, which includes (but is not limited to) Blues Traveler, Phil Collins, Weird Al Yankovic, Disney, and High School Musical tracks. Yes, I feel shame about the last one. The movie may be awful, but I CAN'T HELP IT THAT ( Read more... )

So, I've been studying for my GRE, but today has randomly been the day of "getting called by people" and I've spoken to Kim, Japan!Matt, and my brother Kyle for a total of 2 hours today while I was supposed to be figuring out how the hell ratios work. BAH, it was totally worth it ( Read more... )

"I need a break from Japanese like a drug addict needs crack."

THANK YOU, DEAR LORD, for giving me the strength to finish this class, FINALLY. My documentary has been presented, my final paper turned in, and I don't have to go anywhere near Macalester until Jan. 28 if I don't want to. AMEN. A-fucking-men.

Now to study for my other tests. :)

[in class talking about ancient rituals and use of animal blood]

Professor: Blood. It's like 409 for sins.

XDDD

Thank you, Classical Mythology. You give me porn, slutty stories and hilarious lines like this.

I wrote a haiku in Sumie class cos the professor told us to. And here it is:

外国人
変な国にいて
慣れて来た

Translation:

Stranger,
in a strange land:
I got used to it.

...heh, I love haiku.

Today begins the week in which all of my classes decide, as one, to have every single big project and/or test due. It's not Finals week -- which is two weeks from now -- but rather just the end of regular classes, so that all of the Big Projects that we've been working on or been told about are due ( Read more... )

Ugh, okay, Mal? (And Whittney, too, for that matter, if you're on LJ at all anymore. hee) You know I love you both, and the Art History Department to which you are affiliated. But the Art Department probably isn't going to take my Sumie credits and THAT MAKES ME SAD FACE. DX C'mooooon. Why is Art being finicky with me, Mal? The PolySci and History ( Read more... )

So econ class this semester is proving to be more interesting than last semester. Or, at the very least, there was a nice little outline regarding specific things we would be talking about rather than a vague suggestion of Toyota being in Japan. Or something like that. Granted, I still fell asleep for about 10 minutes toward the end but he was ( Read more... )