Still haven't heard back from the mushroom people, which is...weird, since they specifically asked if I'd be available to work...well, tomorrow. Bah ( Read more... )

Today after my first (of three) Japanese finals, and after film class, I went to Inoue-sensei's office as requested for a practice oral. I didn't have much of my speeches memorized, but that really wasn't the point of the exercise. I guess it was more about not feeling like the room was going to crush me to death...? As Sensei said, "This is a ( Read more... )

Inoue-sensei just scheduled our oral on my birthday. MFer.

Welcome to another thrilling episode of The Life and Times of Me.

Hey guys, it's been a couple days.

For those of you to whom I did not mention this (and in case anyone's interested), I just last night sent in my application to work as an intern at a Dole-run mushroom farm in Kennett Square, PA, which is about a half an hour from Newark, DE. It' ( Read more... )

To be added to as I discover them.

1. STAY CALM.
2. Caffeine :D

Mutually exclusive? I think not so, sir.

今日はレベルアップしたかも :)
I think I may have leveled up today :)

So all that stuff I completely bombed for my Japanese oral Wednesday? This morning, having not looked at it since, I went over it in my head on the way to my written midterm, and I REMEMBERED IT PERFECTLY. ALL OF IT. Probably because I wasn't freaking out because writing is under the list of things that Aren't Scary ( Read more... )

But it's a pretty good indicator, in some things ( Read more... )

Don't believe in the you who believes in me.

Don't believe in the me who believes in you

Believe in the you who believes in yourself.

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The Potential to Fail is Not the Same as Failing.

しゅくだいをする前に練習する。クリスちゃんみたいだよ！
Before I do my homework, I'm gonna practice. Just like sharpwind昨日の夜はちょっと大変だったよ。日本語もえいようのしゅくだいをしながら、本当におちこんだったんだ。その一番きらいな質問の「日本に留学したと思ったのはどうしてですか。」に聞いたんだ。また、えいようのしゅくだいは「新しい食べ物を食べてみて。」だったんだ。もう一度自分の実情を考えて、かなしくなった。やっぱり、アメリカで外国の文化を習えないと思ったんだ。その時、しゅくだいを休んで、「ヘタリア」のコムを見ていて、韓国人もアメリカ人もようにについてことファンフィックを読んだ。本当に感動していて、泣いた。しゅくだいをあきらめて、 ( Read more... )

I can't believe I freaking learned four chapters of Japanese in what more or less amounted to two weeks. Fuck yeah.

JAPN200, here I come!!