明けまして御目出度う御座います & stuff...

Had a fairly busy ~2 weeks in the US (aside from the first stretch in SF, where we didn't do much more than sit around watching Food Network, thanks to Girl being sick -_-;). Got haircuts, stopped in at school & saw Asano & Minami sensei, & gave a quick demo to Martha of the digital cel coloring techniques I stole from ( Read more... )

Had my Anth/Documentary class "midterm" thingy this morning. Basically, we watched a documentary (about the plight of Sarah Baartman, if anyone cares is bored & likes clicking links to random wiki shit) & then had to write an essay on a question given afterwards ( Read more... )

Been nearly a month since my last post.. just haven't felt like writing much. My sister came to visit for a week, & then a week later Girl's sister & her bf came for about 10 days... got all Tokyo Tour-Guided out. But they managed to be a bit more independent, & actually wandered the city a couple times & even took a 3-day trip out to Kyoto by ( Read more... )

Dude. Best Anti-Smoking Campaign Evar. And the commercials are just TOO cool. (warning: creepy/gross factor ( Read more... )

Went on a field trip & to a party w/ Girl's school people last last Saturday ( Read more... )

Finally finished my stupid paper that's due tomorrow today. Now all I have to do is study for my kanji test, then make it through the rest of Japanese class, take my Film Studies final, turn in this paper, & do our presentation on Tarantino.

Today's gonna SUCK.

I. Intonation Hell
Friday's listening exercises were HELL. At least, the first part, where it's one of those evil intonation things, where you have to figure out which of two words that sound exactly the same except for the intonation they're saying... Such as ( Read more... )

Had the aforementioned trips to Tokyo Disney & Hakone (which had a plethora of Engrish pic opportunities), then hit the Wasedasai. Never did fix the sleeping thing.

Finally ended up going to another WAFL meeting after missing several, & got all my cleanups... finished all the stills & turned 'em back in, prompting more 速〜い！'s, & have a few ( Read more... )

Hoooly shit, this has got to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen: a parody of Americans living in Japan, "played" by voice-overed MANNEQUINS. Watched a couple clips in the Comparative Culture Class (topic: occidentalism). Must. Find. More. Except I really don't feel like spending $50 for a single freakin' DVD, esp. when there's like ( Read more... )

So Sunday night there was another sake-bomb party. At 1:30am. -_-; I'd gone to bed at around 1, but couldn't sleep, and once that shit started, there was no way I'd be able to, so I figured I might as well go join 'em. Heard some food sizzling, too, so that was always a bonus ( Read more... )