Yesterday my laptop keyboard died, making it literally impossible to use. I tried to use an external, but balancing an external on your laptop makes typing pretty impossible. Annoying! It is not too bad, as I wanted to buy a new at the end of the week, but at the same time I wanted to start working on my dissertation yesterday - so unfortunate ( Read more... )

I'm officially not in the Japanese class anymore. This morning I mailed Anai sensei and Bobby to let them know that I am "dropping out" (not auditing anymore). I wasn't happy with having to make the decision, but I didn't feel like three hours a week of solid Japanese grammar, most of which didn't really stick, was really helping my Japanese. Also ( Read more... )