Good news: Doing the slower infusion rate seems to have made the side effects less pronounced. So the treatment took an hour longer, but I feel 35% less crappy than last time. But that's not the coolest part of today ( Read more... )

Extra special thanks to duelist for translating my allergies for me!

( Nezuko's Allergies in Japanese and English )

Well, I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to have to drop Japanese and retake it next term. I've missed too many classes due to illness, and have fallen too far behind. It's hopeless ( Read more... )

OMG I PASSED!!!!!!!!

By the very skin of my teeth, but I PASSED!

Writing-Vocabulary: 78/100 (about what I expected)
Listening: 82/100 (whoah, I did better on this than I thought I did!)
Reading-Grammar: 125/200 (Particles particles particles, that would be my weakness)

Total: 285/400
Score: 71% (60% or better required to pass)
Result: PASS

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I'm home. Very tired. Behind on homework, and I have Japanese class tomorrow.

I wrote almost the whole flight home, by hand, using a fountain pen, in the fabulous Japanese notebook Shiru gave me. I worked on Leaving It All Behind a Genma and Kakashi fic for Loren, and on a Genma POV on his failed mission to Stone, and a teeny tiny bit of Hayate- ( Read more... )

( What Nene's been doing and why she's not on chat )

It is delightfully easy to get a 4.0 GPA when you're only taking one class and you do well in it. Nonetheless, I am well pleased!


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今晩は私の日本語の"final exam"があります。今勉強しています。

Tonight's my final exam in Japanese. I'm studying right now. Got to give that speech tonight, too.

See you all either late tonight or sometime tomorrow. I miss you all.

Since I had an extra week to work on it, I revised my speech for my Japanese final. The exam is Monday, December 11, at 6:30 pm. I have to give this speech from memory then. But I need it to sound natural. And I'm afraid I probably still have gramatical mistakes.

Anyway, listen here, to the revised speech:

Yes, I got a paid account just so I could do this. I have to give a speech in my Japanese class for 1/3 of my grade on my final, tonight.

Here it is: