aaaaand I'm 19.

So old ... the last year I'll even have a -teen tacked onto my age. This looks to be good.

Year in Retrospect to follow, maybe?

Long story short, I'm square with the man in the glass.

Today was definitely one of my most hardcore days at college. Damn, did I ever stretch myself to the breaking point ( Read more... )

After a week, he was carved out of wood.

So, Gasshuku. It works like this. For one week, 23 students - freshmen and a few seniors - from Keio University, the "Harvard of Japan," come to a place halfway across the globe to "practice" kendo with you. (I quote practice because what ends up happening is that thanks to their superior skills, a more ( Read more... )

This will require a large explanatory post before to long ( Read more... )

So basically this is the eve of my greatest academic triumph ... well, in terms of single-event performances, ever. I've never been this far in the hole in a class and pulled off such a resounding success on a crucial exam ( Read more... )

Is this feeling ... boredom ( Read more... )

It's occurred to me that I've never had an excuse to use this particular "mood" setting before. But no longer! lol, college

I think one of the things I love most about college is the sense of "trial by fire." Both with respect to individual experiences and the lifestyle as a whole, it's like nothing that's ever come at you before. Maybe you have good preparation in lesser skills or in its constituent parts. But ultimately you are thrown headlong into the brave unknown ( Read more... )

Proctor Gregg, on me: "No freshman should be that happy all the time. Freshmen are supposed to be moody and depressed at least occasionally ... it's cause for concern when they aren't. Either he's popping pills, or he's already lost it, or he's about to lose it ( Read more... )

OGM ... total blizzard white-out. I can't see buildings twenty yards out from my window. This snow stuff ... it's something, I tell ya.