I'm astonished that my boring home state has caused such a commotion.  In short, what's happened is as follows.
( The governor proposed a bill that many people dislike. )

The internet has been taking up too much of my free time recently, so I voluntarily cut myself off at home for a week.  I had to bend the rules once, but that's it.

It was mostly a positive experience.  I read about the Dark Ages and finished chapter one of 指輪物語：旅の仲間.  I got some programming done, though not as much as I'd hoped.  My gentleman ( Read more... )

I took the revised JLPT level N1 exam yesterday.  It was tough as always but different from previous years.

One of the changes was a new grading system.  In addition to an aggregate minimum score, there's now a minimum score for each section (around 30%, according to wikipedia).  Given how low that threshold is, I'm not sure who they intend to ( Read more... )

This weekend I sold some books and donated others.  All told, I believe I got rid of about twenty-five books.  It's not as much as I'd hoped, but I'll do another round soon.

Visited the high line park today.  It was a little underwhelming.

( In summary: don't buy tickets from the scalpers near the TKTS booth. )

It's only temporary, but still.

 20092008Vocabulary4631Listening83*57Reading / Grammar138141Total
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* How did this happen?  I didn't even study for it.

Recap of 2009:

I got a new job.  I like it.

Review of 2009 resolutions:

Resolution: Read a book in Japanese that is not a translation of something I have read in English.
Result: It's not written in that sentence, but I meant a book for adults. I made it through translations of two of the Prydain books, though, so it's a partial success.

Resolution: ( Read more... )

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