"If you get more than 30, I strongly recommend some counseling ( Read more... )

Oh my god oh my god oh my god. Critical Language Scholarship, yay! Except I have to write four essays... alas. Gwaaaaaaa!

I am swamped in Chinese and Japanese homework because I did not have my textbooks for the first week. And I also did not have my workbooks the second week. I am smart.

Chinese is four days a week, every day but Wednesday, for ( Read more... )

Crisis, woo.

I'm finally in my room. What a fiasco ( Read more... )

I am finally done with Chinese!  好死了！ For the next ten days...

Today is also my last day of work. After ten weeks of grueling summer school, I'm taking some time off, damnit.

I've got my library job back at WU all set up, but I wonder if I could/should look for a temporary job back here for winter break. And I also need another job for next summer, ( Read more... )

I'm freaking out because the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has a program called the Critical Language Scholarship for students to spend nine weeks abroad in intensive language study and travel...

...all expenses paid.

Undergrads and grad students, plus students up to two years past either graduation can go. I can even ( Read more... )

My friend Danica's car got broken into. Well, more like forced the window down, saw nothing of value, so took the spare change and proceeded to reprogram her radio stations.

The trip to Valley Fair was pretty awesome. I always start off with  "Holy shit, why do I like roller coasters?!" and then as I go down the first hill I'm like "Oh yeah, they're ( Read more... )

A Willamette '06 alum is apparently racing in the Beijing Olympics, and he won the 800m Olympic tryouts in Eugene, OR. That's pretty crazy.

Today, I made a grown man cry.

This guy, I've been sitting with him in Chinese class for the past six weeks. He's probably mid- to late twenties, has a four year old daughter, and is unmarried. For the past five weeks we've just talked a little during class, attempting to make jokes in Chinese and whatnot. I wouldn't call us friends, but he's an ( Read more... )

I got an A in Chinese! Piece of cake. The real trick will be maintaining that A in the next five weeks, because we're moving a lot faster. Still. Woo!

The Dark Knight is fantastic. I really liked that magic trick.