SO I had my first night of Intermediate-Level Japanese last night at the new college I had to transfer to since my old college decided to cancel their upper level Japanese courses just as I was ready to start taking them. And the experience scared the living crap outta me, here's why:

1. The class is taught entirely in Japanese.
2. Sensei speaks at a ( Read more... )

So, yesterday, I took a break from translating yaoi to go to the beach with the family. We went to a new beach we've never stopped at before since the parking sucks about-- oh, five miles south of Laguna. We get set up with all our crap and decide to go for a walk farther down to the end where it looks like tidepools might be happening. We get up ( Read more... )

So, my mother calls to chew me out for losing some damn safety deposit box key she gave me, get this, WHEN I WAS SIXTEEN. And she's all kinds of disappointed in me because I don't know where it is. And it's going to cost her money to replace it...And will I go look for it...? Right NOWWHILESHE'S ON THE PHONE??? OiOiOi!

Mom, you gave me that key ( Read more... )

Gotta confess I'm almost sorta kinda getting really maybe excited about the X-Files movie. I know that's a bad bad thing to say for someone who spent the better part of four years of her life more or less devoted to the show/fandom and fanfiction community. But after so long, and so much time has passed I get nervous. Really nervous. Is it gonna ( Read more... )

For some reason the stars and planets have aligned in such a way this week that I have NO WORK WHATSOEVER for the first time in three years so I've been spending quality time with my DVDs and DVR.

Moonlight -
First off, shitty-ass news about Moonlight getting the ax by CBS. Damn. I was really enjoying Jason Dohring as a vampire. I think they made a ( Read more... )

Need to get that pre-squee in before I depart for Hollywood today!

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!!!!! JAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG! I've been sick all last week and haven't been around to pre-squee. But tonight is my big date with Lee Pace and the Daisies gang in Hollywood! I'll be back Sunday night with my report.

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Recently I had a web client referred to me by a friend of mine. So a friend of a friend, right? This woman contacts me wanting a website but at first she's not sure what kind of website she wants/needs, etc. So for small businesses I recommend a certain number of things: about us, contact, what we do, clients/testimonials, etc., etc.. Naw, this ( Read more... )

Looks like the Moonlight Paley Center event has to be held the same night that I have a Japanese exam -- April 22. FUCK! I don't pass the class if I miss an exam. CRAP!!! Also, they're selling the series first to members, then non-members, then individual tix to members, etc. I don't want the whole series. Nuts. I'd probably get shut out anyway. *

So I'm at that point where I've gotta start getting better at conversational Japanese. In other words, not reading off anything. And seeing as my first official oral exam is tonight (aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!) I find myself listening hard to foreign conversations around me in hopes of evesdropping in on some unsuspecting Japanese folks talking about ( Read more... )