It could just be that the sun is shining but the world seems a little brighter and a little more manageable now. I think that my understanding of Japanese is increasing and I'm better able to express myself than I was before. I'm still annoyed by what I deem the "nihonjin dake club" (nihonjin dake means only japanese people) I think, sometimes ( Read more... )

lonely, sometimes i feel like we're all lonely, and i know that i don't do much to stop it for me. or maybe i'm being more mature, less self indulgent, i hope it's the latter. I can't imagine trying to talk myself out of lonely. i just don't know what to do anymore, i can't seem to make choices only react

I keep listening to the same albums over and over again, I may be annoying Kim (new roomie) but I cannot stop. I had a distressing chat with Melville Sensei the other day that lasted forever and I was so glad when she got a phone call because my stupid self can't handle a) being bad at something b) having an authority figure tell me I'm bad at it ( Read more... )

There was a pot luck last night in the freezing cold lobby but the food was worth it ( Read more... )

above is the most common phrase to be uttered in Japanese class it means "umm... one more time please..." and I only had to say it once. Today was the first day of class and I was filled with energy for it, I was sooo genki. And I did this long sentence and Melvile Sensei told me it was "perfect" yay for me! I think I can do this!

Well, you may or may not be completely shocked to learn that I was placed into 3rd year Japanese this semester, eeek. I'm scared, although I do like Melvile Sensei that teaches 3rd year the class is scary as fuck. 2nd year would be full of fun and I doubt that 3rd year will be, grrrrrr ( Read more... )

fyi o-fucking-watta means fucking finished

Thats all, I just don't want everyone to leave

Yesterday was an exciting day, after an agonizingly long speech giving thingy do we set about putting the finishing touches on the dinner party that we had organized for last night. We had appatizers and sangria in our room and then we had dinner in Sue's room with sushi, tempura, hard bars, lovely decorations, presents form Santa and a partially ( Read more... )

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hmmmm... I've got only a little under a month left before I go home for Christmas but never fear, I'll be back in Japan for the Spring semester. I do miss quarters, I feel like it should be over and I should be in classes that actually matter, it's a little frustrating because my non-Japanese language classes are absolutely worthless and I ( Read more... )