From the article on Japan: "Japan was hurt very much after the atomic bombs, but soon it grew strong again. They did not try to make a strong military, but a strong economy. Because of this, they became very rich. The United States put their military bases in Japan and has been Japan's friend for the last 50 years ( Read more... )

I don't really like it when companies or universities tell you just how disgustingly competitive their recruitment processes really are. I'm planning to go to an info session for Maersk International Shipping Education tonight, and the job sounds really awesome, but I already know that given last year's recruitment statistics (they chose 21 ( Read more... )

Is it just me, or is Lost gradually turning into Final Destination ( Read more... )

It was almost as if nobody on either team had ever played in the rain before. Either that, or someone thought it would be funny to cover the ball in K-Y jelly just before the kickoff. I've never seen so many turnovers in my life ( Read more... )

Is "gotten" even a word? As in, "We have gotten a lot of snow this morning?" Because I just heard a reporter say that on the morning news. As far as I know, if "gotten" is a legitimate word, it means "became;" it is not the past tense of "get" (which is simply "got").

I'm selling my guitar amp, in case anyone is interested.

I started Judo club today, after finally persuading the IMA to lend me a gi to practice in. Judo is basically like Japanese wrestling plus throwing and tripping, and my god, what a workout. I pretty much got my ass handed to me. A couple of the guys I did mat work with pinned me well enough that I broke a bunch of capillaries in my face straining ( Read more... )

After this quarter, I only have three required classes left to finish my degrees, so I'm right on track. It's weird going into the Degree Audit thingy and finally having almost everything be a green "YES" instead of a red "NO." What's more is, I have two quarters left before I graduate, and I only need to raise my cumulative GPA ever so slightly in ( Read more... )

The Simpsons in real life

3 inches of snow OMG IT'S LIKE THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW!!!