お久しぶりです。まだ生きてますよ。日本語で書くのも久しぶりだからなんだか不安なんですけど　苦笑 ( Read more... )

I have to read Henry Green's Living and the remaining 5 books of the Iliad by tomorrow. Mark and I are cooking dinner in about an hour and we are going to the Varsity at 9:00. The probabilty of me actually getting my work done is approximately 1 out of 150. It's not all my fault though. Our stupid book shop ran out of copies, so I had to order it ( Read more... )

The fire alarm went off again. Boofuckinghoo. While we waited outside in the cold, Mark came to look for me in the Piazza. He had walked me to Tescos earlier during the day. I felt obliged to tell him to join us, but he seemed uncomfortable. I didn't want to leave Laura, Dave, Ross, German dude, and Joe just for mark though...especially with the ( Read more... )

Here's to Life at Uni.

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Apparently, according to my professor, no, according to P. Toohey, "an epic is a long narrative, written in hexameters, concentrating on the fortunes of a great hero or civilisation, and the interaction of this hero/civilisation with the gods...it generally involves glorification of the past." Dr.Driskill made Homer enjoyable, now reading the ( Read more... )

Last Tuesday, as I tried to mingle with lots of International students, I noticed this one guy sitting at the piazza with an older man. My immediate reaction was to walk in the other direction. He was good-looking and it made me nervous. I didn't think of talking to him because I have Yohei, and since I had no reason to talk to him I walked away ( Read more... )

I'm currently eating nectarines and yoghurt in the solitude of my room. In the kitchen I met someone who looks very much like Prince Harry, but I either forgot to ask his name, or he told me and I forgot it instantly. Anyway, I have now met almost all of the people on my floor. There was a party downstairs last night at which I met some girls who ( Read more... )

Today I was plodding around the work place, doing nothing in particular when I noticed a man standing by the entrance. It took me two seconds too long, but I realised it was the creepy customer that has been asking to see me for the last few days. I ran to the kitchen and stood there with Igarashikun, who also hates said man. We were hiding in ( Read more... )

Last night I finished "work" at half past nine but I didn't leave until around eleven. I was sitting with Kawahata san and Igarashikun talking over some glasses of oolong tea and beer and before I knew it, I was running late for my bus. On my way home I was messaging Seth about the weekend and all was going well and I was feeling rather content. ( Read more... )

There must have been about twenty of them last night. It just emphasises the flaw in Japanese lifestyle to me. They were all parked along this one road, they always are, I see them every night I cycle down there on my way back from work. My headlight always shines into the car, making me feel rather awkward. The cars are a disturbing presence, but ( Read more... )