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The first five people to respond to this post, will get some form of art, by me (mind you it doesn't have to be a sketch or something). It will be about or tailored to those five lucky victims, er...individuals ( Read more... ) -
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Been on telly. Am knitting sock now. Have turned heel of said sock; can't pick up gusset stitches. Will tell more later. -
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Geepers, yesterday's class on drives scared me a little. It seems that it's almost as hard to stick to a diet as it is to quit heroine... I hope that's not true. We did learn something fun about the Atkins diet though: there's a chemical basis for it, eating more meat and less carbon hydrates releases a hormone called PYY that makes you feel full ( Read more... ) -
Parking trouble
This morning I almost was late for class because of a parking problem. I could not fit my bike anywhere near the station, and I have missed trains before due to not being able to park my bike ( Read more... ) -
Oh shit...
I did something moderately stupid.
I put myself up for a tv show. And I got in. Now I will be officially knitting on a Dutch show called Mooi! Weer de Leeuw with a host that likes to play practical jokes on his guests ( Read more... ) -
Observation:
The year that you're supposed to finally get your thesis done is not the year to find out you actually can't read Japanese at all, let alone classical Japanese. Especially not if it's a requirement that you have read Japanese sources and list them in your biography.
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Fluent Lovey-Dovey (now with added Dutch!)
Only the French can get away with calling their lovers their little flea and get away with it. This and other weird nicknames lovers have for each other are found in How to Speak Fluent Lovey Dovey in 11 Languages in 24 Hours. I will add some weird Dutch nicknames ( Read more... ) -
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Lately I could just KICK myself! -
Stupid Repetitive Questions
Every subject of study has them. In fact, I think most professions have some of them: Stupid Repetitive Questions. Although most are more repetitive while others are more stupid, here's the big 5 for 'studying Japanese' that were gathered during a social encounter with a few other Japanology students:
5) "So, why Japanese?"
-Repetitive: after ( Read more... )