This evening, fear of THE FUTURE interrupted my otherwise-productive studying evening. I realized, once again, that I have to go live in Japan for a year...but this fear is starting to subside. Chris will still be in Japan then, I will be in a very orderly program with 60 other nutty ALC grad students from around the country, including people I ( Read more... )

I finished part one of my classical japanese midterm in 20 minutes, giving me 50 more minutes than usual to sit around in the reading room skimming blogs and drinking coffee.
If I had known how helpful studying for japanese tests actually is, I would have started years ago.

Today I learned that LA stylists don't give a fuck about what your wants. In LA, you don't know what you want until someone gives it to you (and probably overcharges you for it ( Read more... )

I just about broke my desk hand-drumming to the intro of "Loveless Love" by the Feelies. I think you'd love them, too.

You don't want to know me
It seems as though that's never done.
What I'm seeing as hopeless
You're seeing as ...

Won.

The story asking --
Could we be together tonight?
I was raised by a different standard
And it wouldn't seem

While looking through the bedding on Target.com, trying to help Sina find some sheets that were not bought and packed for him by his grandmother:

Me: What about this one? Are you a green person?
Sina: I'm a brown person!
Sina: Haha, did you like that?

(Feel free to IM me for follow-up not-LJ-friendly lines about "imperialism").

Actually, as of Thursday, I finally go to grad school. And it has been interesting ( Read more... )

So, I went to the mandatory meeting, and then went to the bar with two fast-talking roommates who I approached because I was standing alone and tired of feeling separate. They were, jointly, the third and fourth people I had tried talking to at the meeting. The first was a info studies guy who stood in line in front of me, and he didn't have the ( Read more... )

School is close. School is very very close. It kind of makes me want to throw up a little, which isn't necessarily something you might want to hear about, but I'm shooting for TOTAL DISCLOSURE here. Anyways. On Thursday, when I am allowed to first grace a classroom with my presence (barring any further financial aid problems), I'll be in a ( Read more... )

I didn't do much this week ( Read more... )

After a weekend of deliberation, as well as boredom, I decided to rent a car. I'm waiting for it to show up now. So, from 12 today until 5 pm Thursday, I am officially ON VACATION.

Besides going to the beach, what should I do?