Just checking back in before I forget anything that's been happening in the last few days. I've been in California for the past week and I'll be heading back tomorrow. This trip started out as just to visit family but eventually evolved into getting to visit two of the three Japantowns of California. I've become very aquatied with Caltrain, VTA, ( Read more... )

Two oddest things on the back of debit cards today:

PIN: 4382

Rock the HoloceneThings are pretty slow as usual. Only one week left of class and then a whole month off. I'm going to spend about a week of that in California as my first vacation in three years. I'm still figuring out what I'll be spending most of my time doing, but one day will be ( Read more... )

"This isn't like plans one through eight. This is plan nine, the one that worked! The worst movie ever made!"

My theater is running a Mystery Science Theater 3000 of Plan 9 from Outer Space on Thursday August 20. Normally it costs $12.50 to go, but if you would like to go with me, I can get you in for 50 cents each. Anyone who would like to go, ( Read more... )

I've been watching morning cartoons live on TV Tokyo at 3pm. An interesting addition to the morning is teaching kids a new English sentence each day. I first paid attention to it when the girl on the show was teaching kids to say, "How will you be spending you return?" on tax day. Since then all the ones I've managed to catch have been phrases I ( Read more... )

Finals are over. I'm done with Japanese for now as I've finished all I need for my degree. Yes, it would be fun to take more, but I can't really afford it. At least I finished this term with an A ( Read more... )

It's December so it's time for the Amazing Dancing Christmas Stick.

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And just for fun, some of my other favorite Adult Swim bumps:

Projected Holiday Spirit
Big Horn Monster
Banana Operation
Tomato Operation
Dancing Robot
Do Not Stray
Smash the Ship
Billboard
Computrons
The New Knowledge
The World's Wealth

I have learned a new word in Japanese class that I felt I had to share. I didn't believe it when our teacher first told us.

デニる "deniru"
translation: to eat at Denny's

I had no idea Denny's was so big in Japan that going there required it's own verb. That makes me feel kind of queasy...

I know hydrargyrum will be checking up on this journal soon, so I'd better update. The term is almost over! One more day of learning on Monday then it's just Two review days a Midterm and a Final. And time to finish everything in ceramics ( Read more... )

Been busy with school and work. One of the nice things about this job is that if I happen to have free time I can go see a movie for free. I've seen quite a few recently, maybe about two a week (as opposed to two or three every year before I started working here). The best I've seen yet, and have even seen twice, is There Will Be Blood. When I ( Read more... )

Finally updating. The term is almost over so now I have a bit of time on my hands. Christmas presents have been sent out, I've given terwashere and witmanfade theirs, I have presents ready to give to shinjuki71, mr_utopia_man, and nanao, and all the family's taken care of. I don't think I'll do cards this year, I but I'll send them to anyone who's sent me one if I haven't already sent them a ( Read more... )