Ok, I know this will sound like the whinings of a spoiled kid, but damned if I not sick of all the best jobs on campus being available for work-study students ONLY. It is almost as if since my parents have money, I can't have a fun, flexible job.

Don't reply giving me reasons for this. I know what the reasons are, but am not in the mood to care.

Coming soon: Backstories! ladymora and saiko_setsuna, if I don't hear/read otherwise, your powers are foresight and love, respectively. I'm trying not to giggle so much anymore.

Almost all of the Japanese department was to be on sabattical this quarter. Sabbatical? Something like that. Anyway, there were no non-language classes available for Japanese. But Prof. Nathan came back! He took pity on us, and he's offering modern literature this quarter! That's what I wanted to take from him ( Read more... )

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Last night I dreamed I co-starred in a independent film with Alan Rickman. And was aparently on first name terms with him. It was fun, especially since my character was supposed to be a piano prodigy, so in the middle of a take I told him I had no idea how to actually play the silly thing, so he gave me lessons ( Read more... )

Secretly, the JET program application process is designed to weed out those with heart or nervous conditions. It takes forever, and keeps you in a place of suspense for about 4 months. But it's not only that, it's the little tricks they apparently pull along the way ( Read more... )

When there is much work to be done, it really does funny things to the brain. I have a crazy plan to warn anyone about to propose to Dawn not to buy her a ring, but a copy of the Ellesmere Chaucer. In the process of discussing this, the pound to dollar ratio came in (it's about 2 bucks to the quid, now) and why. Basically, UK has not been warring ( ( Read more... )

Dear Japan,

Kindly explain to me why "torture" (semeku) shares an initial kanji with "responsibility" (sekininkan). Does it have anything to do with school work?

Love and Kisses,
Shiro

It's funny how you can call a place Hell for years, and completely forget why. I haven't spent any time in Irvine since the brotherhood went to Canada (that would be since high school), so I forgot how impossible that place is ( Read more... )

Songs like "Going to be sore, going to be sore, don't wanna do strength training anymore!" Except I do...to get rid of a few muscle problems. Le sigh ( Read more... )