tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29992397001320307952011-11-04T18:16:01.133+09:00somewhere, out thereDexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-14463675018533056082011-04-21T07:32:00.000+09:002011-04-21T07:32:16.210+09:00Hrrrrn.It's been awhile.
I haven't felt particularly motivated to blog because I would inevitably feel obligated to talk about Japan but for the past month it's a large part of all I HAVE spoken about and anyone whom I care to address it with has likely already heard it from my own lips. Nonetheless, I wanted to kick the New Years Resolutions posts off the top spot and follow up to say that generally Dexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-22049184468065118882011-01-31T10:24:00.004+09:002011-01-31T10:29:01.435+09:00New Year's RevolutionsNo, that's not a typo up there :3
So I did make some resolutions for this year. The first one I made was to kick my coke habit.
Not this kind.
I mean this kind.
Though possibly this kind.
And I would snort any kind if it meant I could shit diamonds, I guess.
So that's been going fine. I don't really even want sodas anymore. I did experiment with a couple Fantas over the month butDexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-13964354205450946782011-01-17T20:20:00.000+09:002011-01-17T20:20:37.826+09:00Back into the grind.So school's on again and this semester, though schedule-wise it is much more forgiving and gives me more time to study and work on assignments, it is also shaping up to be much more challenging. My weaknesses, which I've struggled to conceal more than anything, since improving them seems so impossible at times, are becoming more and more apparent. The cardinal one being my inability to quickly Dexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-34805304804672836312011-01-03T14:34:00.000+09:002011-01-03T14:34:48.154+09:00Tom. He's pretty amazing.I lost a best friend today. I just wanted to share some pictures and a few memories. His name is Tom and he will always remain one of the smartest creatures I've had the pleasure of knowing. He was a quick study, learned words and names and skills faster than any of his brethren, and even took it upon himself to teach the others. He'd mastered the new door we installed for him and his parents Dexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-50348466142730714152010-10-04T17:32:00.000+09:002010-10-04T17:32:08.104+09:00Fewer lulz, moar BAAWWsSo I had a pretty decent weekend. I slept enough, was entertained enough, and was prepared enough for Monday. Truth be told, I was actually looking forward to getting back my midterm exam in my modern Japanese history class because I was feeling real good about it. I worked hard preparing for this exam, put in a lot of hours studying, and had been taking diligent notes all semester. This test is Dexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-47072109759610440982010-09-30T18:09:00.000+09:002010-09-30T18:09:11.237+09:00Lately:KARA-FUCKIN'-OKE: I really love going to Karaoke with my friends Kaitlin and Kelsey. They have great taste in music and great voices. We mainly sing older or just old music, songs from musicals/Disney, and Lady Gaga (don't be hatin'). But sometimes some other notable winners make the cut.
MEXICAN RESTAURANT FOUNDThese are the directions from Tamachi if any of you local cats wanna go, lol. They Dexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-6724222728476685272010-09-28T01:35:00.000+09:002010-09-28T01:35:24.389+09:00...Before there was homework, before there was getting up and making something to eat that's more substantial than slightly stale popcorn and a teaspoon's worth of instant ramen noodles (yes, they do make them in that size in Japan... take a look!), before there was even getting up to pee, there was...
Art by: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/
I swear, one day I will give myself time to get myDexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-54910666022252141412010-09-11T11:23:00.000+09:002010-09-11T11:23:38.862+09:00Doomy doomI can tell when I've set myself up for failure, though typically only after it's too late to do anything about it. I charge through most things with a sort of blind faith and optimism in my abilities- and am always disappointed one way or another. This time it's classes. I championed through the first two weeks. Almost. It's not that my classes are especially HARD - perhaps a little bookish and Dexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-73406430114885644992010-08-24T22:38:00.000+09:002010-08-24T22:38:36.269+09:00Hello TokyoSo - I've been kinda-sorta neglecting making any real-live posts that are unrelated to studying or some other triviality, so let me spend my downtime (sick in bed again - my immune system just can't handle the germs of 60+ other people in a cramped dorm without just keeling over and dying with little more than a whimper) making a bona-fide blog post. I made it to Tokyo, and have been enduring Dexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-70307493705155425012010-08-16T00:10:00.000+09:002010-08-16T00:10:48.491+09:00WE ARE... WE ARE... WE ARE... X!Went to see X Japan live tonight, at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama... Something I NEVER thought I'd get to do.
I've been into this band forever, and then right as I start getting into them, they split up. This was back in 97 and I was about to become a freshman in high school. And then a year later, my favourite band member, hide, who also had a solo career and so much amazing music that I was Dexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-86308854440171968342010-08-09T20:58:00.001+09:002010-08-09T20:58:16.163+09:00Minna no Nihongo Chapter 3A Vocabインタビューする\インタビューする\interview
担当する\たんとうする\be in charge of, be responsible for
アルバイト先\アルバイトさき\parttime workplace
~先\~さき\place
店長\てんちょう\store manager
研修\けんしゅう\training
話し合う\はなしあう\discuss
通勤する\つうきんする\commute to work
これまで\これまで\until now
減らす\へらす\reduce
引っ越す\ひっこす\move house
~か国\~かこく\(number of) countries
家庭\かてい\household, home, family
事情\じじょう\circumstances, reasons
幼稚園\ようちえん\kindergarten, preschool
昼寝する\Dexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-1320212602181848162010-08-04T18:57:00.000+09:002010-08-04T18:57:26.519+09:00Vocab ListsMinna no Nihongo, Chuukyuu 1B Vocab List印象\いんしょう\impression
チェックする\チェックする\check
お住い\おすまい\residence
たたむ\たたむ\fold
重ねる\かさねる\place one on top of the other (stack)
板張り\いたばり\wooden (floor, ceiling, etc)
素足\すあし\without socks; barefoot
使い分ける\つかいわける\use selectively
良さ\よさ\merit; good quality
読み取る\よみとる\understand by reading or scrutinizing
旅行者\りょこうしゃ\traveller; tourist
~者\~しゃ\~er (person)
最も\もっとも\most
非常に\Dexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-46028825252035071582010-07-31T23:00:00.002+09:002010-07-31T23:00:52.320+09:00Minna no Nihongo Chapter 1A Vocabどのように\どのように\how
迷う\まよう\to lose
道に迷う\みちにまよう\to lose one's way
先輩\せんぱい\senior
まるで\まるで\just (as in 'X' is just like 'Y')
明るい\あかるい\cheerful
性格が明るい\せいかくがあかるい\cheerful personality
父親\ちちおや\father
母親\ははおや\mother
親しい\したしい\intimate; close
湖\みずうみ\lake
目指す\めざす\aim at; have one's eye on
命\いのち\mortal life
お節料理\おせちりょうり\traditional food served during New Year's
初詣で\はつもうで\first shrine visit of New Year
畳\たたみ\Dexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-64935189155273687312010-07-29T20:17:00.001+09:002010-07-29T20:23:38.963+09:00日本語ができますか?I thought I'd compile a little list here of the different tools I've used - or even some that I've made - for learning Japanese over the years. I'll list websites with links, books with ISBNs and links to Amazon, and I will link you to apps and crap I've compiled for learning Japanese. - I won't be finished this post today because I have a fat happy exam to take tomorrow, but I'd like to get it Dexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-38336504159074367672010-07-23T04:05:00.000+09:002010-07-23T04:05:23.788+09:00...What time is it.It's somewhere between consistent coughing, fever dreams, and general insomnia that I awake - again - and glance blearly at my faithfully ticking computer clock - again - and have my own little melange of bitterness, disappointment, exhaustion, and mild amusement at the fact that it is indeed just as 4AM as I thought it was and I am getting absolutely no sleep this night. To whatever powers Dexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-89724039396344157632010-07-12T15:09:00.000+09:002010-07-12T15:09:57.761+09:00On the importance of being earnest...Alas, aside from the title, I have no other intentions to make more allusions to Oscar Wilde or theatre for the rest of my post, but we'll see how it goes.
Getting back to the main point, I thought I might dedicate a blog post to the subject of Why am I writing a blog at all, and What do I hope to accomplish.
On the one hand, honestly, I've always wanted to be a writer. My secret little heart Dexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-73200542278083993542010-07-08T16:26:00.000+09:002010-07-08T16:26:52.453+09:00Well it was bound to happenI finally managed to get sick, though there's little mystery as to the hows and whys. I had lunch with a classmate one day, where she shared 2 pieces of sushi with me (using the end of the chopsticks she had previously eaten with - a minor faux pas I wasn't even about to quibble about in my endless quest to try to get people to like me, haha), and the next day she was dreadfully sick, blowing herDexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999239700132030795.post-42205206842136972342010-06-26T18:26:00.000+09:002010-06-26T18:26:32.615+09:00I came, I saw, I flew 6000 some miles... (or around 10000 km depending on which ruler you use.)...And I arrive! Bumped around, mussed up, with questionable hygiene (gotta love those airplane bathroom sponge baths), dog tired, and grinning from ear to ear.
Well, mostly. If we decide to forget the nigh-immediate onset of homesickness, missing one's family, pets, and the daily variety of visiting fauna (what's up, duck(s)?).
Even if you're new to this blog (lol. first post. everyone's new. Dexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076733002680590573noreply@blogger.com1