Thursday, October 15, 2009

Skip Angry, go stright to Smash

This week has kept me busier than I have been since orientation week. The last two days I had no time after classes to do any homework, so I had to do it all between classes. And at night, I worked on my report for Anime class (why is spell check telling me anime isn't a word, if this keeps happening I'm going to learn to hack in Google and rewrite all their word processing software, argh it pisses me off!) So essentially, I had no time to do anything fun for the first time in years, and I learned that I don't react well to such a thing. Kudos to my parents for lasting as long as they have, but I would have self-destructed long ago if I were them.
On a brighter note, since I did get all my work for the week finished yesterday, I've gone on an anime binge (that's it, spell check DIES!) and the new Dragon Ball Z remake is frankly awesome. Gone are all the four-episode-power-ups-with-no-actual-action sequences. No longer are there fillers turning a 104-max episode show into over 400. If you're a fan of the original series, you have got to watch this. Only twenty-seven episodes and it's already well into the Namek arc.
Missing a lesson in sign language really makes a difference. Since most of the class is conducted in silence, I have no idea what new signs are until I can use the old ones as reference. Japanese class is kinda like that now, too; either I get everything or look like a complete fool. I've bought a phrase book to supplement class Japanese with street Japanese, and already I love it. This would be because it comes with a menu guide that has kana and kanji, so now I can actually know what lots of places have to offer (this includes the cafeteria).
Midterms are coming up here, and I'm hearing stories about blonds having breakdowns because they can't keep up with their language studies. On some level, I'd really like to sympathize, but they're blonds so I just can't stop laughing. Also, if I hear one more ignorant person whining about how ridiculous 'can-ji' is, I'm gonna lose it. If you don't like it and won't put in the effort, then just go home already!
Sorry for the rant (it felt good, though). Next time I'll be calmer.

Observations:
Breast/condom ice cream. Don't ask.
Supposedly, every school in Japan is supposed to have the same bell soundtrack for starting and ending classes. I like that the local high-school has unusual tastes; they play Yesterday instead :)
Remember the epic, two-note piece used for Lord of the Rings trailers? Forklifts seem to come in those two-note varieties as well. If I could just get ahold of some...

2 comments:

  1. Lucky me, my spell chkr has an "accept" for words I purposely want to misspell.

    ?Breast/condom" ice milk? Sorry but I couldn't help to ask.

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  2. Breast/condom ice cream? Now I have to ask that!!!

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