Registering for Fall!

I registered for fall semester yesterday. So, I figured I might just take a few minutes to say what classes I signed up for (not that anyone really cares):

Japanese 201
Korean 101
Astronomy 111 / 113 (Lab)
SLC 201 (something about an introduction to cultural and literacy theory)

As you can see there's not a whole lot special about it, but I'm excited about the Korean since grammatically, it is exactly like Japanese, and I taught myself Hangeul just a few weeks ago ^__^
I'm sort of excited about the astronomy class too; I need to take a lab science in order to fulfill my Quantitative Science gen ed requirement, so I figure I'll take the least boring one. The Lab is on Tuesday nights from 730 to 10 (!) which sort of sucks but I guess since it IS after all an astronomy class that would make sense. In all, I'm signed up for 17 credit hours (which is fine with me). Though, I'm glad that I will have had a nice vacation in Vienna :)

Speaking of which, I wired my dad some money last night so he could go ahead and book me a ticket (since my bank will only let me charge things $300 or less, and the ticket is about $1100). My dad is actually being cool and paying for a good chunk of the ticket, even though I already have all the money. And he said he'd help me out with spending money for the summer if it turns out I'm a little short by then. I'm not really sure what to think; he said that when I get back that he's going to fly out here to visit for a week. I'm worried that he's just using it as an excuse to drink, since we can't really monitor him the way his mother and brother do. He denies it of course, but I still don't know what think because that's what he's done every other time he's come out here since he moved to Minnesota 6 years ago. Actually, when he was out here last May for my graduation, he hadn't even been in the state 5 hours when I caught him coming back from the check cashing place on the corner with a half-empty bottle of booze in hand. I love my dad but he makes it impossible to trust him. Does this make me mean?

Whatever, I'll deal with what happens when it happens, it's not even for another 6 months. I've been looking at fares on the LOT Polish website as their fares are the cheapest, and I've been looking up what kinds of airplanes I'd be taking....one of them is one of those epic triple-row planes!! Right now it's looking like I'd be going from Phoenix to Chicago, an 8-hour layover in Chicago (which sucks but there's nothing I can do about it) , then from Chicago to either Krakow or Warsaw, and then from there to Vienna :) I'm excited, yo!

Bee Gees!

I'm listening to the Bee Gees right now. I haven't listened to them in forever. They are awesome.

I'm also watching Bleach. I'm so far behind still it isn't even funny. Episode 135 out of like 270... ^_^;

I've been thinking a lot a lot about what classes I'm going to take next semester. I'm not entirely positive yet, but I know I'll be taking at least Japanese 201. I'm also thinking about starting Korean in the fall (since I have to take a year of either Korean or Chinese) but doing so may require me to take a class over the summer through Rio Salado. Which I don't mind doing, but I don't know If I'll have the money for it. Sigh. Always about money.

...You know, I meant for this to be longer, but right now the tired is just getting to me. I'm gonna go crash. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

It has to be done.

I'm gonna start with cool news first. That English paper that I put off for 3 whole weeks and instead stayed up all night to do? I got a B+ on it! Alright! Hahaha to all you suckaz who spent the entire 3 weeks on it, because I'm awesome because I can bullshit an entire paper in 6 hours and still do awesome on it. wO0t!

On the less-awesome note:

I'm going to drop my German class.
It makes me really sad, but more than anything it makes me really pissed. I've spent time, money, and effort on this class and I'm not learning a damn thing. I'm gonna try to get my money back for the books and stuff, but it's probably too late. Fucking sucks. But oh well, I guess.

Tegami Results.

Sensei said I had one of the more interesting letter contents. Score! Although, he did say I wasn't the only one to talk about buying a dragon...Huh? Apparently dragons are a popular product. But I haven't seen any in stores. Must be on the black market.

Just thought I would add

that for the last 20 seconds, Bear has been standing on my shoulders. He just jumped up there, and now is is just perfectly still as I type. I effing love that cat.

Tegami (Letter).

For my latest Japanese assignment, we have been given the task of writing a letter to Sensei - but addressed to his former address in Japan, so we are writing to his past self. The actual point of the activity is to get used to writing a formal Japanese-style letter. He said all we have to talk about is something interesting that we did; it doesn't have to be real, it can be made up, as long as it's not boring. I've decided it might be fun to post my letter here. Anything in bold is the romanized Japanese, beneath it is the English translation.

On the front of the envelope:

Buraddorii Uiruson sama
(Bradley Wilson-sama)

Kagoshima-ken, Satsuma-gun, Miyanojou-chou: 941-1
(Kagoshima prefecture, Satsuma district, Miyanojou town: #941-1)

The letter itself:

Haikei
(Just something you say when you begin a formal letter. Not too sure what it means, exactly)

Uiruson sensei, o-genki desu ka.
(Wilson-sensei, how are you?)

Watashi wa genki desu.
(I'm doing fine.)

Kochira wa suzushii desu.
(Here it's cool.)

Kagoshima wa dou desu ka.
(How is Kagoshima?)

Sate,
(Well, then, ["down to business, then"])

Watashi wa tsuki e itta.
(I went to the moon.)

Samukatta, totemo sabishikatta desu.
(It was cold, and very lonely.)

Dakara taiyou e itta.
(So, I went to the sun.)

Demo, taiyou wa atsukatta desu.
(But, the sun was hot).

Ie ni kaerimashita.
(I returned home).

Sono ato, tatsu o katta.
(After that, I bought a dragon.)

Watashi no tatsu no namae wa Yujiin desu.
(My dragon's name is Eugene).

Yujiin no suki na tabemono wa chiisai inu desu.
(Eugene's favorite food is small dogs.)

Issho ni, tenisu o shita.
(Together, we played tennis.)

Yujiin wa totemo sugokatta desu.
(Eugene was amazing.)

Bangohan no ato, issho ni sentaku o shita.
(After dinner, we did the laundry together.)

Watashi wa shukudai o shite, Yujiin wa shinakatta desu.
(I did homework, but Eugene didn't.)

Tatsu wa kakemasen desu.
(Dragons can't write.)

Saa, watashi wa shiranakatta.
(Well, I didn't know.)

O-karada ni ki o tsukete kudasai.
(Please take care of yourself.)

Keiji
(Something you say at the end of a formal Japanese letter. Again, don't know exactly what it means.)

(Then comes the date [in kanji], then my name [in katakana], and then the recipient's name [which happens to also be in katakana, since it's foreign] + sama attached at the end.)



Well, I hope you all are enlightened. I sure as hell am. I learned a shit ton more kanji through this assignment. Of course, the question is, will it stick? We shall have to see.

FF X sucks.

...because I can't effing stop playing it. I put off an important English paper all weekend because of it. Damn you, Chocobos! Why must you play such an awesome jam when I ride you??