09/16/2005: "I'm not doing anything wrong, I swear.."

On the school computer in my Japanese language classroom. I'm probably not supposed to be using it, but seriously, that's not a good enough reason to not.

I'm alone in the classroom right now and just finished up my required homework. I was working on some optional stuff, but I'm really too tired to bother with it right now. So, obviously, that leaves writing in my online journal. This morning, I took off a bunch of games I had on my memory stick and replaced them with mp3s. Makes the bus rides and long periods between classes more enjoyable. Ideally, I'd like to get a full-fledged mp3 player instead of using the PSP. It's a good mp3 player (with full-featured random, something hard to come by on these things), and actually quite nice, but it's.. big. Not so good for an mp3 player. I'd buy one, but that whole "money" thing gets annoying. As it is, I still need to scrape some money together so I can get the kimono I got in Japan shipped to me. Probably going to be quite pricey, unfortunately.

What have I done today? Not much! Slept about 4 hours, stumbled out of bed, ignored the stranger who was in my house (other people were talking to them, so I figure they must've been fine) and got ready. Sat through writing class, wrote a paper on a book I didn't read (that's an interesting story in its own right, but let's just say I take "vague" to new levels. Personally, I think the paper sounds pretty good. We'll find out if the teacher noticed when I get graded), took a bus, and here I am. In three hours, I should be on my way back to the house thing, will get my film developed (I could wait the hour for development, but I don't care, so I'll pick them up tomorrow), then will get online to play some FFXI, assuming my party is around and available (LinkShell name: RCPD). Ideally, I won't pass out inbetween these activities, though I think this is a possibility. In my favor, I can look and sound quite awake even while falling asleep, so I might still be able to wing it okay (unless, of course, I'm crossing a street..).

Today, I want to talk to my teacher about speaking less English in class. This is mostly an immersion class, but she does and will translate if the person doesn't understand after a few tries. I think some things should be translated.. you can't be expected to know everything. But not every word in the sentence and a play by play. Then again, my Japanese teacher's really sweet.. I don't think she wants to ruin anybody. I think that if you can't keep up, you need to study more or try a little harder. And, hey, if you go to any other country, I don't think the local people will translate everything for you. I know they didn't in Japan. It just doesn't hurt to get used to trying to derive meaning from what you hear. Really, it helps.

People are in the class, so I'll get going now. Should probably stare at my homework a bit more anyway.

I'll write sometime later.. most probably.


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