Better late than never as has become custom.
I'm very tired. Been up all night reading the Metal Gear Solid wiki. This is for a project, so it's totally excusable, but I have work in two hours (WHAT) and I won't get to sleep before it. Then going to go work on the project afterwards. Augh.
Yesterday I went to Kannawa. I hadn't been there since last semester, so I didn't exactly know my way around.
As such, I got lost.
I got VERY lost.
Kannawa is still in Beppu, mind you, but it is entirely the other side of Beppu. The way I normally go is on one side of the mountain, and Kannawa is on the other side.
That said, somehow I re-emerged in Ishigaki, which is the area of Beppu I normally wander to. I don't know how it happened but it happened, and my legs hurt pretty bad from all that walking.
Kannawa either has less to do than I thought, or I just looked in the wrong direction. I found all the stuff I encountered last time I went, but I didn't have any coins which are needed to get into the onsen, so I was looking for a convenience store which got me lost.
I'm such a ditz sometimes.
After all that trouble I treated myself to a pizza. Apparently a medium is only 5 cm larger than a small but twice the cost. Logic!
Oh well, it was good enough and now I have some leftover in the fridge, which is nice when I don't feel like cooking.
Work should be fun if it's still on. It's POURING now, but the job is about 40 miles away, so should be a bit different weather there.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Class away from Class
I completely forgot that there was classwork due at a specific time, and ended up waking up, going "OH CRAP" and rushing through it to submit it online. But I managed to do it, because I have a phD in horribleness. And I ended up missing the lunch block again because of it. Dang.
Spent the whole day on campus, so nothing exciting there. I was really hoping that people would start ignoring the policies by now, but nobody has. I'd be the first to try it out, but the fact that pretty much every infraction earns you an eviction serves as a pretty good deterrant from acting up.
I'll likely end up out tomorrow and Saturday. Tomorrow I want to go to Kannawa like I didn't today, and Saturday gotta work on the project and also go do the teaching activity in whichever city we're going to to do that. So, should be entertaining.
In the meantime I should really clean my room. It's not like I've got anything better to do, and I leave in 30 days. Should really get prepared.
Then again I didn't really pack to come here til the morning I left, so why break up tradition?
Spent the whole day on campus, so nothing exciting there. I was really hoping that people would start ignoring the policies by now, but nobody has. I'd be the first to try it out, but the fact that pretty much every infraction earns you an eviction serves as a pretty good deterrant from acting up.
I'll likely end up out tomorrow and Saturday. Tomorrow I want to go to Kannawa like I didn't today, and Saturday gotta work on the project and also go do the teaching activity in whichever city we're going to to do that. So, should be entertaining.
In the meantime I should really clean my room. It's not like I've got anything better to do, and I leave in 30 days. Should really get prepared.
Then again I didn't really pack to come here til the morning I left, so why break up tradition?
Thursday, July 9, 2009
You'll never be a better kind
If you don't leave the world behind.
So day three of quarantine went well. I woke up at 2 in the afternoon cause why not. Went to go pick up my Japanese homework from the spot the teacher dropped it off to, and was surprised to not have negative marks all over it for once (the teacher hates me. I am convinced of this. It could partially be because I refuse to use proper Japanese with her, but hey, whatever).
Then on an impromptu decision I ran full speed off campus and jumped off a bridge. There was a 40 foot plummet that was interrupted by a large conifer, and I broke my left arm, dislocated the shoulder, and sprained an ankle, but am otherwise fine. Was in the ER for a good 3 hours and the service was cold and professional like everything else here, but the seats are comfier than in the states. I've never had crutches before so that's kinda fun, but it's going to be a bitch when I have to get to the airport next month.
Not really, of course. I actually just took the bus downtown and wandered around for a bit. Got some gyuudon because I wanted it, but I should've got some ramen because I NEED it. I think I might go to Kannawa (the hot springs area of Beppu) tomorrow cause I've only done that like...two, three times. It's really for old people so I never bother going there, but I feel up for it, so it should be fun.
Also picked up some "merchandise" to trade for some "goods" back home. Meaning I got a figure as repayment for a friend buying me a game. The circle of nerd goes on.
And I was craving Lotteria for some reason, so I went out of my way to get some of that. Then I neeeded to question why I was craving it, because after all the MacDonard's and Mos Burger I've been having, it seemed like a lackluster greasy sausage. I mean, it doesn't even have ketchup on it. That's whack.
Came back early cause I ran out of money and just hung around eating crackers and playing DS, as I am wont to do. Also I bought more tankoban BECAUSE I AM ADDICTED OT THE LOW LOW PRICES. Seriously, if books were this cheap in the states I'd probably have enough to make furniture out of them by now.
Quarantine is still boring. I would very much like to have random things open on campus again.
Oh well.
So day three of quarantine went well. I woke up at 2 in the afternoon cause why not. Went to go pick up my Japanese homework from the spot the teacher dropped it off to, and was surprised to not have negative marks all over it for once (the teacher hates me. I am convinced of this. It could partially be because I refuse to use proper Japanese with her, but hey, whatever).
Then on an impromptu decision I ran full speed off campus and jumped off a bridge. There was a 40 foot plummet that was interrupted by a large conifer, and I broke my left arm, dislocated the shoulder, and sprained an ankle, but am otherwise fine. Was in the ER for a good 3 hours and the service was cold and professional like everything else here, but the seats are comfier than in the states. I've never had crutches before so that's kinda fun, but it's going to be a bitch when I have to get to the airport next month.
Not really, of course. I actually just took the bus downtown and wandered around for a bit. Got some gyuudon because I wanted it, but I should've got some ramen because I NEED it. I think I might go to Kannawa (the hot springs area of Beppu) tomorrow cause I've only done that like...two, three times. It's really for old people so I never bother going there, but I feel up for it, so it should be fun.
Also picked up some "merchandise" to trade for some "goods" back home. Meaning I got a figure as repayment for a friend buying me a game. The circle of nerd goes on.
And I was craving Lotteria for some reason, so I went out of my way to get some of that. Then I neeeded to question why I was craving it, because after all the MacDonard's and Mos Burger I've been having, it seemed like a lackluster greasy sausage. I mean, it doesn't even have ketchup on it. That's whack.
Came back early cause I ran out of money and just hung around eating crackers and playing DS, as I am wont to do. Also I bought more tankoban BECAUSE I AM ADDICTED OT THE LOW LOW PRICES. Seriously, if books were this cheap in the states I'd probably have enough to make furniture out of them by now.
Quarantine is still boring. I would very much like to have random things open on campus again.
Oh well.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Quarantine: Day 2
So, the Quarantine continues.
There are two spots of good news. Number one is that the buses are running again, so we can go downtown, but they're running on the "Holiday Schedule" which means that it's limited, so that sucks. Also, off-campus students aren't allowed on campus, and I have a group presentation what needs working on, so that's inconvenient. But the other good news is that the semester will NOT be extended for longer than it would have been, so I'm still leaving at the same time (provided I'm not detained for exposure to swine flu). So that's good, at least.
This Saturday has the teaching job, so we'll see how well that works out with the quarantine going on. I hope we're not called off because of it.
Also recently I've been wandering the back streets of Beppu. I spent Friday and Saturday eveneings doing it. Friday was after I shipped the boxes home (ended up costing me a good 165 dollars) I wandered across town. Ended up restaurant hopping because of the inclement weather and my not being able to carry an umbrella down as well as the boxes, so that was unfortunate. The rain stopped eventually and I took a long walk behind the Beppu station. I found mostly small drug stores and a couple restaurants, but I also found out where the Beppu Stadium is, as well as the city's theme park, so that was interesting.
Saturday I took a walk more in the heart of Beppu where people live. It was... awkward, to say the least. The people there looked at me like I really did not belong. Their eyes said "We give you people the shopping district and the main road. Leave us here in peace." It was.....rather unpleasant.
I still plan to do more, though. Probably go for another walk tomorrow after doing some self study. We've been assigned doing it on our own from the Japanese teacher (we had an online session today and it didn't work out so well) and I'm confident that I'll learn it better than if I actually went to class. It's a good textbook, but my teacher is awful. Also just going to that class kind of sets me in a foul mood in the first place, so that doesn't help.
So that's what I've been up to, really. Sorry for not updating, I've had blog burnout recently. If it helps I didn't update Walking the Box at all either, but I never really do that in the first place.
Also, had some issue where apparently there is a service offering plane tickets for half the price of my original ticket. Need to contact them yet and see how much it actually would be and if it's worth it to go through the hassle of refunding my old ticket (sans 350 dollars, apparently) and then buying one of these.
We'll see.
For now, back toLegally Blonde the Musical benchpressing grizzly bears.
There are two spots of good news. Number one is that the buses are running again, so we can go downtown, but they're running on the "Holiday Schedule" which means that it's limited, so that sucks. Also, off-campus students aren't allowed on campus, and I have a group presentation what needs working on, so that's inconvenient. But the other good news is that the semester will NOT be extended for longer than it would have been, so I'm still leaving at the same time (provided I'm not detained for exposure to swine flu). So that's good, at least.
This Saturday has the teaching job, so we'll see how well that works out with the quarantine going on. I hope we're not called off because of it.
Also recently I've been wandering the back streets of Beppu. I spent Friday and Saturday eveneings doing it. Friday was after I shipped the boxes home (ended up costing me a good 165 dollars) I wandered across town. Ended up restaurant hopping because of the inclement weather and my not being able to carry an umbrella down as well as the boxes, so that was unfortunate. The rain stopped eventually and I took a long walk behind the Beppu station. I found mostly small drug stores and a couple restaurants, but I also found out where the Beppu Stadium is, as well as the city's theme park, so that was interesting.
Saturday I took a walk more in the heart of Beppu where people live. It was... awkward, to say the least. The people there looked at me like I really did not belong. Their eyes said "We give you people the shopping district and the main road. Leave us here in peace." It was.....rather unpleasant.
I still plan to do more, though. Probably go for another walk tomorrow after doing some self study. We've been assigned doing it on our own from the Japanese teacher (we had an online session today and it didn't work out so well) and I'm confident that I'll learn it better than if I actually went to class. It's a good textbook, but my teacher is awful. Also just going to that class kind of sets me in a foul mood in the first place, so that doesn't help.
So that's what I've been up to, really. Sorry for not updating, I've had blog burnout recently. If it helps I didn't update Walking the Box at all either, but I never really do that in the first place.
Also, had some issue where apparently there is a service offering plane tickets for half the price of my original ticket. Need to contact them yet and see how much it actually would be and if it's worth it to go through the hassle of refunding my old ticket (sans 350 dollars, apparently) and then buying one of these.
We'll see.
For now, back to
Monday, July 6, 2009
Freakin Swine Flu
This just in: The swine flu is bullshit. Utter bullshit. It has killed no more people than any other strain of flu, it's just been hyped up by the media to take your attention away from the prisoner tortures or the Iraq war or the reptilians or whatever.
And as a result of the attention it's gotten, I have school off for the rest of this week. This is not reason for rejoicing, however.
They closed down the gym. They closed down the library. The closed down the baths, the dining hall and the lobby. Why they even closed off the stim stum on the trimminy tum tobby!
They've also quarantined us on campus. I mean this in the we aren't allowed to leave sense. The buses have stopped running, and some people are reporting that there are national guard forces guarding the bottom of the mountain to make sure none of the APU students leave (there is a military bunker down the road, so that's not as crazy as it sounds. Wait, it still is).
Christ on a cracker I am so pissed at this school right now.
I e-mailed someone in the office to find out how this affects the semester schedule. If I'm stuck here for a week longer than I need to be to finish classes that shouldn't be canceled anyways, reducing my summer vacation by another week (limiting it to two and a half weeks, effectively) and making me reschedule my ticket, I am going to kill something. I am going to kill a lot of somethings, starting with the island of Kyushu and we'll see where I stop.
So angry.
And as a result of the attention it's gotten, I have school off for the rest of this week. This is not reason for rejoicing, however.
They closed down the gym. They closed down the library. The closed down the baths, the dining hall and the lobby. Why they even closed off the stim stum on the trimminy tum tobby!
They've also quarantined us on campus. I mean this in the we aren't allowed to leave sense. The buses have stopped running, and some people are reporting that there are national guard forces guarding the bottom of the mountain to make sure none of the APU students leave (there is a military bunker down the road, so that's not as crazy as it sounds. Wait, it still is).
Christ on a cracker I am so pissed at this school right now.
I e-mailed someone in the office to find out how this affects the semester schedule. If I'm stuck here for a week longer than I need to be to finish classes that shouldn't be canceled anyways, reducing my summer vacation by another week (limiting it to two and a half weeks, effectively) and making me reschedule my ticket, I am going to kill something. I am going to kill a lot of somethings, starting with the island of Kyushu and we'll see where I stop.
So angry.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Reverse Reverse!
Bah! My sleep schedule is still screwed up but in a reverse way. It's probably good that i'm waking up early enough to get to class, but I hate passing out at like 11pm. That's little kid sleeping time, come on!
Ah well. At least it's kind of nice to use the birds as an alarm clock.
Really, sorry about the blog stuff lately. It's gotten wonky and now I can't remember what exactly to write about as a result of it. So that kinda sucks.
Lemme try to recall stuff.
I've got the box set up, and it fits the briefcase that I'm sending back. So I just gotta pack it and, if it's not raining, I go downtown today to ship it out. This has taken damn forever and I'm glad that it's finally coming to a close, and my room is going to be so clean/empty once I ship out all my books and the crap I bought here. Gonna be kinda weird, but also kinda nice I suppose. The only problem is the tape sealing the bottom of the box isn't very umm... sturdy. Gonna see if any of my friends have some duct tape before I actually send it.
My Gamespace class is great. I'm doing a project comparing the social communities in Final Fantasy XI and Team Fortress 2. What other class lets you do that, huh? It's awesome.
Japanese today we're doing an exchange activity, which involves not doing any actual work and instead just talking with Japanese students for a full period. I'm totally okay with that. Although it's not fair, because these kids have been studying English for like 8 years. They have about triple the study that we do, so we sound dumb in Japanese and they sound fine in English. Lame.
So class, downtown, eat me some delicious curry. Gonna be a good day.
Ah well. At least it's kind of nice to use the birds as an alarm clock.
Really, sorry about the blog stuff lately. It's gotten wonky and now I can't remember what exactly to write about as a result of it. So that kinda sucks.
Lemme try to recall stuff.
I've got the box set up, and it fits the briefcase that I'm sending back. So I just gotta pack it and, if it's not raining, I go downtown today to ship it out. This has taken damn forever and I'm glad that it's finally coming to a close, and my room is going to be so clean/empty once I ship out all my books and the crap I bought here. Gonna be kinda weird, but also kinda nice I suppose. The only problem is the tape sealing the bottom of the box isn't very umm... sturdy. Gonna see if any of my friends have some duct tape before I actually send it.
My Gamespace class is great. I'm doing a project comparing the social communities in Final Fantasy XI and Team Fortress 2. What other class lets you do that, huh? It's awesome.
Japanese today we're doing an exchange activity, which involves not doing any actual work and instead just talking with Japanese students for a full period. I'm totally okay with that. Although it's not fair, because these kids have been studying English for like 8 years. They have about triple the study that we do, so we sound dumb in Japanese and they sound fine in English. Lame.
So class, downtown, eat me some delicious curry. Gonna be a good day.
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