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[Aug. 12th, 2009|11:57 pm] |
I has stolen this meme from![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) murasaki_kaze. If you want words, say "Words" and I'll give you some to write about. Fascinating!
1. Bentou
For a long time now, bento were a thing of my past. I got really into making them back when I graduated and had nothing to do, but then got burnt out and stopped. (Naturally, this happened after I had purchased a ton of bento-related crap.) Then, I was only making really simple ones once a week or so. Since I started my new job, though, (see www.cfanj.org,) I've started making nicer ones again.
My new colleagues are all rather worldly and educated and open-minded, so I haven't gotten the same kinds of odd comments I used to get at the school. Most of them seem to enjoy the cuteitude, or just make no comment at all. Today, one of them asked, "Oh, is that a bento box?" and "Is that a red bean cake?" Miles above what I used to hear...
I still want a glass box, but I can't find one that's the right size and shape. I was also thinking of buying a DBZ box from Mitsuwa... but then I felt kinda lame for even considering it.
2. Japanese
I promised myself I would take JLPT 2級 this year before the test changes... but I haven't registered yet. I feel like I should be passing 1級 by now, so it's a little depressing, but I'm just not up to that vocabulary level yet. That "you can pass 1級 with 900 hours of study" bullshit is crap. I've put thousands more hours than that into studying Japanese, and I'm not even sure I'll even be able to pass 2級.
Anyway, my new best friend is smart.fm, and I've been systematically going through all of the Japanese core vocabulary lists for a few months. I started at Step 3, (most common words, #401-600) and that was, oddly enough, the most difficult list for me so far. It contained a ton of odd business and economics words that I've never heard before, while Steps 4 through 7 had mostly simple nouns and verbs and easy, easy katakana words. (Since those steps also contained a number of kanji I didn't know, though, I still went through them.) Now that I'm on Step 8, (#1401-1600,) I'm finally starting to consistently learn new things. So, that's good. I also have JLPT books with reading and grammar and kanji practice... but I'm too lazy to even look at them. Bah.
I'd really like to go to Japan again at some point, or at least have the opportunity to use my Japanese more regularly.
3. Boyfriend
Boys boys boys... I work in a school and a non-profit where I'm surrounded by women, and then go to a dojo at night where I'm surrounded by men. Funny how my life is always like that.
Well, my new boyfriend (who isn't really "new," since I've been dating him since last October,) lives in Pennsylvania and is a super cutie. He says he's not a cutie, but I know for a fact that he is, and have told him that I would take a poll. Actually, let me do that right now.
Poll #1443274 Is Eric a Cutie?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6 Is Eric a Cutie? So, is he a cutie? I thought so.
Anywai, he does my style of karate, which is how I met him on the internets. He's also named "Eric," which still seems awkward to me when discussing him with other people, and I hardly get to see him at all. I seem to be somewhat attached to long distance relationships, despite how much I try to avoid them. This relationship is unique, though, in that it started out as long distance, whereas most of my relationships don't start out that way. It's made it slightly harder to get close, I admit.
4. ESL Teaching
Until very recently, I thought I would definitely end up an ESL teacher. Despite always thinking I hated kids, I really actually quite like them. In fact, up to three weeks ago, I was writing lesson plans for some non-existent future-class. But, since getting my new job, I'm thinking that's less of a possibility... at least for the next few years. Although, I'm still teaching part time this coming school year.
5. 今のマイブーム
Hmmmm... You know what it probably is? And this is going to sound really lame... but I think it's Dragon Ball. I never watched Dragon Ball or DBZ as a kid, and only saw it a few times through middle school and high school. So, recently, for some strange reason, I decided I was missing out on a pop culture classic and started watching it from the beginning. I ended up watching all of Dragon Ball, all of DBZ and much of GT. Unfortunately, I couldn't find it easily in Japanese, so I watched in English. This freed up seriously brain power to do other things while the characters powered up, so I got into the habit of studying Japanese vocab as I waited for something interesting to happen. Now, one can't seem to happen without the other. I can't watch DBZ without studying, and I can't study without watching DBZ. It's a strange phenomenon.
Other than that... my new job is taking up a lot of my thought lately... and karate... and studying... and eating delicious foods. But, those aren't really new and exciting things.
Soo... That's it!
Word me~
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