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September 3rd, 2008
 | 05:18 pm - Mid-week highlights
First off, we still haven't been able to leave any substantial comments to any one or reply to comments. We ARE reading though and trying to keep up. Hopefully during our two-hour "study session" we will be able to get some of those comments answered and left. Bear with us, we are still working on a routine.
So far, the week in review...
1. Our book-bag broke at the top - it's not mendable, but it was free, so we are okay with that. Good thing we had a spare.
2. Picked up a killer calculator for $10 for lab and while I was in the store managed to get a really decent digital voice recorder for lecture.
3. Our denim shorts split in the front side under the belt loop - good thing we were wearing a long shirt that covered it. Rude is going to see if he can fix it, but I am not holding out hope.
4. Homework OMG! I think this will get better once we get passed the first couple of weeks.
5. In Japanese class, we are concentrating on the hiragana and katakana. I know know how to introduce myself again. YAY! (Formally: Hajimemashite, watashi wa Angora desu. Doozo yoroshiku onegaishimasu. ^_^)
6. We got lost in the French Hall building on Tuesday. There are really no windows in the building except near the elevators to let you distinguish your orientation to other objects. But, we managed to find our way again.
7. Have a two possible topics for the term paper that is due in Archaeology. The biggest problem will be narrowing the scope because the topics are so huge.
Tomorrow, Yazuu will be finding out when the professor for archaeology wants him to come in and help catalog her library. ^__^
And tomorrow night is the Anime Club meeting! Huzzah!!! ^_^ That should be really fun. We're going to take The Wers with us since you don't have to be in the University to join. ^_^
Next week, we have the Welcome Back Picnic on campus. Guess where we are going to be? Manning the Environmental Sciences Club table from 1-3p. ^___^
Look look! We have almost made it through the second week of school! And...we are still loving it, even though it is trying and exhausting at times.
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August 29th, 2008
| 01:27 pm - You're probably tired of hearing about school by now...
Yes, well, we are just all so excited about it!!
Today, Genesis worked on our philosophy dialogue for the online forum. For that class you basically have to make one post that answers a given question and then reply to two other people on the board (to spur discussion).
Is it any surprise that Genesis is good at this class already? His answer was a lot longer than a lot of the other posts, with pages and quotes cited. Then he included his thoughts on the reading material as well. We are really going to have to keep him under those 250 words for the mini-essay or else have someone else write it. ^_^
Yesterday was a wonderful day at school, as I am sure that you gathered by Yazuu's TWO posts about it! What he didn't tell you is that he offered to come in on his time between classes and catalog the Anthropology library. The professor is going to hit him up next week for a date and time to do it. ^_^
Due to all the reading homework we have to do this weekend though, I don't know how many comments we will be able to respond to. Those may have to wait for time over the weekend somewhere. We'll get things sorted out though.
Speaking of sorted out, we have out course teams:
For Philosophy: Genesis, Tenpou, Wu Fei (with Stormie and Jake shadowing)
For Physical Geography: Yazuu, Maxwell, Haru, Yuki (with Melannon shadowing)
For Archaeology: Yazuu, Braden, Kei, Remus (with Ravenne and Drueggar shadowing)
For Japanese: Angora (ME!) and Kiyoshi
They are subject to change, but they seem pretty solid.
Anyway, the rest of the day is going to be taken up with more homework and a shower. Then it will be sleeping for work, working and more sleeping. Chloe is working tonight as it is Zack's birthday and he has the night off. Somewhere in there we will find time to eat. ^_^
Have a good day everyone, okay? ^_^
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August 22nd, 2008
| 03:04 pm - Bits and bobs
We are surrounded by a new layer of asphalt on all sides. It's a process that they call "resealing" where instead of tearing up the old stuff and placing down new, they basically spray an asphalt sheen over the whole lot. It makes it look darker and prettier, I guess. From the cracks and everything in it already, I think it looks like trash. Not to mention that it is a parking nightmare here right now.
We've pretty much been housebound the last few days because of it and yet, it does permeate the apartment a bit to where the asthma has flared up and the sinuses are out of control. But hey, at least we aren't trying to itch our skin off in layers. Stupid asphalt allergy.
The Amazon order that we made should be here today. The Wers are going to pick it up for us! Good thing we saved that gift certificate (thanks, elwon_hamster!) because now we will have a decent kanji book (thanks for the rec, stopthatgirl!).
Got a little housework done today despite the breathing issues, so I feel good about that. The futon needed vacuuming pretty badly.
Working tonight, so someone will have to get some sleep later so that Zack can be up and functional at 2 am. Zack doesn't sleep. He'll make an attempt and then lay there and toss and turn. But he works, so it is a good trade off. Maybe we can hop Nero up on Zyrtec and throw him out to sleep. Zyrtec knocks Nero right the hell out.
We'll have to look at getting some school supplies on Monday or Tuesday. We would like a 5 subject notebook at least. Have all the pens and such we could ever need, so I think paper will be the only expense there. Already have a bag that we can use for books. Anyone have any suggestions of what we might need for classes?
And that's really my thoughts today in a nutshell. ^_^
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August 20th, 2008
| 01:36 pm - What's Going On?
So, this week we have an inconvenience at ye goode olde apartment. They are resurfacing/resealing the parking lots. This is good for driving and parking on nice smooth pavement, bad for trying to get around the crews to home. Also bad because of our asphalt allergy. Guess we will be living in air-conditioning for the next few days.
School starts next Thursday. I think that we plan on going to the New Students Welcome Banquet on Tuesday, but not staying for the food. We want to get the orientation to the rec center and find our classes ahead of time. Also would like to possibly get the student id andparking permit (should we need it)
Over all we are feeling much better lately. The exhaustion has pretty much left ad the blues are almost non-existant.
Genesis has been reading a lot lately. He finished Orestes a couple days ago and has started Alcetis (both by Euripedes). I have a theory that he is prepping for the Philosophy class, since it involves reading Plato. This way he can get into the Greek mindset a bit...I guess. ALl I know is that he said that he likes the banter between Apollo and Death in the Alcestis book.
Other than just dealing with daily life issues of meals, cleaning and preparing to enter University - life has been pretty quiet here. It's how we like it, actually.
Finances are still a bit overwhelming, but we will get through that hurdle eventually.
How's your day going?
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