"I thought I was cool!" "Well, you were, but you weren't cool about it."

[batskeets]

So, I survived the presentation, and it was all okay. In my haste, I think I kind of halfway missed the point, because I talked about Mariko Mori, who doesn't really do much in the way of programming for her art, but nobody complained. Asking me to talk in front of people at 8am is already too much! ;p

Anyway, I took a real personal interest in Mori's emphasis on fashion and cosplay, because I, too, dream of making pretty cyberpunk clothing and prancing around Tokyo while wearing it. Yeah, sometimes cosplayers get really scary and/or pathetic, but cosplay itself is *fun*. So there. ::asldkfhasdlkfhasdkl::

I have a few hours to work on Nano, which will hopefully go better today, because my next couple chapters are non-awkward ones. Oh, and I must think about that blasted Japanese oral, where I think we have to simulate a phone conversation. And have I mentioned that ARGH I HATE THE PHONE DIE DIE DIE? Because I do. When you toss in the wacky politeness levels that they use in Japan (yes, keego is *evil*), and the fact that I'm supposed to be talking on the phone in a second language, and it's paaaain.

Mark my words, if I ever live in Japan, I'm never calling anybody. Keitai obsession be damned! ;p I'll just get one of those camera phones and send people phone conversations in mime. ::rotfl::

I have work tonight, which should be slow, so if I nab dispatch, there will be much Nano-ing. I also need to catch up on some reading for class before that, since I didn't go to class yesterday. Blaaaahhh. (on the up side, I think I've staved off the illness, so yay!) It should be a pretty lesiurely evening.

IT'S OVER!!!

Comments

[arabella-jin.livejournal.com]

You know, I liked your posts and I added you. Don't be scared, I am not a stalker although I do bite. HONEST!

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Awesome! And man, anybody that loves Shingo is cool by me.

...well, okay, not *anybody*, but you strike me as interesting. So, hey, higher compliment. :)

[arabella-jin.livejournal.com]

*bows* thank you! don't freak out cause most of my posts are friends only and a bit weird but otherwise I am normal. (how do you define normal?)

[alaindan.livejournal.com]

When our class had that conversation, I was supposed to be a DJ and the others in our group were calling up asking about my DJ service. So I got to put in lots of English, cause I figured they wouldn't try to translate stuff like "turntable". :)

[addwag.livejournal.com]

i thought it was cool- esp. after being in japan. much better than mine (which I did in class)

[arabella-jin.livejournal.com]

We do things like that in my Nihongo class. Last time I had to pretent I was a gallery assistant selling paintings (printouts of El Greco and Picasso spread around the room) and be polite and helpful and give my opinion as to what my customer should buy according to his needs like color of his room, money, etc. ANYWAY, a classmate, a guy called Allan (he is half Chinese and dead cute-sorry digress) was suppose to be the second customer and I had to leave the first one to decide while getting on with Allan. Allan got tongue-tied and he goes: Toire wa desuka-ka-ka. Everyone was in stitches!