ことになる。koto ni naru. it was decided (by someone else)
ことにする。koto ni suru. I decided
ものだ。emotional content
→したものだ。 shita mono da. I remember doing fondly
→するものだ。 suru mono da. you should do
→するものか。 suru mono ka. it's better that...
→いいものだ。 ii mono da. i wish that...
→してみたいものだ。 shite mitai mono da. want to...
ように、、、。you ni... the purpose; to indirectly tell; "I told him to..."
なくてもいいだ。nakute mo ii da. you don't have to
わけだ。wake da. because of that / for that reason
のに、、、。no ni... in spite of... (emotional connotation)
Friday, September 16, 2005
Monday, September 12, 2005
things that are on my phone's todo list that shouldn't be
When I walked into Advanced Math today, I saw this written on the chalkboard:
Lonely wanderer thinks
by proof of contradiction
that he can not exist
— nonexistant
I have been told by my Japanese Literature in Translation teacher to rent "The Twilight Samurai." Apparently, it's... good. Or something.
Alas, I cannot remember the code to my ETH classroom, so I had it on my phone. But it's taking up space. Oh well. Not like I plan to come in when no one else is around. (DELETED!)
I need to buy various books for my Japanese Lit class, still. The one I have written on my phone is Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by the (apparently) marvellous Murakami Haruki (translated by Alfred Birnbaum into English, thankfully). However, I have a much more pressing need to buy Oe Kenzaburo's The Silent Cry.
I'm fairly sure I no longer need my course abbreviations, as I'm no longer buying textbooks, and, more importantly, I've memorized them all already.
Lastly, I have made a reminder to cancel my SMS.AC account online, as I was getting a lot of pesky text messages (friend requests from weird people, etc.). However, they seem to have stopped and... I'm lazy.
Lonely wanderer thinks
by proof of contradiction
that he can not exist
— nonexistant
I have been told by my Japanese Literature in Translation teacher to rent "The Twilight Samurai." Apparently, it's... good. Or something.
Alas, I cannot remember the code to my ETH classroom, so I had it on my phone. But it's taking up space. Oh well. Not like I plan to come in when no one else is around. (DELETED!)
I need to buy various books for my Japanese Lit class, still. The one I have written on my phone is Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by the (apparently) marvellous Murakami Haruki (translated by Alfred Birnbaum into English, thankfully). However, I have a much more pressing need to buy Oe Kenzaburo's The Silent Cry.
I'm fairly sure I no longer need my course abbreviations, as I'm no longer buying textbooks, and, more importantly, I've memorized them all already.
Lastly, I have made a reminder to cancel my SMS.AC account online, as I was getting a lot of pesky text messages (friend requests from weird people, etc.). However, they seem to have stopped and... I'm lazy.
Monday, August 29, 2005
musings
So, screw it. Back to English.
Apparently for Japanese class, one of the assignments is to create your own blog (yes, on blogger even) and make entries in Japanese. So… Back to normal. Trying to write entries in Japanese was making me want to write less often, rather than more often (if it’s even possible for me to write less often). Yes, I did have wind of this ahead of time, as Saegusa-sensei had mentioned it in an offhanded and vague sort of way, but I’d be happier making a new blog than sacrificing my regular one for a homework assignment. Granted, a homework assignment constituting a reasonable chunk of my grade, but still.
In other news, I have a job. My first day of work was last Thursday. It was exciting.
… It’s weird. I keep getting these xanga digests. I get the journal entries from Mary and Kaila and Ashley and Sarah and Chaffin and a bunch of other people from high school who I haven’t talked to in a year. I just see the things they’ve written… I didn’t talk to anyone this summer. The weekend before classes started I went with Daniel to Grand Junction. We set out on Thursday and stopped in Aurora for lunch. I saw Srav, Tiff, and Amber at the Chipotle. That was the extent of my socializing. I talked to Danika on the phone maybe three times. Mostly to say that I couldn’t hang out, since I was in Boulder, and had classes, or other things going on. I haven’t checked anyone’s weblog since the beginning of summer, pretty much. I didn’t have the time or the internet connection.
I wonder if anyone bothers to read this anymore. I know that Daniel checks it every now and then, and my dad does too. But… Who from high school would care, anymore? Do they? I wonder if they wonder how I’m doing, just like I wonder when I see that Sarah’s posted something. I expected that Chaffin was gone, but it’s weird to hear it. I wonder how many of the IB juniors (freshmen now) are coming to Boulder? But even if they are, will I see them? Will I talk to them? It’s odd to pass by someone you know, say hello, then go on as if nothing happened. It doesn’t mean anything anymore.
It was so nice to see Jude and Spencer in class last Monday. I’ve missed them terribly. It’s nice to stay at Daniel’s apartment until midnight hanging out on the couch with Cam while he plays video games. It’s nice to see Genny. It was nice to walk with Spencer today. It’s really fun to hang out with Cami.
Tonight, I got home before ten (gasp) and we watched the last five minutes of Buffy, then went to my room to watch the Serenity trailer on my desktop.
I have internet again. I’ve missed it.
Not as much as I’ve missed my friends…
I need to call Nikki. She said she had something important to talk about. I miss her too…
But I still have Daniel. Weird, that he hasn’t gotten sick of me. I’m glad.
Apparently for Japanese class, one of the assignments is to create your own blog (yes, on blogger even) and make entries in Japanese. So… Back to normal. Trying to write entries in Japanese was making me want to write less often, rather than more often (if it’s even possible for me to write less often). Yes, I did have wind of this ahead of time, as Saegusa-sensei had mentioned it in an offhanded and vague sort of way, but I’d be happier making a new blog than sacrificing my regular one for a homework assignment. Granted, a homework assignment constituting a reasonable chunk of my grade, but still.
In other news, I have a job. My first day of work was last Thursday. It was exciting.
… It’s weird. I keep getting these xanga digests. I get the journal entries from Mary and Kaila and Ashley and Sarah and Chaffin and a bunch of other people from high school who I haven’t talked to in a year. I just see the things they’ve written… I didn’t talk to anyone this summer. The weekend before classes started I went with Daniel to Grand Junction. We set out on Thursday and stopped in Aurora for lunch. I saw Srav, Tiff, and Amber at the Chipotle. That was the extent of my socializing. I talked to Danika on the phone maybe three times. Mostly to say that I couldn’t hang out, since I was in Boulder, and had classes, or other things going on. I haven’t checked anyone’s weblog since the beginning of summer, pretty much. I didn’t have the time or the internet connection.
I wonder if anyone bothers to read this anymore. I know that Daniel checks it every now and then, and my dad does too. But… Who from high school would care, anymore? Do they? I wonder if they wonder how I’m doing, just like I wonder when I see that Sarah’s posted something. I expected that Chaffin was gone, but it’s weird to hear it. I wonder how many of the IB juniors (freshmen now) are coming to Boulder? But even if they are, will I see them? Will I talk to them? It’s odd to pass by someone you know, say hello, then go on as if nothing happened. It doesn’t mean anything anymore.
It was so nice to see Jude and Spencer in class last Monday. I’ve missed them terribly. It’s nice to stay at Daniel’s apartment until midnight hanging out on the couch with Cam while he plays video games. It’s nice to see Genny. It was nice to walk with Spencer today. It’s really fun to hang out with Cami.
Tonight, I got home before ten (gasp) and we watched the last five minutes of Buffy, then went to my room to watch the Serenity trailer on my desktop.
I have internet again. I’ve missed it.
Not as much as I’ve missed my friends…
I need to call Nikki. She said she had something important to talk about. I miss her too…
But I still have Daniel. Weird, that he hasn’t gotten sick of me. I’m glad.
Monday, August 08, 2005
私の恋人
背が高くて、目がきれいで、歯がちょっと黄色くて、髪が長いです。毎朝、起きて、朝ご飯を食べます。つかれても、昼ご飯を作って、仕事へ行きます。午前八時半から午後五時まで働いて、家へ帰ります。
笑った時、本当に嬉しいみたいです。
He's tall, he has pretty eyes, his teeth are a little yellow, his hair is long. Every morning, he wakes up, and eats breakfast. Even if he's tired, he makes lunch and goes to work. From 8:30 to 5:00, he works, and then he returns home.
When he laughs, he looks truly happy.
笑った時、本当に嬉しいみたいです。
He's tall, he has pretty eyes, his teeth are a little yellow, his hair is long. Every morning, he wakes up, and eats breakfast. Even if he's tired, he makes lunch and goes to work. From 8:30 to 5:00, he works, and then he returns home.
When he laughs, he looks truly happy.
Saturday, August 06, 2005
つまらない物
音楽：パフィーの「スイスイ」
昨日工学のビルに二人のダニエルの一週間に一回の会議が終わる時、プリンターを使うために同じの部屋に行った。二人番のダニエルは私に日本語のクラスで聞きまして、このページを打ち明けました。「日本語で書くの？つまらないはずだよ」と言いました。本当につまらないですか。
music: Puffy Amiyumi – Sui Sui
Yesterday, just before the end of the two Daniel’s weekly meeting in the engineering center, I went into the same room in order to use the printer. The second Daniel asked me about my Japanese class, and I told him about this webpage. “Writing in Japanese? That’ll be boring,” he said. Is it really that boring?
昨日工学のビルに二人のダニエルの一週間に一回の会議が終わる時、プリンターを使うために同じの部屋に行った。二人番のダニエルは私に日本語のクラスで聞きまして、このページを打ち明けました。「日本語で書くの？つまらないはずだよ」と言いました。本当につまらないですか。
music: Puffy Amiyumi – Sui Sui
Yesterday, just before the end of the two Daniel’s weekly meeting in the engineering center, I went into the same room in order to use the printer. The second Daniel asked me about my Japanese class, and I told him about this webpage. “Writing in Japanese? That’ll be boring,” he said. Is it really that boring?
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