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Jul. 21st, 2005
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Ego Booster and Meet the Dogon Fanboys
Jul. 21st, 2005 07:15 pmGot a serious ego-booster today. I had to return some books to the Japanese Culture Institute and borrowed some new ones. Just as I went, Watabe-sensei suddenly showed up to return a CD, looked around and began chattering with the bibliothecary in Japanese. I actually understood what she was saying. It wasn't anything of importance, she just expressed her amusement about how, now she doesn't see us people in class anymore, she runs into us here (there were four other students of Japanese present - the only person who didn't have anything to do with the Japanese Studies department was the bibliothecary herself), so apparently we all can't let go; and the bibliothecary merely replied yes, but two of them are working there, so it's no surprise actually. But hey, I understood actual real spoken Japanese!
That actually felt way better than Watabe-sensei praising me for my speech yesterday. Firstly, it went all right but not that good; secondly, she's Japanese, so she's bound to say something nice about it. But comprehending an actual Japanese conversation, however brief and trivial, gives me the feeling that I learned at least something.
Afterwards, I had the last African Masks class. We watched a movie about the Dogon. I really begin to like the Dogon (which is good, because I have to write a term paper on them). Except for the part where their constant mentioning of Sirius B is doing bad things with my Harry Potter-addled brain. Honestly. I know they're talking about the damn star, but Sirius B this and that and Sirius B being the hub of the universe (muaaahahahah!) and Sirius B being where all life comes from makes my inner fangirl go bonkers, and, consequently, forget what the whole thing is actually all about.
Oh well. Go to Mali. Join the Sirius-worshippers.
[Next sigi festival, which marks the beginning of a new age of the world, is celebrated on time with the Sirius eclipse in 2027. The Sirius Eclipse. I'm dying dead. I should post this to some of the more hysterical Sirius fanpages.]
In other news, I so hope they're cancelling the jûdô club barbecue tonight. It's raining, for fuck's sake!
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( Mentales Doping und die Dogon-Fanboys )
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That actually felt way better than Watabe-sensei praising me for my speech yesterday. Firstly, it went all right but not that good; secondly, she's Japanese, so she's bound to say something nice about it. But comprehending an actual Japanese conversation, however brief and trivial, gives me the feeling that I learned at least something.
Afterwards, I had the last African Masks class. We watched a movie about the Dogon. I really begin to like the Dogon (which is good, because I have to write a term paper on them). Except for the part where their constant mentioning of Sirius B is doing bad things with my Harry Potter-addled brain. Honestly. I know they're talking about the damn star, but Sirius B this and that and Sirius B being the hub of the universe (muaaahahahah!) and Sirius B being where all life comes from makes my inner fangirl go bonkers, and, consequently, forget what the whole thing is actually all about.
Oh well. Go to Mali. Join the Sirius-worshippers.
[Next sigi festival, which marks the beginning of a new age of the world, is celebrated on time with the Sirius eclipse in 2027. The Sirius Eclipse. I'm dying dead. I should post this to some of the more hysterical Sirius fanpages.]
In other news, I so hope they're cancelling the jûdô club barbecue tonight. It's raining, for fuck's sake!
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( Mentales Doping und die Dogon-Fanboys )
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