It dawned on me in the last few weeks of this semester what was going wrong with the stat class. The formulas are easy to solve, so chapter by chapter, so I had no problem; until the tests. When it came time to apply what I had learned in a cumulative format, I was lost. I panicked.
Reading a problem during a long math test and not having any idea where to start is a singularly unsettling feeling.
So, I have all but stopped posting here. It is a strange feeling to reread posts that chronicled the time I spent in Japan and coming back here to Chicago. My life has changed and I although I will always be a student of Japanese I feel like I will be forcing myself into a character. And for a tiny blog like this, there is no point to that.
I have launched another blog that I am very excited about. It's called Modern Bozu, and
Well, that was a nice time, wasn't it? I took level one, knowing that I wouldn't pass this year, due to lack of study time. It wasn't a hard as I thought it would be. But I didn't pass.
Last week I took my finals, and there was also a charity event that I helped put together. So this morning is the first day after a very busy week. I thought about taking it easy, but there are many phone calls and odds and ends to take care of, so I don't feel like letting them fester.
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I'll be at DePaul in Chicago on D-Day, if anyone has any questions about the city or the location. Take the Red Line to Fullerton and head west out of the station. DePaul is a few blocks away. The building where the test is is on a small north/south side street.
So last week I ended a 2 month smoking relapse, and gave up coffee at the same time. It wasn't too bad this time (I've quit smoking many, many times). I hope I can put a few years of non-smoking together; that would be nice. Getting the caffeine out of my system was tough for a few days. I have experienced a strange muscle ache that seems to be related to the caffeine withdrawals. I googled around and it doesn't seem too common, but I can't explain why, but it feels connected, like muscles relaxed as I the caffeine left my system.
My main test strategy with the JLPT is to hope that they give me the 3kyuu by mistake; I haven't had time to study these past few weeks with school and work. Worse still is that my speaking ability is going down the drain. I went to my weekly lesson and realized how much I am regressing. It's understandable, but makes me a little sad. Oh well. Coming back was necessary, as was going back to school while working.
I have two left this week. Geography, which is rather hard (damn those good teachers, with their high expectations!), and Accounting (damn those below average teachers, with their poor explanaitions!). So after this week, it will be a load off. Still this term is plodding.
