Today was a typical Sunday. I spent most of the time catching up for slacking off the last two days and the rest of the time slacking off some more. I'm hyped about studying for the upcoming exam and all but something about this heat just saps all the strength out of me. Speaking of strength, I got my new 2.5kg wrist weights. I'm using them to step between my 20lbs dumb bells and the 40lbs I have in the closet. I'm hoping with three or four weeks tops I will be able to move up to whatever 20lbs plus 5kg is added up. I've never been a fan of conversions.
Oh, on the more productive side of slacking I've picked up a new Japanese drama to watch. Nobuta no Produce, and it's really difficult to explain how that title works out. It's basically another GTO's school drama that centers around bullying and a girl that doesn't fit in. America has released several movies with similar themes so I already know the general flow of the story before the credits even finish. It is good to listen to Japanese even if I am primarily focused on the English subtitles. The only time I listen to Japanese with full attention is in class or when I'm watching basic cable.
Speaking of basic cable, I was watching a show where they were walking around Osaka and Tokyo interviewing foreigners. Every time a pastey white guy in ridiculous clothes would get picked out of the crowd I would just kind of hang my head and start saying, "Don't be American, don't be American." Unfortunately a good number of the freak shows were American though Canada and Germany scored a few winners too. One of the Americans who looked normal and was speaking really impressive fluent Japanese took of his shirt to show his NGE tattoo. Most of the foreigners had been in Japan for fourteen to thirty six years, so I'm not too put off by the gap between my level and theirs. I'm just hoping that I can start closing the gap sooner than later.
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