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  • Words enygma81: Is vagarity a word? Do you mean vagary? I think most girls would pt to hold it until they can find a clean bathroom. I know I would. I have a love for words. I have for most of my life, perhaps…

  • Truth or Dare C azzaC's plays a game on her site called Truth or Dare, although I wouldn't really call it a game. It's more of a challenge. When she announces the game, her readers can accept a challenge: Eit…

  • Weekend Vagarity V agarity n. 1. the quality or condition of randomness, the tendency to change one's mind withoug apparent or adequate motive; whimisicality. Not that no one would be able to figure out this w…

  • "Old Soldiers Never Die... T hey just fade away." This famous phrase--uttered by General Douglas Macarthur after being relieved of duty as head of East Asian military operations after WWII--might need to be rep…

  • A Change in the Air I don't really want to jinx myself, but I must say I feel a change in my fortunes. Since last May--and I don't know why it would start in May--I have been subjected to one disaster after ano…

  • Will it never end? I f it's not one thing it's another. I finally finished grading and did what you might expect: I plunged back into Xanga. Actually, that was what my previous tirade was based on. Hungry to vi…

  • A Graduation Story M ay is a bittersweet time of the year for me. Like many of my students, I celebrate the end of the academic year, relieved that I have once again survived it--in spite of the fact that summ…

  • Grading is Finished! But summer school has already started... Update: I HATE XANGA SITES that have Popup Ads (bold on Barberic's advice)! It slows down my computer and I waste valuable minutes that I could have spen…

  • Graduation Weekend T he past weekend was graduation weekend and it a busy time. A reception for students on Saturday, which means I had to prepare a dish for the party on Friday. After the reception was the thr…

  • Weekend Fluff First things first: Congratulations Graduates! It's been a long hard road but you've finally done it! Kudos to you all! A nyway, as I contemplate the many good comments from yesterday's post, I…

  • Asian Heritage Month I have always questioned the necessity of focusing on racial differences. For many years, my opinion leaned a little right of center: We should focus on the melting pot that is the US of A …

  • Progress Update A s if any of you guys cared, I'm still grading. I finished Classical Japanese and have posted grades for both the Lit class and Classical. Today is the killer exam: Japanese Culture through Fil…

  • Progress Update whonose: Ah so thats what examiners do when they are up in front pretending to keep an eye on the entrants.. they're blogging! W hat am I doing here? I have no progress to report... Well, mayb…

  • Classical Japanese Witch Doctor I am currently sitting in the department conference room watching my students take their Classical Japanese final. They all have their game face on, but I have yet to see anyone …

  • Little Progress S till grading... Ugh. I'm getting a headache... I promise I will visit all of you religiously when I finish and summer begins! I'm just packed with work, as well as a paper I have to finish--a …

  • Different Kind of Progress S ince I was halfway through the first set of finals, I figured I was ahead of the game, so yesterday--Friday the 13th--I went to school to pick up the exams of two students who asked…

  • Progress H alfway through the first set of finals. Why are all my finals scheduled toward the end? And all bunched together. Ugh. I hate finals... enygma81: Do you have a deadline for when grades are due?O-man…

  • Finals W ell, finals are here and its time for me to work... as if I don't work normally. Students will be bringing in their take-home J-Lit exams today and the grading begins. Next week will be the dreaded Cul…

  • RBJ Bookmarkers I realize that the following may not interesting to all readers, but I cannot post here without expressing my appreciation to Xangans and non-Xangans alike who have bookmarked me and visit this …

  • Maintaining Weight O kay, I confess. I haven't been keeping to my New Year's resolution: losing weight. Why am I so pathetically weak? I mean, I know that I'm just a riceball, and rice balls are supposed to be …

  • Update: Happy Mother's Day H appy Mom's Day to all the Moms who read this site. Okay, they are not legion, I'm sure, but there are a few of you... And yes, I spent the whole weekend working on the handrail... b…

  • Tower of Babel A dvancements in techonology are amazing. Everytime I turn around there is something that simply freaks me out. My school laptop has voice recognition and will learn as I speak to it, catching my…

  • Beware of what you wish for I have a sweet tooth. Particularly, I love crunchy, chewy and tart candy. It can't be just chewy like Gummi Bears. It can't be just crunchy like a lollipop, and it can't be just tart…

  • The Ol' Switcheroo O kay, when is a Wednesday not a Wednesday? When it's a Monday. Like today. The particular school I teach at runs on a very peculiar schedule. Post-WWII through the 80s, the institute focused…

  • Dating W hat is it like to date? I swear, I've forgotten what it feels like. It used to be about choosing the right clothes, making reservations at the right restaurant, selecting the right film, knowing when t…

  • Weekend day Fluff T he weekend's posts were no fluff. I was all set to post the following on Sunday--I didn't want to get overly heavy-handed--but the topic just needed to be addressed while it was still on my …

  • Halfway D o Asian Americans have a social or political agenda? Or perhaps the question is should we? The racist comments by the New Jersey radio personalities would suggest that if nothing else, Asian Americans…

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