Rejected
So I was rejected from Nagoya, Ritsumeikan, and ICU. The last one is Sophia but I’m not going to be waiting in baited breath for that one. Think the odds of that one working out aren’t all that great. I’m not so frustrated with getting rejected it’s more not being able to get the time and money back. But I still have the opportunity to go to a UC school and finish my degree in a couple years.
I Will Know Today
Today is when I receive the decision. Should be at seven, which is around four hours from now. This will either be very exciting or very disappointing. Maybe anti-climatic would be better. I’m predicting that I got in. That’s my prediction. I might be wrong, but I feel decent about it. I would be very happy. But if not then I spend two years going to a state school. I already got accepted to a couple state schools, so I do have somewhere I can go.
End of an Era
I can still vividly remember the time I heard Trump was shot. I thought he was really assassinated or badly wounded at first. But I still remember. Might be the same thing with this. I think I’m still going to remember what I felt in the days coming up to it and the days proceeding. I don’t think it’s a simple it’ll be down for a couple weeks. This might truly be the end of 4chan as we knew it.
April Ramblings
Let’s see. Since the last one I’ve played Call of Duty 2, World at War, and Modern Warefare. All of them were fine. Not particularly special but entertaining. Besides that not much else huh. I’ve just been feeling less desire to try to complete things. Kinda feel like I’ve reached a point where consuming most media just feels a little redundant. Kinda just been whittling down the time reading news, slowly working on tefl course, duolingo, posting on clover forum, going on walks, and video games.
Wolf Warrior 1/2
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So I decided to watch these movies mostly purely out of curiosity. If you follow politics or any sort of Chinese news then you’ve probably heard of “wolf warrior diplomacy”. Which I’m not quite sure whether that originated in Chinese media or American media, but my guess would be the latter. I went into it kind of expecting and kind of wanting a jingoistic sort of movie. But what I got wasn’t really that.
Sulla Chapter Four
As the sun set Sulla set out and the adventurers from earlier began to trickle out. Five came on horseback and the others were to ride in the wagon.
“So, where exactly is this den of banditry.”
Sulla stretched his whiskers for a few seconds and responded, “You know the reports of recent lootings of houses?”
“I’m aware. That is why the baron is so pissed and is handing out such high rewards for the death or capture of thieves.
Threats on Christmas
I just got physically threatened on Christmas Eve by my brother. It’s one thing for my parents to take his side, but it’s a whole nother thing to justify threats. I’m debating on whether I should do this next year. Next year I will probably be living independently of my parents. I’ll still be dependent on them, but I probably won’t be living in the same house as them come next year.
Essay 3: Pushing Back on an Age of Conspiracy Theories
In book 2 and in chapter 3 of the Analects, it is recorded that Confucius said the following: “If you try to guide the common people with coercive regulations and keep them in line with punishments, the common people will become evasive and will have no sense of shame. If, however, you guide them with Virtue, and keep them in line by means of ritual, the people will have a sense of shame and will rectify themselves.
Essay 2: The Social Media Fun House Mirror World
The prompt that was given by the professor is the following: Drawing on what you’ve read in Off the Edge, the other assigned readings and discussions, and your own research, explore whether social media is harming our ability to think critically. There are many problem with responding to this. The two main problems with this prompt are that it fails to define exactly what social media is, as well in making clear whether this “our” is referring to the impact of social media on a personal or societal level.
Been a While
I am now free of the JLPT and the ACT. I would like to say I’m satisfied with what I achieved. It hasn’t been the most eventful semester. I feel like I really need a change of pace. That’s one of the reasons why I want to go to Japan. It’s not just for academics, but to distract myself. In about a month-and-a-half from now I’ll submit my application to the other three schools that I’m applying.