Broken mirror, Black cat, Spilled salt, and September...

I'm convinced that this month is cursed. I've experienced a series of very unfortunate events all within these couple of weeks. UGH.

But anyway, as to how this semester's going, I guess it's been quite enjoyable in terms of the classes I'm taking. I only signed up for 四つのクラス, though they do add up to 15 credits... ballin'!

List of Classes:
Digital Animation
Intro to Painting
れきしのげいじゅつ(Since 1945)
にほん

The workload in カァスのにほんご is certainly enough to make it count for two classes, not to mention that it's taken over my life (I'm sure a lot of you are feeling the same way...>.<). But, I have no major complaints since I love this class, but the grammar seems to be getting pretty tricky. Though we're moving at a fast pace, it's reasonable enough that I can still keep up with it without much trouble. Plus, I enjoy bumping into everyone outside of the class, it gives me a fuzzy feeling inside. :) As for my other classes... well, intro to painting is a very relaxing and meditative class. We're given a lot of freedom, so I end painting outside a lot. As for my art history class...I have a lot of readings piled up that I need to get to...before the midterm...which is going to be in a week >.>

Onto my absolute favorite class...Digital Animation! My goal in life is to work for Pixar, at least for a little bit to get a taste of what it's like to work in a professional animation film studio. Or maybe I should work for Studio Ghibli ... with Miyazaki!! I heard he's working on a new film, "崖の上のポニョ" (Ponyo on a Cliff), which will be released in 2008. Ano...back to my animation class...my current assignment for that class is to create a 2min clip of a character involved in an interesting plot. I'm going to animate a character I created a couple months ago, but I have to make a model of him in Maya (the animation software) first. I'm afraid that my ambition for this project may be exceeding my level of animation skills. ^^; The storyboard for this animation is going to be submitted to PULSE, so that I can have a comic published as well. Two birds with one stone right? Below you'll see what I have so far:


Cover Page Page 1

Hopefully I'll be able to finish all of the pages in time for the project and the submission...

Sick... :(

Darn. I caught a cold or more likely the flu that's going around two days ago...and I've been feeling miserable. I was hoping someone would bring me chicken noodle soup, but no such luck. >.> I don't even have energy to type this right now...and I'm trying to fight off my fever without taking any medicine. I didn't want to go to Japanese today, but I don't think having a fever is a legitimate excuse unless I get a note from the hospital...I don't think I would go to the hospital for a flu fever. *sigh* Anyway...you guys should be careful not to catch it...



So my current 漫画(まんが) obsession is デスノート... thanks to Derek-san. :) L is my favorite character from the series. What a brilliant character...the way he sits, the way he thinks, the way he talks...perfect character design. I's curious to see how he's portrayed in the live action movie...I hope it won't be a letdown. I just finished book 6, so it's going to be a while before I finish. I'll be getting 7&8 from Derek-san tomorrow...can't wait! (In the picture above, the guy on the left is Light Yagami (夜神月), the main character, and the monster next to him is a Shinigami (Death God) named リューク.)


That's a picture of L. He always sits like that. And he's always drinking coffee or eating cake.

おやすみなさい みなさん！

First post..woo..! At 3 o'clock in the morning... >.>

はじめまして。 わたしは りん です。
ばあじにや だいがくの がくせえ です。 いま にねんせい です。 はたちです。
ちゅうがくの ふじあん から きました。
にほんご すき です！ はは。

Well, self-introduction is just about the only thing I know how to write in Japanese as of now. I'm really enjoying the class. I love how interactive it is, and how comfortable everyone is with each other...good vibes ^^


About My Header: となりのトトロ = My Neighbor Totoro. It's a film by my favorite Japanese animator, Hayao Miyazaki. I decided to pay tribute to Miyazaki by choosing Totoro as the theme of this blog, since this is a Japanese blog. You can watch a short clip of my favorite part from the movie, where Totoro is waiting for the Nekobus in the rain:

Waiting for the Nekobus
Totoro's Theme Song!

どおぞ よろしく おねがいします。 じゃあ、また！