5 posts tagged “video”
I didn't have tutoring tonight, cause Jihyun was going to be late at school, so we decided to do it some other time. So I took a nap when I came home, though I briefly considered going out to get ice cream or going to Gangnam anyway. I have yet to eat dinner, cause I was asleep and then have been surfing the tubes reading random things. I found this hilarious, Jon sent it to me.
Why men look for any excuse to get away
I know, just the title, right? I clicked thru and read some of the articles on the parent site, and they weren't too great either. or confidence-inspiring. It wasn't that there was anything wrong with their advice, just that they ... were slightly off. Perhaps because I don't share the view that men are supposed to be an accessory to child-rearing, and not the other half of it. It seems like most articles you read that talk about Dads are all like, "well, it's normal for him to want his space..." Um, HELLO? Women want their space too - they just probably feel less inclined to ask for it, since society tells them that they are the one primarily responsible for the child.
A lot of the stuff in this article and others, I wonder about. People talk about how they no longer had time to go out (understandable) and how they lost some friends as a consequence of having kids. But when one guy says, his conversations with childless friends were "stilted" because they "weren't impressed by good bowel movements" - well fuck no, they probably weren't. why the hell would you want to hang out with one of your friends you haven't seen in a while, and then have them start talking about their kid's bathroom habits? I think that if that's all you can find to talk about with your friends after not having seen them for a bit... that's an issue with your friendship.
Other than that, there were just little things - the guy in the article above talks about how he has become "a less interesting person" since he had children. That seems odd to me - I would think that being interesting or not is an integral part of your personality. One guy in another article said that he "no longer thinks about his ambitions or dreams" or doesn't really take them seriously, and another that he doesn't talk about things like that with his wife like he used to. And to all of this I'm like, wtf? Really?
And all of my reaction to this sort of thing probably just really shows how not ready I am for children. I love my kids here, but I am glad that I don't have to deal with them constantly. I enjoy my freedom, enjoy being an 'interesting' person, having friends that I can talk about my goals with, and HAVING ambitions that I do take seriously.
Yep. Totally not ready. But if parenting is the way these articles show, then I'm not sure I will ever be ready.
It didn't turn out really great. probably cause i have been thawing the chicken in the fridge for like 4 days. -cringe- Don't throw anything at me, neechan. I stopped eating when it started tasting funny. Other than that - less soy sauce/garlic, more onion. and probably cook the rice with the rest for longer as well. Considering I've never used a recipe, just some vague instructions from my okaasan, and it's only the second time I've made it, it could have been worse.
Other than that, tonight has been occupied with planning my japan trip. -sigh- So boring. This is why I usually don't plan trips. i prefer to chill and wander my way through. But I have got most of the details down, just have to actually buy the tix and work up a budget and I'm good to go. I'm thinking half of my paycheck should be fine. I'm going to try to pack really lightly, but I'm debating exactly what to take. I think I could manage with just my backpack and my brown bag for a week. My laptop will most likely stay here, cause I don't want to haul it everywhere, despite that I have no clue how I will charge my ipod without it. The most annoying part at the moment is trying to think in yen as opposed to won.
I found this while looking for things on ESL cafe. It's crazy and awesome. It's this cat named Maru, who's very popular in Japan. He likes boxes.
I am going to take a shower now, then go to bed I think. Or maybe do more email. Still have things to catch up on. (When don't i?)
Really. I don't know why it's taking forever. Maybe cause I'm dling stuf from itunes and dling torrents and doing web thingys at the same time, but that's still no excuse.
I have had a good day today. Tuesdays are pretty chill cause I have a 3 hour break between my classes, and even though I meant ot come home and work on progress reports today, I took a nap. I was tired. I was up late lastn ight cause I was so excited about getting to go back to Japan for New Year's that I couldn't sleep till sometime around 4 am. Also, there were more mogi in my room.
So class as usual. No big deal there. I probably should be getting to bed soon cause I have a full day tomorrow, but I remembered that I needed to post. Ack! I have a video for you today, neechan. Not edited, but I thought it didn't really need it anyway.
Today I went to the Center for the Birth of Baha'u'llah. It's also the anniversary of Matt proposing to Amanda. I always remember that cause she called me when I was at Freshman Semi-Formal that year and I was standing outside the Fox with a hundred people around me going "He did WHAT!?!?" This was a perfectly reasonable response on my part, consdering they met in August of that year. The program tonight was fun... I met and re-met a lot of people and though I'm fairly certain that there are at least 2 names I don't remember, it's okay cause I know their faces at least. Aruna gave me a ride home, which was good because I'm almost out of money on my subway pass, and I need to put more on.
And then I came home, and was poking around the Itunes store looking for a John Mayer song that I used to have but for some reason can't find anymore. There's one torrent of it, but it has no seeds so I just gave up and decided to spend a dollar on the song. And then then THEN I found the Doctor Who TV OST!! You know me, I love OSTs, if they are good, and the DW one is, and I'd thought about trying to find it before. There aren't any torrents of it that I've been able to find. And you know I NEVER buy music, or I do so about once every blue moon. But this is such great stuff that I honestly don't mind paying $10 for the album. Especially cause I know I will listen to a lot of it. Some soundtracks are only good with their context, but this one is good enough to just listen to.
Okay, I really need to get to bed cause I have a bunch of stuff to do tomorrow - emails and a letter and some other things. Have to transfer that money so that i can finally pay bills. More scarf. Etc. Remind me to post those articles about china. and my laptop dilemma.
The new pics, which will not be all up at once, will be in my library, each in their own collections. Right now I'm working on Amsa Field Trip
Here's a video I made for Jessica, who asked for cuteness.
