I think I'm on a roll!

"Indeed, what appears to be the single most -asked question about anime in America, "why is anime so full of sex and violence?," is an inquiry that, while betraying an ignorance of the complexity and variety of the art form, is still significant in that it reveals the bewilderment of Western audiences in confronting so-called adult themes within the animated medium."
- from (my signed copy of ^_^) Susan J. Napier's Anime: from Akira to Princess Mononoke

Anyways, I've basically decided to write about anime for the audience of the Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature Film Society, which is "interested in films that address both the political and cultural impact of contemporary society". Especially after getting some help from yumenohoshi and reviewing the first two chapters of Anime, I'm feeling good about this. :)

[EDIT: *jumps up and down excitedly* I have to do some more research, but this is gonna be the first time in a while where i'll have more to say than i can in the space i have. ^_^ ^_^ ^_^
Although... I just realized that I'm gonna have to tie myself down a bit with the requirement of focusing on multi-culturalism...

Based on what you know about the term and what your audience knows and wants, decide what the paper will be about.
For example, you could track:
* how use of the term has changed over time
* OR how different micro-cultures' use of the term varies
* OR how the term gets used in political rhetoric
* OR what elisions the term creates
* OR the legal uses of the term
* OR how the term is defined differently by insiders vs. outsiders
* OR your experience with the term (placed in a larger context of term usage)
* OR some other uses or abuses of the term (you must get my okay for this option)]

'Definition Paper' thesis: first draft

"Because animation takes us away from our own reality, simultaneously allowing viewers to distance themselves from what they are watching and immerse themselves in the 'other world' that they are viewing, anime provides nearly limitless possibilities to explore both Japanese and world-wide contemporary society."

As I have a habit of saying, "could be better, could be a whole lot worse".

not what I planned...

Well, I was e-mailed this morning with the permission number which expires on the 13th for JPN 3437, 20th Century Japanese Literature in Translation, although I was really hoping to take Traditional Japanese Literature in Translation...
But then I realized that the only real extraneous class I'm signed up for is Karate, and that's only one credit so it doesn't make enough room. The others are 4 cr, CSCI 1901, which I need eventually, 3 cr. EAS 3471, which supplies me with my historical perspectives core, 1 cr. EAS 3970, which is a supplemental discussion to 3471, 4 cr. MATH 1272, which I'll need for the CSCI major and will be a prereq. for classes I'd probably take as a minor, and 4 cr. JPN 3031.

Damn it, I just saw that there was a spot open in the 3 cr. JPN 4005, which is equivalent to 3031, so I tried to swap them (which would free up the three credits I need for the modern Japanese lit. if I dropped karate and the EAS supplement) and it said the combined section was full. So then I thought maybe the system was confused and thought it was full if I was in it, so I tried dropping 3031 and then signing up for 4005, and again it gave me the message that the combined section was full. Plus, the permission number for 3437 didn't work. So now I'm out of a Japanese section and the Japanese lit. class!

On the plus side, the WebCT page for BIOL is open, so I'm printing out the syllabus and the first week's class notes and online reading assignments that don't print horribly.

because $28 is too much for me

Oh man... Aimee Mann holding a concert at the Minnesota Zoo on the 23rd. 　行きたいなあ。

I also forgot to mention that I called Point of View and someone else stepped up to work weekends, but he said there might be some hours opening up at the cart. :( I need monies!!!






Which OStan are you?

You are Windows Milennium Edition, sometimes known as Miserable Edition. You�re a complete spaz, and you know it, but somehow your cuteness and good nature have made you the most popular OS tan.

*sighs*

Damn it... I didn't get the A/V Tech job, and I'm certainly not going to get the IKEA job. どうしよう？

夢が見つかった

First, it seems I've lost my planner. Damn damn damn. I really don't know how I'll handle things without one... It really is my peripheral brain, as one of my old social workers put it.
Second, it seems BNL's new album, Barenaked Ladies Are Me is coming out on September 12th. Well, that's in the U.S. and Canada, anyway - it'll be coming out on the 11th in the U.K., and on the 8th in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. I can't wait to hear it! :)
And you know, I've realized that I do have a dream, even if it's relatively short term: my dream is to study for a year in Japan.
Thank God I finally found one, because I feel that humans can't really live without one.
日本で一年間留学できるために頑張ります！

I want to stay up and work, but I can't concentrate with this dumb wound in my mouth so I figure sleeping to help it get better more quickly will be more conductive.