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Fish and stuff
Oct. 22nd, 2014 01:58 pm Who wants to see a picture of my new baby??
Look at that majestic delta/fan tail. So handsome. I think I actually got a clearer picture of him, but this one really shows off that tail. He was mugging actually. He seemed to be looking at me saying, "This! This is my good side, monkey! Take the shot!"
This, of course, is in between bouts of trying chase off that SUPER-HANDSOME other betta he keeps seeing in the reflection of the tank.
Anyway, he yet lives, so, as a reward, you can now see all of his Awesome.
In other news, I got a 99% on the quiz at last night's Japanese class. So, turns out, cramming is a thing. College students everywhere are unsurprised by this news.
Last night's class was a blast. I decided to show off the Japanese edition of Archangel Protocol to my teacher. He was very cute about it. He kept saying, "This is you?" To which I said, "Well, I sure hope that's my name there" (pointing to the one kanji I recognize, which is the "R" which I know starts my name, because it also start's Renji's.) He's like, "Oh! It is!" Then he says, "You are famous!" To which I started to brush off until he cheerfully announced, "I am also famous." Who can resist that bait, right? So, I say, "You are? What for?"
Turns out, he's a knitter. He's gotten some serious attention for a knitting pattern he invented for men's hats.
My response? HOW F*CKING COOL IS THAT?
I tend to agree that there is possibly a niche for men's knitting patterns by men for men. I told him that he should totally go for it and try to make a book of patterns.
Anyway, I was sorry I couldn't get a copy of Archangel Protocol for him to keep. I have no idea if it's even still available in Japan. If it was, I'd love to get extra copies of it. I'd love to give one to him, and another to my friend who is studying Japanese (and can actually read it.)
In class, we are now learning colors. I was telling my Japanese-studying friend that I feel like I'm four years old again. Numbers! Colors! Simple things like: school! Building!
There was a very funny moment about traffic signals. Apparently, in Japan, traffic signals LOOK the same, but when you get to the light we would go at, they call it "blue." Tetsuya-sensei wanted us to know IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS that if you are standing in Japan and someone says, "Hey, the light is blue, go." Do NOT turn to them and say, "What? That light is green." I found this amusing because it was very clear that Tetsuya-sensei had some issues. He made us promise just to never, ever do this IN JAPAN. I mean, yeah, d'uh. Your country, your signal colors. Sure, I see that as green, but you know your language. I'm guessing, however, this is something that comes up a lot in his life and it just F*CKING bugs him. I'm down with that. Any time you can say to students who are potentially going to your country of origin,"Traveling Americans: don't be dicks" it's probably a good thing.
*grin*
Look at that majestic delta/fan tail. So handsome. I think I actually got a clearer picture of him, but this one really shows off that tail. He was mugging actually. He seemed to be looking at me saying, "This! This is my good side, monkey! Take the shot!"
This, of course, is in between bouts of trying chase off that SUPER-HANDSOME other betta he keeps seeing in the reflection of the tank.
Anyway, he yet lives, so, as a reward, you can now see all of his Awesome.
In other news, I got a 99% on the quiz at last night's Japanese class. So, turns out, cramming is a thing. College students everywhere are unsurprised by this news.
Last night's class was a blast. I decided to show off the Japanese edition of Archangel Protocol to my teacher. He was very cute about it. He kept saying, "This is you?" To which I said, "Well, I sure hope that's my name there" (pointing to the one kanji I recognize, which is the "R" which I know starts my name, because it also start's Renji's.) He's like, "Oh! It is!" Then he says, "You are famous!" To which I started to brush off until he cheerfully announced, "I am also famous." Who can resist that bait, right? So, I say, "You are? What for?"
Turns out, he's a knitter. He's gotten some serious attention for a knitting pattern he invented for men's hats.
My response? HOW F*CKING COOL IS THAT?
I tend to agree that there is possibly a niche for men's knitting patterns by men for men. I told him that he should totally go for it and try to make a book of patterns.
Anyway, I was sorry I couldn't get a copy of Archangel Protocol for him to keep. I have no idea if it's even still available in Japan. If it was, I'd love to get extra copies of it. I'd love to give one to him, and another to my friend who is studying Japanese (and can actually read it.)
In class, we are now learning colors. I was telling my Japanese-studying friend that I feel like I'm four years old again. Numbers! Colors! Simple things like: school! Building!
There was a very funny moment about traffic signals. Apparently, in Japan, traffic signals LOOK the same, but when you get to the light we would go at, they call it "blue." Tetsuya-sensei wanted us to know IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS that if you are standing in Japan and someone says, "Hey, the light is blue, go." Do NOT turn to them and say, "What? That light is green." I found this amusing because it was very clear that Tetsuya-sensei had some issues. He made us promise just to never, ever do this IN JAPAN. I mean, yeah, d'uh. Your country, your signal colors. Sure, I see that as green, but you know your language. I'm guessing, however, this is something that comes up a lot in his life and it just F*CKING bugs him. I'm down with that. Any time you can say to students who are potentially going to your country of origin,"Traveling Americans: don't be dicks" it's probably a good thing.
*grin*
