It only took me four years. It's not that I had a lot of contacts or anything, I'm just lazy. Well I have a lot of contacts too, but I don't keep in touch. As I went through my address "book" today, I realized I miss many people that have probably already forgotten about me. Trying to remember how I met people was akin to flipping through a photo album of the last sixteen years. I feel like an old man looking back on his childhood with a euphoric sense of nostalgia.
I got an A in the second semester of Japanese as well. The prof and two of the other eight students told me I should continue Japanese. I don't want to do anything outside of my degree right now though. I need to make sure I get that slip of paper before I run out of money. Which is coming sooner now that I bought that stupid (awesome) iPhone. (Note: Do not send me money, I'm exaggerating the impact of that purchase.)
I bought something else that's cool and received far less media attention. It is called a "Boogie Board", but it's not the kind you take to the beach. It is basically an information age version of the old "Magic Slate". It's a passive LCD panel that you can draw on with pressure, and clear with the press of a button. It does not connect to a computer or plug into anything, it is a standalone device. So the Magic Slate analogy is very accurate indeed. The only real difference is that I press a button instead of lift and replace a plastic sheet. I mean both will probably wear out after 50,000 uses. The Magic Slate because it is cheaply made, and the Boogie Board because the screen clears are powered by an unreplaceable watch battery.
For those of you following me through Google Buzz, you should be able to read the full article again. My brother was quite vocal in his disapproval of having to open a new page to read past the title, so I fixed it. If anyone else has some preference for reading my blog that is not currently possible, please let me know. I do not anticipate this blog getting so popular that I cannot personally handle individual requests.
Grandmother is doing pretty well I think. Her friend, Carolyn, is using a walker all the time now. Hopefully that will stop her from falling. She's also got a lift chair here (she comes over here every day for dinner, and occasionally lunch too). My grandmother does not approve of the chair being in this house. The irony is that my grandmother picked out the chair.
Oh and to the people that found this after I friended them on facebook today. Sorry if you do not actually know me. Friend finder found 116 people that had facebook accounts associated with e-mails in my address book. I did not actually go through them all by hand.
