tabular_rasa | Japanese/Chinese/Korean and College Essays and Application Fees (Reply)

Dude, this reminds me of that freaky Life magazine article about differentiating between Japanese and Chinese peoples they published right after Pearl Harbor . . . you know, so when you throw rocks at them in your own little pitiful attempts at revenge, you get the right ones. I got a lot wrong. Personally, I think that's actually a good thing . . . well, it could be bad in the sense that I might consider Chinese, Japanese, and Korean "all the same," but I most certainly do not (it is a pet peeve of mine when people attempt to speak fake Chinese when I tell them I speak Japanese, because they sound NOTHING alike); but, really, could we all tell the difference between a Belgian, a Frenchmen, and a Luxembourgian (???) if we were given their pictures? It's really the same idea.

I finally got all of the essays done and submitted my (first) six college applications, but I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY THE FEES ONLINE. It's very annoying, because they won't process your applications until you pay them, obviously, because they are American and business-oriented, lol . . . Also, I can't submit my Yale supplement until I submit the fee, because I have to check a little box, and that is bad . . .

I babysat the Wyses tonight. I am not done with the Inferno. To what chapter do we have to read? I don't know . . . I just review it all tomorrow . . .

I am listening to entirely too much Christmas music lately. It feels more like Christmas than October. Maybe that's just because I'm missing Halloween.

This is about the most random thing ever, too . . . if you care. It takes like two seconds to do. It seems like something I would do.

Laura still hasn't let me have that video, lol . . .