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Woot! My class was just cancelled. I was not looking forward to trying to get to and around Rutgers in 6+ inches of snow. This means I can sleep in, and not study for my kanji test (though I have no idea what this is going to do to our schedule for next week since we're supposed to have a lesson test and the midterm next week - if she pushes everything a day forward that'll mean we have the kanji test, the lesson test, then the midterm, all in a row, and with no time between the last two... gah). I also managed to severely bruise the side of my foot walking through slush covered sidewalks today (the edge of the sidewalk was hidden in a slush puddle and I was wearing leather boots with no padding so the concrete went right into the side of my foot. I thought it was fairly painful at the time, but didn't think of it again until I was in the shower and noticed the dark bruise on the side of my foot), so I'm glad I don't have to do any walking since it hurts to put pressure on it at this point.
I actually had a really good job interview today. It was fun, relaxing, and all the questions they asked me were about my technical skills. Unfortunately, it was for a job that starts in Sept. which I may or may not be able to take. But since I enjoyed it so much, I'm counting it as a win. They gave me the option of cancelling it due to the snow, but since I was on campus anyway for Japanese, I decided to take a gamble and stay a few extra hours to eat lunch then do the interview. I'm rereading all the Dresden books atm - I'd forgotten how annoying Harry's chauvinism was in the early books. The first two books are real slogs compared to how much better they get later.
Meanwhile, just in time for the snowstorm, our toilet broke. Dad was very on top of this though so we went toilet shopping yesterday and settled on a water saving toilet (which I always approve of). Dad managed to run out today to get other parts he needed during the rainy not so snowy period we had in the afternoon (and I was able to run out to get the cheese we need for my cheesy potato and broccoli soup - a must for cold, snowy days). Dad worked for several hours but finally we had a toilet around 7pm. This is a good thing since running out to the library or store to use their toilet is no longer an option. I made him al dente pasta with vodka sauce and an apple crisp for dessert as a reward for all his hard work.
I've started reading a manga called Cesare, which is about Cesare Borgia's life. It's very well researched, and the artist must spend ages doing some of the backgrounds of some of the most famous settings of the time (I was really impressed by the fact that she drew the Sistine chapel in a time period before Michelangelo painted it, and knew to draw it as it was before Michelangelo got his hands on it.) The history is so detailed with so many different names, it's hard to keep them straight at times, though there are helpful guides to characters that pop up occasionally. Art wise, characters are beautifully drawn (though her style has really changed from what I remember of Mars, which is also a series of the mangaka), with beautiful, if slightly repetitive backgrounds. It opens with this insanely naive kid named Angelo starting at the university in Pisa. There he meets (and often offends) everybody and develops the biggest man crush on Cesare (who saves his life, then teaches him to ride horses, then etc). Cesare for his part, seems to think Angelo is hilarious and refreshing. It's all blatant subtext and I was trying to figure out why until I realized that Angelo is the author's avatar (plus a very good way to get lots of exposition explained to the naive boy and thus the audience). The author's got a huge crush on Cesare (her portrayal of him is very favourable) therefore it sort of bleeds over into Angelo. Definitely a manga to check out if you like historical dramas, unintentional slashy subtext, the Renaissance, or pretty, Slytherin-like men rising to power;)
I actually had a really good job interview today. It was fun, relaxing, and all the questions they asked me were about my technical skills. Unfortunately, it was for a job that starts in Sept. which I may or may not be able to take. But since I enjoyed it so much, I'm counting it as a win. They gave me the option of cancelling it due to the snow, but since I was on campus anyway for Japanese, I decided to take a gamble and stay a few extra hours to eat lunch then do the interview. I'm rereading all the Dresden books atm - I'd forgotten how annoying Harry's chauvinism was in the early books. The first two books are real slogs compared to how much better they get later.
Meanwhile, just in time for the snowstorm, our toilet broke. Dad was very on top of this though so we went toilet shopping yesterday and settled on a water saving toilet (which I always approve of). Dad managed to run out today to get other parts he needed during the rainy not so snowy period we had in the afternoon (and I was able to run out to get the cheese we need for my cheesy potato and broccoli soup - a must for cold, snowy days). Dad worked for several hours but finally we had a toilet around 7pm. This is a good thing since running out to the library or store to use their toilet is no longer an option. I made him al dente pasta with vodka sauce and an apple crisp for dessert as a reward for all his hard work.
I've started reading a manga called Cesare, which is about Cesare Borgia's life. It's very well researched, and the artist must spend ages doing some of the backgrounds of some of the most famous settings of the time (I was really impressed by the fact that she drew the Sistine chapel in a time period before Michelangelo painted it, and knew to draw it as it was before Michelangelo got his hands on it.) The history is so detailed with so many different names, it's hard to keep them straight at times, though there are helpful guides to characters that pop up occasionally. Art wise, characters are beautifully drawn (though her style has really changed from what I remember of Mars, which is also a series of the mangaka), with beautiful, if slightly repetitive backgrounds. It opens with this insanely naive kid named Angelo starting at the university in Pisa. There he meets (and often offends) everybody and develops the biggest man crush on Cesare (who saves his life, then teaches him to ride horses, then etc). Cesare for his part, seems to think Angelo is hilarious and refreshing. It's all blatant subtext and I was trying to figure out why until I realized that Angelo is the author's avatar (plus a very good way to get lots of exposition explained to the naive boy and thus the audience). The author's got a huge crush on Cesare (her portrayal of him is very favourable) therefore it sort of bleeds over into Angelo. Definitely a manga to check out if you like historical dramas, unintentional slashy subtext, the Renaissance, or pretty, Slytherin-like men rising to power;)
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