a history of me

The Yankees are playing right now, and I'm simultaneously working on my paper for EAS 190, due tomorrow, as well as a presentation to the class based on the paper. Fortunately I have no English class tomorrow (teacher called it off, "personal reasons") so I have that much more time to finish the job. This also means that the last "Iron Thursday" won't truly be an "Iron Thursday" but I'll use the term one last time.

Tonight was the last East Asian Cinema class, and tomorrow is the final "Confucianism and the Samurai Ethic" class. I'm sorry to see the latter end, but not the cinema class. We got to fill out the "evaluation" forms, I tried to be respectful but I was also honest. She asked for feedback for herself as well. I wrote down a brief outline of my problems with her movie selection. I couldn't think of any specific title to recommend, but I suggested a "genuine light-hearted film" or a "thriller."

I passed on the "Albany Anime Club" tonight, partly because of the Yanks, partly because of my work, but also because I'm not so thrilled with the direction of the club right now in contrast to the other anime club, the Anime Gamers Alliance. First off, the selection is more interesting in the AGA. Secondly, I feel like there is more of a "club" atmosphere at the AGA thanks to the online forum. The AA Club claims a website is on the way, but in the meantime I've already gotten to know several people in the AGA. I also appreciate the fact that the guy (singular) who runs the AGA immediately responded to my offer to show items from my own collection. The AA Club has a whole bunch of "officers," and I when I offered to show something I was thanked but that was it.