Monday, October 17, 2005
Dull Tales of Success
Not much to report today beyond good but ultimately ordinary news.
My first class of the day (9AM on Monday mornings, why?) was pre-empted for a "reading test" which I suppose fits into the grade for our midterm we had on Friday. There wasn't much to it, I picked a passage at random and read as much as I could in one minute. I think I did OK although I didn't get very far in one minute.
After that exercise I went downstairs and found my other midterm graded and sitting in my mailbox. I dominated it just as I thought I would. Even the oral portion (which I didn't feel so good about) was a nineteen out of twenty possible points. So I have no academic worries to speak of at this time, although I do have three other classes with midterms coming up.
After speaking class I made time for another session in the gym. I figure I need to do this at least three times a week if I hope to maintain any kind of fitness level. True, I've been losing weight to this point without much exercise at all but I know that's eventually going to stagnate as I adjust to the Japanese diet. For the moment at least, it's all good news: I weighed myself and I've lost 750 grams (that's more than a pound and a half) since Friday.
I went to the library to return Brave New World which I finished reading over the weekend. I enjoyed it very much and I wish I had read it sooner. My new personal reading assignment is a collection of tales by H.P. Lovecraft. Ironically, the book is due back on Halloween.
My first class of the day (9AM on Monday mornings, why?) was pre-empted for a "reading test" which I suppose fits into the grade for our midterm we had on Friday. There wasn't much to it, I picked a passage at random and read as much as I could in one minute. I think I did OK although I didn't get very far in one minute.
After that exercise I went downstairs and found my other midterm graded and sitting in my mailbox. I dominated it just as I thought I would. Even the oral portion (which I didn't feel so good about) was a nineteen out of twenty possible points. So I have no academic worries to speak of at this time, although I do have three other classes with midterms coming up.
After speaking class I made time for another session in the gym. I figure I need to do this at least three times a week if I hope to maintain any kind of fitness level. True, I've been losing weight to this point without much exercise at all but I know that's eventually going to stagnate as I adjust to the Japanese diet. For the moment at least, it's all good news: I weighed myself and I've lost 750 grams (that's more than a pound and a half) since Friday.
I went to the library to return Brave New World which I finished reading over the weekend. I enjoyed it very much and I wish I had read it sooner. My new personal reading assignment is a collection of tales by H.P. Lovecraft. Ironically, the book is due back on Halloween.
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I just read that ROCKY 6 is in the works.
Stallone steps back into the ring... yet, somehow I think it's the audience that'll take a beating. Da na na na...Getting tired.
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