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Happy New Year
Good Riddance 2010
Proper update tomorrow probably, hope everyone had a good night.
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| Music Meme Day 2 |
[24 Aug 2010|08:20am] |
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I'm going to be busy all day so I figured I should probably do the music meme as soon as I woke up. I'm going to pack for an hour, then go to the grocery store, then I'm seeing people. My final evening will involve sushi in Roppongi with Brandt, and then Karaoke and drinks with some friends from Sophia.
( Music Meme Day 2: My Least Favourite Song )
Ophey
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[23 Aug 2010|09:03am] |
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I stole a meme from Stephie because it looked pretty fun.
I tag anyone who'd be interested in doing it, seeing as most of my LJ friends aren't very active anymore :(
( Music meme )
Try it!
Also, these are my last two days in Tokyo. I'm seeing an old teacher, Ms. Gotterson, today, and tomorrow I think I'm seeing AJ. Maybe seeing AJ last is a bit profound in the sense that she was my first friend in Tokyo.
Ophey
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[23 Jul 2010|07:08pm] |
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A weird thought while I am jetlagged as hell and knackered:
Wouldn't it be interesting if, in really warm places like Asia and the Middle East, everybody reversed their waking patterns during summer? i.e. if people woke up at 6 p.m. to go to work in the dark and came home when it started getting warmer to sleep. That way it wouldn't be so insufferably when people had to be out and about. On top of that, I wonder if people would use less water since they wouldn't have to shower as much.
Brb, writing a letter to the UN. I imagine this will get me a Nobel Prize of some sort, right?
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[09 May 2010|09:41am] |
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It makes me a little uncomfortable when young musicians, e.g. 13 - 17 years old, have music videos about being in love with people or having relationship troubles. As much as I enjoy Justin Bieber, he is a major offender in this category. It just seems really... contrived, and it's awkward watching 14 year old couples in love in music videos.
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[07 May 2010|10:06pm] |
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I don't know what it's like in America, but the craze of using the word "literally" in every other sentence and in completely ridiculous contexts has probably gone too far here.
While I was walking the other night, I heard a girl tell a story about how a situation really freaked her out. She said - and I'm not making this up - "I was literally" shitting myself." O really now? You were?
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[03 May 2010|09:27am] |
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Yesterday I saw The Notebook for the first time. I've been avoiding it because I kind of assumed it would be a massive sob-fest. To my surprise, it didn't upset me that much. Although it was cute to watch and I enjoyed it at the time, in retrospect it was a little contrived and cliche. It felt like it ticked all the romance boxes somehow. Admittedly I don't know what would make a romantic movie un-cliche, but maybe it's just a genre that isn't for me.
It feels like American college students have like, ten 20-page papers to submit every week. On facebook and LJ that's the only thing everyone consistently complains about. I also get the impression that no one in America completes a paper before the night before it's due. Not to say people here are more diligent, but most people I know in psychology at York complete the papers way in advance. Actually, it could be that my two papers can amount to about 60% of my grade, whereas maybe in America it's ... a bit less?
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[02 May 2010|09:19am] |
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England is the only country I've been to where almost literally all sinks have two taps - one hot and one cold - as opposed to just one tap, capable of all temperatures. What is the point of this? And when would this ever be more convenient than having just one tap? >:(
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[26 Apr 2010|03:04pm] |
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I hate when grades and marking are really arbitrary. Like the grader doesn't want to give you full marks to imply that you're perfect, so instead he or she marks you down for no stated reason. I got a bunch of my essays back from last term and I got 3/5 on nearly every single possible section. While I can understand being marked down on my formatting mistakes, I didn't get a single comment on why my content, evidence, research, or grammar etc. was undeserving of a 4, or even of a 5. My essay did not have a single grammatical or spelling mistake, why did that only get me a "satisfactory" mark? How can you make perfect grammar "excellent"?
I got my marks the other day online and was a little bit disappointed in having done worse on my essays in the second term than in the first. I considered one of them, about the impact of aggressive TV on children's behaviour, to be one of the best essays I'd written. Having read the comments though, I'm starting to feel like I may as well not take the marks seriously if I will just keep getting 3/5 on everything without an explanation. There were a few comments about my conclusion, but I don't know what I'm supposed to think when all I see beside my other paragraphs are the word "good" and tick marks.
On that note, I had a dream last night that my family was encourage me to leave uni because I wasn't getting good marks and may as well drop out. It was along the recurring theme in my life of needing to prove myself academically. I think it shows a lot about how ridiculous I am that this was by far the most upsetting dream I'd had in a long time.
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[25 Apr 2010|05:16pm] |
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Reasons why today is awesome:
- I am having a spectacular hair day
- I baked bitchin' blueberry and oatmeal cookies
- My friends are back in York!
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[17 Apr 2010|06:19pm] |
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Whenever I read about the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajoekul, it looks like a massive type-o. Is this just me?
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[07 Apr 2010|11:43am] |
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Dear population of Sweden,
I am acutely aware that, having never lived here and only speaking a few sentences of Swedish a week, I have a funny accent. I'm aware of it every time I speak, and I'm aware of it every time I consciously mumble so that no one can comment on what I sound like when I speak. I thank you for further bringing it to my attention, but now it is quite enough.
Kind regards,
Ophelia
p.s. You have a lisp lolz.
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[14 Mar 2010|05:45pm] |
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You guys, it's awful but I really can't stop listening to this song.
WHY IS IT SO GOOD.
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[07 Mar 2010|05:49pm] |
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Guys, I need help quickly.
This is the title of my practical report:
Investigating Identification and Discrimination of Phonemes Within and Between Phoneme Boundaries
Is my title too similar to a paper I referenced:
The Discrimination of Speech Sounds Within and Across Phoneme Boundaries
i.e. Will I get caught for plagiarism? I know it's only a small bit but I'm a bit concerned and I don't know how to rephrase it :/
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[22 Feb 2010|10:09pm] |
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Another quick study break to post about something I read.
The definition of feminism is the belief in women's equality with men, ergo everyone is a feminist these days. If that's the case, then why do textbooks keep referring to feminists as this disconnected, extreme group? I'll reading about a study, and then, akin to history textbook's compulsory "this is what the women were up to"-section, the author will write, "But feminists think this..." I feel like that's the same as writing, "But people who aren't racist think this," or "People who don't believe in child pornography think this." It's like the author is saying he doesn't believe in feminism, which is a little backwards post-1950's.
Admittedly there isn't really another word you could use, so maybe this is just another example of me being overly sensitive regarding people misunderstanding that being a feminist just means you believe in equal rights. Way to go widening the gap between people's misconceptions and reality, textbook author.
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[09 Feb 2010|05:33pm] |
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I should probably be reading this chapter on intelligence testing right now, but I'll take a small break since I'm completely caught up with reading so far this term.
I feel like I'm always pretty sensitive about any mention of Asia, but in psychology in particular I'm even more sensitive to studies involving Asians and how they're portrayed in the textbook. For example, I just read a study about Academic achievement in China, Japan, and the U.S. and how big the differences were. Japanese and Chinese students were superior in math and, even in reading ability, Americans only caught up with Asians after several years of schooling. This didn't bother me, but my textbook then went on to describe what the children did in their spare time and all parents' attitudes towards academic achievement. The conclusion was that American parents were more concerned with their children's overall cognitive development than with grades, and that American kids spent more time doing non-school stuff. I realize that it's somewhat true, but I definitely felt like the implication was that America = better. Admittedly my textbook is American and is probably geared towards American college students, but I always feel like there's a subtle "The American way is the better way"-undertone to a lot of the cross-cultural studies. Or am I just being sensitive?
Other stuff is not bad at all. I'm going to London next week since I have to renew my passport. I'm using that as an excuse to stay over one night and see a musical. The two I'm really feeling right now are Billy Elliot or Hairspray. Any suggestions?
I have a debate meeting to go to tonight. Elections are on tonight, and although I wasn't initially planning on running for a position, I think I'd like to be one of the training officers. Apparently I set up training sessions and make sure that everyone can make it? It sounds like my sort of thing, more so than any other position they were offering.
Ophey
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