Today

Today was rather uninteresting. After waking up and having breakfast, I enjoyed reading some of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure on onemanga. Then my parents woke up and started talking about organizing first thing in the morning. I went to sleep again because it was very demotivating.

Upon waking again, I proceeded to do some organizing. I think going through my old papers from pre-sophomore year is really depressing a lot of the time because though I had a happy childhood (though its quite a blur) I see how mean I was sometimes.

I still haven't found the one item from the past I actually wanted to see again; I am pretty sure I still have it-- the notecard from sophomore year from Catherine with the hangul alphabet on it. Oh well-- if I don't find it, I still have many items of similar nature to symbolize that time of my life.

I am not very sentimental and could probably make with one small box of miscellaneous items, my computer, my guitar, my keyboard, and my books (and clothes + desk + essentials) in my room and be completely satisfied, but I'm keeping all sorts of old stuff to satisfy my parents. They really miss when I was small, but I think that I was pretty mean back then so I don't like talking about it much; its just a happy blur of which I have a small amount of guilt over.

I was thinking about learning katakana in one day so I could read all the packages at Mitsuwa and stuff for fun, but then I got distracted (or rather un-distracted) and started learning more Korean words instead. I guess sticking to less languages increases productivity with those. But I still might go ahead and learn katakana/hiragana, it probably won't take horribly long.

I didn't get much exercise today, just rode the elliptical trainer while listening to Chinese podcasts. As of now, I'm too busy to learn Chinese written language, but while I'm exercising, I like to learn something (though I love listening to music too). Its kind of like a half-nap when I exercise inside becasue I can close my eyes while I exercise. Exercise is also one of the few activities (along with taking a shower, going to the restroom, usually sleeping) that people won't bother me while I'm doing too. Even when I'm doing homework and stuff I'll get interrupted a lot, but for some reason, while exercising, nobody ever asks me to do anything. That makes it a bit more relaxing.

Homework is progressing rather slowly. Towards the middle of June I blasted through a lot, but pace is slowing as I realize alot of the work I have left is best delayed a little bit to maximize retention for the school year. Reading books for English, too, I don't really consider "homework" as I enjoy reading very much. Its Biology and Spanish homework that is the most work this summer. Both subjects I find interesting though.

I played some guitar this night. I haven't played for a few days, and it sure showed. Guitar, piano, etc. are more "physical" skills than take programming or learning Chinese in my opinion, and I feel they deteriorate much faster than "mental" skills so I'm not as motivated to practice hard since it takes a large amount of time and effort to maintain these skills at high levels. I really enjoy playing still, though I feel like I'm not making a lot of progress. I don't know if I'm committed enough to invest in Lessons or something that would really boost progress. Maybe I'm just on a plateau now and soon I will begin to climb in progress again. Progress was definitely fastest at the beginning though. As with everything pretty much, the more advanced one gets, the more progress slows.

I didn't get to hang out with anyone today. A lot of people are in class. Poor Jisun gets locked up at IVC for a long time. Shelley has a life and went to some mock-court thing. Gene is getting dangerous and learning how to drive. Brandon Nydell is sitting around and playing games all day. Lawrence is Lawrence. Daniel is Daniel. etc. etc. etc. I'm sure I could find someone available if I put in a little bit more effort. Today was nice and relaxing though.

More stuff later-- getting tired!