The very first thing I learned in college, was that parking is really, REALLY effing horrible. I've heard about it from others, but without seeing it in person, I never knew parking could be this bad. I mean, not only were all the parking spaces filled up, all the sides of the roads were filled up, as well as the illegal little crevices of the parking lots/roads. Today I was actually lucky enough to find an open space after only 10 minutes! But it happened to be on the opposite side of the campus.
My new Japanese class is pretty durn fun. There doesn't seem to be TOO many obnoxious nerds. I mean yes, there are a few, but it's a smaller amount than I expected. Most of the nerds are quiet a nice, they don't bother me. :] But there are a few people who I can't stand....
At one table is a group of boys who like to whisper nerd jokes to eachother. They like to try to make jokes, but they end up not making sense and confusing everyone. They also use weird vocabulary/grammar that they probably got from anime. It's usually wrong and confuses the heck out of the teacher.
The worst of the class is a kid who I've disliked since he first opened his mouth on day 1. He has THE worst accent I've heard in the class. But unlike most of the people with strong accents, his grammar and vocab skills are pretty good. It sounds really awkward to hear someone speak quickly and confidently, with a really strong accent. But even more annoying, is his need to constantly interrupt the teacher to either ask stupid questions that aren't actually related to the lesson, or to tell a joke that is related to the lesson, but it incredibly, incredibly lame.
Every time he tells a joke, the classroom is filled with this awkward tension, as if everyone is thinking the same thing. You think he'd notice that no one is laughing...
The most awesome part of this class, much like our high school Japanese class, is the teacher! Aki sensei is just as entertaining as Yuko sensei, but in different ways. Her expressions are just as hilarious, but she also makes random sounds. It's hard to explain by typing...But it's much more fun than monotone boring lectures. One biiiig difference though, is that she actually understands people's jokes. Even if they're pervy!
So far we're only learning things that I already understand. Which yeah, is a little boring, but gosh it makes me feel smart! :P
So yeah. Thats pretty much my daily college life. Arrive, spend 20 to 40 minutes finding parking, fight over a spot and get honked at for stealing one, run to class, sit in class annoyed at that one kid and laughing at Aki sensei, trek back to Betsey, go home to have my severely shortened lazy-time, and go to work!
