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I spent pretty much the entire day working on the DVD for the Japanese oral presentation. Who knew it would all come down to 5 minutes of playing time?
My topic is 神威楽斗 (Gackt). I'm pretty sure I could do it on Gackt; Koike-sensei wrote "related to Japan, Japanese culture, language, something Japanese"... and, well, Gackt is Japanese, he's a popculture icon, and his songs play with the language - a point I intend to spend some time on. If I can't do it on Gackt, I'm screwed. What am I supposed to do it on... お盆？お正月？侍？ I wouldn't last a minute!
Since the presentation is supposed to be 7-10 minutes long, I felt I should make the video a maximum of 3 minutes just to be safe. I should have known, however, that no one can contain the greatness of Gackt in just 3 minutes... so I ended up doing it in 5, heh. But since we have to prepare 4 to 5 pages of script, that means I have to be able to read at least a page a minute!
On Monday, Lina asked me what I was going to do for my presentation. I said "Gackt", but she might have thought I was just clearing my throat or something, still not answering. I didn't get a chance to explain because I remember Pearl entering the room and grabbing everyone's attention with her Gakuen Alice costume. But I still feel bad about it, so someone please email her and tell her that my presentation is on Gackt. I can't do it myself for obvious reasons.
Which brings me to my next item: Monday was also my birthday. The fact that no one remembered wasn't what was bothering me; what was bothering me was that it was my birthday. I think I summed up my feelings about it pretty well in my last LJ entry though, so no need to dwell any further on that...
But on Thursday I went over to Kinokuniya and bought Kodansha's Dictionary of Basic Japanese Idioms for about $35. This thing is great; I finally learned how to use 「気になる」 in a sentence. It's more practical than the proverb dictionary and easier than the onomatopoeia book I bought before. I just never could get past the first chapter!
Then I treated myself to some curry rice. $5.25 is so worth the price of chicken curry mild and making other people on the bus hungry. And it's still cheaper than the sushi I usually buy!
