My day.

[brigdh]

Today in Japanese, we learned the words for America, Germany, France, Spain, and the USSR.

...Good to know these textbooks are up-to-date.

Then I left the classroom, accidentally ran straight into some girl, and apologized. In Japanese. Wow, because that's not embarrassing in any way. Hopefully she didn't notice.

And this is the phone conversation I had with my mother last night:

Mom: So, we're going to be giving out flu shots on Friday...
Me: That'll be crazy.
Mom: Yeah, people are already calling and asking how early they should come in.
Me: Did you hear about that lady who died while she was waiting for one?
Mom: Yeah, but there were 900 people there! You have to expect that someone's going to die!
Me: *scandalized* Mom!
Mom: It's just the law of averages.

My life is surreal.

Comments

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

We're going to make people make appointments. This is seeming like a good course of action.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

That makes sense. It's wild this year. I'm not going to get one (not that I ever have before, but this year I have an excuse!).

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

On behalf of like EVERYONE INVOLVED IN HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA, thanks for not trying.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

XD

*bows* I did it with y'all in mind. Well, that or my laziness of not wanting to wait for hours. One or the other.

[childofatlantis.livejournal.com]

I still bow to everyone. *sweatdrop*

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

I do that too! I bow to *everyone*. And I have become incapable of saying 'thank you' or 'sorry' without at least bobbing my head.

[clari-clyde.livejournal.com]

Today in Japanese, we learned the words for America, Germany, France, Spain, and the USSR.


Hee, my class too! Which book do you use? My class usess Basic Functional Japanese by the Japan Times. Though, we also learned that before the japanese thought to use Katakana for foreign place names, the old name for San Francisco was “Soko.” I don’t know what the kanji is though, and I really should stop being shy and ask the sensei what the kanji are.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

It's Japanese: The Spoken Language by the Yale Language Series.

Hee, that's cool. I don't know any kanji yet, just the katakana and about half the hiragana. Which means I'm doing a hell of a lot of reading of place names and foods, since though seem to be the most common words to put in katakana.

[clari-clyde.livejournal.com]

Mom: It's just the law of averages.

Hm. Was listening to NPR last night and the advice was, sure, but don’t put yourself in danger to get one. Meaning, if your health’s frail, standing in line in whatever near winter conditions there are for more than a few hours is not a good idea. *shrugs* Advice makes sense.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that just makes sense. I'm not planning on getting one, and even if I was, I wouldn't expect to be able to stand in line for hours if I was an eighty-year-old woman.

I was just so surprised that my mom was so callous. I mean, my mother. They're supposed to be all caring and compassionate!

[llorelei.livejournal.com]

Dude, did you say 'Gomen'? I'm giggling here, but it's not as bad as saying 'LOL'. At least japanese, unlike netspeak, is a real language. *g*

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

I went "Aa! Sumimasen!" and kinda bowed. And then she looked at me funny and I walked away very fast. #^^#

And hee! Have you said 'lol' out loud? I've never done that one, at least. Although I do say 'meh' and people have told me that's not a real word.

[goddessgrrrrl.livejournal.com]

Hehehe... don't you LOVE lapsing into other languages randomly...

Entschuldigung!

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Hee! XD It's so fun.

And embarrassing. There's that factor too.

[solo.livejournal.com]

Mom: Yeah, but there were 900 people there! You have to expect that someone's going to die!

Heh! I want to meet your mother! *g*

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

^^ She's usually not quite so callous, really!