「こうなったら、意地でも乗るわよっ」

Ten pages of BS. BS which will get an A or A-, I predict.
This is what my higher education has given me the skills to write. Praise Jesus.
Nah, it's not really that bad. Probably not more than 40% is actually BS.

In other news, my internet service at the dorm hasn't been working for reasons as yet unknown (but being investigated), which is why I've been pretty absent on the tubes for the last several days.
I'm at school now, almost done writing a paper (as alluded to above). After I finish that, maybe I'll edit onto this a proper entry before going home. The free heat in this building alone (as opposed to the expensive heat in my cold-anyway room) is a pretty good reason to stay here by itself, really.


Edited on, later:

On the 3rd I biked to Kasai Rinkai Kouen (Kasai Seaside Park). I'd been sort of vaguely planning the trip in my head for a little while, and figured I'd leave in the morning, maybe around 8 or 9, so that I could bike back hopefully before it gets dark (about 4:45 here, this time of year). But, I realized that if I didn't go that day I probably wouldn't be able to go during the break. So, around 1 pm I went to a konbini, bought a nice map (actually a 60-page book) of Tokyo, and set off. The brilliance of my route was that it was, to a large extent, a lot of pretty straight shots down long, long roads, and it went through some very well known places (through a tunnel directly under Shinjuku station, the walkway around the moat of the Imperial Palace, through the heart of Ginza, etc.), so if I got lost I could always ask for those landmarks. The disadvantage of my route, however, was also that it went through these major landmarks. Biking in Shinjuku is barely possible, and biking at faster than a walking pace is not possible.
But, anyway, I made it all 31 kilometers to Kasai Rinkai, looked around the park (pretty briefly - the sun was setting by the time I got there), rode the Ferris Wheel (the Diamonds and Flowers wheel), took pictures and rode the 31 kilometers back. It was pretty fantastic, actually. XD I went alone this time because it was so spur-of-the moment and also because I was a little worried I might get lost or not be able to get there for some reason, and didn't want to be responsible for anyone else's bad experience. When it gets warmer in Spring, though, I definitely take a picnic with friends in that park (though maybe we'll go by train).

Also on that trip, I had my first encounter with the police in Japan. +O
...But it was actually really harmless. In Tokyo there are quite a lot of maps in public places, which makes it hard to get lost. It's fantastic. But, a policeman apparently saw me looking at one (making sure I was still on my route), and then stopped me as I was biking away to ask if I was lost. D'aww. He asked me some other things and checked the registration on my bike, as well. And it was kind of embarrassing and weird when he asked me what school I go to, I said TouDai, and he actually apologized. I often find that I'm uncomfortable in Japan when people treat me as unequal to them. idk. In the end I didn't even have to get out my alien registration card, which I was carrying.


The next day, the 4th, I went to Odaiba with Yisha, Clara, Yang Rei, Wu Di, Joon Woo and Keisuke. I'd never been, so it was quite nice. We checked out "Little Hong Kong," Fuji Television, ate a tabehoudai kaiten Chinese food lunch, and rode the big Ferris Wheel there. Yes, the second Ferris wheel ride in as many days, for me. XD
The funny thing was, this time we rode after it was quite dark outside, and from the height of the wheel I spotted the wheel I'd ridden the day before, all lit up in the distance. They really are quite close to one another. The only strange thing about this Ferris wheel was the music that played in the gondola. On the way up there was some famous march that felt kind of foreboding and inappropriate, at the top was Pachabel's Canon, and coming down was Pomp and Circumstance. It was really weird, and, I suspect, deliberately scheduled. XD
It was a really lovely day, and I even talked to Keisuke in Japanese quite a bit. I was really glad that I went.

I also note now that as of the 6th of January, I'd been to Gasuto 4 times this year. Three of them were in order to some work (working on anything more involved than a simple worksheet in my room, even when the internet is down, is just futile).

Tomorrow is a field trip to Tsukiji! Looking forward to it.