I am excited about my classes this semester.
Japanese language: is what it is (still liked). The third-year level at this school is somehow more low key than every other course offered, EXCEPT FOR...
Intro to philosophy: taken for filling an academic requirement, I seem to have stumbled upon a professor who is honestly a cartoonish parody of a professor, without his even knowing it. I want to take a talkboy recorder pen to this class and prove it.
Ozu film seminar: so I like Ozu, and even though I feel like I really should be getting into more directors by now, I am still taking this class because 'Tokyo Story' still makes me cry, and 'Good Morning' is full of fart noises. And, I am still annoyed that I didn't attempt to find the mysterious Setsuko Hara's home while in Kamakura. I think I was at a gift shop with other exchange students at the time. They kept showing me knives and American-made (?!?) armor. Yep, still annoyed.
Cultures of dictatorship in the southern cone seminar: interesting subject, except nerve-wracking because it's all in Spanish and it turns out I haven't spoken Spanish in more than a year. Also, whenever I am milliseconds away from saying something, my internal monitor goes through what I'm about to say, and it turns out to be a hybrid of Japanese and Spanish that really makes sense to no one, not even someone who is fluent in Japanese and Spanish. But, still exciting.
Historical linguistics, philology, and Tolkien: actually, wait. This class is the one I am most worried about, because for once I am NOT the biggest nerd in the class, and I have never read or seen any adaptations of Tolkien. Also I keep saying his name as if I am "tokin'" and this could be cause for a classmate to snap and chop off my head with novelty Elfin-shaped ears. But I might get to 'create my own language' for the final project, or something.
Now, if I could just learn to read.