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Updates are pending

Updates are pending. I have new photos to post (once they're developed) and my resume and course listings need an overhaul. It's easy to keep this Web log and the About Dietsch pages updated because they're kinda fun, but the other content is a bit of a drag. Japanese is getting better. I finally feel on an even keel with the rest of the class. We're all making roughly the same mistakes and I'm now neither better nor worse than the rest. This makes me happy, because it means I'm making primarily the same mistakes that new learners commonly make. And I feel less ashamed now. It's rather embarrassing to feel you're the only one in the class who's not keeping up. But I'm tired a lot and I've been depressed lately, so I feel like I've been kicked repeatedly about the head and torso. It'll pass, though, especially as the semester deepens and I get more involved in what's going on. It's funny, but when school's going full swing and I'm constantly meeting new people and trying new things, I usually never know just what's going to happen next. I missed that unpredictability while I was primarily working during the summer.