Well, I made a couple decisions today. First, I've decided to drop Japanese. The time I spend preparing is time I could be, oh, sleeping or eating. I just can't imagine that I'll catch up and be able to stay caught up given how busy my semester will be. And I had trouble sleeping last night, in part because I was stressed about the class. It's disappointing. I've looked forward to this for a few years and I was really beginning to enjoy my instructors and classmates. But I don't think it's worth the stress, in the long run.

My other decision, one I'm happy about, was to join the IU Swing Club this evening. I'll be taking lessons the remainder of the semester and I'm looking forward to it. I think dancing will give me an outlet for stress. We just signed up tonight and watched the experienced folk take the floor, although we did learn a simple Charleston line, which was fun. Next week, East Coast Swing.

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I just finished a relatively major update and overhaul to my site. I changed some of the headline fonts, replaced the background image, tweaked the colors, and added a bunch of new photos. There's new text on virtually every page, or at least changes to existing text, so if you're reading this and you're interested enough, go read through my site.

My resume looks okay, but I still need to make some changes to my Course Information page. Just minor stuff, really, but it needs done.

Otherwise, Japanese is still a challenge. I've memorized most of the hatagana syllabary now, but only in one direction. That is, I can look at most of the characters and tell you what sound is associated with it. I can't yet really go the other way, and unfortunately, I was quizzed on that this morning. I bombed it. Well, it's only five points and at least I know my weaknesses. I'll study up on that starting today.

I'd love to go to the IU Swing Club this evening--learn a few moves, meet some ladies, get more exercise--but I'm not sure I have the time right now.

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