Ga! I'm so doubting my ability to learn a language. We had to translate a sentence from English to Japanese on the board and even though we had the sentences before hand, and I had it translated properly on the paper I couldn't do it on the board.

GAAAAH, so very frustrating, and I had a bunch of mistakes on some of the questions.

Anyway, I've got serious studying to do.

I need to eat now, and I feel like something exotic but all I have is ordinary noodles and I have tuna. So very very very sad.

I made Shepards Pie using this recipie:
Just remove the plastic wrap and bake it for 30 to 35 minutes in a 350-degree oven. Or, if you're in a hurry at dinner hour, spread the mashed potatoes (they need to be hot) over the hot beef mixture in an oven-proof skillet, top with the grated cheese, and stick it under the broiler for about 2 minutes, until the cheese is melted.

A crisp green salad and cooked carrots are good accompaniments. Keep the English theme at dessert by spreading slices of store-bought pound cake with raspberry preserves and topping them with vanilla instant pudding for the flavors of an English trifle.

Shepherd's Pie

1 pound lean ground beef

1/2 cup chopped onion (optional)

1 12-ounce jar beef gravy

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1 cup frozen green peas

2 cups mashed potatoes

1 tablespoon butter or margarine

1/2 cup sour cream or reduced-fat sour cream

1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Heat the oven to 350 degrees.

Cook the ground beef and onion in a medium skillet over medium-high heat until meat is browned and onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Drain the beef mixture and return to the skillet.

Add the gravy, Worcestershire and peas to the skillet and simmer on medium-low heat for 2 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine prepared mashed potatoes with butter or margarine and sour cream.

Pour meat mixture into a 9-inch pie pan. Spread mashed potatoes over the meat mixture and top with the grated cheese.

Bake for 30 minutes, until heated through.
From: http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/111198/fea_095-4709.000.shtml


I also found a vegan version so I could make it for Georgie if she ever wants me to.
that recipe is here: http://www.catteacorner.com/vegan-c2.htm#shepherdspie
sadly i'd have to leave out the mushrooms for her....or make her eat around them...since if i was cooking this I'D want to eat it too!

* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the next few sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

When the subject of the verb-that is to say, the person performing the activity- appears inside a qualifier sentence, as in example 2 above, it is accompanied by the particle が, and not は.
-an integrated course in elementary Japanese げんきII


and in sadder news
dad filed divorce papers.

So the whole 3.00 thing in art classes is pretty frustrating, because i've got a C in art 14(colour) 28 (intro to animation...or something to that effect), and 113a (intermediate illustration). Maybe it was justified in the first 2 because compared to how much blood I poured into 113a i didn't spend nearly enough time on the assignments. BUT i hardly slept at all during 113a. I basically didn't sleep, sleeping in was 4 hours as opposed to the usual 2 and I STILL got a C. Well C+ but that's not much different. I know I need to talk to one of the department heads, but i get really anxious about that. It's stupid, but i always feel really dumb going in to ask questions and what not. I shouldn't... but I do. That being said, I know it's awful of me but i'm really glad there are other people in the same situation. Feeling of companionship and all that. It's also nice to have someone to complain to!

So frustrating.


I'm also very bored with what I have to eat around this stupid dorm. I wanna eat more then just rice or pasta. But i'm broker then broke and I can't really afford to. I mean I do go buy foods from fast food places a bit more then I should but I can't EVERY time I get that craving. I know I used to think that it would be possible financially to eat fast food everyday, because really it's not that expensive but it's really not. Perhaps if I had a job it would be, which i'm looking for a new one but haven't gotten one yet.