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It took me longer than expected to finish reading my prof’s book because it turned out to be too enjoyable to skim.

Prophet Motive: Deguchi Onisaburo, Oomoto, and the Rise of New Religion in Japan

Registered for classes this morning.
ANS390 Readings in Modern East Asia – Stalker
(required proseminar for new grad students in East Asian studies)
ANS385 Visual Evidence in Modern China – Tsai
(related to my field as it concerns ‘reading’ a variety of visual media)
JPN320K Readings in Modern Japanese, Intermediate Level – Aida
(3rd year Japanese, semester 1)
I’ll also be TA’ing [...]

It’s official – I got my diploma today.
©  2009 Flash Photography

(The last one will be once I have the diploma actually in hand.)
Got my official grade report, and it appears that not only did Genji to Godzilla go in as for-credit and not pass/fail, resulting in an A for the course, but I also somehow managed an A in the Sufism class. So that means [...]

March 6, 2009

Dear Mr. Feldman,

I am pleased to tell you that you have been admitted to the Graduate
School of The University of Texas at Austin for advanced study in Asian
Cultures and Languages. Your admission is for the Fall 2009 semester.

[. . .]

I welcome you to the Graduate School and I wish you well in your [...]

Just finished a 40-page reading assignment. Fascinating stuff – only fell asleep twice, and I think it might have actually mentioned the topic of our course once. Mentioned it by name, I mean – if it actually said anything that was relevant to our course, I missed it.

Wrote and footnoted another 12 pages today. Total now at 79 pps and rising. Now if only my classes–which start on Tuesday–don’t try to kill me with reading.*
*Why do teachers all act as if the only thing you have to do all day and all night is read for their class and theirs alone? And [...]

Don’t ask me how, but I managed to pull this semester out of my… head. So that’s another 12 hours in the bag, taking me to 108 hours of straight 4.0.
Not that I can relax on the home stretch: the next semester will be 4 classes plus writing my Dee thesis, plus grad school application.
Courtesans [...]