Just another day

Yeah, so. How 'bout those wild boars?

Okay, yeah, moving on. I was going to go on a long gripe session about not having a car, and how the whole endorphins-from-exersize thing is BS in certain situations, but after French class, I don't feel like it as much. Instead, I'll just say, "It's not the cold, it's the dry," and leave it there.

Briefly, while I thought I had things worked out re: school this semester, it seems Mom may not have had him as convinced as we might've liked? Or maybe it's just his memory (ohgodplzno). Anyway, this was our conversation last night:

Dad: What classes are you taking?
Me: ...French.
Dad: And?
Me: That's it. I'm taking a break from schoolwork this semester, remember? I'll be looking for a job on the side.
Dad: You sure you couldn't take a full load? Because it would be cheaper (insurance-wise).
Me: *thinking* ...Gee, thanks for telling me this after the first day of classes is officially over, Dad. *aloud* ...I'll think about it/look into it.

On the plus side, at least I'll have a conversation starter with Dr. Kay tomorrow.


Unrelated side note, anyone have any information about what social services are like in Japan? For the homeless and such, I'm thinking. ...Not because I'm planning to go to Japan and become homeless, but because I need it for a plot point in Communications (which I am vaguely working on right now, and hope to have a fic_off-related update for shortly).

Also, I have no real thoughts at this moment re: live action Avatar movies, aside from "I hope I can get something that resembles a soundtrack from the show out of this." ...Okay, and also, "Let's see the professionals try and deal with immitating Katara's hair style now!" and "Woo-hoo, potential better costume references!" But mostly the soundtrack thing.

Edit: I hope they still have those fleece scarves at the Dollar Tree. I want to make more bedding for the ratties' cage.

Another Possibly Stupid Idea

...Forgot I was gonna do this.

Anyway! If I were to start a community for scans of (books for) Early Readers in various languages, would anyone be interested? I mention this because I remember that I'm a very big reader myself, and thought that I might be able to pick up on learning languages better if I had stories to keep me interested/help me see how words fit together/get context from and stuff. (Am I making sense?) Books that were scanned could be for various reading levels, starting from the very basic and going up through mid- or late-elementary. If so motivated, people could also try creating their own early reader books, and putting them up for the purpose of learning. Due to copyright issues and so forth, it would probably have to be a locked community, but I think it might be interesting/helpful.

Yeah, so, any interest in that out there, or is this one of those things that I should probably ignore for a few years/all together?