PASS!

I passed the JLPT4 I took back in December!

I did best on the kanji part, which of course was the easiest part, really. Did NOT do so hot on the listening comprehension part, which I knew I'd screwed up on anyway. Which sucks, actually. And then did decently on the reading comprehension/grammar, which I figured would be the case. My average score for the test overall was around 81%. Not bad, but not so good either.

Though now there's only 10 MONTHS to study for the JLPT3 and I have a feeling I'm not going to do anywhere near as well on that one. Especially because it requires more studying and I'm just so darn lazy.

I need to get flash cards from Yoshi. And whatever study materials he may have that might help. Not like he needs the 3kyuu study materials anymore, right? =D Maybe I should rip some of those Koyasu radio drama tracks and put them on my Zen. In order to work on my listening comprehension, of course.

Also, I found $10 on the street while walking to the train to go home tonight! Random and SWEET.

Internets vs. Scientology

Exerpts:

--- It was the perfect internet anarchist protest. We shouted slogans. People with ghetto blasters played announcements. We shouted at THEM. People with megaphones addressed the crowd. Sometimes we cheered and clapped, sometimes we shouted "TL;DR!"

--- We were busy heckling him (anonymous has no problem with criticising anonymous), when he reaches the end of his speech and presses play on a boombox. ... RICK ASTLEY: NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP ... The crowd went fucking wild.

--- There were numerous demands for "CAKE!" - Shortly followed by much more enthusiastic cries of "THE CAKE IS A LIE!" ... Then someone came round with cakes, prompting happy exclamations that "THE CAKE IS REAL!"

--- A friend had a banner with "SCIENTOLOGY MAKES ME A SAD PANDA!" which the media snapped a lot, we chanted it for a bit, then started demanding to know why Xenu/Tom Cruise/Scientology hated pandas.

--- LONGCAT IS LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG!

--- the looks on the faces of the scientologists when faced with a crowd in which a lone voice shouts:
"I HEAR TOM CRUISE HATES MUDKIPS!"
(all) "NOOOOOOOOOOO!"

--- How do you, ideologically speaking, defeat a crowd that is enthusiastically demanding that you "DO A BARREL ROLL! DO A BARREL ROLL!!"?

--- when someone grabbed a loud-hailer and shouted something a bit offensive, they were booed down with shouts of "FAIL!" and for every moment of vague menace, there was something hilarious.


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