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Just your average over-worked broke college student.

Where did you grow up?

SoCal

Where do you live now?

SoCal

What is the highest level of education you have attained?

High school, working on bachelors.

What subjects did/do you enjoy most at school?

Music, science, and currently Japanese/linguistics.

What's your favorite sport or sports?

Nah

What kind of jobs have you held? Industries too!

Piano teacher, accompanist, assistant ESL teacher, substitute pianist, and I helped flip a house for a little while with some rich guys who always just talked about all of the strip clubs they go to in TJ.

What hobbies are you into?

Music, video games, and most recently photography.

What causes are you concerned about today?

Just about all of them.

If you claim a political party affiliation, which is it?

I'm not good with politics.

Which religion (if any) do you follow?

Nah.

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Just figured I’d make an account here. It’s pretty cool to see the site revived, lots of memories. If anyone remembers me, say hi! Chances are I won’t be able to respond quickly or be active like the old days; life is different and a lot busier now, but I hope to chat with you guys at least a bit!

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Anime recommendations, Go!

twosocks wrote:

Pianoman91894 wrote:
Neon Genesis Evangelion is my favorite. Steins;Gate and Baccano are also way up there.
Satoshi Kon's films are great and not tropey for the most part. Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika, Perfect Blue, and Milennium Actress are probably his most popular works.
Summer Wars, Wolf Children Ame and Yuki, and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time are gorgeous, incredibly touching films by Mamoru Hosoda.
Erased is a very good mystery series from a couple of years ago.
I'll most likely add a couple more as I think of them.

Thank you!!
I've seen Paprika and Perfect Blue - they were both haunting. Wolf Children and Summer Wars are two of my favorites. I watch Wolf Children when I need a good cry, haha. Have you seen the Boy and the Beast? Same studio, great great great film.
I'll have to check out your other suggestions :)

I haven't seen it yet, missed it while it was in theaters. Really want to though! Maybe over winter break.

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J.N-Bucking wrote:
Things have been busy, hectic, boring, stressful, crazy, uneventful, and all things inbetween.. ..

Just glad to have this place back and seeing the old gang coming back together

Aww, sounds rough. Hopefully things calm down at some point.

Same here, it's neat to see a bunch of the old community again.

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Anime recommendations, Go!

Neon Genesis Evangelion is my favorite. Steins;Gate and Baccano are also way up there.
Satoshi Kon's films are great and not tropey for the most part. Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika, Perfect Blue, and Milennium Actress are probably his most popular works.
Summer Wars, Wolf Children Ame and Yuki, and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time are gorgeous, incredibly touching films by Mamoru Hosoda.
Erased is a very good mystery series from a couple of years ago.
I'll most likely add a couple more as I think of them.

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soco wrote:
Wishing you the best of luck Pianoman. You have come this far not to see your dreams come through. My compliments to the support of your family.

Thank you! I'll do my best.

Yeti. wrote:
Ah well. We'll get to meet everyone eventually in the helpcom reunion, some sunny day.

Indeed? If not through school, what kind of linguistics work are you referring to? Textbooks?
There's always someone better, yet motivation decides in the end. If you fail, you get back up. Try a different approach when needed. It's alright to be concerned regarding competition, as long as it doesn't affect your performance & plans excessively in the long term.

If conversation helps, feel free to drop by for a spell and speak your mind. It's what we're here for. And then return to your studies. ☺

Actually I'm a ling minor, and getting my basic TEFL certificate involves me taking a bunch of linguistics classes.
Yeah, I have a lot of programs lined up actually, so if the one I'm prioritizing doesn't work out then there are backups.

I most likely will! If not to seek advice, at least to vent.

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Yeti. wrote:

Pianoman91894 wrote:
Nah, I don't think that's Ikari. He actually lived in my city in the old days, no idea if that's still the case.

僕の日本語はまあまあだと思うけど、今僕の大学で四年生の日本語の学生だよ。その内僕もＪＬＰＴを受けたいだが、まだＮ４を受かれないだろう。
All they require for me to enter the program is a bachelors, but by the time I apply I'll have about 6 years of teaching experience in piano, a basic TEFL certificate, and I just recently started working as an assistant ESL teacher, which is a job I hope to keep up to the point where I leave. So I'm hoping all of those factors combined will make me a likely candidate.

Huh, small world. Did you meet in person afterwards?

Test or not, that sounds like somewhat of a working knowledge. Back in my university there was only this one semester course (~10hrs a week), which a friend claimed wasn't all that helpful. Maybe more were available for other majors.
That's quite the list, considering you've yet to reach 25. 'round here the average kid likely would have achieved nothing more than a few years of service, a degree and maybe some time in a completely irrelevant job(s) in the food industry to make ends meet. You've gotta strut that stuff with a hefty dose of confidence and they won't be able to turn you down.

Hope you're not undergoing excessive stress... for what it's worth, rooting for you here.

Nah, we never did, unfortunately.

Honestly, I'm doing a lot of linguistics work alongside my Japanese, and just based on what I've learned about second-language education, solid Japanese language education is hard to come across, at least in the U.S. The program at my school is nothing special either, and we supposedly have a pretty prestigious language program... But yeah, I'm pretty happy with the experience that I have. The only thing that concerns me is that just about everyone going through this process at my school is trying to get into the same program. Japan is a popular destination for students looking to teach ESL, whether they know the language or not.

Hahaha, I appreciate it. To be perfectly honest, things are pretty stressful at the moment, especially with finals fast approaching. I'm hanging in there, but it's rough-going.

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