こんばんわ！
先週　スカベンギャ　ハント(Scavenger hunt)が　あります！　シャンノンーさんと　グラバーさんと　ハントに　いきます。
１。

しろくて、にやいです！

２。

あかるくて、たてもの　の　中です。

３。

ちゃいろくて、ふるくて、きれいです。

４。


日本語の　本！

たのしかったです！

そして。。。

Who doesn't love beaker??? MEEP! <3

And, just to add to the insanity, here's some Gene Kelly. I asked my mom for Gene Kelly for Christmas - she said it's a tall order, but she'll see what she can do.



If you don't like Gene Kelly, don't tell me, because I'm liable not to like you.
じゃあ、また！

おはよ〜う　ございま〜す！
クロスワード　パザル (crossword puzzle)の　しゅくだいを　します。。。むずかしくて　おもしろいです！
週末　クリスマスのえいがを　みて、カロル　クリスマス(Carol Christmas) に　いきました。来週は　ひまじゃありませんでせ。　でも、今週は　たのしかったですよ。
今　マペツ　クリスマス　カロルを　（Muppet's Christmas Carol)　みます　：）　まいとし　みて、うれしですよ！　It really is one of my favorite Christmas movies - Jim Henson's right up there on my list of people I wish I could have met (next to Walt Disney : ) )





OH GOD SWEDISH CHEF
I wish I could have a muppet. They're awesome :D

I'll post later today when my camera gets up and running - I'm searching for the cord right now.

すみません！　しゅうまつ　インタネートが　ありません　：（　I would have posted this earlier, but I had no internet to post it on!
Anyhow...
週末は　たのしかったです！　ノートルダム大学がの　アメフトティムは　スタジゲムを　します。　でも、ざんねんでした。。。

きのうのあさ　はちじはんに　おきて、　デモクラトのコンセッション スタンド(Democrat’s Concession Stand)を　しました。くじから、にじまで　スタンドを　しました。そして、にぎやかで　たいへんでした。ハンバーガーとホトダグとココアが　ありました！　
スタジアムに　アメフトゲムを　みに　いきました。わたしは　ともだちと　ゲムを　みました。そこ　ココアを　のんで、ゆきがっせんを　しました。でも、たのしくで　ざんねんでした。　：（

そのあと、みなみ学しょくで　キャンドルばんごはんを　たべました。 おいしいでした！　それから　えいがを　みました。　いちじはんに　ねました。

きょう　しゅくだいを　します。　むずかしかったです、でも　ともだちに　あいます。　きのうのばん　コルベルト（Colbert)のスペシャルを　みます　：）。
じゃあ、また！

-ジャッキー

おは〜よう！
すみません！ひさしく(for a long time)　ブログで　あたらし　ポストが　ありません。

わたしは　シク（Sick)です。：(　Viral Conjunctivitisが　あります！！　D：＜　どようびに　じゅうしちかん　ねました！　あのう、グチエレズさんのへやで　わたしとグチエレズさんとミコルミクさんは（Massiel and Patrick)　アメフト　ガムわ　みました。でも、ひわです.（sad : ( ) そして、ブロタツ　ベアルを　みました！　（Brother Bear)

つくえのうえに　メヂシヌが（medicine)　あります。Expensiveです！！　But I do need them to get better.... Even though they taste really gross :<


ああ！　かようびに　せんきょが（election)　あります！ わたしわ　オバマで　だいとりょうを　とうびょうします。　He won!!! すごいですね！！

あのう、I sent a message over to the other section A-ers on facebook about trying to get together for a Japanese dinner either tomorrow night/Tuesday night for food + to study for the test. I didn't send it to section B simply because that would be too many people for two cabs to take :P I think it's best to try it with only one group for this time around.
And, now that I finished this...I think I'm going to take my meds and go back to sleep.　

こんにちわ〜！
よじに　りょうに　きました！　タンパに　いきました。いいですね！　ねました！！！！(That was probably the best part...)　


わたしのいぬ　＾
なまえわ　ミアです。ふわふわしでいます！　そして、くろい　ですね！

cockroachのブログが　あります。いいですよ！　(http://jpnmg.blogspot.com/) Miaoyiは　コルンビアのがくせえです。ラヤオト（Layout?)　すごいです！！　
As a side note, I also really enjoy http://colorfulanimationexpressions.blogspot.com/ . EVERYTHING ON THERE IS AWESOME in a totally geeky way.

Right now I'm listening to This American Life and trying not to laugh at my audio test. I honestly should have failed....

Haha, just remembered that I wanted to throw this on!
I don't know how many of you have heard of "5 Rangers" but it's a sketch on a Japanese TV show - there are 8+ episodes, so I put on the first one and a compilation of each. You can find all of them (with subtitles) on youtube. The first time I watched these, I laughed so hard I cried....
The Beginning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aatthGApN-0&feature=related
The compilation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvAzdDyt9vo

There's some language/"racy" stuff, but nothing outside of any comedy.
Enjoy~
-Jackie

ブログのへや！

こんばんは！
きょう　フィロソフィを　べんきょうします。：P わたしは　りょうに　あります。わたしは　いちじはんに　ねたいです。。。
わたしのりょうと　へやは　ふるいです。わたしのローマトは（roommate) フォロベスさんです。でも、フォロベスさんは　よく　パーティーを　します。(…she’s kinda crazy). わたしは　パーティーを　しません。
わたしのへや！
たかい　へやです。そして、あたらしいないです。でも、りょうは　きれいです。へやは　しろいです。そして、わたしの　カルペトは（carpet) あかいです。わたしの　ふしど（bed)の　ロフト(loft)は　たかいです！！　I don’t like it : [
(haha, I can't get this to go vertically for some reason...you get the picture.)
I’m definitely ready to go to bed -- I've been studying too much today. Except for 7pm, 'cause I went to My Neighbor トトロ. It was in the original Japanese with subtitles, which was adorable!!
See you all tomorrow~じゃあ、また！
Jackie

しゅうまつ

こんにちわ！　
きょう　わたしは　LaFunで　にほんごを　ベんきょうします。きんようびのごごに　ウンダトンス（Undertones)のコンサルト（concert)　いきました。そして、デバテとシルヴァスクレエン コンサルトを　(Debate & Silver Screen Concert) みました。パアテエを　（Party)　いきませんでした。いちじはんに　ねました。きのうのあさ　コーヘーを　スタバで　のみました。じゅうにじはんに　ソウーツ　クワーダ（South Quad)　ひるごはんを たべました。スタヂウムで　アメフトガムを　みました。すがいね！！！　ソウーツ　ヂニング　ハルで（South Dining Hall)　ばんごはんを　たべました。いちじに　ねました。
きょう　じゅういちじはんに　おきました。ひるごはんを　スブワヤで　たべました。にじに　にほんごのスタヂ　ガループを（Study Group)　いきました。きょうのごご　わたしわ　ばんごはんを　たべます。そして、DPACで　"Killer of Sheep"のえいがを　みます。あした　テエストが　あります！！！　

This was a fairly uneventful weekend...most of it was sleeping :D - I'm still kinda sick, so I've been chugging my robitussen like no tomorrow to make sure I have a voice for my oral test. I'm still having a bit of an artist's block, but I'll get over it, I suppose. I might post again later on tonight with something more fun than this : )
じゃあ、また！！
ーJackie

Haha, this one's a quickie.
I've had a wicked artist's block over the past week or so, and I need something to get me out of my slump. If anyone wants to request any type of drawing, then just comment here : ) It can be anything from a picture of you to an icon for your blog or a drawing of your favorite manga character (as long as you provide references for the last one!!) It'll probably be a pencil and/or pen sketch : )

I'll see ya'll tomorrow~
Jackie

まいにち！

こんにちわ！　エマヌエル(-Jackie)です。
Today I get to tell you about my daily routine : ) .
まいにち　しちじはんに　おきます。そして、シャワーを（しゃわーを）あびます。はちじよじゅうふんごるに　South Dining Hallで　あさごはんを　たべます。わたしは　いつも　あさ　コーヘーを　のみます。くじはんに　にほんごのじゅぎょう　きます。DBRTで　にほんごのじゅぎゅうが　あります。そのあと、じゅぎょうが　あります。ときどき　わたしわ　すうがくとびじゅつ（math and drawing)、ときどき　アストロノミとPEとフイロソピ　（astronomy, pe, and philosophy). いちじごるに　ひるごはんを　たべます。
よじに　へやに　かえります。インターネットを　ラップトップに　いきます。ごじはんに　しゅくだいを　します。わたしわ　ばんごはんを　たべます　しちじごるに。そのあと　わたしわ　やく　へやで　べんきょうします。マシュ（M*A*S*H)のテレビを　じゅじに　みます。いちじごる　ねます。：）
Hopefully that's good enough!!
For anyone going to Spirited Away tonight, I'm planning on heading over there at around 6:43 or so (it's in DPAC, so it's far away~) I'll meet you outside DPAC before 7! If you have any problems, just call me (813-391-8300). They usually start pretty promptly, so try to be early! If it's past 6:55 and I'm not there, go ahead inside - it's on the second floor, in browning. theater. So far I know that Ariko-san, O'Malley-san, King-san, Ninneman-san, De Castro-san, and (maybe?) Shannon-san are going (if everything works out right and homework is done, right? XD)
じゃあ、また！　See you tonight!
-Jackie

SPIRITED AWAY!!

こんにちわ！
This isn't my weekend homework-post!
I just wanted to tell you guys - the Film Society (a class I'm in that shows movies on Sunday nights at 7 pm) is showing Spirited Away this Sunday!!! I asked the professor and even though technically non-students aren't allowed to come, they can anyhow.
SO- if you wanna come to Spirited Away on the BIG SCREEN IN DPAC~ this Sunday, just comment on here! I only commented on a few people in Section A's blogs who I know like anime, so I'm sorry if I didn't comment on yours! (I have to leave for classes : ( )
じゃあ、また！
-Jackie
ps -
でんわばんごう：　はちいちさんの　さんきゅういちの　はちさんぜろぜろ
（my number is 813-391-8300)

Art Post

I decided that I might as well put up some of my art this morning (since I have nothing better to do until my hair dries out a little):
The first one is to give you an idea of how my show was set up. I had a fairly long hallway (and needed it!) There were two large windows on either side of the large middle insert pictured here. That middle piece:



Is my absolute FAVORITE~ I don't know if you can tell from these, but it's roughly 4x5 feet, maybe a little more...and the prints (which are actually reeeeaaaally detailed, but you can't tell from this pic) are bolted between two sheets of plexiglass. The whole thing turned out just like I wanted it to.
Here are just a few misc. pieces:


Haha, this one is HUGE HUGE HUGE it's more than 1&1/2 times my height (almost twice my height!) and really wide as well, I did it on cardboard with acrylics, pastels, and tracing paper (thats why the box is white!) and I actually had to tape this piece to the floor to work!



In order, clockwise, those last four are: an 18x24 painting in gouache with gum arabic over the birds - I don't know if you can tell, but all those black marks are language charactes; an 18x24 marker and pencil; a 33x22 monoprint of stephen colbert (took forever!) and a pencil illustration from part of my best friend's book. That rendering I did from my head, which is why it looks a little wonky.

That's about enough for right now. Gotta go dry my hair~
Jackie

First post!!!

はじめまして！　Jackieです。どおぞ　よろしく！
わたしわ　あめりかじんです。ふろりだのたむぱから　きました。
せんこうわ　びじゅつのじんるいがくです。
わたしわ　のとるだむだいがくのにおんごのいちねんせいです！

Hello everyone! I'm Jackie, or koo-ka-burra. I usually use livejournal for blogging, so blogspot is new for me! This blog is mainly to catalogue my experiences in first-year Japanese at the University of Notre Dame! I'll use primarily English until I expand my Japanese vocabulary.
I'm an American hailing from Tampa, Florida - how I ended up in chilly South Bend no one will know.
I plan on majoring in art studio and anthropology (specifically a BFA in art studio, with a focus on drawing.) I love storytelling with art - you know, animated movies and the like. Hopefully I will one day be a designer / storyboarder for an animation company! Anthropology, though it may sound odd, really completes my ability to design characters, stories and worlds- to know their background, their psychology, their philosophy about life and survival. It clicks, weird as that might sound. I might post some of my art on here in the future (if I can get my camera working).
I (like a considerable number of Japanese students) first decided to learn Japanese because of anime/manga. However, I've drifted away from manga somewhat simply because I don't have enough time for it anymore. I have, however, become fascinated with Eastern philosophy/spirituality, especially Taoism. I first discovered Tao through Benjamin Hoff's book The Tao of Pooh. The concept of P'u, the Uncarved Block, as well as the Wu Wei explained to an incredible degree my own personal philosophy - to live without doing, causing, or making - to live without fretting about every little thing - it's brilliant. I can't describe it much more than that, or else it would Confuse things.

Hopefully that's a good enough post for now - I'm sure I'll update this a few more times before Thursday...
-Jackie
"Tao does not do, but nothing is not done."