For those of you just joining us, the story thus
far: I am a University at Buffalo (UB) student who opted to study abroad for a
year at International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo, Japan.
"Having omitted to carry on my
diary for two or three days, I lost heart to make it up, and left it unfilled
for many a month and day. During this period nothing has happened worth
particular notice. The same occupations, the same amusements, the same
occasional alterations of spirits, gay or depressed, the same absence of all
sensible or rational cause for one or the other - I half grieve to take up my
pen, and doubt if it is worth while to record such an infinite quantity of
nothing. But hang it! I hate to be beat so here goes for better behavior."
~Sir Walter Scott - January 1829~
"Having omitted to carry on my
diary for two or three days, I lost heart to make it up, and left it unfilled
for many a month and day. During this period nothing has happened worth
particular notice. The same occupations, the same amusements, the same
occasional alterations of spirits, gay or depressed, the same absence of all
sensible or rational cause for one or the other - I half grieve to take up my
pen, and doubt if it is worth while to record such an infinite quantity of
nothing. But hang it! I hate to be beat so here goes for better behavior."