The service my University uses, Canvas, has been down all day due to the AWS outage... I have two assignments due tonight, but I can't even log in to see what they are -.-

今は太宰治先生の「人間失格」を読んでます！ この文が本にあります: "自分は毎月、新刊の少年雑誌を十冊以上も、とっていて、またそのほかにも、さまざまの本を…読んでいましたので、メチャラクチャラ博士だの、また、ナンジャモンジャ博士などとは、たいへんな馴染で…」 メチャラクチャラ博士とナンジャモンジャ博士とは、いったいなんでしょうか？昔の少年雑誌のキャラだと思いましたが、ネットで調べてみたら、「人間失格」に関する論文ばかりでした。

I'm back! I was staying with and traveling with my girlfriend in Europe for a long time, and when I came back home I had no energy to post. I'm still studying though! I finished my second quarter of my degree and got As in both classes. :)

My webdev class is easy, but just... SO not interesting for me 🫠 I have no interest, it is hard to stay motivated (the class is mandatory for my degree.) I want to write obscure code for embedded systems nobody will ever see. I don't want to center a div

彼女と合うために俺はスペインに来たんだけど、仕事と大学で忙しくてアパートを出る暇はほぼない🥹 彼女はそばにいるのはとても嬉しいけど、遊びに行きたいなぁ 一日に30時間くらいあったら良いのに、笑

28JUN25 STUDY REPORT Time spent working: 10 hours Time spent studying: 2 hours Languages: 1 Busuu Lesson (Spanish) Anki decks (Spanish, Chinese, Japanese) University: Assignment work

27JUN25 STUDY REPORT Time spent working: 0 hours Time spent studying: .8 hours Languages: 1 Busuu Lesson (Spanish) Anki decks (Spanish, Chinese, Japanese) University: None Busy day with other things...

26JUN25 STUDY REPORT Time spent working: 0 hours Time spent studying: 4.5 hours Languages: 1 Busuu Lesson (Spanish) Anki decks (Spanish, Chinese, Japanese) University: Notes, assignment work, troubleshooting my python environment -.-

25JUN25 STUDY REPORT Time spent working: 10 hours Time spent studying: 2.5 hours Languages: 1 Busuu Lesson (Spanish) Anki decks (Spanish, Chinese, Japanese) University: Lecture material for both classes, finished first assignment for web dev and started first assignment for data structures

Fell asleep before I posted my... 24JUN25 STUDY REPORT Time spent working: 10 hours Time spent studying: 1.5 hours Languages: 1 Busuu Lesson (Spanish) Anki decks (Spanish, Chinese, Japanese) University: Lecture material for webdev class

23JUN25 STUDY REPORT Time spent working: 10 hours Time spent studying: 3.5 hours Languages: 1 Busuu Lesson (Spanish) Anki decks (Spanish, Chinese, Japanese) 32 pages of 海辺のカフカ(下巻) University: Prep work / syllabus quiz for data structures class

村上春樹先生の「海辺のカフカ」を読み終えました！これは私が初めて日本語で読んだ本です。上巻と下巻を加えて1,014ページがありました。 少し嫌な部分やテーマもあったけど、そのほかは好きでした。深い意味のある本だと思います。適当に選んだ本なのに、読んで良かったです！

22JUN25 STUDY REPORT Time spent working: 10 hours Time spent studying: 1.75 hours Languages: 1 Busuu Lesson (Spanish) Anki decks (Spanish, Chinese, Japanese) 10 pages of 海辺のカフカ(下巻) University: None (next quarter officially starts tomorrow)

21JUN25 STUDY REPORT Time spent working: 0 hours Time spent studying: 4.5 hours(ish) Languages: 1 Busuu Lesson (Spanish) Anki decks (Spanish, Chinese, Japanese) 15 pages of 海辺のカフカ(下巻) University: Prep work and first lecture content of web dev class

20JUN25 STUDY REPORT Time spent working: 0 hours (sick day) Time spent studying: 2.5 hours Languages: 1 Busuu Lesson (Spanish) Anki decks (Spanish, Chinese, Japanese) 20 pages of 海辺のカフカ(下巻) University: None (between quarters)

I was trying to read, but Sophie had other ideas....

19JUN25 STUDY REPORT Time spent working: 10 hours Time spent studying: 1.5 hours(ish) Languages: 1 Busuu Lesson (Spanish) Anki decks (Spanish, Chinese, Japanese) 8 pages of 海辺のカフカ(下巻) University: None (between quarters)

I want to use Bluesky to better keep track of my studies... that was the whole purpose of making the account. I'll try to remember to make a post at the end of each day about what I studied.

I finished my first quarter at my new university! Python class: 99%, A Assembly/computer architecture class: 99%, A Current GPA: 4.0 This upcoming quarter I'll take a webdev class and a data structures class.

Learning about passing parameters to/from procedures via the stack in MASM assembly, setting up and taking down stack frames... It's so neat finally learning how higher-level languages actually do this sort of thing from the standpoint of memory.

I'm finding Spanish significantly harder to learn than Japanese or Chinese, which seems odd for a native English speaker.

I've really been enjoying my assembly language class. I tend to find that the closer "to the metal" a computing topic is, the more it interests me. My initial college major I chose way back when I was 18 was electrical/computer engineering, so I guess it makes sense.

The more I use Python the less I like it. What do you mean there isn't an official way to have private class attributes? What do you mean code flow is determined by indentation and not brackets/curly brackets? What do you mean the logical operators are the full words "and", "or", and "not"?

One of my courses is taught in Python, which I have no experience with. The syntax is soo weird... it'll take some getting used to.

I start taking two CS classes on monday! I haven't studied CS in an organized setting like this for years. I'm nervous but excited to learn!

Wow! Today I discovered that the Japanese language also has the phrase "cool as a cucumber." Like, verbatim. 「キュウリのごとくクールに…」appeared in the book I'm reading.