mon dieu its been so long since my last post sorrey......
trying to enjoy christmas break as much as i can lol. it started on the 20th and classes start back up on the 7th. classes themselves have been fine. it's our first semester so we hadn't had the opportunity to have the Super Duper Difficult Stuff yet. not saying i WANT the Super Duper Difficult Stuff but. you get what i mean. i don't know how else to format this so this will be a brief University Course Award Ceremony
MOST FUN: introduction to linguistics probably :) it's our only class on thursdays + the teacher is nice so like. also linguistics is an interesting subject even if i'm not the best at it
LEAST FUN: INTEGRATED COURSE. it's so stupid and so unnecessary. this is mostly because of the teacher which spoiler warning i will rant about in the worst teacher category. every week i dread this class. considered skipping it so many times alas i don't want to get in trouble
MOST CONFUSING: phonetics and phonology. it's not like the professor is bad at explaining things i just. can't get it into my head. i could study for hours and you ask me what a fricative is and i wouldn't be able to tell you even though i read the definition and examples a million times minutes beforehand
BEST TEACHER: our translation teacher shoutout to ms. B !!! we have classes at 8am with her but she's so chill i don't really mind. she's the kind of person you could have really nice small talk with while you're waiting in line at the supermarket
WORST TEACHER: integrated course. i don't know what her deal is or why she lowkey treats us like kids but stars above i do not like her. yk she honestly reminds me of my homeroom teacher in 7th and 8th class. both of them see me being The Quiet Kid Off To The Side and encourage me to talk to others and open up but they do it in such a horrendous way that makes me want to do it LESS. a few weeks ago i was having an integrated course class (dreadful) and i was drawing stuff on the margins to make it at least slightly more bearable. the teacher sees this and WALKS UP TO ME and ASKS WHAT I'M DOING and i thought i was in TROUBLE but no she just wanted to show my doodles to the class as an example on how to keep your brain stimulated or whatever. near heart attack aside what makes you think i want to show my drawings to the ENTIRE CLASS??? it wasn't anything super weird but goddamn let me have my privacy??? at least she asked and didn't just show it without my permission but that's the bare minimum
AHEM. ANYWAY. uni is fine
been doing a lot of Gaming in the past few months. a LOT of beatblock (i recently hit 110 hours on steam) and a lot of dialtown. i remembered the game's existence for the first time since i played the demo back in 2020 (full game came out in 2022) so i bought it and yeahh hyperfixation has been kicking my ass since then. it's a really fun game!!! it's only 8 USD on steam (now even less with the winter sale going on) and it's a truly incredible experience once you get over the weirdness of the premise :D
in terms of other games i also bought just shapes and beats and outer wilds :) jsab has always lowkey intrigued me and since it was on sale i thought. well why not. i'm mostly done with story mode and i'm just having a good time. haven't played a LOT of outer wilds mostly because my shitty little laptop can barely handle the thing at default settings and i had to turn everything way down lol. i'm gonna get back into it at some point though i've heard how good the game is
ummmm i think thats about it? oh yeah 2025 plans. i don't have much besides 1. finish my beatblock custom level i've been chipping away at for weeks, 2. do good in uni and 3. don't get hit by a car or whatever. i'm also gonna count how many times i've sneezed during the year because i saw someone do that and thought it was fun. praying i don't forget about it by february
anywayyyy i hope y'all have a good 2025 :D see ya in the next post