二十ねんどのわたし

わたしはU.S. SENATORですから、Washington D.C.とCorbinにうちがあります。Corbinのうちはおおきいです。そしてつみとこどもはCorbinにいます。けいざいはわるいですから、わたしはInfrastructureのLegislationwoかきます。こどもがひとりあります。わたしのこどもはたのしいですが、あまりしずかじゃありません。いっしょううかんいいっかいひこうきでCorbinにいきます。

What I did during the break

のたんじょうびはせんしゅうのどようびです。わたしは　こんしゅうのにちようびにMadison Square GardenでNew York Knicksをみました。The Knicks won 96-93 and I must say I cheered like a mad man．わたしはげつようびとかようびにしゅくだいをしました。わたしはKnicksジャケットとたべものはをかいましたから。わたしはおかねがぜんぜんありません。

わたしのスケジュール

せんしゅうのスケジュールです。

まいにちごぜんじゅうじににほんごのしゅくだいおきますとごぜんさんじにねます。

まいにちごごじゅういちにプレッツエルをたべます。

あさごはんたべません。

ときどきまいしゅうどよおびにえいがをみます。

                                                                                                                                                               

にちよおびからもくよおびまで John Jay の しゅでひるごはんとばんごはんをたべます。

げつよおびからもくよおびまでにほんごのきょおしつへいきます。

にちよおびにじにほんおよみますとてれびをみます。

げつよおびに East Asian Texts のきょおしつ。

げつよおびとすいよおびに University Writing のきょおしつと Astronomy のきょしつへいきます。

げつよおびともくよおびに Literature Humanities のきょしつへいきます。

まいしゅう きにょおびじゅうじじゅうぷんに Language Lab へいきます.

まいしゅうきにょおびに詩をかきます。

まいしゅうげつよおびとすいよおびにをします。

Well this was serendipitous

So, by coincidence, one of my friends reminded me today about a poem I actually wrote in ten minutes during class last year. The funny thing is that it was about the main character of Woman in the Dunes. Anyway, I hope you guys like the treat.

Niki Junpei,

I swear I saw you once

In a visage of a man composited only by shadows.

The sand.

Tell me. Does Niki still exist?

Does he still seek mastery over the universe

When he tries to soften the inclines of dune fortress walls,

Or has every particle become its own cubicle

As grains of desert kin divide his cells by cells?

Tell me. Does the Entomologist still search for his beetle?

It is alright if he has stopped.

I mean, infinity is just a void

For those who smash tombstones and raid catacombs.

You are not satisfied by golden shells

And the imagined admiration when they

See a species christened

For you.

Face it.

You wanted humanity to have your name.

Tell me.

If you are to be buried,

Can I have your funeral?

For you see, I am modern;

I have never owned a man.

But,

I want to.

My Interest in Japanese: Origins

What started my initial interest in Japanese was like many others’: a tryst with the cultural. My personal introduction came with a copy of Kenzaburoo Oee’s A Personal Matter. The novel concerned a character by the name of Bird who had to deal with the issue of his son having a brain hernia, and the mental problems afterward, and the underlying issue of what Bird sought for in life. My paltry, informative words could not communicate the sophistication I saw in Oee’s writing. The sophistication lied in the respect I had for his ability to write in a way that was modern for our times and without mediocrity.  Kooboo Abe supplemented the thrill I got out of Oee’s realistic negativism with his Woman in the Dunes. Niki Junpei’s character had the same existentially-tinged mentality of Bird; they were both borne out of eras that succeeded the ‘Old-World’ ending bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These two characters coalesced together as one in my mind and reminded me of the mental character I had of myself: forever brooding, but forever searching. Even if Niki Junpei doesn’t leave the dunes, he is still self-discovering. I want to breathe into the literary world of Japan beyond translation, perhaps interpreting a concept all together new. 

Japanese as a language, at first, was a challenge to be honest. I am not a naturally talented speaker and the transition to a first year schedule was a little daunting-it is a tad difficult with two literature classes. In all, though, Okamoto-sensei has been a wonderful teacher and I definitely feel the class will become more enjoyable as I become more disciplined. 

SELF INTRODUCTION

はじめまして、わたしはキエレンです。このブログはわたしのです。ケンタッキーからきました。わたしはじゅうはっさいです。わたしはコロンビアだいがくのいちねんせいです。わたしのせんせいはおかもとせんせいです。どうぞよろしく。