stupid test

Arrrrgh!!
刚才考完了HSK，我想跳楼的心都有！！
I don't mean that. But arrgh!! I don't think I passed, but it's possible; and this time at least, time (and the resulting nervousness) was the main constraint; given a bit more of it, I could reasonably have expected to score in the 90's on every section, except possibly for listening comprehension.

GAAAH!

Maybe I'll have some practical evidence of my Chinese skill. I must tell myself this in order to justify going through (admittedly slightly lesser) torture /again./

Oh well, now off to a free dinner with Anson and his friend who put us up in the 清华大学hotel on the night of June 15...

Rant

I hate dishonorable people. If I were a better person I'd keep this to myself, but I want to rant and I want someone to agree with me, or argue, or whatever.
( b***y rant about language pledge )

So that's event number 2 of the day that has made me realized there are still real reasons why I'm not made for mainstream or at least "fashionable" society, at least in my age group. (The first was a Chinese table talk, with different people who /would/ have to talk about dating, and their "standards," and their "perfect men" whom they wouldn't deserve after maturing in mind for 20 years, and how "all guys cheat," etc. No, I'm not bitter, not at all.) I'd started to wonder about it--having a sense of pride in being different was something I started to think wasn't good for me, and maybe people were more like me than I thought--which is true, but there /are/ important gaps. I don't mean to imply that I think everyone is like this, nor that I can stereotype the entirety of American college students outside of me, my friends, HRSFA, and people I do respect (heh); note that I speak of two/three students out of us 27, and I attempt not to act on the jugments.

Phew. No, timmypowg has not hacked my livejournal and posted this, I promise. Oh, and I keep my promises as best I can, dammit.

At any rate, the aforementioned dinner with Anson and his mom's friend did happen, and was fun. I have to prepare for the talent show now, it's tomorrow preceded by a dress rehearsal...sigh.