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Oops. I just accidentally watched the last episode of Michiko to Hacchin before the penultimate one, and didn't realize it until the VERY end. That would explain why I felt something was missing... The question now is, do I want to bother to watch the penultimate episode? It seems like an awful lot of trouble for a series I didn't care for that much.

Marginal social costs are equal to
A. Marginal private costs plus marginal private benefit
B. external costs
C. marginal social cost plus external costs
D. marginal social costs minus external costs

Something seems wrong with this question... In the notes, MSC is equal to (marginal) private cost plus (marginal) external cost. I'm going to guess the "correct answer" is C, and they just mis-typed that.

[EDIT: This one seems off too:

In an attempt to raise sales, Hannah cut prices in her bookstore by 20 percent. If the dollar value of her sales remained constant, that indicates
A. the demand curve is vertical.
B. old customers bought no more books.
C. no new customers bought books.
D. the quantity of books sold increased 20 percent.

I believe the answer should be "the quantity of books sold increased by 25 percent".]

To whom does this voice belong?
Like an angel, like a demon
Like a life, like a mistake
Why does it resound so loudly it hurts?

Will this voice transcend the sky?
To the ends of space, to the ends of consciousness
Transcend the senses, transcend the body
Then will it return home to where it belongs?

Now, inside the moonlight smashed in the thousand winds that float for eternity,
I'll pile up our imaginary shadows and flow down through fate
What is there to humans, deep within their empty darkness?
I'm holding out my hand--I'll hold out my hand

Will this voice guide you?
Will I meet you someday, somewhere?
Will we overlap until dawn breaks
And in my final moments, will I smile?

I'll simply walk through a winter's night with all my body, and keep on exposing it with my imagination
My limits are beckoning to me to shut my eyes and softly turn them aside
The answer that humanity is born holding is inside this voice
The power of language is inside prayer, and I'll live with my sorrow

Now, inside the moonlight smashed in the thousand winds that float for eternity,
I'll pile up our imaginary shadows and flow down through fate
What is there to humans, deep within their empty darkness?
I'm holding out my hand--I'll hold out my hand

To whom does this voice belong?
Like an angel, like a demon
Like a life, like a mistake
Why does it resound so loudly it hurts?

Will this voice guide you?
Will I meet you someday, somewhere?
Will we overlap until dawn breaks
And in my final moments, will I smile? Will I smile?

It really does sound awkward in translation...

Alright, time to get ready for work. Boo, work.

The "I'm an Expo baby" Facebook group description:
For those of us who remember Treasure Island. For those of us who were deathly afraid of Karen Randall. For those of us who went on the BWCA Theater of Learning trip. For those of us who remember every word to every song Mr. Harper taught us. For those of us who grew up associating with certain types of trees. This is the group for you!
I think I'm the only crazy person who really misses EXPO sometimes...

Kendal Bergman: capitol hill may have been "gifted and talented" but we had bodily kinesthetics and logical mathematics instead of gym and science class