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[pacificpikachu]

Today has been pretty uneventful.

I woke up and started watching Naruto with Ryan. Ryan wanted to have his friend over, so he wimped out after 104, but I watched to 109.

OMG...109...!!! ;_; WAHHHHHHHH. So beautiful... WAHHHH. I take back anything derogatory I said about SasukexSakura. Still don't know if it'd work on Sasuke's side, but... Mew, Sakura is devoted. ;_; She's really become an incredible character... I have so much respect for her now.

I spent the rest of the day scanning artwork that I'll probably post on Bulbagarden tomorrow. I have so much frickin' artwork that it's kind of frightening. Ooo, I could post some here, too, if anyone is interested. Just say the word!

I need to start my next Japanese course soon...

Comments

[hitchi.livejournal.com]

What does your next Japanese course focus on?

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

*Blinks* I honestly don't know. Probably more sentence structure, more complex things...That and katakana, which I've already known for about two or three years. ^^;; I'll find out when I start it. @_@

[hitchi.livejournal.com]

Katakana. XD That should be the first thing they teach, IMO, after pronounciation and hiragana. What did you learn first (in your class)? 'Kore wa watashi no hon wo arimasu' stuff?

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Yeah, basically. Easy stuff.

Katakana was the first thing I learned, but that was a result of self-studies and Pokémon cards. ^^; I have a LOT of Japanese that I learned just from anime, too, in addition to the little bit I learned from my class. I think I learn more Japanese from anime then I do from the class (though the stuff from the class is more applicable in the real world... ^^;;;)

I think they split up the katakana and hiragana as to not overwhelm us with memorizing. *Snicker* I'm good at memorizing things, though.

[hitchi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, kata and hira were the first things I learned (other than stuff like "yume = dream!!1"). I had a hira chart that a friend of our family who taught English in Japan made and gave a copy to everyone in my girl scout troop. XD I think I was only nine at the time, so I didn't rediscover until I was twelve (almost thirteen). I memorized that right away, but it took me a little longer to learn little irregularities like xtsu and its usage. Then my friend Matta printed out a katakana chart for me, and I quickly learned that. XD I learned much of the kanji I know from studying Inu-yasha and Pocket Monsters op/ed sequences. Other kanji I picked up from anime and other songs. I don't even know how to write 100 characters yet, though. ^^; It's kinda sad that nearly all the Japanese I know I learned from songs, other than some gramatical and syntax stuff I got form anime. ^^;

[Wow, sorry for that long and random story. ><]

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

At least you know some kanji... -_-;

Thanks for sharing your story, actually. It's kind of fun to read how other people learn these things. XD

[archaneah.livejournal.com]

HEy! I told you (or was it Nicolo?) that Sakura became pretty good later on! Did I not? Well, maybe not you, but that's beside the point. H~anyway, You're watching Escaflowne? Do you have the whole series at your disposal? If not, I can loan you the rest, if so, be sure to tell me what you think later on!!

Kay. Peace out-
-K

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Um, I think you told me. I never really thought of her in a derogatory manner anyway, I just thought she was a little useless. ^^;; Now I respect her more in a character sense--she's grown emotionally and kind of holds the characters together. She's brave in a way that few of the other characters are--and when she was begging Sasuke not to go [to Orochimaru], I gained even more respect for her.

Of course, I know about how she is when she's sixteen, with Tsunade's training. ^^;; That's another matter entirely.

Well, Zoe has the rest of the series, so I will probably finish it with her, but if that doesn't work out I'd love to borrow it. :) I'll probably buy it later on, but I'm going to have to wait 'til after the big conventions for money reasons. I'll be sure to discuss with you when I get further--you're one of my favorite people to discuss with! ^_^ I still need to call you. Maybe tonight?

See you tomorrow!