(no subject)
うれしい時 when (I am) happy
さびしい時 when (I am) lonely
かなしい時 when (I am) sad
なく to cry
わらう to laugh
こうつうじこにあう to get involved in a traffic accident
お金が ある to have money
ゆうえんちに 行く to go to an amusement partk
どうぶうえんに 行く to go to the zoo
はくぶつかんに 行く to go to a museum
きょうかいに 行く to go to church
おてらや じんじゃを 見る to see Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines （おみや まいり, "going to pay respects at the shrine"; look for context in other texts, later）
山に のぼる to climb a mountain
きものを きる to wear a kimono
うみで およぐ to swim in the sea
キャンプを する to camp
うりを する to fish (さかなを つる）
ひこうきに のる to get on a plane
たばこを すう to smoke a cigarette (lit. to inhale tobacco.)
へんな ものを 食べる to eat strange food (strange = weird)
デートを する to have a date
アリスさんと みちこさんは 子供の 時の 会話を しています。
道子： アリスさんは 子供の 時 どんな 子供でしたか。
アリス： そうですね。 父や 母に よると とても げんきで よく わらう 子供だった そうです。 よく 山に のぶったり うみで およいだりしました。
道子： そうですか。
アリス： 道子さんは どんな 子供だったんですか。
道子： 私も 小さい 時は りょうしんと よく 山や うみに あそびに 行きました。 でも、 中学や 高校の 時は あまり あそびませんでしたね。
アリス： どうしてですか。
道子： じゅけんべんきょうが いそがしかったからです。
アリス： たいへんですね。 私は 中学や 高校の 時は よく パーテイに いったり ともだちと えいがを 見たりしました。 勉強は あまりしなかったんですよ。
道子： いいですね。
Sure, why not. Let's have a really big wall o' kanji.
The only problem with this is, now I want to learn about kimonos. Wearing and history. Maybe not putting on a full-on ceremonial or court kimono, but putting on kimono. I also want to see a Buddhist temple or a Shinto shrine but we might actually have a Buddhist temple around here. Don't think there are any Shinto shrines around here, but it's possible.
Internets! I am debating getting an ereader. Actually, okay, I've been debating getting one for a while, but right now I actually have gift certificate monies to get one. It would be nice, because then I wouldn't keep picking up books I don't have shelf space for. It would be bad because it's so, so easy to spend ridiculous amounts of money on ebooks. On the other hand, a conversation with my aunt tonight about Huxley reminded me that I keep meaning to re-read that. And there's a whole other list of things, the big list of books that everyone should read, etc, and so on. On the other other hand, I have an iPod touch and... well, okay, a laptop and maybe a netbook if the damn thing works and didn't get Windows 7 Starter installed on it, groan. So, do I really need another digital device? Internet! Help me decide. The gift certificate monies are for Amazon, so it'd be a Kindle. And yes, it is enough to buy either the Kindle with free 3G (I glance at that highly askance) or the Kindle just with wireless.
Oof. I had more thoughts, but they went away. Hopefully they come back in time for some writing to happen.
ETA: Okay, I did some googling on the subject of Kindle, Wireless and WEP key authentication. Either I need to convince the boy to get the computers off WEP key authentication (which I don't know if it's advisable or difficult) or I need to get the Kindle 3G, because Kindle doesn't recognize WEP key authentication, which I would need it to do to access my home wireless. So, poop. On the one hand, I do have the GC money for it. On the other hand... moo. That's an extra $50 I might not otherwise need. Ponder.