Are you happy? It's a yes or no question.
So I haven't made a post in a week. There's nothing to tell, really. I'm settling in here, you know? Trying to adjust to a life without cheese and turkey, but with plenty of fish and vending machine drinks. A life with shoes at the door and only understanding every other word. A life where eyes are always watching; where the last thing I can hope
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Oh dear God was I ever frightened to talk to anybody Japanese. Thank God my language partner struck up a conversation with me or else we'd never have become friends. lol. But, really, you can't be afraid of making mistakes. Trust me, I make an idiot out of myself on a daily basis. Just today I discovered that I've been using the ultra-smug form of a verb that makes me sound like a pretentious bitch since I arrived in Japan. And I had no idea. But, live and learn and make lots of mistakes and learn from those and then make the same mistake again and...
My suggestion: talk to those ladies at the deli, damnit! You know where they work. You know they speak German. What's stopping you? Just go up to them and say, "I'm studying German" (in German, duh.) They'll be thrilled. On the whole, the Germans are a good-humored people. You make their day.
I love long comments! Rant all you want anytime! :D
Miss ya kiddo. *huggle* Smack Adam over the head for me for not reading my posts, okay? Also, he never calls me. It makes me sad.
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