Konnichiwa!

[clandescent]

I've been learning Japanese using the Pimsleur language course (which I so did not download illegally *cough*). It's going well, the first lesson was easy but it's been getting harder. The hardest thing for me is not stressing any of the syllables. But anyway I can now have a short, stilted conversation with a very patient Japanese person. Go me

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[fangedsekhmet]

For help with the Japanese I'd really recommend watching some un-dubbed anime (with subtitles) it's surprising what you pick up and it helps you hear Japanese better;)

[clandescent]

I've never really watched anime before so I guess I could give it a try. I watch Asian films from time to time but they're usually Korean so it only confuses me!

[entropical87]

Illegal downloads are so wrong, but they feel so right. /is learning French that way

I have Heart-Shaped Box on my Amazon wishlist. Methinks I'll have to pick it up soon.

Red always fades super fast for me. Which is for sad because I love having red streaks.

[clandescent]

Hee! Good luck with the French. Voulez vous couche avec moi se sois? Wait, what?

Have you read Sandman? (Was it you that got me into it?) If you liked that, then you'll probably like Heart-Shaped Box. Lovely eerie, gruesome book!

I've coloured my hair a gazillion times but this is the first time I've had the guts to bleach it first. I'm just reveling in the enjoyment of having really, really pink red hair.

[entropical87]

I've read a couple of volumes of Sandman, and I'm definitely with the hearting. (It may have been me? I got the first one quite a while ago. I've just been slow about working my way through the series.)

*congratulates you on your pink red hair*

[clandescent]

Woot! :)

[inomniaparatus]

Pink bathroom, wicked!

the only books I have been reading are enttrace exam books, BORING.
(ok not so much since I like history and I have 2 history bokos to study). Went to see spider man 3 last night and if you wanna have a good laugh you gotta go see it!

[clandescent]

Yuh huh, but I liked it white... LOL

Is SM3 supposed to be funny? Or is it just so awful that you have to laugh? LOL.

[ragdollstitches]

Ooh, I've been wanting to learn Japanese, I must check that out!

I also have to recommend anime, I picked up a bit from watching it :D Lately I'm obsessed with Inuyasha (about a dog demon) it's a good show.

[clandescent]

Watashi wa Nihongo ga sukoshi wakarimasu, demo mada jozu ja arimasen.

That means I understand a little Japanese, but I'm not skilled yet. Go me! It's easier than I expected but I think that's more down to the Pimsleur course than anything else. They make you repeat things a million times over so that it really sticks.

A dog demon? Lol. I've heard of Inuyasha before but I've never seen it. I got some Japanese films to watch and an anime film that someone recommended (Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust). If I don't find the anime format too off-putting I'll look into Inuyasha :)

[fangedsekhmet]

Inu Yasha FTW! Reading the manga, somewhere around the twenties I think *l* I also recommend the Wallflower -Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge, uber Goth fun and made recently into Anime.