UPDATE: language skills have marginally increased.

My Japanese lessons don't start until next week, due to lack of appropriate texts, but I managed to further my knowledge of Japanese (minimally) last night, when Moeko and I and our families went out for sushi at Musashino. While our parents talked about...Japan, Moeko decided to start my Japanese lessons then. I learned all the endings for names (that you use when talking to different people, ex. a really famous person, your teacher and classmates, girl friends and guy friends.), a super-emphatic way to say thank you, how to conjugate regular verbs in preterite, "I am tired" and "I am on fire," and the alphabet and consanants in their proper form. (There was more, but I won't put it on my list because I forgot it.) I was really happy when Moeko told me that I got the words really fast and my pronounciation was really good, but she also told me how much of Japanese is just memorization...ah, well...

I have told some of my friends about my premature senior-itis, especially in Spanish, because I don't think that I will be taking it after I come back. However, I am going to take the SAT Subject Test in Spanish...it's okay, though; my lack of motivation in some areas won't have much effect [I think]

: )

PS Moeko, your Bruch Concerto in Chapel was awesome! As if you don't know that already!

Weekly forecast

Today = good day!

I officially have a violin teacher in Japan, who taught Moeko when she took violin there. From what I have been told, she is a graduate of a Japanese super-school for music and an amazing teacher. In Moeko's own words, "If you don't like her, there's something wrong with you." I am extremely looking forward to this, especially as I was a little scared with some stories about really harsh teachers with rulers...

Something many (by this I mean multiple) people have asked me is if / when I will start Japanese lessons, as it has come to be a consensus that I can't get prepared for Tokyo with a copy of Japanese for Dummies. So...my fallback-contingency option (just kidding, this was definitely Plan A) is Josh and I meeting during 2 lunches a week with the Japanese teacher at school--I have heard she is a really good teacher, and she works with all the kids who have come back from Japan. I think it will start next week. I think. I suppose that's something I should get figured out.

Live from the PC, this is Audrey Wozniak. Peace out, friends.

PS I was feeling guilty, because of how similar my blog is to Adam Long's (I mean, come on--The Japan Blog, vs. The Tokyo Blog?) But you have to admit, he has the whole blog situation down.

Here, I will just quote the ancient proverb, "Copying is the ultimate compliment."