Afterthought

Most of the music posted by people has been very lighthearted and what I consider easy-listening. That's not the only type of Japanese music. I just thought that if there is anyone else in the class that listens to hard rock, they may be interested in some Japanese music of THIS variety.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skz30r_nvHM

and this is the techno remix of that song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edapSEbF5UI

Another Exciting Weekend

せんしゅうまつ　うちで　かいりました。ぼくは　プラビデンスの　フトバールの　ゲームを　みました。どようびの　ごぜん　じゅうにじはんに　おきました。どよびの　ごご　じゅういちじじゅうごぷんに　Joksimovicの　うちで　パーチーを　しました。えと、　きょう　ごご　しちじはんに　ばんごはんを　たべます。せんしょうまつ　コーヒーを　のみませんでした。そして　テレビを　みませんでした。

A Day In The Life

ぼくは　まいにちの　はちじはんに　おきます。おさごはんを　たべません。ぼくは　にほんごの　クラスへ　かえります。シャワーを　おびます。コーヒーを　のみません。としょかんで　べんきょうしません。
I hope everyone got the Beatles reference in the title.　

A little bit about me

はじめまして。ハバメルです。　どうぞ　よろしく。ぼくは　アメリカじんです。　いちねんせです。せんこうは　いがくです。I guess my favorite J-Rock band is Asian Kung Fu Generation. I first heard about them because my friend watches Bleach and they played some songs in there that I really liked. After that I imported quite a few of their CD's and I listen to them pretty often. Here is one of my favorite songs by them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGeOhuO10s8&feature=related
Also, since I don't think I ever fully addressed why I took Japanese class, it's because I've been fascinated by almost every aspect of Japanese culture since I was young. As a child, I played pokemon and watched movies about samurai. More recently, I watch anime and read manga. I still love the romantic idea of samurai and I also LOVE sushi. One other deciding factor was that I didn't want to take a language that was commonly offered at the high school level so that I wouldn't be expected to know anything about the language. Japanese seemed to fit that description. I really hope that I can study abroad there or at the very least visit before I die. So that's a little bit more about me.