I need to just move to Japan for a year and be immersed in the language. My Japanese professor has said countless times thus far I know enough Japanese that I’d be able to get around in Japan, and the stuff in the 200 levels and beyond is an extension. Swell. Well, if I know enough to get around then that’s what I really need to do. Going to class and talking in Japanese for less than an hour a day isn’t going to help me learn. You learn by doing, and if I go to Japan then I’ll pretty much be forced to speak, read, write and hear Japanese all the time, so it’ll eventually come more naturally to me. Shame I don’t have the money. I wanted to do at least one semester abroad in Japan but have never had the money. 日本語が上手になるように日本に行きたいよ！！ That doesn’t sound quite right, but it does get what I’m trying to say across.

This week has been kind of meh. One a good note I only had biostats once this week because the professor “had an incident” with her horse. But on a lower note I didn’t have my micro lab this week. Yes, I have to get up at 6AM in order to get to my 8AM lab which lasts until nearly noon at the longest, but it’s the one class that I really enjoy what I’m doing. What can I say, I’m a micro nut. Now back to Japanese homework.