tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34965668447249241942024-02-20T14:47:14.162-08:00アッビのコーナー: Abby's CornerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699259381407229319noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496566844724924194.post-41295325399209634362013-06-10T14:12:00.001-07:002013-06-10T14:12:34.105-07:00We're Going Bilingual! バイリンガルブログにしよう!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> We're</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> <span style="color: red;">Going </span>Bilingual!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Hello people of cyberspace, how goes it </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "American Typewriter Condensed"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">?(I really need to stop trying to come up with witty
entrances for my blog entries, don’t I…) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "American Typewriter Condensed"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Well, I’ve been thinking about my blog audience (or
lack thereof, there are only about 6 of you) and I have decided to broaden its
horizons by making it bilingual! That’s right, so now all my posts will be in
two languages. (Of course not literally, as a lot of my English terminology and
writing style makes exact translations almost impossible.) The reason is that I
have a huge portion of my YouTube viewers who are Japanese, or are interested
in seeing my rambling blog entries in both languages. So the decision has been
made by the majority, in a sense.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "American Typewriter Condensed"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">So from now on expect to see things in two languages!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="JA" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">インタネットの皆さん、元気ですか。(ブログを始めると「こんにちは」より面白い挨拶にしたいけど、何にしようかわからない。)アビーです。最近どうやってもっと多くの人にブログを読ませることができるのかなと思っていて、一つのことを気づきました。私のブログは今まで英語だけですね。私の</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">YouTube</span><span lang="JA" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">の動画を見てくれている人の半分は日本人なので、ちょっと不便利ですね。そして、このブログを読んで勉強したい人もたくさんいると思います。だから、これからバイリンガルのブログにしようと思っています。日本語でも英語でもブログを書きます。(まあ、文字通りの翻訳はちょっと無理ですね。日本語の力は英語の単語ほど足りないからです。でも、頑張ります。だから、決まりました。今日からこれはバイリンガルのブログです!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">As promised my blog is going to be more structured from now on, talking
about once a month about my language learning journey, fun stuff in my life,
etcetera. Today’s topic is going to be related to Japanese casual language and
slang. There are lots of phrases and constructions that fit into this
category.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll introduce some of my
favorites and the ones I find most interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">前のブログ投稿に約束した通りに、毎月ブログを書いて日本語の勉強とか最近あったことについて書きたいです。今回のブログは、日本語のため口言葉とか日常会話について話したいと思います。丁寧語じゃなくて、友達としゃべる時に使う日本語。一番お気に入りの表現と文法を紹介します。</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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confusing for some of you who haven’t studied Japanese grammar in depth, but
let me just summarize. The ~ing verb form, like “eating” “drinking” etcetera in
Japanese is conveyed with the “te iru” form. The te form of a verb plus
iru/imasu. In casual conversation, often the “I” in “iru/imasu” comes off, and
you are left with “teru” on the end instead of “te iru”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">For example: </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">食べている</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> (Tabete iru-
eating) becomes </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">食べてる</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> (Tabeteru), which
is a less formal and more conversational contraction. It’s not really a
formality thing, because you can do the same thing by changing “te imasu” to
‘temasu” like “tabetemasu”, but rather it’s a convenience thing, as when you
are speaking fast it becomes rather a hassle to separate the “te” and the
“iru”. I love this contraction, I use it almost as much as the English “can’t”
instead of “cannot”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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interesting simply because of the grammatical flip it does. Most people learn
the traditional phrase </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">これは何ですか</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> (kore wa nan desu ka?) for “what is this?”, but countless times in shows,
texts, and casual conversations between friends this “nani, kore” appears and
confuses many learners. Putting the question word first, then a comma, and then
the subject is a casual way of stating the same thing. It is actually easy to
remember because it is the same order as the English question with the question
word ‘what’ coming before the subject ‘this’, but for people who have drilled
Japanese sentence order into their heads, it may confuse them momentarily.
Literally they are saying “what is it, this thing?” as if to point at the
object in question with the ‘kore’ at the end. You can see this casually in
other questions too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">あの人は誰ですか?(</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Ano hito wa dare desu ka? </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">(who is that person?) becomes </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">誰、あの人?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“dare, ano hito?”, which has the same meaning but is
more casual and conversational than the former.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">それはどういう意味ですか</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> (sore wa dou iu imi desu ka?- what is the
meaning of that?) can become </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">どういう意味、それ?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> (dou iu imi, sore?) It is a phenomenon that should be simple but baffles
many a non-native speaker.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3)〜<span style="color: #3366ff;">てくれ!</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">The te form plus
“kure” forms a sort of command that could be polite, but isn’t. It comes from
“te form verb + kureru?” which means “would you do me the favor of __ing?” or
“would you do this for me?” For example “katte kureru?” (would you buy it for
me?)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">If you remove the ‘ru” and
make it a statement with an exclamation point on the end, it becomes a rather
demanding and less polite statement often used by children, or jokingly between
friends where it is okay to be casual. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Examples:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">黙ってくれ!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Damatte kure! (Shut up, would you?)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ほっといてくれ!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Hottoite kure! (Do me a favor and leave me alone.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">お母さん、お菓子買ってくれ</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> Okaasan, okashi katte kure (Mom, buy me candy)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">This is a great example of
taking a verb that is used for politeness and turning it into a less polite
form. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(shiran) and</span><span lang="JA" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">「わからん</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">」</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">(wakaran)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">These are crude/casual forms
of “shiranai” (I don’t know) and “wakaranai” (I don’t understand). Often said
in a tone full of attitude or a tone of not caring, these phrases are the
perfect aloof mix of “I don’t give a shit” and “how should I know?” When you
are just saying “wakaranai”, unless you make your tone different it could just
mean that you don’t know. Shiran and wakaran are more casual contractions, and
are often uttered with disdain, like “I wouldn’t know/ I don’t care/ Go bother
someone else.” This is more the case with “shiran.” “wakaran” is more often
just “I dunno/I don’t get it…” with an air that shows that you really aren’t
that troubled. However if yelled emphatically at your homework, it can express
“God, I just don’t GET this!” It’s all in the tone, but either way these casual
phrases can add spice to your statement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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phrase that just basically contradicts a statement. It means literally
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“is there something wrong?” or “do you mind?” it can mean “no, actually quite
the opposite.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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don’t mind” in response to someone’s question like “are you sure you don’t mind
if I go hang out with Kenji over there? You won’t be lonely by yourself?” That
was actually a quote from an anime I watched. It can also be said in kind of a
mysterious tone in response to “are you thinking about something?” You could
reply “betsu ni” in a slightly haughty manner to show that that person is NOT
getting to know what you were thinking about. It can also be mysterious or
hiding something like “Do you know anything about my surprise party?” “iie,
betsu ni…” Or it can be used to brush someone off in annoyance. “Is there
something wrong?” “betsu ni…” It can convey all sorts of emotions, but in
general it just contradicts the person’s statement. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">So there you go! Those are my
favorite phrases lately. I feel like if you use them, you sound more fluent. So
feel free to use them! Thanks for reading my blog again! Sorry it took so long
between updates as usual. I’ll try to be better about that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Talk to you guys soon! Bye<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="JA" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">バイバイ</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: aqua; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-highlight: aqua;">New Beginnings</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Hello World, it’s Abby here.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> I’m practically <i>dying</i> of shame here, as I haven’t updated my blog in way too long. I
wanted to write about something every week, but so much stuff has been going on
that I felt overwhelmed and ended up not writing about anything at all. From
now on I promise to do one of these at least once a month! ^^ <b>I also decided, that instead of just
jabbering on about my life, I would blog about specific topics, like my
language journey and different Japan related things. For example, I want to
talk about the differences between the different cultural foods, and the
differences between how people express feelings in both, the way Americans feel
about Japanese culture, my experiences with it, etcetera. Just different stuff
that interests me. I don’t just want to go on and on about my life updates all
the time, that would bore everyone to death. </b>But since so much has
happened, this blog will be devoted to catching you guys up on things… So bear
with me. This is kind of important. The last couple months have been full of
endings and beginnings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">First of all, it
was my 14<sup>th</sup> birthday on April 9<sup>th</sup>. That’s right, I’m no
longer 13. I SURVIVED!! LOL <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">No really, I was
kind of relieved. I went to 3 Japanese restaurants within the course of a week.
My family knows how I like to celebrate ^^. We got sushi and sashimi and ramen.
One of the restaurants had waitresses working there who were actually Japanese,
so I got to have a linguistic ordering experience as well. I think it went
well, because I got the correct food and the waitress seemed to understand
everything. I also went to get my ears pierced, and my hair cut. So I have a
completely new look. Bangs and double ear piercings. A new look for a new year!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Second of all, I
applied to a <b><i>high school</i></b> nearby to start 9<sup>th</sup> grade next year, and
I got in!! It is a really great school- they offer 6 languages and international
bacchelaureate programs as well as great academics all around. I went and
toured there, and the people seem lovely. I can’t wait to start! I was
originally planning on finishing Junior High in my school, but since I got this
opportunity I’ve turned Junior High into Middle school! I only had to do 7<sup>th</sup>
and 8<sup>th</sup> grade, and then my high school career begins. <br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Speaking of which,
8<sup>th</sup> grade is almost coming to a close. <b><i>One more month!! </i></b>Final
exams and stuff aside, I can’t wait. 8<sup>th</sup> grade hasn’t been
completely terrible, but it has been stressful. Due to some friend-related
drama, my social life wasn’t really a highlight, but since that time I have
regained some lost friendships and made new friends as well. I have learned
that teenagers can be horrible human beings, and that no one in their right
mind survives 8<sup>th</sup> grade without losing a few people to the hands of
popularity and malice. I also had my first boyfriend. We recently broke up, due
to several reasons involving the fact that we will both be going to different
schools, and we weren’t really interested in the same things or the same kind
of relationship. But we had a great time while it lasted. So while this is
bittersweet, I am glad to have a new beginning there. I will be keeping in
touch with my middle school friends, and although I will be sad to have to
leave them, Central High School presents great opportunities I can’t turn down.
So lots of happy and sad things in store for leaving Maple Grove Junior. I’m
just glad this is happening more than anything else. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #9bbb59; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent3;">Oh yeah, summer!</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"> Summer is coming up faster than I can
handle… But I am so pumped for Japanese camp. Mori no Ike, I’m coming home!!!
^^ I love that place. I am looking forward to seeing old friends and making new
ones, and of course learning lots and lots of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">日本語</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">. After 2 weeks of Mori no Ike, I will be doing
Penumbra Theatre acting camp again for 4 weeks, although it is day camp, so I
will still have time for other things on weekends and after hours. Busy busy
busy! We’re writing monologues this year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3366ff; font-size: 16.0pt;">And… I’m doing Korean</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">.
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">My Korean study has
progressed amazingly in the past 6 months- I can now actually speak in
sentences and convey things that I never thought I would be able to. This is
partially due to the fact that my K-pop/K-drama obsession has become slightly…
more of an obsession than it already was ^^; </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #8064a2; font-family: AppleMyungjo; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleMyungjo; mso-hansi-font-family: AppleMyungjo; mso-themecolor: accent4;">한국</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #8064a2; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #8064a2; font-family: AppleMyungjo; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleMyungjo; mso-hansi-font-family: AppleMyungjo; mso-themecolor: accent4;">문화</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #8064a2; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #8064a2; font-family: AppleMyungjo; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleMyungjo; mso-hansi-font-family: AppleMyungjo; mso-themecolor: accent4;">사랑</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #8064a2; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #8064a2; font-family: AppleMyungjo; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleMyungjo; mso-hansi-font-family: AppleMyungjo; mso-themecolor: accent4;">해요</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #8064a2; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent4;"> ~</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">My plans for the
future year involve high school amazingness, more Korean studying, studying to
take the Japanese Language Proficiency test, and lots and lots of YouTube
videos. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">So that’s what’s
up with me! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Next blog will
have a more fun/interesting topic. I promise. ^^<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16.0pt;">P.S. If you haven’t
checked out my forum website for Japanese learners, that is<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-size: 16.0pt;">www.japanese.freeforums.org/<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 16.0pt;">See ya
Later!<br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">じゃ、またね。</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: AppleMyungjo; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AppleMyungjo; mso-hansi-font-family: AppleMyungjo;">안녕!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699259381407229319noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496566844724924194.post-29325317527244679502013-01-27T05:45:00.001-08:002013-01-27T05:45:17.513-08:00ANNOUNCEMENT! お知らせ<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hey guys, I'm going to apologize in advance for the awfully boring format of this blog post, being all text and all. But I have a very important announcement. My friend Anna and I (http://www.littlegaijin.net) have been practicing Japanese together and have been friends for a while now. She first "met" me in a sense on YouTube when I began learning Japanese, and has been my senpai ever since, although now our Japanese is closer in level :P (and she's older than me, so she's still kind of my senpai... :D) Anyway, she and I have an announcement.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;"><b><u>WE MADE A FORUM!</u></b></span> </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">What kind of forum specifically? Well, a forum for people learning Japanese. </span>You can join and use the forum for completely <span style="font-size: large;">free </span>at <a href="http://japanese.freeforums.org/">http://japanese.freeforums.org/</a><br />
We just started the forum so we only have three members. Anna is Admin of the forum, and I am a global moderater, basically her partner for the forum. Together we run the forum to help people learning Japanese, such as topics and discussions on Japanese culture, and a place for you to ask questions about Japanese, and even a discussion room where you're only allowed to speak Japanese so you can practice! You can make other internet friends who are studying Japanese and ask Anna and I questions so we can help you too :)<br />
Right now though, the forum is set up but it isn't doing much because we don't have many members. So if you are interested, please help support us and our new forum by joining at <a href="http://japanese.freeforums.org/">http://japanese.freeforums.org/</a><br />
<br />
My username there is MidoriAbby, and our admin Anna is of course "littlegaijin".<br />
See you all on the forum!<br />
<br />
Thanks for reading,<br />
Abby</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699259381407229319noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496566844724924194.post-36623485795160074212013-01-04T17:17:00.003-08:002013-01-05T11:00:05.643-08:00Happy New Year! 明けましておめでとう<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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What’s up my faithful readers of this galaxy and beyond, how is your life? (I
get bored with boring blog beginnings, okay...) This is Midori/Abby, signing on
for another blog update.</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #660066; font-family: "MS ゴシック"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-fareast;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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half a century, so you guys might have given up on me and gone off to go watch
YouTube videos or be Tumblr addicts or Tweet about your current location…I
don’t know what you do in your spare time. But anyway, I’m back, so that’s the
important thing! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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even reads this blog anyway? Like, are there actually people listening to me, a
random teenage Japanophile, go on about life and Japan and my unaverage life in
America and learning Japanese and stuff? I know there are a few of you, so I
thank you for tuning in and I promise not to disappoint you. :D<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Chalkboard SE Regular"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Ayuthaya; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS ゴシック"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">-I just got back from
the wild land of Maine, where I was visiting my family for Christmas. I was not
eaten alive by my relatives, although there were some close calls, so there is
no need to worry! We did have a white Christmas there, which was very lovely。 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are coming up, which means I am doing a lot less procrastinating than usual, and
my grades are looking pretty good. We’re reading this huge book in English
called the Grapes of Wrath, by the same author of that one book about mice, and
I have to do an essay on it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Christmas, and I got lots of amazing things from my relatives, because that’s
what relatives do. <3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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purple dress coat, the whole season collection of Fruits Basket, which I have
already finished completely, some new pajamas, another Japanese music CD, a
Taylor Swift CD and a calendar. But the best present of all was probably a
duffel bag with wheels. You may ask “Why in the name of heaven is THAT your
best Christmas present, Midori-chan?” Well, if you were with me at Mori No Ike
(summer camp) last year, you will know exactly why. I had an unfortunate incident
with my old duffel when I was extracting it from the bottom of the luggage
pile, which involved me dropping it on my unfortunate camp counselor, who was
then kind enough to help me with it. (Arigatou, Ryou-sensei!) I’m not even sure
he remembers that, but I am still humiliated about it to this day. When I got
home I complained that I needed a better one, and figured I would just have to
live with it. But my Dad took it into his consideration to buy me a new one
with wheels that is easier to maneuver in order to save me further humiliation.
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between me and anyone who knows about it, so it was a great gift. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA;">And to my readers
familiar with </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Century; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Century;">日本語、</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Century; font-size: 26.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Yatto nisenjuusan nen desu yo!! It’s finally 2013! We survived 2012,
against the odds. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 18pt;">Everybody had really, really </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #74266d; font-family: "Apple Chancery"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">pretty</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 18pt;"> fireworks
displays all over the world, I watched them on YouTube after I finished with
the usual one in Time’s Square. Some of my favorites besides </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: Century; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA;">U</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Century; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA;">S</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: black; color: white; font-family: Century; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-highlight: black; mso-themecolor: background1;">A</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: Century; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-themecolor: background1;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 18pt;">and </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Century; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Century;">日本(</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Japan) included Dubai, where
the world’s largest tower was lit up tier by tier </span><span style="font-family: Century; font-size: 18pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">with pyrotechnics, and
London, which was just a spectacular show. China as usual was a spectacle as
well, and Seoul, South Korea had this really neat gong/drum thing that I would
really like to learn how to play someday. People in my own neck of the woods
decided that it would be nice to shoot off their own displays long into the
night… 0.o’ </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #74266d; font-family: Century; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA;">So of course, like everybody else, I have made some
New Years Resolutions, sort of. I actually didn’t think of them until last
minute, but they still count. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #74266d; font-family: Century; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Improve my YouTube channel. This will involve remaking some Japanese lessons
and making lessons frequently and taking lots of suggestions from you guys. By
the way, did you know that there’s almost 1000 of you? That’s right, my
subscriber count is going to hit 1K soon, and I am majorly psyched. </span><span lang="JA" style="color: #74266d; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Century; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Century;">登録してくれてどうもありがとうございます〜</span><span lang="JA" style="color: #74266d; font-family: Century; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #74266d; font-family: Century; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #74266d; font-family: Century; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Write a novel. I don’t know, I just feel like doing this. If I could at
least get a good start on one, it would make me happy. I wrote one in 5<sup>th</sup>
grade, but I want to see how my writing style has changed, and plus I feel like
it will keep my English up to par with my Japanese (lol). The more I study
Japanese, the more my English deteriorates. Soon I’ll need to go to English
camp!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #74266d; font-family: Century; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Make more friends and stay in touch with them! I want to continue to make
more friends from all over the world, because you guys are amazing, and also to
make a bit more of an effort to be less of the “weird girl” at school. Actually
no, I want to be MORE of the “weird girl” that I am because it attracts other
weird nerdy people like me, and I love that! So yeah, if you’re a language nerd
or an internet nerd or any other kind of nerd, you are awesome in my book and I
assure you we will get along splendidly. I also want to keep in touch with my
friends from Mori no Ike, because you guys are my sisters and my best besties
and you are part of the select few people on the planet who understand who I am
and love me for it <3 Yes, I’m talking about my awesome cabinmates, and I
will see you guys in June, which is about 5 and a half months away!!! And all
the Mori Sensei, I’m excited to see you guys too because you’re my role
models!! And pretty dang awesome too xD<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #74266d; font-family: Century; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA;">To improve my Japanese and become more fluent. MORE fluent being the key
word, because I don’t expect to gain total fluency in 365 days. That has been
my resolution last year as well, and I have come to learn that it is just plain
ridiculous to expect that much improvement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #74266d; font-family: Century; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA;">SO, </span><span lang="JA" style="color: #74266d; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Century; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Century;">皆さん、</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #74266d; font-family: Century; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA;">What are your plans for the new year?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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comment below and let me know!<br />
(ugh, I hate it when I inadvertently rhyme things…)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Century; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Also if you
want to follow me on Instagram my ID is MidoriAbby, and if you have language
related questions email me at <a href="mailto:TheLanguageHelp@gmail.com">TheLanguageHelp@gmail.com</a>
and my youtube is RanAbvideo for Japanese lessons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699259381407229319noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496566844724924194.post-83925255394432391752012-12-06T18:22:00.003-08:002012-12-06T18:25:34.577-08:00Anime and Learning 日本語?My Opinion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="color: #660066; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I’ve just
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<i><span style="color: #e100e1; font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Today I’d like to talk about Anime, if I may. Because first of all, I was
watching K-ON earlier. And second of all, I am so sick and tired of the
internet debate about using Anime to learn</span></i><i><span style="color: #e100e1; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> </span></i><i><span lang="JA" style="color: #e100e1; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">日本語</span></i><i><span style="color: #e100e1; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">.
Also, I’ve gotten a lot of questions recently about why I like Anime. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e100e1; font-family: "American Typewriter Condensed"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Like many of you JAPANOPHILES out there, I am a fan of
Anime of many kinds. But there are some things that I just want to get straight
here, because it’s been bothering me for a long time.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "American Typewriter Condensed"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">#1: Let’s address the whole “learning Japanese with
Anime” debate. Let me preface this statement with the fact that I have
absolutely nothing against using anime as a study tool, and I have learned tons
of casual phrases (not to mention phrases I probably should never say) from
watching my favorite shows. But where the 60% or so of anime fans go wrong is
by thinking that anime can stand alone as the ONLY way they learn Japanese. If
you’re hoping to sit down at your computer, or flatscreen, or smartphone or HOWEVER
you partake in your Anime, and just learn Japanese, then I’m very sorry to say
that you won’t get past “konnichiwa” or “itadakimasu”. Unless of course you are 4 or 5 years old and
still have the brain-power to soak up language like a sponge. THAT my friends,
is an entirely different story. So, if that’s NOT how to go about it, than how
can you work anime into your study schedule? Well, there’s many ways. (By the
way, if you want more study tips on how to SUCCESSFULLY learn Japanese, I will
write a whole separate blog post. But for now, I digress.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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useful to you.</span><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter Condensed"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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come up when you are watching, such as daily school life, popular music, or
Japanese holidays. You may learn a lot about the culture.</span><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter Condensed"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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understand instead of just zoning out and reading the subtitles. </span><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter Condensed"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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online or in a store that has Japanese with furigana (little phonetical
characters on top of the characters to help you read), and use a dictionary to
help you sort out words you don’t know. (this is most successful if you’ve watched the anime and know the
story line, because you don’t stress out about knowing what’s going on, simply
focusing on learning something new.)</span><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter Condensed"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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beginning or end, usually they have Japanese and English subtitles, and it’s
interesting to learn Japanese through music. Pick out some key phrases from the
refrain, or get it for your iPod</span><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter Condensed"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a favorite character. (KEEP IN MIND that not all Japanese people are going to
like the same anime you do, or even like anime at all. SO make sure to preface
your discussion with the question “do you like this anime?” so as not to annoy
them with constant anime chatter.)</span><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter Condensed"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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NOT BECOME THE SOLE REASON YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JAPANESE CULTURE IF YOU TRULY
WANT TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE.</span><span style="font-family: "American Typewriter Condensed"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that offered you some helpful tips!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b310dc; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Now that aside, I would like to talk
about the word ANIME as a whole. Many people ask the question “do you like
Anime” too broadly. There are many types of anime, just as there are many types
of TV shows. That would be like asking an American person “Do you like TV
shows?” They would probably respond by asking “what kind? I like certain
types.” There are comedy anime, romance anime, action anime, and dramatic
anime, as well as supernatural anime and any other kind you can imagine. Kids
anime, adult anime, anything you want. So even if you don’t like “cute stuff”
or cosplaying, and you don’t consider yourself an anime fan, be a little open
minded. Maybe there will be a more serious mystery anime, or an anime that
relates to your life. The word “anime” just refers to the fact that it is
animated. Or maybe it’s just not your style and you like dramas or reality
shows. It’s not half as much of a big deal as most of you make it out to be.
Just because you like anime doesn’t make you a “weaboo” or an “otaku”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">On the other side of the spectrum, the fanatic anime
fans out there have to understand that not everyone who is Japanese or is
interested in the culture is going to want to watch or talk about anime. It is
a specific interest. If you want to study Japanese, there should be some OTHER
motivation than just figuring out how to watch the anime without subtitles. Anime
is a small part of Japanese culture out of MANY different parts of Japanese
culture. It is a form of entertainment, but most people don’t think of it as
your LIFE. But however you think of anime, I hope it aids you in your Japanese
study, or simply just provides entertainment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bernard MT Condensed"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">So we’ve established that I like Anime. SO what type?
And Why? I get these questions all the
time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bernard MT Condensed"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I tend to watch the more <span style="background: aqua; mso-highlight: aqua;">comedy</span> or <span style="color: #f160f4;">romantic</span>
type animes. I like an anime that either makes me laugh hysterically, or cry
hysterically. It’s nice to unwind from reality with a touch of drama or comedy.
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I
don’t like Anime that are too little kid based, or all about fighting and
action, although I admit I used to like Naruto. As a little kid. I enjoy anime
just because it’s a fun entertainment that also helps me study Japanese.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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like anime that provoke different emotions, because I can chose an anime or
drama based on my mood. It’s nice. I also like the ART ASPECT to anime, as I
like to draw manga and keep a manga journal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Chalkduster; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">But while there is lots I like about being a fan of
anime, there are some things I can’t stand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cannot stand people who talk like Anime characters on purpose. Correction, I
have no problem with the people themselves, I just wish they didn’t do that.
Real people do not talk or act like anime characters. (generally speaking) Some
anime are realistic, and close to real life, but most of them are a little out
of proportion. Anime characters’ reactions and voices are very unique. I know
girls who love anime so much they try to make their voices, outfits, and
behavior match there favorite characters. I think this is a BIT extreme. The
outfits I can understand, as I myself cosplay A LITTLE. This does not make me a
weaboo because I understand that my life is not an anime. (Although some days
it’s dramatic enough…) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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when people pronounce the word wrong when they’ve been watching it for years.
“Oh yeah, I like ANEEM. I like MAYNGA and AYNIMEE. This may just be a personal
pet peeve, and I may be over reacting, but it gets on my nerves. Don’t get me
wrong, I get it if you just honestly didn’t know. I have no issue with people
who do it by accident. But people who have been TOLD the correct pronunciation
and still REFUSE to do it are what bug me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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people get into comment fights in the chatroom of anime websites about their different
opinions about the show, and they start getting nasty. People, chill, it’s just
a show. You don’t have to badmouth people for having different opinions or
liking different characters. I know, when it comes to pairings, I fiercly
defend my favorite couples, but I never make it personal and offend the other
person. That’s just wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8064a2; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-themecolor: accent4;">All that being
said, I really do enjoy anime. And I personally don’t mind if you don’t, it’s
your opinion. And if you don’t, I’m very sorry you had to read this long and
rambly rant/rave about something you dislike. (But you don’t have to read it…)
Please put your opinions in the comments, I love to hear. <3 you guys are
the nicest commenters. You make my day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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quotes I have most heard of. Guess what anime they came from in the comments,
and I’ll tell you if you were right. This is also food for thought for you fellow
learners of </span><span lang="JA" style="color: #31849b; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">日本語。</span><span style="color: #31849b; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;">(as for you guys, I’ll try to make a study tips blog post soon.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Oh
my, that blog was longer than I had wanted… </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Kaiti SC Black"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Kaiti SC Black"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: JA;">ごめん</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Microsoft Yi Baiti"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Microsoft Yi Baiti"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: JA;">!</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you for being faithful readers. (I’m not sure how many of you there are yet,
but thanks!) I’ll have a blog about the happenings of my life up soon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15699259381407229319noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496566844724924194.post-38952274256966654592012-11-24T13:02:00.003-08:002012-11-24T13:02:46.175-08:00Procrastination, Shoes, and Summer Camp
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Hello
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me again. </span></b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I am actually pretty proud
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up to par with my weekly blogging schedule. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pHtNn8GFKuQ/ULEy0w0LhvI/AAAAAAAAAVo/nEHIbQOPc-Y/s1600/huh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pHtNn8GFKuQ/ULEy0w0LhvI/AAAAAAAAAVo/nEHIbQOPc-Y/s1600/huh.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing around with my new camera effects... And new hairstyle :P</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"> </span><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I have really exciting news! So last blog I kind of went off on a tangent
about </span></i><i><span lang="JA" style="color: red; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Apple Casual"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Apple Casual";">森の池</span></i><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">(my Japanese immersion camp),
and how I hoped I could go back this year. (Okay, I didn’t KIND OF go off on a
tangent, I just plain went off on a tangent.) Well… I am officially registered
for session JD32 of Mori no Ike for 2013!! Two more weeks of paradise! (Yeah, I
wanted to be a four week student this year, but finances and stuff weren’t in
my favor.) Speaking of which I need to get writing on an essay for a
scholarship, but I figured you guys wanted to hear from me first. </span></i><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I procrastinate too much…<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">SPEAKING OF
PROCRASTINATION: Half my neighborhood still has their Halloween decorations up.
Really? Really people? It’s almost the Christmas season, I mean a couple
popular stations are already playing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and you still
have your jack-o-lanterns. In Minnesota, there seems to be a rule that no
holiday ends until the next one is half over, and then you get planning for the
next one. It’s like our lives revolve around them. But people’s birthdays are
over and gone in one day. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 16.0pt;">My Halloween costume was a last minute shamble of
everything black I had in the house and some vampire fangs. This was me,
pre-makeup before I went to school. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had such a lisp with fangs, so I sounded like Sollux whenever I talked. Homestuck reference: Sorry.</td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Apple Casual'; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: cyan;">Things I've been into lately...</span></span></b></div>
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<li><span style="color: purple; font-family: Apple Casual;"><span style="font-size: 21px;"><b>Drawing Manga</b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: red; font-family: Apple Casual;"><span style="font-size: 21px;"><b>Cooking</b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: blue; font-family: Apple Casual;"><span style="font-size: 21px;"><b>Watching Hana Kimi again</b></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Apple Casual;"><span style="font-size: 21px;"><b><span style="color: lime;">Translating songs into Japanese, especially the christmas songs. </span><span style="color: cyan;">Speaking of drawing manga...</span></b></span></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My latest masterpiece, it's supposed to be me. Or an ideal of what I wish I looked like turned into manga form, more or less. I use SketchbookExpress for MacBook</td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Well, I went shopping today because
yesterday was Black Friday and I was scared to leave the house for fear of
being trampled. I wouldn’t have gone shopping today either, except for the
undeniable fact that I required shoes, since my only nice black dress shoes are
high heels that murder my feet. I wore them to my school band concert last Thursday,
and while I was trying to oh-so-gracefully walk off stage, I tripped and
oh-so-clumsily <u>crashed</u> into a bunch of guys from school who gave me
weird looks. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #fa2dff; font-family: "American Typewriter Condensed"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Long
Girly Tangent About Shoes: sorry. But anyhoo I needed shoes, so I bought some. Although
I think the cash register lady hated me, since the shoe rack was right next to
her and I kept dropping shoes all over the place. She kept adjusting her putrid
orange scarf and giving me pointed looks as if to say “When is this girl going
to LEAVE already?” Nevertheless, I left with two pairs of wonderful shoes. Enough
about footwear, for gosh sakes. No seriously though, don’ t you just hate
shopping around Christmas?<i> Everybody’s in
a foul mood at you just because they’re in a hurry.</i> </span><b><span style="color: #fa2dff; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9YvhXUr5D7I/ULE0VrbV2OI/AAAAAAAAAV4/X007A6Jbxw8/s1600/meh+shoes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9YvhXUr5D7I/ULE0VrbV2OI/AAAAAAAAAV4/X007A6Jbxw8/s1600/meh+shoes.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Behold... THE SHOES</td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt;">I’m getting ready for a very busy holiday
season, people. Besides the fact that there are 830 of my youtube subscribers
who require Japanese lessons, I have some selfish plans of my own…<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: green; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Part of these plans involve getting up
at 4 in the morning to depart for Maine, traveling <i>al Aeroplane. </i>If I’m wide awake enough to sit up straight, I’ll
vlog from the airport in </span></b><b><span lang="JA" style="color: green; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold";">日本語</span></b><b><span style="color: green; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">. I always get a kick out of vlogging in actual
PLACES, not just my bedroom. So, when I get to Maine, I’ll be spending the week
of Christmas with my grandmother, and most likely eat a lot of seafood. Only in
Maine is Lobster a popular Christmas dish. But hey, I’m not gonna complain. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4bacc6; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-themecolor: accent5;"> My wonderful awesome fantabulicious
best friend has a birthday coming up soon on December first, so happy birthday,
Rachel! (Although I’m not quite sure if Fantabulicious is a word…) I would tell
you what I’m getting her, but under the slight chance she might read this, I
have decided against it. I’ll give you a hint. POCKYPOCKYPOCKY. I… kind of…
have too much of that. :P<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--pHEnirQLQc/ULE0xK3XOqI/AAAAAAAAAWA/Ev0UzMP7gs0/s1600/pocky.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--pHEnirQLQc/ULE0xK3XOqI/AAAAAAAAAWA/Ev0UzMP7gs0/s1600/pocky.JPG" height="320" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you haven't tried this, you haven't lived. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QoFL7OdEwIs/ULE0ybp2QFI/AAAAAAAAAWI/rfISOkdE22o/s1600/rachel+making+a+face.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QoFL7OdEwIs/ULE0ybp2QFI/AAAAAAAAAWI/rfISOkdE22o/s1600/rachel+making+a+face.PNG" height="320" width="213" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My best friend!!</td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Later Aligators! I promise I’ll have
a blog with more actual stuff to write about soon, and less tangents, but this
week was… well, uneventful. So leave your comments and please check out my
youtube channel if you haven’t already at youtube.com/ranabvideo <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt;">見て見てくださいね〜</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt;">よろしく</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Peace! <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="JA" style="color: #660066; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold";">じゃね、</span></b><b><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">The Midori
Neko signing off (for now)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="JA" style="color: #660066; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">こんにちは、世界</span></b><span lang="JA" style="color: #660066; font-family: "MS 明朝"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">。</span><span style="color: #660066; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";">Hello World! It’s me here,
Abby. </span><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 14pt;">How
have <b><i>you</i></b>
been? About a year ago, when I decided to make a blog to just share with my
friends, I wrote my first two posts on wordpress, which you may have or may not have seen.
But now I figure it's time to share my blog with the world, so from now on, I
will be blogging regularly. Yay! So to start, just a little 自己紹介(self intro) to get to know each other, shall we?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 14pt;">THERE ARE MANY THINGS YOU COULD ASK ABOUT ME</span><span style="color: #660066; font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">.</span><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 14pt;"> First, why I want to blog. The reason I want to blog more, is so
that I, a hopelessly unaverage teenage Japanophile, can write about my life.
Who's going to read this? I don't know.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>But
let's get started.</strong></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";"> </span></b><b style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 19px;">My major interest is languages.</b><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 19px;"> I am bilingual, soon to be more than trilingual. I speak 日本語(Japanese) and English. I study languages because I want to travel the world, and learn about different cultures. At the moment, I am just a middle school girl who has never left the good old USA, but that is soon to change. </span><b style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 19px;">I plan to go do homestay in Japan when I'm in high school, and live there when I'm older. </b><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 19px;">I got my interest in Japan because of a Japanese friend in elementary school, and my interest grew to the traditional culture, pop culture, and language. I enjoy everything from tea cerimonies to anime, from kawaii culture to kimonos, from the technology to the sushi. I don't just enjoy one part of the culture. That's what sets me apart from many teenage Japanophiles in America. I am not OBSESSED with Japan, it is just my main foreign culture of <b>interest.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 19px;"><b>The other languages that I study include Korean, Chinese, Spanish, and French. I speak a little Russian as well, due to knowing many people who speak it at my school.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 19px;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";">My physical
appearance:</span></b><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 14pt;"> I'm fairly short, american,
strawberry blonde, and can be seen wearing a pair of purple spectacles... When
I'm not trying to avoid wearing them. I have braces too. I am in the 8th grade
at a Jr. High in Minnesota which shall remain unnamed because of you<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><b>creepy people</b></em><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>out there who want to eat me. :P You
can often find me wearing odd hats, knee high socks with skirts, graphic tee
shirts, and too many bracelets. I enjoy pigtails and hair extensions, so my
hair</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";"> can drastically vary from
day to day. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";">Most of my class at school
finds me a bit... odd, but I don’t care. I guess the only way to really
describe me other than that is to attach a photograph thingy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2DZ6_5vwD9w/UKGJvTkm7qI/AAAAAAAAASg/8RSssuG1lbY/s1600/midori+.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2DZ6_5vwD9w/UKGJvTkm7qI/AAAAAAAAASg/8RSssuG1lbY/s320/midori+.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 14pt;">I can imagine you guys still have some more QUESTIONS,
so I am going to to try to be a mind reader and answer what I think you will
ask me… before you actually ask me. Phew, that was confusing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 14pt;">1). <b>What are your daily passtimes/hobbies BESIDES languages?</b> You are very likely to find
me with my nose in a book, writing fanfiction, going shopping or doodling some
kind of sketch in my notebook. Other than those lazy sitting-around type of
hobbies, I run cross country, and go swimming as much as I possibly can. I do
know how to cross country ski, but from doing that a couple times I can tell
that it is definitely not my sport, and ended up with </span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";">snow</span><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 14pt;"> up my nose. :P </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660066; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";">2) Do you like Anime??? I do like ANIME. </span><span style="font-family: 'Apple Casual'; font-size: 16pt;">HOWEVER, I am not OBSESSED, an OTAKU, a
WEABOO, or anything of the like. Let me just make that crystal clear right now.
I have only cosplayed once. Just because I like cosplay does not make me any of
those things… haha. All that stuff being said, I am a big fan of anime, so here
are my favorites. (I won’t spend too much time on this for those of you who
don’t like anime, I just want to introduce my top 5… or 6.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Apple Casual'; font-size: 16pt;"><i>-Kimi ni Todoke<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Apple Casual'; font-size: 16pt;"><i>-Lovely Complex<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Apple Casual'; font-size: 16pt;"><i>-Itazura na Kiss<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Apple Casual'; font-size: 16pt;"><i>-Hetalia<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Apple Casual'; font-size: 16pt;"><i>-Bokura ga Ita<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Apple Casual'; font-size: 16pt;"><i>-Clannad</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";">3) Do you like J or K dramas? Yes, I am also a fan of J-drama and
K-drama, so here are my reccomendations for those of you who are interested in
THAT.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";">Proposal Daisakusen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";">My Darling is a Foreigner<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";">Ouran High School Host Club
(yes, I am aware that that is also an anime)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";">Koizora (Super sad… but good)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0n-UQgshkSc/UKGKUlliAlI/AAAAAAAAATA/v4X4aTLyOIA/s1600/hana+kimi.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0n-UQgshkSc/UKGKUlliAlI/AAAAAAAAATA/v4X4aTLyOIA/s1600/hana+kimi.jpeg" /></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pc_IHSHaiw8/UKGKUJvFZWI/AAAAAAAAAS4/DA0UCuFhsc8/s1600/darin+wa+gaikokujin.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pc_IHSHaiw8/UKGKUJvFZWI/AAAAAAAAAS4/DA0UCuFhsc8/s1600/darin+wa+gaikokujin.jpeg" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #ff5eba; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";">As you’ve
probably figured out by now, I’m a fan of romcoms <3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Bangla MN"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";">4) </span><i><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Do you even like AMERICAN
pop culture?</span></i><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Bangla MN"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";"> As for American movies
and TV shows, I like those too. I am known to watch Big Bang Theory marathons
on Sunday, much to the chagrin of my dear mother’s boyfriend, who quite enjoys
football. Honestly, I would marry Sheldon Cooper</span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Century; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century;">. Of
course, this being IF</span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Bangla MN"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";"> Sheldon Cooper weren’t so</span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Century; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century;">…</span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Bangla MN"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";"> well</span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: Century; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century;">…</span><span style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Bangla MN"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";"> against marrying people
lol. Among my favorite movies are
Avatar, Titanic, the Avengers, Harry Potter, and the Golden Compass. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Labrador Retriever who is at the moment slobbering all over my foot as I type</span><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">…</span><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> gross. Not the dog,
just the foot licking. I used to have a Siamese cat who meowed loud enough to
wake up the entire neighborhood. Not quite an exaggeration.I actually quite
enjoy dogs, along with practically every other animal alive, as long as it’s
not venomous. Although this rule does not apply to centipede-kind, as I will go
all ninja on those nasty little things</span><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Century; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">…</span><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery"; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> If I do not run and scream first.
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have a fun outlet for writing about stuff… and to share some of my thoughts
with you guys. Whenever anyting blog-worthy comes up… I guess I’ll blog about
it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your favorite t-shirt? At the moment, I am wearing my t-shirt from summer camp,
which is my current favorite because it has so many MEMORIES and stuff. Other
than that, I recently ordered a Rose Lalonde shirt online. If you don’t know
what that is, you don’t read Homestuck, and you need to look it up RIGHT NOW.
It will completely confuse your thinkpan at first, but if you can get through
the weird terminology and complex plot layers, IT IS THE MOST FREAKING EPIC
WEBCOMIC ON THE INTERWEBS.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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spend your SUMMER?</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Apple Casual"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";"> Oh boy… this is gonna need
a whole ‘nother blog. </span><span style="color: green; font-family: "American Typewriter"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery";">I went to <b>Japanese Immersion camp</b> in northern
Minnesota. It was the whole Concordia Language Villages program ‘<b>Mori no Ike</b>’, a.k.a the best place
EVER. </span><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 14pt;">In
short, it’s a summer camp for teens who want to learn Japanese. You live there
for either one week, two weeks or four weeks in a cabin with other people of
your age and gender. The counselors speak all Japanese to you, and you do fun
activities and classes throughout the day, such as Origami, dance club, kendo
club, song time, morning dance excersise, skits, campfire, singing, and lots of
dancing. Did I mention the dancing? We got Japanese names, mine was Midori </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS 明朝'; font-size: 14pt;">(<b>みどり</b>)</span><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 14pt;">meaning “green”. The food is
mostly Japanese, which is delicious, as long as you aren’t opposed to having
rice <u>3 meals a day</u>. You get to spend lots of time with your cabinmates
and make friends, including free time, which for me involved going to the </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS 明朝'; font-size: 14pt;">お店</span><span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 14pt;">(store) and buying tons of pocky, then
heading down to the lake to go swimming. Besides all that, you end up making
best friends that end up being more like sisters, and you don’t want to leave. I
can’t even express how much those people became my family… Before I blab myself
into oblivion and nostalgia about this (too late…), I’m going to stop here, and
promise to post more photos and stories in another blog entry, another day… But
here’s just a few…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter'; font-size: 14pt;">After that I went to <b>Penumbra
Summer Institute</b>, which is like acting camp on steroids. Basically we got a
month to learn how to be Activist Artists, a.k.a learn how to use art to
promote <b><i>social change</i></b>. (Anti racism and discrimination, etcetera) We
put on a stellar performance at the end of the month to a full audience from
the public. Again, more on that later. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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why I kind of lapsed off on the whole blogging thing… So busy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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about me… let’s start this blogging thing!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bangla MN'; font-size: 15pt;">I’ll try to update daily, but knowing me you
can probably put your money on weekly. I’m such a </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: 'MS 明朝'; font-size: 15pt;">怠け者</span><span style="font-family: 'Bangla MN'; font-size: 15pt;"> (lazy person) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bangla MN'; font-size: 15pt;">But please tell me what you think, I’m new to
this whole blogging business.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold'; font-size: 14pt;">Please feel free to comment!</span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC TT-Bold"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Apple Chancery"; mso-themecolor: background1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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