Not much going on here.

I don't know what to say in the blog. I have a lot of work. I don't get adjectives... are we going to study that some more?

Satosensei always confuses me with his comments.

I'm not quite sure what Satosensei was writing in his response. I get that he likes beer, but the last sentence... hmm... I really ought to know, too.

Anyway I went to a party last night and met someone who did the JET program. It sounds very cool. He learned a lot of Japanese while he was there. I was just yesterday morning doing research into applying for this program, so it was somewhat of a coincidence to then run into someone who'd done it.

His Japanese girlfriend rolled up a little later on so I got to talk to her a little bit. She was very encouraging. Although I feel kind of silly saying the things that I know how to say because I'm learning such a formal way of speaking. Nobody seems to talk the way that I do.

Okay I ought to go write my Chinese diary now. I learned how to say twin this week so I can write about that. How convenient.

Hmm...

So I unfortunately did not get the first grant that I applied for. But I refuse to be discouraged! Especially if I listen to the Carter Family for support. I still intend to get to Japan sometime in the couple of years on someone else's dime. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm quite open.

I had this embarassing moment the other day when I saw that one of my favorite breweries introduced a seasonal ale called Hanami. I thought, hmm, I wonder if this'll be any good, so I bought it without reading the label. I totally had this brain laps when I realized that it was for the cherry blossom festival! I mean, I like the cherry festival and I like cherries, but I am not particularly fond of things that are cherry-flavored. And that's what the theme of this beer happened to be. If anyone wants to come over to my place for a cherry-flavored beer you are welcome, because I don't think I will get them out of my fridge anytime soon otherwise.