あけましたおめでとございます！

こんにちわ！おげんきですか。きょはチャトクラブにいきました。たのしかったですが、うたがありません。。。ざねんですね。
わたしのふゆやすみはかんたんでした。いま、WisdomTeeth がありません。Aeneidをよみました。
こうこうのともだちにあいました。
And that's my Japanese contribution today!
I'm excited to be in Japanese class again, I tried to keep my knowledge fresh over the break but that ended up being some practice of kanji and saying そうですか randomly, only to garner odd looks from my companions...
Did you notice my blog changed!? I put cool features on the left side now!
Recently I tried this little program called Slime Forest (I put a link on the left side.), I learned about it from Nanneto-san. It's basically...kinda like an rpg in which you defeat monsters(Slimes) by typing out the readings of kana and kanji. It starts out with katakana, then as you make progress moves on to some hiragana. I haven't reached any kanji yet, I'm told they come in later. Anyway, I was really poor with katakana but playing the game has REALLY helped with my recognition (take that, quiz extra credit questions!) and reproduction. Unfortunately, it has this odd tendency to give me katakana that I've never before seen in my life (We and wi...maybe more). But it's only two or three characters so it's not too detrimental to facilitate learning the ones we actually use in class. Anyway, the story is rather simple. You're a potato farmer fighting slimes who steal gold and princesses. And, gasp, the princess has been kidnapped! It's up to the potato farmer to rescue her from certain...slimeyness. Really though, the game is about learning kana, ha ha.
In other news, Kendo had its first practice last Wednesday! We definitely have Kataoka-sensei teaching us on Wednesdays for the semester, which is a really big deal because he's a big guy in the kendo world (http://www.nyckendo.com/sensei.html). On Mondays it looks as though we'll have Milton-sensei, who works in Undergraduate Admissions and is able to join us in the spring semesters when his workload is light. So if you're ever interested in giving Kendo a try, both Monday and Wednesday we meet at 9:00, usually the beginner's class ends between 10 and 10:30, at Dodge Fitness Center, Aerobics room 4.
That's all for today then, Adios!