<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631</id><updated>2011-04-22T00:53:34.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Max - JAPN 101</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>23</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-1972079863879864213</id><published>2008-04-11T14:18:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-11T14:43:15.613-04:00</updated><title type='text'>スピチ</title><content type='html'>&lt;embed src="http://www.people.virginia.edu/~md2kb/[DM100040.WMA]" width="170" height ="30" autoplay="false" autostart="false" controller="true"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-1972079863879864213?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/1972079863879864213/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=1972079863879864213' title='3 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/1972079863879864213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/1972079863879864213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post.html' title='スピチ'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-6649826736801445757</id><published>2008-03-28T12:54:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-28T12:54:39.946-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Speech draft 3</title><content type='html'>日本のロックおんがく&lt;br/&gt;マックス・ドレーヤー&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;私はおんがくのれきしの勉強するが好きで、おんがくの文かはとてもおもしろいと思います。おんがくのれきしの中で、ロックが一ばん好きです。わかい人の一ばん好きなおんがくの文かをべんきょうするのが大好きですよ。そして、日本の文かはふるいですから、おもしろいと思います。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;だから、先々しゅう、名前は「ジャプロック・サムプラ」で、ジュリアン・コープは書いている日本のロックのれきしの本を買いました。コープさんはゆう名なおんがくをひいて、おんがくのれきしの本を書く人です。たくさんいい本をかいていたことが有ります。読むの後で、私は二つのワルド・ヲルの後の日本のロックのれきしを知る人になります。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; コープさんは一五四五年の後、日本のわかい人はアメリカやロックのおんがくが好きだと書きました。はじめに、日本のロックはサーフィングやはやい車のロックで、名前は「エレキ」です。そして、「グルップ・サゥンドス」はビータルズが好き人をひいてロックのタィポです。たくさん人気が有るいました。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; そして、古い日本のおんがくや文かが好きですから、「ふてん」のバンドのほうがエレキよりおもしろいと思います。エレキのほうがふてんよりアメリカが好きです。そして、ふてんは新しいおんがくをひきたいでした。私はふてんのバンドの中で、「レズ・ラリゼス・デヌデズ」が一ばん好きです。とてもきれいおんがくをひきましたがアメリカがきらい人ですよ。あのベースをひく人の名前は「わかはやしもりやす」で、「よどーごのハィジャキング」をしたことが有りましたよ。あれはゆう名ひこうきのハィジャキングで、「アシタン・ジェオ」のグルプをしました。今、かん国に住んでいると思います。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; 日本のロックはおもしろいですね。来なつ休みに、私は日本に日本のロックの文かの勉強するのが上ずになりに行くつもりです。東京やひろしまにコンサトに行ったり、日本のロックヲたくさをたくさんならったりしたいです。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-6649826736801445757?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/6649826736801445757/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=6649826736801445757' title='2 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/6649826736801445757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/6649826736801445757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2008/03/speech-draft-3.html' title='Speech draft 3'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-185681895675275279</id><published>2008-03-24T11:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-24T11:18:11.138-04:00</updated><title type='text'>speech draft</title><content type='html'>日本のロックおんがく&lt;br/&gt;マックス・ドレーヤー&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;私はおんがくのれきしのべんきょうがすきで、おんがくの文かはとてもおもしろいと思います。おんがくのれきしの中で、ロックが一ばんすきです。わかい人の一ばんすきなおんがくの文かをべんきょうするのが大すきですよ。そして、日本の文かはふるいですから、おもしろいと思います。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;だから、先々しゅう、名前は「ジャプロック・サムプラ」で、ジュリアン・コープは書いている日本のロックのれきしの本を買いました。コープさんはゆう名なおんがくをひいて、おんがくのれきしの本を書く人です。読むの後で、私は二つのワルド・ヲルの後の日本のロックのれきしを知る人になります。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; コープさんは一五四五年の後、日本のわかい人はアメリカがすきだと書きました。日本のわかい人はロックのおんがくが大すきでしたよ。はじめに、日本のロックはサーフィングとはやい車のロックで、名前は「エレキ」です。そして、「グルップ・サゥンドス」はビータルズがすき人をひいてロックのタィポです。たくさん人気があるいました。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; そして、古い日本のおんがくと文かがすきですから、「ふてん」のバンドのほうがエレキよりおもしろいです。エレキのほうがふてんよりアメリカがすきです。私はふてんのバンドの中で、「レズ・ラリゼス・デヌデズ」が一ばんすきです。とてもきれいおんがくをひきましたがアメリカがきらい人ですよ。あのベースをひる人の名前は「わかはやしもりやす」で、「よどーごのハィジャキング」をしていました。あれはゆう名ひこうきのハィジャキングで、「アシタン・ジェオ」のグルプをしました。今、かん国に住んでいると思います。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; 日本のロックはおもしろいですね。来なつ休みに、私は日本に日本のロックの文かのべんきょうするのが上ずになりに行くつもりです。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-185681895675275279?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/185681895675275279/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=185681895675275279' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/185681895675275279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/185681895675275279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2008/03/speech-draft.html' title='speech draft'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-3762054748511641356</id><published>2008-03-22T10:47:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-22T12:17:31.285-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wednesday Mix-up</title><content type='html'>I thought Wednesday's class was fun and even pretty useful. It made the class so much more exciting, to meet new people and also to have more people in the class. I found that having more people is more conducive to one-on-one dialogues, which I think is better than one person speaking at a time, which is both scary, and you don't get to speak as much. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I went to the 2:00 section as I was busy earlier in the day, and I think most of the people were from the 1:00 class, as well as most of the 2:00 class. I think it would be fun to potentially do that more, say for each kaiwa day. I think also if it was a more regular thing I would plan it &lt;br/&gt;better and be able to go to another section, and we would meet even more people.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-3762054748511641356?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/3762054748511641356/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=3762054748511641356' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/3762054748511641356'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/3762054748511641356'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2008/03/wednesday-mix-up.html' title='Wednesday Mix-up'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-1069118349775376002</id><published>2008-03-15T11:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-15T11:27:05.920-04:00</updated><title type='text'>日本語をべんきょうするのがすきだよ</title><content type='html'>ぼくは日本のえいがとおんがくが大すき、日本がたくさんいいバンドとおもしろいえいがあるから。今、日本のロークのおんがくのれきしの本を読んで、とてもおもしろいだよ。名前は「ジャプッロク・サムプラ」だよ。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;ぼくは日本のえいがとおんがくがすきから、先学きに日本語のべんきょうをはじめった。はじめに、とてもむずかしけど、ぼくは日本語のが上ずになる。そして、かんたんになる、だけおぼえない、けど文学ののコンセプットをしるからと思う。ぼくは日本語のべんきょうするのが大すきだよ、とてもきれいだね。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;そして、このなつ休みに、ぼくの友だちロースさんと日本に自てん車にのりに行く。日本の南に自てん車をのる。でも、ロースさんは日本語を話さないから、今学きにぼくは日本語を話すのが上ずになるつもりだよ。来学きに、日本語もべんきょうするつもりだ。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;ロースさんはぼくの高校の時にしん友だよ。ロースさんはたくさんおんがくもひいて、今ニユウ・ヨックに大学にアニメションをべんきょうする。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;すみません、エントリはおそいね！あしたの夜、ぼくのコンピュタはエントリをけす。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-1069118349775376002?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/1069118349775376002/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=1069118349775376002' title='3 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/1069118349775376002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/1069118349775376002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2008/03/blog-post.html' title='日本語をべんきょうするのがすきだよ'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-3726019756436705569</id><published>2008-02-24T10:11:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-24T10:34:07.423-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>今日ぼくは日本語の学生のブログを読みました。ナネットさんのブログはとてもおもしろいもてつだうぶろぐですよ。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;ナネットさんはコロンビア大学一年生です。今週、ラーメンせたがやのレストランのリビュウをかきました。ラーメンせたがやはニュウ・ヨクのレストランで、とてもおいしかったと言っていました。でも、たかくなかったと言っていました。シャッロツビルにおいしいラーメンのレストランがないと思います。ざんねんですね。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;それから、テレビゲームを話しました：&lt;br/&gt;http://lrnj.com/&lt;br/&gt;それは日本語をおしえるゲームだと思います！おもしろいね！じゃ、ナネットさんはてつだう人ですね。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;http://nanettenihongo.blogspot.com/&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-3726019756436705569?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/3726019756436705569/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=3726019756436705569' title='4 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' 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type='html'>じゃ、私は元気じゃない。でもこんしゅう、私はソル・シュロテゥがある。それから、こんしゅうまつ、毎日アルバイトに行く！たのしくないだね。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;今日、テクノソニクスのクラスのプロジェクトをする。このプロジェクトはリジムを作る、とてもたのしいよ。それから、私の中国のれきしのくるすは月曜日’ムラン’を見る。私はぜんぜん’ムラン’&lt;span&gt;をみらないけど、たのしいえいが？&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;金曜日、私の１０１のクラスはいっしょうにひるごはんをたべて、ヌコム・ホルで会うけど、私は食事のプランがない！なにをする？私はしょくどに入ってはいけませんね。金曜日にも、ウドーラさんは’デズデモナ’のプラィに行く。みんなさん、いかない？八時、二０九モーリ・ホルにある。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-6850875941983162112?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/6850875941983162112/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=6850875941983162112' title='2 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/6850875941983162112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/6850875941983162112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post_17.html' title='も元気じゃない。'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-2924229765720127061</id><published>2008-02-10T15:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-10T19:44:46.083-05:00</updated><title type='text'>元気じゃありません</title><content type='html'>金曜日、私はちょっと元気じゃありませんが出かけましたから、今日はとても元気じゃありません。たくさんしゅうくだいがあって、フルがあります。でも、このしゅうまつはいいだよ、あたらしシンシサイザをかいましたから。とてもいい、たのしい。それから、私のともだちアニさんは私のアルバイトにアルバイトがある。私はフォクスパクのきさてんにつとめて、いま、アニさんもﾌｫｸｽパクにつとめます。いいですね。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;このしゅうはいそがしいです、たくさんアルバイトをしますから。それから、日本語のクラスが作文とテストあります。でも、スプリングの休みは三月で、すぐですね。&lt;span&gt;じゃ、&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-2924229765720127061?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/2924229765720127061/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=2924229765720127061' title='2 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/2924229765720127061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/2924229765720127061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post.html' title='元気じゃありません'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-3407500791689338690</id><published>2008-01-27T16:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-27T17:32:56.240-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Back in the saddle</title><content type='html'>So another semester of Japanese is staring us in the face and dang I wish I had studied over break. I am actually surprised at how quickly I am remembering all the old stuff, and learning the new things. I actually really like teiru, it was difficult to understand at first but now that I kind of get it I think it is really useful. ni ikimasu is okay, I don't really like using that kind of pre-made sentence structure if I don't have to, but I can see it being useful in certain situations, or opening the door to a new way of making sentences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One thing about Japanese that is really exciting for me is that I am going to Japan this summer! My friend Ross (he is studying animation at SVA in New York) and I bought tickets this winter break, a round trip leaving May 15 and returning June 15. We are basically going to go there with some clothes and minimal cooking equipment, buy some bikes in Tokyo, and head south and then loop north, and camp out as much as we can, and visit temples and castles and just kind of hobo around for a month. One thing that sounds really fun is for when we are in cities, one of his Japanese friends told him internet cafes are really cheap, and you can basically rent a booth for 8 hours for about $15, so we might spend the night that way a few times. So I guess this semester I better really get on top of my Japanese!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am really excited about this semester though, I think it will be really good. I have a bunch of really interesting classes; besides Japanese I have a computer music class, Technosonics, with Matthew Burtner, who is a great professor, if you ever have a chance to take a class with him go for it, I say. I also have Chinese American Identity, Language, and Culture, which is really interesting so far, and the discussions we have in class are fascinating. I also have a class called Dracula, which is about the evolution of the vampire myth from ancient Slavic myths to contemporary American film. Besides all that I have a really fun and well paying job, I have two bands in the works and have been working on lots of really fun solo stuff recently, and generally am just rocking out. So I was nervous the first day of Japanese, but now I am super-confident about learning the heck out of this language. I guess I should probably study a bit before I say that though!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry I didn't do this in Japanese by the way I know that kind of defeats the purpose - I am on my work computer which can't type in Japanese and I had so much to say about this semester's Japanese and other stuff I didn't really know how to write it in Japanese.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-3407500791689338690?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/3407500791689338690/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=3407500791689338690' title='2 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/3407500791689338690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/3407500791689338690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2008/01/back-in-saddle.html' title='Back in the saddle'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-5346705600609944666</id><published>2007-12-10T10:23:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-10T10:33:16.879-05:00</updated><title type='text'>End of an era</title><content type='html'>Well not really, but it seems like such a long time, looking back. I guess because we had class everyday, and there was so much work - but it was so fun! I don't really understand why, usually I hate learning languages. I love Japanese though, even though I am miserable at it. I am at this point pretty confident I will be taking it next semester, assuming I don't screw up to much on the final exam. Currently I am enrolled for 2:00 again, in Cabel B020.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;It is so cool to watch a japanese film or something an d understand parts. I wrote a term paper for my music class on Derrick May, and my brother sent me a great youtube video from I guess a japanese TV show that interviewed May, and I could understand a surprising amount. My brother took Chinese a few years ago, and when he was home for thanksgiving, he asked me how Japanese write china, and I wrote it for him (it's the same, apparently,) and he said I had really good stroke order - things like that make me feel good about this class. Yeah I might screw up, a lot even, but I think I have a pretty good foundation - I don't really have any loose ends, and I didn't learn anything wrong at least. I just screw up talking because I get nervous.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;So I will see some of you next semester hopefully in 102, and the rest of you, thanks for helping me when I needed it, I am glad I was in the 2:00 section even if we weren't as good as some of the others. I think we had a lot of fun, and I hope to see you guys around sometime.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-5346705600609944666?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/5346705600609944666/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=5346705600609944666' title='5 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/5346705600609944666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/5346705600609944666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2007/12/end-of-era.html' title='End of an era'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-4957932136394851511</id><published>2007-12-05T13:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-06T10:01:34.156-05:00</updated><title type='text'>フランースのやすみ - final draft!</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title"&gt;私 はチャロッツビルからきました。私はいまとこどもの時、私はチャロッツビルにいました。でも、十二さいの時、私はフランースに行きました。私のかぞくはフランースに行きました、私の学こうは七月やすみがあ りましたから。ひこうきにのって、パリに行きました。パリで一しゅうかんいて、まい日あそびました。パリは とてもきれいなまちですから、私はパリがすきです。木とおもしろいたてものがたくさんありますから、パリはきれいです。たてものはえいがで、’ｱﾙｷﾃﾁｬ’です。まいばん、おいしいレストラ ンで食べました。私はフランースの食べものがすきです。あとで、私のかぞくはでんしゃにのって、　クロンジェに行きました。クロンジェはちいさいまちです。ク ロンジェはフランースの西にあって、ラ・ロシェルのそばにあります。クロンジェはとてもきれいまちですよ。私のおとうさんのともだちで行きました。おなまえはウルスラです。このいえはでん気がありませんでしたから、私とおねえさん とテレビをみてはいけませんでしたから、たくさん本をよみました。それから、いっしょうにきんごうでハイキングをしました。きんごうはえいがでカンツリサイド’です。クロンジェではたくさん木と川がありましたから、とてもきれいでした。やすみはしずかでしたが、とてもたのしいでした。&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-4957932136394851511?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/4957932136394851511/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=4957932136394851511' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/4957932136394851511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/4957932136394851511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2007/12/final-draft.html' title='フランースのやすみ - final draft!'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-642850813952500484</id><published>2007-12-01T09:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-01T09:15:21.804-05:00</updated><title type='text'>peer reading</title><content type='html'>I thought peer reading was actually kind of fun. It was interesting to read other people's speeches, and it made me less nervous that my speech was totally the wrong kind of thing and I was just going to fail miserably. It was kind of hectic, but that is okay. I actually did a peer review of チュアさん's post on 日本語のクラス instead, and in the end had to peer review hers on her blog! But in the end we all got peer reviewed, and did some reading, and it turned out just peachy. It was funny that maybe one of the least helpful parts was the actual rubrik - the only really practical comments were about tiny grammar mistakes and typos. What was useful was to talk to friends about it, and be reassured that it isn't awful before you hand it in to さと先生。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;In other news, speech on monday. I am worried. When we were dialoguing in class, I would be doing just fine - until さと先生　came to watch us talking, then I would forget what I was saying, and it would all just disappear. If anyone wants to practice over the weekend, I am a dude who also does, so let's get do it to it.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-642850813952500484?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/642850813952500484/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=642850813952500484' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/642850813952500484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/642850813952500484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2007/12/peer-reading.html' title='peer reading'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-5476421775808586754</id><published>2007-11-28T13:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-29T11:55:24.835-05:00</updated><title type='text'>フランースのやすみ</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;私はチャロッツビルからきました。こどもの時、私はチャロッツビルがいました。でも、十二さいの時、私はフランースに行きました。私の学こうはやすみがあ ります。だから、私のかぞくはフランースに行きました。ひこうきにのって、ペリスに行きました。ペリスで一しゅういまして、まい日あそびました。ペリスは とてもきれいなまちですから、私はペリスがすきです。たくさん木とおもしろいけんきちゅがありますから、ペリスはきれいです。まいばん、おいしいレストラ ンで食べました。フランースの食べものがすきです。あとで、私のかぞくはでんしゃにのって、　クロンジェに行きました。クロンジェはちいさいまちです。クロンジェは西でフランースにあって、ラ・ロシェルのそばがあります。クロンジェはとてもちいさいまちですよ。私のおとうさんのともだちおなまえはウルスラのいえでいました。このいえはでん気がありませんから、私とおねえさん とテレビをみてはいけませんでした。だから、いっしょうにハイキングをしました。クロンジェはたくさん木と川がありますから、とてもきれいです、それか ら、たくさん本をよみました。やすみはしずかですが、とてもたのしいです。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;けんきちゅ-building; architecture.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-5476421775808586754?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/5476421775808586754/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=5476421775808586754' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/5476421775808586754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/5476421775808586754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2007/11/blog-post_28.html' title='フランースのやすみ'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-2709199107759500085</id><published>2007-11-15T15:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-18T21:32:19.462-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>私のこどもの時&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;私はチャロッツビルからきました。こどもの時、私はチャロッツビルがいました。でも、十二さいの時、私はフランースに行きました。私の学こうはやすみがあります。だから、私のかぞくはフランースに行きました。ひこうきにのって、ペリスに行きました。ペリスで一しゅういまして、まい日あそびました。ペリスはとてもきれいなまちですから、私はペリスがすきです。たくさん木とおもしろいけんきちゅがありますから、ペリスはきれいです。まいばん、おいしなレストランで食べました。フランースの食べものがすきです。あとで、私のかぞくはでんしゃにのって、　ニースに行きました。ニースはちいさいなまちです。ニースは南東でフランースです。ニースはとてもちいさいまちですよ。私のおとうさんのとおだちのいえでいました。このいえは天気がありますかから、私とおねえさんとテレビをみてはいけませんでした。だから、いっしょうにハイキングをしました。ニースはたくさんこえんとみずがありますから、とてもきれいです、それから、たくさん本をよみました。やすみはしずかですが、とてもとのしいです。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;けんきちゅ-building; architecture.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-2709199107759500085?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/2709199107759500085/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=2709199107759500085' title='1 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/2709199107759500085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/2709199107759500085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2007/11/ni-su-ha-totemo-chiisai-machi-desuyo.html' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-5500703935621155936</id><published>2007-11-03T00:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-11-03T00:47:02.093-04:00</updated><title type='text'>日本語のクラス</title><content type='html'>バージニヤだいがくの日本語のクラスはおもしろいですね。でも、とてもむずかしいです。私は二時のセクションに行きます。このセクションはたのしいです。このクラスあはまい日です。でも、いいです。このクラスはやさしなともだちいますね。クラスはたくさんしゅくだいありいますでも、スキトはたのしいです。私は日本語のクラスがすきです。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Japanese 101 is definitely the hardest class I am taking this semester, probably ever. It is worth it though because it is so rewarding and fun to actually be able to speak and write japanese, even if it simple japanese. I feel like even though we are just on chapter five of the first in a series of textbooks, I have learned a lot about the language. My classmates are fun and supportive, and I'm glad to have met all of them. Even though at times it can be stressful and the homework load can seem insurmountable, I am very glad I took Japanese, and I hope I will be able to take it again next semester.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-5500703935621155936?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/5500703935621155936/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=5500703935621155936' title='1 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/5500703935621155936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/5500703935621155936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2007/11/blog-post_03.html' title='日本語のクラス'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-7700183626572925852</id><published>2007-11-03T00:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-11-03T00:28:56.158-04:00</updated><title type='text'>ハロウイン</title><content type='html'>この水曜日はﾊﾛｳｲでした。ハロウインがすきです。私のともだちとパーテイをします。私のともだちおなまえはエリクさんです。エリクさんのいえで土曜日にパーテイをします。それから、今ばんのハロウインにパーテイへ行きました。パーテイはちいさかったです。でも、たのしいなパーテイですよ。このパーテイは私のともだちのいえがありました。このともだちおなまえはアーニさんです。ハロウインはたのしですね。きょうねん、私のコスツムはキヅニでｓ。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-7700183626572925852?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/7700183626572925852/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=7700183626572925852' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/7700183626572925852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/7700183626572925852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2007/11/blog-post.html' title='ハロウイン'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-9030813056877189458</id><published>2007-10-19T11:25:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-19T11:31:23.361-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>So this week we are to write about what makes a good blog. It's tough to think about - I guess soon we will be able to start writing posts in at least mostly Japanese; that is way cool I think and will improve our blogs somewhat. Other than that, I think a good blog post includes a bit about what we are learning in class and how the writer feels about it, (for example, right now Chapter 4 is pretty tough but I am excited because we have 'and' now, as well as a bunch of other useful things) a bit about what is going on in the writers life outside of class, and since we post of Fridays, perhaps a bit about the weekend (I am working a lot this weekend, and that is it basically) and maybe some random thing the writer is thinking about. It should be interesting but also potentially helpful to other students.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So Chapter 4. It is pretty hard, and I am working harder than ever, but it is worth it because I think I am improving a lot. My class grade is currently not exactly where I would like it to be, but I am confident that I will be able to bring it up to something I am happy with by the end of the semester if not sooner. Isn't it crazy that this semester is already half gone? It feels like it just started, and then we have midterms and stuff all over the place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then outside of school I am excited for a new job I just started; my friend Rick just opened a cafe on the corner, and in about a month I am going to barrista-ing there, but already I have started working as the cultural attache, and yesterday I set up a gallery showing with a local artist; next week we are going to hang the show. In addition, Rick knows tons about coffee but not much at all about tea; since I used to be a tea nerd and still drink enough tea to sink a horse I am going to be the tea supervisor. All these jobs; I am going to need to print business cards I think. Basically I am going to set up the tea menu and show Rick how to make green teas and Yerba properly. I love green tea (particularly くきちゃとほじちゃ） and I lived for a bit in Buenos Aires and picked up a fondness for Yerba Mate, but nowhere in the US I've been makes it properly. So basically I am super-stoked for this job and you guys should come check this place out, it is nice and close to the university and cheap and delicious: Fox Park, Between Black Cat and Baha Bean!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-9030813056877189458?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/9030813056877189458/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=9030813056877189458' title='6 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/9030813056877189458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/9030813056877189458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2007/10/so-this-week-we-are-to-write-about-what.html' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-2522251037797164964</id><published>2007-10-11T22:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-12T08:18:44.540-04:00</updated><title type='text'>TEST</title><content type='html'>Oh no. Oh goodness. I have been studying for this test all tonight and I wonder if it will help. Maybe I am stressing about it too much and I am going to make myself blank out when it comes time. Maybe right now I am just rationalizing reasons not to keep studying. Maybe I need to sleep. But I can't anyway, other things to do. Goodness me, what a funny life we lead.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;So this  どようび　I am doing a film project with some friends. The concept is make a film in  二十四hours, you get the topic at ごご九時, write the script, shoot the film, edit it, and turn it in at ごご九時 am the next day. And then a grammar sheet on げつようび! Awright, who needs sleep. Spanish students, I bet.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I also think I figured out hiragana and katakana, but I have to restart my computer first so we will see. Here's hopin'.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Edit: as you can see, I have figured out ひらがな　and かたかな。&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-2522251037797164964?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/2522251037797164964/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=2522251037797164964' title='9 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/2522251037797164964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/2522251037797164964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2007/10/test.html' title='TEST'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-7416848437154230347</id><published>2007-10-07T16:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-07T17:34:22.697-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>So currently kanji is actually not as hard as I expected it to be - it takes a bit of work but it is actually not as terrifying as I thought it might be. The real difficult bit of this chapter is the grammar stuff - mainly particles I think. I understand when to use the different particles but it is sometimes hard to tell if I need a particle at all. Anyway, I am sure I will figure it out.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I just got back from a roadtrip my friend Charles and I took. We went to Richmond to visit Katie again, and then down to Williamsburg to visit my brother at William &amp;amp; Mary - he was throwing a party with the theme '100 years of solide dudes', which turned out quite nicely. Williamsburg seems like a boring town though, so I'm glad I went to UVa. I'm spending the rest of the weekend studying, catching up on reading, and working - though a few friends and I recently got some golf clubs at goodwill and are probably going golfing tomorrow, which promises to be fun. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-7416848437154230347?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/7416848437154230347/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=7416848437154230347' title='2 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/7416848437154230347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/7416848437154230347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2007/10/so-currently-kanji-is-actually-not-as.html' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-8224427795973749754</id><published>2007-09-29T09:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-29T09:23:05.659-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Chapter 3</title><content type='html'>We have just started Chapter 3, and dang if it isn't complicated. The verb conjugation seems not so bad, I think I will get a handle on it with practice, and even the new particles are okay and pretty much make sense. Kanji, however, is a different story. Most of the kanji this time aren't so bad, but the kanji for tokei bodes ill for the future. It is so many tiny lines that have such specific placement, and it seems like this is more typical of kanji. I know for sure I will be asking the Chinese speakers in our class for help with that... I'm sure it will make sense with time, but for now I am utterly bamboozled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week was extra tough because I had a Sociology exam on the same day as the Japanese chapter test. But I made it through okay... In a few hours I am headed to Richmond to visit my friend Katie at VCU and go to a concert there, which will be fun. The girl who i am going with is taking a night Japanese course at UVA and it's interesting to see the different method her teacher is using - (they only meet once a week,) they are mainly learning complete sentences and phrases and such. I guess if you can afford to meet every day you can go more in depth as to what you are learning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, as hard as it is, I am really glad that I took this class, I feel like I have already learned so much, and while it can be hard to keep up, I am confident I will make it to the end.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-8224427795973749754?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/8224427795973749754/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=8224427795973749754' title='1 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/8224427795973749754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/8224427795973749754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2007/09/chapter-3.html' title='Chapter 3'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-2228800787184175102</id><published>2007-09-20T18:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-20T18:27:00.597-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Katakana! Yikes!</title><content type='html'>So continuing on in the whimsical world of JAPN 101 is turning out to be in some ways more difficult than I expected, but in many other ways, much simpler. It is difficult in the sense that I spend lots of time on it, hours every day, and it is very troubling to remember all the rules and such, and drills and quizzes can be stressful and I sometimes just blank out on the answers - but I am amazed at how much I have learned in a few short weeks! I have learned a whole new alphabet entirely, and most of a third! In a few days I am sure I will have completely memorized katakana. Two whole new alphabets, and many many grammar rules have been impressed upon me, and even though we are only in week 4 (I think) I remember them all. I don't remember ever learning anything this fast, much less a totally abstract thing which I basically have no frame of reference for (another language which is totally unrelated to english).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I plan to spend alot of my weekend studying katakana - I feel like the rules for katakana-izing foreign words is mainly guessing based on pronunciation. Most of the rules are pretty logical - just kind of approximate a word and usually it is correct. I still can't figure out typing in hiragana though; I can read it on my computer now, but when I went to regional/language settings, japanese was not an option. I guess I can use the lab computers if i need to, but it would be nice to be able to type on my own computer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-2228800787184175102?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/2228800787184175102/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=2228800787184175102' title='3 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/2228800787184175102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/2228800787184175102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2007/09/katakana-yikes.html' title='Katakana! Yikes!'/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-8134933908155350423</id><published>2007-09-14T14:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-14T14:52:29.551-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Here is the website of my Japanese class:&lt;br /&gt;http://uvajapanese102.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Look at all the other blogs of my classmates!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-8134933908155350423?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/8134933908155350423/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=8134933908155350423' title='0 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/8134933908155350423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/8134933908155350423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2007/09/here-is-website-of-my-japanese-class.html' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6898599651364231631.post-4663757181851329601</id><published>2007-09-13T22:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-13T23:07:58.661-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Hajimemashite! Watashi wa Max Dreyer desu. Baajinia daigaku no ninensee desu. Senmon wa Ongaku desu. Baajinia no Charlottesville kara kimashita.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Welcome to my Japanese 101 blog! I will try to do most of it in Japanese but since we have only just started my vocabulary is quite limited. Currently I am trying to figure out using hiragana on the computer so I can write this properly! Can anybody help me with that? I tried to go to microsoft.com but they say I have to use microsoft office to download the 'japan pack'. Sore wa takai desu ne!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Doozo, yoroshiku onegaishimasu!&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6898599651364231631-4663757181851329601?l=maxjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/4663757181851329601/comments/default' title='コメントの投稿'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6898599651364231631&amp;postID=4663757181851329601' title='4 件のコメント'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/4663757181851329601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6898599651364231631/posts/default/4663757181851329601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maxjapan.blogspot.com/2007/09/hajimemashite-watashi-wa-max-dreyer.html' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11377321398664788123</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry></feed>
