ZOMG I PASSED THE JLPT AND THE FOREIGN FOOD STORE GOT IN A NEW SHIPMENT OF DR. PEPPER AND ROOT BEER AND I AM ENTERED IN THE ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION PRE-SALE LOTTERY.

Best day I got my period EVER.

Passing score: 240/400. My score: 248/400. LOL. It's good enough for me, though, 'cause I seriously thought there was no way I was gonna pass. Mostly I'm just glad that that weekend wasn't a waste.

( I can has blatherings about Asian Kung-fu Generation? )

I’m hoping that this string of good things, particularly situations which seem bad but turn out well, applies to the JLPT, too. I did really badly on the first two sections, but much better than I expected on the last section, which is worth half the test. So there is a very slight possibility that I may have passed, but I won’t find out until March or so. :x

This post has been brought to you by the letters A, K, and G, and the fact that I have no classes today. \o/

JLPT is tomorrow (how can it be December already?!), and I'm not likely to pass. x_x But because there is a possibility of passing, I have to waste my whole weekend studying instead of going sightseeing during peak foliage time.

Anyway, I has a flickr page. But no pictures from Japan yet. I'm still uploading road trip pictures right now.

I passed the JLPT! :D And as I suspected, it was just barely. ^^; My scores were 80/100 (writing and vocab), 53/100 (listening), and 152/200 (reading and grammar). I need to make some sort of study schedule for myself so I'll be better prepared for this year's, instead of waiting until the week before the test to start studying. >_> But for now, the point is, I passed! Yay!!!

[edit] Now that I've had some sleep and can do math, I see that I've done a little better than just barely passing. You need 60% to pass, and I got a little over 70%. Still, I'd like to do a lot better next time.

And now I'll go squee over the fact that I'm an official 4-kyuu in Japanese. XD

4 hours on a cramped bus + running (literally) around New York City with a heavy backpack + 4 more hours on a cramped bus = OW HOLY CRIPPLING PAIN, BATMAN

x_x

The JLPT went about as I expected it to, which means whether or not I passed probably comes down to how well I guessed. ^^; Then I met up with rkold, and we went to Book-Off (got 2 Tanaka Suzuki manga, 1 Nekota Yonezou manga, and Stance Punks' 2002 EP) and Kinokuniya (they didn't have the FMA calendar, so I didn't get anything). There was a kosher restaurant that Rachel had been wanting to try, so we went there for dinner, and OMG SO GOOD! It's called My Most Favorite Food, and it's right off of Times Square. I had potato gnocchi in a red pepper sauce. :9 And then a cake with layers of chocolate cake, vanilla cake, and white chocolate mousse for dessert! T^T It's pretty reasonably priced, considering the location, too. Then we went to Muse for karaoke, but we didn't have nearly enough time there before I had to go back to Chinatown to catch my bus. And I had to sit between a guy that reeked of pot and an old lady that smelled like rancid Chinese food. D: And this guy was snoring really loudly, and I had to pee and the bus never stopped at McDonald's or anything!!

Anyway, it was lots of fun, and I survived. XD

As usual, once you start doing the thing you've been avoiding, it's not nearly as bad as you thought it would be while you were avoiding it. I'm going to have to scratch everything but studying and JET of my vacation to-do list though, because I realized I haven't studied nearly as much as I should have. Equivalent to one semester, my ass.

Skiddie got adopted yesterday. I'm glad that I was there to give her a good-bye hug. Jackson was feeling nice today and actually let me pet her for a bit before attacking me, instead of going straight to the attacking. Oh, and I got a better look at Paws, and she actually has seven toes on each foot.

Okay, time to get back to work.

Okay, almost every song on the track listing page for Stance Punks' first album at last.fm is completely wrong. Romanizing 夢追狂の詩 as "Yume O Kuru No Shi"? WTF? So pleeeeeeeeeeease go here and vote for the changes I suggested~~ I'm only mentioning it because you only get a week to get a majority vote or the suggestion gets dropped, and Stance Punks has such a small fanbase that I'm worried it won't get any votes at all. ^^ Please? *wibbles*

I saw my brothers again on Thursday! :D I know I should hope for them to be adopted soon (and I think they will be, because they're sooooooooooo adorable and friendly) but I'll miss them so much! There's another cat there who just loves to be held and will try to sit on your shoulder if you let him. XD

A hot guy was checking me out today at the physical therapist. :3

Just because I didn't think I was ever going to beat this into a place where I was happy with it.

But also, can anyone recommend any good books or websites for basic Japanese grammar? Specifically particles.