Well...

Well, I have no allusions of being able to pass the upcoming test this weekend. *SIGH* -_-
I had too much going on and not enough time to study. There was too much vocab-cramming to do, and I just am not retaining it.

SO! I've resumed my Heisig studies, and will be taking it from there for next year. A thoughtful year of study should yield me a better chance than 4 months of OMGCRAM. But making this test a goal got me to learn a lot more Japanese in a short amount of time than I otherwise would have. So setting my sights to next year, I look forward to learning much, much more. I also look forward to reading the Japanese novels and issues of Frontline I have squirreled away.

Kanji writing practice is slow, but is my favorite thing EVER-EVER. I am doing writing practice along with my Heisig study, which helps the kanji to "stick" for me. I love it! Back to the fun stuff instead of vocab-cramming!

Also, I sincerely believe that writing skill is a valuable asset. With the ubiquitous word processor taking over, many Japanese even forget how to write kanji. My partner, who is fluent, knows how to write less kanji than I do, all because his studies are mostly confined to reading & writing on a computer. I hope that being able to write kanji will help us when we (maybe, eventually?) move to Japan.

Moving on, got Fallout: New Vegas over the Black Friday weekend for $39! I promised myself I would not get it until the JLPT passes, but meh, I couldn't pass that deal up. It is great fun, with lots of improvements on Fallout 3, but there are some disappointments. Like, why have the same set of (mostly terrible) haircuts to choose from? ;_;