The Introduction...

'PE1'です。これは'Introduction'です！
はじめまして！
ねこみみです。いちねんせいです。
にほんはすきです！にほんごはすきです！！あにめはすきです！！！
いいです。。。ね。
じゃあ、また！
ねこみみ

The PE1 Overall Goal...

おはようございます、みなさん！
Good morning, everyone!  Welcome back!
In my previous blog, I mentioned the many goals that I hold for learning Japanese.  However, those were all broad, general goals that cover years of study.  And so now, I would like to provide those goals of mine that are narrower in range - those goals that apply solely to each new PE Cycle.  And, without further ado, the Goal for this PE Cycle is...

• Goal 1: Listening and Comprehending
• To be able to separate the speakers' sounds, accents, and pitches in an ongoing conversation into individual words that I then can fully understand
• Ways to Achieve Goal 1:
• Attend as many Japanese Language Tables as I can, if not all
• Watch at least two episodes of subbed, not dubbed, anime (yay!) a week and make connections between what is said and what is written in the subs
• Listen to at least five new medium-to-fast-paced Japanese songs from various artists, WITHOUT looking at the lyrics, every week, and write down what I think are the lyrics in hiragana
• After the song ends, I will check my work against the 'official' lyrics
• Pauses may be made after segments for time to write the entire segment down, but only ONE repeat is allowed per segment, if not caught the first time
• Time between each pause for writing should get longer as the Cycle continues, and I should be able to recognize commonly used words and pitch with more practice

Alright!  That is my goal for this first Cycle!  If all goes well, I shall be a far, far, FAR better listener in just the next few weeks!
Are you excited?  I know I am!!!
So, until next time...
じゃあ、また！

The First Post...

こんにちは！
お名前は、ねこみみです。どうぞよろしく！
Hi everybody!　And welcome to my blog!
This just so happens to be my first blog for Japanese Class EVER, and I am super-excited!
What am I excited for, you may ask?
It's a difficult question to answer in a few sentences, because in truth I am excited about everything - about learning Japanese in general, of course, but also about speaking to my friends in Japanese, understanding Japanese culture, visiting Japan... and watching anime episodes without having to resort to subtitles.  Writing and distinguishing kanji, and between Kun'Yomi and On'Yomi, with any sort of speed, will certainly be an excrutiating task at first...
But I look forward to the challenge!
じゃあ、しつれいします！