It's late but Happy New Year...and 'bout time I updated my journal because the last entry was lame.

I have new classes this semester, and two that I really like--Japanese Cinema and Japanese 201. In Japanese Cinema we've watched Twilight Samurai and we're watching an old movie called Ikiru now. My dad took the same class and he wants to watch a movie called 2LDK, which is basically a black humor movie about two Japanese flat mates (I'm not British I just like saying 'flat mates' better than 'apartment buddies'...or whatever people say) who are both trying to get an acting part. The movie starts harmlessly but the two girls end up really hating each other because only one of them can get the acting part so they're competing...it doesn't end very well because they end up killing each other. I don't know how everyone in the class would react to it...it would be interesting to see their reactions, though.

Personally I want to watch either the Japanese 'Shall we Dance' or 'Goodbye, Kuro', since I can't get the DVDs because I don't have the right region DVD. I can watch them in my college's Language Lab but it'd be fun to watch it with everyone.

As for Japanese, it's my second year, getting into my third, of taking it ^^ Feels pretty good and I understand a lot now. I have a test on Friday and I think I'll do alright, at least a high B or an A I hope. Then I have an Economics and East Asian History test coming up...not too busy, but the level of busy I am is good ^^ My major will be International Studies and I might go to Japan in 2010 with my parents and possibly my sister. I think all the talk I've done about my trip to Japan in 2006 has slowly won over their interest....I hope we can all go. I'm excited to test out how good my Japanese is and I'm double excited to help them out with speaking Japanese if and when we go. I wish I could go there sooner than that....but I gotta get a job first to save up more for the trip.