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I typically think that one should make big goals with regards to Japanese, but also be flexable in how they reach them. One central goal of my life has been lately to learn the vast difficult language of Japanese on a level par to the native population of Japan. It’s a rather large goal and [...]

In boy scouts we always used the metaphor of a trail to __X__. We would say “The trail to Eagle is…” or the “Trail to First Class” or the “trail to Brotherhood” in Order of the Arrow. Now that I’m older I look back on my time as a Boy Scout and perhaps I can [...]

Over the past several days I’ve been mulling over a single reoccurring thought about the importance of dedication. Dedication in our society follows a number of different rules based upon the context in which it is used. For example, if one person says that they are dedicated to finishing a project vs. if one person [...]

Tonight on a rare occasion I finished early with my 19 characters from James Heisig’s Remember the Kanji book. With the extra time I decided to skip ahead to read a rather lengthy start to Lesson 31 even though I won’t get there till tomorrow. As I was reading along, Heisig drops a bomb shell [...]

Updated Gallery with a grip more photos from Japan from back in ‘06.
Brings back tons of memories– and now that I have new camera equipment I’m more then ready to knock your guy’s socks off with more awesome Japan Pics!
Check out the new additions here: http://r3dragon.net/gallery-2/

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If you’re a new reader or have visited my site recently you would have noticed that I’ve updated (kinda) my Japanese Page. Along with some textbook reviews and such I included a primer on CMJS or Conquer My Japanese Surroundings. I want to expand a little on what that entails:
The concept behind CMJS is simple: [...]