The Hangout: I like Chopin Brokoly.

[Evans]

ToP?

Tales of Phantasia.

Also, it's not so much whining as making sense. Unless thread length is entirely arbitrary and ever changing.

Oh shut it.

That night, you died a little inside. But, it's alright, I ended up being a nice guy and etc etc etc.

[Corey]

Mm... Speaking-wise I'm terrible. Really, really bad. But I'm pretty much that way with English too. So I think my problem with speaking Japanese is less to do with my actual ability and more just to do with my personality, in any language. I'm simply too shy. I fare much better with writing. Of course I still make lots of little errors, but I know how to express myself fairly well if given time to think things through.

Listening-wise...hmm... I'm okay. I have lots of practice listening to Japanese via voiced-over games, but... I'm kind of spoiled by the subtitles that tend to accompany them. Having subtitles along with voices, even if they're subtitles in the same language as the voices, helps a lot, as if you don't quite catch something by ear, you can just read it off the subs. To be honest, I still haven't had that much practice listening to Japanese with no accompanying text. So I sometimes get lost, especially if a lot of words I don't really know so well are being used.

Reading-wise, though, I think I do pretty okay now. My grasp of grammar is pretty good, and generally when I fail to understand something, it's as simple as looking up a word I happen not to know in a dictionary. It's rare that I'll run into something that I really struggle to find meaning in. If it were a language like French rather than Japanese, and I could guess my way past many words simply because they share roots with English ones, I think I'd probably be able to read most non jargon-y things without much hesitation now.

So...adequate-ish? I still have a long way to go, especially since my vocabulary isn't anywhere near as big as it should be, but I feel as if I've done the bulk of the actual work now. The rest is just a matter of reading and listening as much as possible.

Awesome. When are you gonna change your sig to new words?

[Evans]

Awesome. When are you gonna change your sig to new words?

"without further ado"

[Elin]

Awesome. When are you gonna change your sig to new words?

Whenever I can be bothered opening up the '.psd'. I know all the current stuff already, but I never get around to it.

[Elin]

"without further ado"

Meanie. I should totally have noticed that...

[Evans]

Whenever I can be bothered opening up the '.psd'. I know all the current stuff already, but I never get around to it.

"without further ado"

[Corey]

Whenever I can be bothered opening up the '.psd'. I know all the current stuff already, but I never get around to it.

<3 laziness

[Evans]

Meanie. I should totally have noticed that...

It's not mean. O_o

I mentioned this many times before. Never picked up on it. =]

[Corey]

I'm getting really good at Parries on MBAC. Ed, what are you up to?

[Elin]

It's not mean. O_o

I mentioned this many times before. Never picked up on it. =]

Sorry, I should've seen. Beh, my mind must've been off that day. 'Further adieu' makes no sense.

[Evans]

I'm getting really good at Parries on MBAC. Ed, what are you up to?

Parries Hilton?

Everybody's done it.

[Elin]

I'm getting really good at Parries on MBAC. Ed, what are you up to?

Contemplating bed, considering I have to be on a train in less than seven hours.

[Evans]

/closes apps

Waste of time and energy.

[Evans]

Contemplating bed, considering I have to be on a train in less than seven hours.

You should get going, then.

[Corey]

Contemplating bed, considering I have to be on a train in less than seven hours.

Weigh them out. Bed or MBAC. How long is the train ride?