Thanks to contact info sent to me by one of my Japanese coworkers, I contacted a couple of people online at our local college regarding the Japanese center (and club) there, asking whether they could point me in the direction of any Japanese language resources/clubs in the area, or if there might be anyone (students or not) who'd be interested in having a language exchange partner. The woman I contacted is the 'Japan Program Manager' at the school, and the man is (I assume) her husband, as they have the same last name. He is leading the student association 'Japan Club', and has invited me to join them for a Japanese New Year celebration they're holding on campus tomorrow. Open to everyone, not just students, and free! I'm hoping my social anxiety won't override my desire to go, because it'd be really cool to meet some people with whom I can practice, and maybe even make a new friend or two?
By the way, I'm half-way through the full course on Duolingo coming up on completion of 45 of 90 'chapters', and have an almost 710 day streak going. I feel like the ability to actually speak and interact in Japanese is holding me back. I can hear/understand it fairly well, but speaking it (as well as reading kanji characters) is pretty difficult. I know the meetup won't help with reading directly, but could be a motivation, I hope?
Sent my passport off for renewal this past week, so hopefully I'll have that returned in the next month or two. Not that I'll be using it right away, but it'll be good to have the option of international travel available, should I ever need it (unlikely as it is).
I have more to write about, but I think this is enough for today...
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