Updates !!! Pt. 2 !!!
I'm back! And again with no (real) updates !! 😆
But fear not! This time I will be consistent !! .... Maybe !!
Regardless though, unlike my previous non-update, I do have some updates. Whether the reader thinks they make up for months of non-posting is up to them 😄
- Something that I've been wanting to do for a while is watch anime with English subtitles again. Now something like this probably brings horrors down the spine of all ajatters and even just general immersion learners. But something I realized over this past year - during which time my Japanese consumption was more or less shot - was that English subs really are a great gateway drug. Of the top of my head I only watched 2 anime this year Frieren and Kaiju 8 (both great anime by the way highly recommended). And part of the reason is that to be frankly honest, watching stuff in Japanese is still work. Sure, if I focus really hard and make use of pause and search up what I don't know I'll be able to watch but, as much as it pains me to say this, I'd rather not go through all that. While it's true, if you want something to become easy you have to make it through "it's difficult" phase, I'd rather just not do that and be a couch potato 👍. Now the wise and astute ajatter maybe going "Hey, Mr. Former Ajatter. Just watch them raw! Why use subs that's not ajatt? 😠" and they would be right. My cope is that it's better to watch it with English subs than not at all. And if I'm wrong, I'll just blame past me. And to be frank, it's still semi decent review. It's not like I hear Japanese and just shut it out so yea there's that cope too.
- Some better news however, is that I did make a concerted effort to start reading more novels. First half the year went decently well then I fell off the wagon completely in June. I was even doing Anki and everything. I'll see if I can continue to pick this habit back up.
- I mentioned some translation work during the last update and did some and then promptly remembered that I hated it lol. Maybe I'll forget that experience again and try it again next year.
And that's kinda it. I did also go to Japan this year and that was a great trip as well. As for what's next, I do want to make this blog a daily habit. I mentioned in the last post that maybe they end up like twitter posts and they might but we'll see where I go with it.
So look forward to tomorrow's post! I hope future me will follow through!