One of the best Sundays I've had in a while simply because I was actually able to use the kitchen I'm paying for to prepare a home-cooked meal of tofu, curry and rice. I assume they'll be gone at least until Thanksgiving. God forbid something happens to them and they're not able to make it back, that would be truly tragic.

First day of quitting weed wasn't that hard thanks to the Japanese girl using her いわゆるドキドキ戦法 on me. If the next two months at work end up being slow, I'll have her to talk to to speed things up and that's a really great thing. So I ignore my relatives when they text, this girl really is all I need and I hope I don't mess it up by being stupid.

Created 40 flashcards while watching 遊戯王. It's amazing how you can create so many so quickly. That's just the way I am though -- I want to add literally every word I don't know so that I can "Complete" the series and rewatch it again anytime without anything being new. I'm not sure how efficient that is but I guess it's fine, and it's kind of a motivating idea. There's more to Japanese than just looking up all the unknown words though. Obviously I have no real idea how and when to use them, and most of the words I'll probably never use anyway. I'm kind of excited by the idea of being able to read Technical Mathematical Journals and Classic Literature in Japanese but with a speaking ability worse than a 10 year old. 

That being said, according to NukeMarine's guide once I've mined 8000 words I'll have transcended the beyond Advanced Upper stage. Now please for the love of all that is holy change your god damn name. 

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