Hello,

My name is Daniel. I currently a computer science student in Oregon and am actually returning to my study of Japanese. Several years ago I subscribed to TextFugu and made some decent progress; I learn Hiragana, Katakana, the first couple chapters of Kanji and a decent amount of vocabulary. Unfortunately, I think I ran into the end of the currently available lessons and I just kind of stopped. I got caught up in school and other hobbies and stopped studying Japanese for I think five or six years.

Recently, however, I started researching Japanese cuisine and have found a renewed interest in learning Japanese and learning about about Japanese culture. While it is quite a ways off, it is currently my goal to finish my undergraduate and then enter a graduate program in Japan. Short term, I hope to gain the ability to read the labels at my local Japanese market and to be able to browse a broader selection of Japanese food blogs.

It’ll probably be slow going since I will also be learning other (computer) languages over the coming years, but I hope to gain enough proficiency in Japanese that my goals become realistic.