Half-hearted efforts produce half-hearted results.
I still need to replace a lot of English/non-Japanese media in my life:
1. Radio shows, especially in other people’s cars where you can’t change the channel. Media Player 9 allows you to access Japanese radio stations, but that’s only when you’re connected to the net, so not so convenient.
2. Subtitled anime. I’ve cut down on almost all of them, but I feel obliged to finish watching Cluster Edge because I went through all the trouble of getting it, plus I’m too lazy to switch to watching Code Geass R2 in Japanese. I don’t watch that much anime any more anyway so it’s not that big a deal.
3. Manga. For the series I’m currently reading I’ll stick with English versions because …err…I have no real excuse, I’m just lazy. But I’ve already decided that any series I pick up from here on in is going to be in Japanese only. I don’t plan to pick anything up any time soon though.
4. Video games. My biggest failing. I play a lot of video games but see, I share them with the rest of my family who don’t speak Japanese so buying them in Japanese only…. okay I’m just making excuses. My newest DS games are all in Japanese anyway, just gotta make sure I do the same for anything else I buy or, ahem, obtain in the future. I always switch the voices to Japanese whenever the option presents itself but the voice-acting is usually so bad I just tune out.
5. Too much empty space. I spend a lot of time not listening to anything in Japanese, just sitting and typing (like now) or taking it easy or commuting. Buying an mp3 player will fix this partly, but I also need to make more of an effort on the media front.
For today I’m going to be reading fewer websites because I have a busy day ahead.
「The Yellow Monkey」
「完全食」
And that’s all for today because I dont’ feel like writing any more. I’d rather be home playing Mana Khemia.
