Hello, thanks for checking this blog out - it will be pretty cool (maybe).

   I am learning Japanese because the language has always been very exciting to me; it is exotic and unlike any other language on earth. I'm enjoying it, and hope to get better and better at it.
   There is another reason I am learning Japanese - I will be visiting Japan next summer with my partner and hope to understand enough to be able to survive for a few weeks. We want to visit the countryside, and I imagine that it would be pretty difficult to explore and experience new things without somewhat of a grasp on the language. We're both very excited; he wants to see a lot of temples and shrines, while I want to spend a lot of time in the arcades and even rent a bicycle and bike through Tokyo!

The beginning!

こんにちわ、マットです。 わたしは コロンビアだいがくでのたいがくです。 NYCの Queensからきました。 わたしわまいにちべんきようします。 けょうはくじよんじっぷんにおきました。これからおせわになります。 どうぞよろしくおねがいします！