JLPT +

I just signed up for the Japanese Language Proficiency Exam, level 1. I figure if I get serious enough about studying kanji from right now until the test day I shouldn't have much of a problem because I'm mostly all right on grammar and listening. I think I'll buy a book to help me study, though, because I have no idea what I'm in for. All I remember from the practice questions at Nanzan is that the kanji part was pretty tough, and I was bad at guessing.

My main beef is that you can only change your test site until October 5, and I'm trying to decide whether I should go to my brother's house to look for a job in Seattle and take the test there, or stay at my parents' house and wait until December to take it in Chicago. Right now I'm slated for Chicago.

...I really should have just taken it last year. Sarah knew what the hell she was doing.

A new job got posted on Nintendo's website for a localization expert. I'm by no means an expert, but translating games for them would KICK ASS. Maybe I can convince them to let me have an interview? :)

I've been home by myself for about three days now, and have been driven to extreme activities like cooking all day while watching crappy movies on TV. Yay for tomato feta spinach pizza, chocolate raspberry cake, spaghetti with meatballs and oyakodon. I DID go shopping for nice interview clothes at Kohls today, but unfortunately did not come across any that were both nice looking AND affordable. All the cute stuff was expensive or didn't fit right, and the stuff I'd be able to afford that I fit decently into made me look like I should be 40. I also went shopping for shoes, but the only ones I found that I liked/fit me/were decently priced were too casual for an interview. ;_; I ordered some shoes online yesterday, and hopefully with their overnight shipping that means they'll be here tomorrow or Tuesday. Something tells me I might be returning them because I'm fairly hard to fit and heels are REALLY hard to shop for when you're looking for them to be comfortable for all day, but I still have my fingers crossed :) I may have to have my mother take me on a shoe store tour when she gets home. I also need some sandals because the PVC flip-flops are destroying my feet...I need something with more support. Maybe I'll find a good deal on some because it's the end of the summer.

Plans for tomorrow are as follows:
- Exercise, either on the treadmill (if I clean it off...my mom has a big pile of sewing crap on it now) or outside because it's supposed to be really nice
- design/pattern out the skirt that I just thought of making today :)
- update resume to include volunteer interpreting work
- write a cover letter for the Nintendo job
- write a letter back to Kisa

maybe more, but I think that's enough to shoot for in one day.
おやすみ。