Read "The Creative Act" by Rick Rubin. Good inspiration.

Stylesheet link is now https://hubski.com/clean.css-5-20-14

(as of May 20, 2014)

"Going Tribal" episode on iboga

Same show, on ayahuasca

It's been over two years since I attempted Japanese. I had taken a few classes, memorized my hiragana and katakana, as well as basic grammar and some terms. Right about the time we started to pick up kanji, work picked up and I couldn't continue the classes. I still have the books:

"Japanese for Busy People" ISBN 978-4-7700-3008-5

"Basic Kanji Book" ISBN 978-4-89358-091-7

I find both to be excellent learning resources for anyone interested in Japanese. Hoping to find some time between work and my two year old to pick it back up!