わたしの しゅうまつ です！

And now, for another one of these thingies...

きんようびの　ばんは　ペップ　ラッィ　（Ｐｅｐ　ｒａｌｌｙ）　でした。　わたしの　りょう　は　ていしゅ　（ｈｏｓｔ）、そして　わたしたちは　ごじごろ　ＪＡＣＣに　いきました。　すごい　でした！　あとで　（ａｆｔｅｒｗａｒｄｓ）、ばんごはんで　ヂニングハル　（ｄｉｎｉｎｇ　ｈａｌｌ）　をたべました。　シャワを　はびました、そして　パアチ　（ｐａｒｔｙ）　で　アルミナイハル　（Ａｌｕｍｎｉ　ｈａｌｌ）　をいきました。　よじごろ　ねました！
どようびは　フトバルガム　（ｆｏｏｔｂａｌｌ　ｇａｍｅ）　でした！　わたしは　いつも　フトバルガムを　みます。　ノオトウダム　（Ｎｏｔｒｅ　Ｄａｍｅ）　は　えりました　（ｗｏｎ）！　そした、　きのうの　ばん　は　レゲンツ　（Ｌｅｇｅｎｄｓ）　を　いきました。　
わたしの　しゅうまつ　は　かっこい　でした！　

That was broken and I'm very tired, so I can't guarantee it makes any sense...trying to translate your long English sentences into Japanese is exhausting. With any luck it works.

おはよございます！

Or should that be こんいちわ considering it's 12:40 pm? Well, here's my まいんちの　せいかつ for today, にちようべ、September にさんいち。

ごごじゅうにじで　ねました。　へやに　にほんごの　しゅくだいをします、　そして　シャワーを　あびます。　ごごにじに　ひろごはんを　たべます。　へやに　イルァンドの　ばんごくを　べんきょうします、　そして　ともだちの　へやに　いきます。　ごぜんいちじで　おきます。

And now, to go and シャワを　あびます。。。

こんばんわ！

I'm just sitting in my room, avoiding finishing my homework...as usual. I played frisbee earlier and pulled something in my leg. (How would you say that in にほんご？　フリスベーを　します？） Highly intelligent of me, as always.

I'm actually still in the process of decorating my room. I know. It's taking forever. But we're almost done! One of my roommates is obsessed with pink and moved in two days before me, so we walked in and her things were all set up...and they're all pink. Pink fridge, pink vacuum cleaner, pink lamps, pink meter stick. Our room glows. You can see it from South Dining Hall.

Anyway, it's taken us forever to decorate and now there's only one more wall...waiting for a pink Audrey Hepburn poster and pink vinyl dots. I wish I was kidding. It's kind of ridiculous.

I really should do my homework now. I feel it'd be beneficial to, you know, staying as a ノトルダムのだいがく。

じゃまた！

はじめまして！

はじめました！グシエレズです。どうぞよろしく。おげんきですか？ノオトルダムのいちねんせいです。なんねんせいですか？ New Jersey の　Jersey City からきました。

Okay, well. I'm Massiel, though a lot of my friends call me さくら, which is にほんご for cherry blossom. It's my favorite flower (and not to mention a rather stereotypical anime name...it's what happens when you make friends based off of interests when you're ten!) I'm originally from Jersey City, New Jersey, which is just across the river from New York City. Before they started building up my area, I could see both the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty from my bedroom window.

I became interested in Japan when I discovered Sailor Moon when I was ten (though I obviously was unaware that it was an import.) Between that and my parents getting me a computer, my love for anime skyrocketed to the point that for three years in a row, I went to anime conventions - specifically, Otakon (I don't do things small scale) - and cosplayed. If you want pictures, I'm sure I can find some, though I haven't in about two years now...yes, it was that recent. I'm not that much into anime anymore, though I still have quite a bit of DVDs/boxsets with me on campus if anyone's interested. I've switched from watching things like フルットバスケット　and るろうにけんしん to reading books with titles like "The Asian Mystique" and "Japanamerica." I'm really much more interested in the culture now rather than the exports, but I'm excited to be learning the language on top of being at Notre Dame.

I hope this project goes well and that I'll be able to communicate more effectively in Japanese as the year goes on. :)

じゃまた！
さくら

earworm: "Grace Kelly," Mika