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    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Well, old R86 has finally dragged himself over the finish line too. It took about 9 months to the day, and there was at least an entire month this spring during which I hardly added any cards, but it...
ryuusei86 Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,794 2009-11-05, 11:21 am
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

Put me down as another one who experienced the exact same thing. But I just now crawled over the 3/4 mark and have 1540 cards indexed, all reviewed at least once, none in the failed pile. I think th...
ryuusei86 Remembering the Kanji 462 138,245 2009-07-26, 11:18 am
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

Congratulations, that sure is a nice feeling getting into the four digits with the mature cards. :) I was hoping to be in the 3/4 thread by now, but I just now dragged myself over 1300. And "dragge...
ryuusei86 Remembering the Kanji 616 180,502 2009-05-27, 4:23 pm
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

Well, I hoped to be closer to the 3/4 thread by now, but here's confessing that I have yet to cross the 1100 line. With work and other things, I've barely managed to add another 50-60 kanji since my ...
ryuusei86 Remembering the Kanji 616 180,502 2009-04-13, 9:35 am
    Thread: The Story You're Most Proud Of
Post: The Story You're Most Proud Of

Well, I was hoping to find more "yo momma" jokes after (for 肪) "Yo momma so OBESE, she make the MOON change DIRECTION!" But I found that stories that sound like cheesy commercials stick the best in m...
ryuusei86 Remembering the Kanji 29 7,468 2009-04-13, 9:23 am
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

Never imagined I'd join these ranks, but I added #1026 into the mix last night, just finished my review, and am now halfway through! I'm glad I followed the directions and came up with a suitable "pe...
ryuusei86 Remembering the Kanji 616 180,502 2009-03-27, 1:33 pm
    Thread: Spam mail from forum "member"
Post: Spam mail from forum "member"

I got two of them also, this person (?) will have a lot of trouble stalking all of us at once. Granted he/she couldn't pick a finer group of people to stalk. I will delete the messages at first conv...
ryuusei86 Off topic 33 7,095 2009-03-21, 11:00 pm
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

Took my sweet time with that blasted 130-kanji Lesson 23, with all those fingers and hands and elbows and goodness knows what other appendages. Part of the reason I took my time is that I'm trying to...
ryuusei86 Remembering the Kanji 526 167,182 2009-03-08, 11:34 pm
    Thread: Survey: Do you write kanji during your reviews? And what's your goal?
Post: Survey: Do you write kanji during your reviews? A...

Here's how I'd answer, so far anyway: 1. Yes, I always write the kanji while reviewing. Lately, rather than rewriting the kanji immediately when I get it wrong, I've been making lists with headings...
ryuusei86 Remembering the Kanji 65 10,894 2009-02-28, 1:06 am
    Thread: Post your personal "variations" on radicals
Post: Post your personal "variations" on radicals

I can't possibly be the first to think of this -- but when I first encountered 壮 and had to couple "turtle" and "samurai," I couldn't help immediately thinking of "teenage mutant ninja turtle." Which...
ryuusei86 Remembering the Kanji 2 699 2009-02-22, 11:31 am
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

Well, after clearing my review and failed stacks, and adding some more kanji, I'm now at 522 in green stacks. But I don't think I deserve to "roar" just yet, because almost 120 of them are in the "re...
ryuusei86 Remembering the Kanji 526 167,182 2009-02-21, 10:57 am
    Thread: I feel extreemly stupid for having to ask this...
Post: I feel extreemly stupid for having to ask this...

You need to get the IME activated for Japanese on your computer, if you have a PC. If you do a Google search for "Japanese IME XP" or "Japanese IME Vista," you should get a bunch of hits, probably at...
ryuusei86 General discussion 11 1,608 2009-02-14, 11:38 pm
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

bodhisamaya Wrote:Ah, I will be officially 伯父さん in two months as I turn ムロ and fall off my youth pedestal. If there's any truth at all in anime (which is more than a little unlikely), one goes from "n...
ryuusei86 Remembering the Kanji 908 186,170 2009-02-12, 11:41 pm
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

Robatsu Wrote:Just starting 300. That's me you're seeing in your rear view mirror, I just cleared up through 299. What a lousy number for a lesson to end on, feels like #300 is jumping up and down an...
ryuusei86 Remembering the Kanji 908 186,170 2009-02-10, 11:49 pm
    Thread: Pause between first 2 reviews
Post: Pause between first 2 reviews

Oops, I'm sure glad I read this thread. I had made the mistake of re-reviewing kanji, many of them to the point of putting them in the third or even fourth pile. Good thing I'm up to only #249. I j...
ryuusei86 Remembering the Kanji 16 2,549 2009-02-09, 5:18 pm
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

Nukemarine Wrote:34 years old myself (birthday was yesterday). Only really started Japanese 18 months ago with RTK. Aha, I recognize your user name from the TJP forum. I've posted only a few times th...
ryuusei86 Remembering the Kanji 908 186,170 2009-02-09, 10:55 am
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

Well, college was 20 years ago. High school a bit more than that. ;) And here I thought that it was largely college students around here. Nice to see that it's a mix of different age groups. Not ...
ryuusei86 Remembering the Kanji 908 186,170 2009-02-09, 12:27 am
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

Might as well make my first post. I came here from the TJP forum (where I have a different user name) and have been at this for a few days now, after my failed first attempt using Heisig several mont...
ryuusei86 Remembering the Kanji 908 186,170 2009-02-08, 9:22 pm