2ヶ月評価

もう二ヶ月が過ぎました。日本語と山形にだんだん慣れてるけどアメリカの冗談とか話し合う人がいないから時々寂しい。だが、新しい日本人の友達が出来て、こっちの生活は楽しくてそういう訳でアメリカから引っ越したんでしょ？　それで、車を買ったらこの辺をもっとよく知るようになると思ってます。じゃあ、考えられないから英語にかわる。。。
So, been here for two months now.... other than family and friends of course, I haven't really missed anything from home. Until today. I was taking a shower and was struck with the thought that I haven't used any sarcasm since my arrival. I think that's an inherently English-language thing... They don't really use it here, and those that know me, my entire conversational repertoire depends upon it. So most of my conversations here, while the majority being in Japanese, is mostly to-the-point factual dribble that sometimes even bores myself. Yet taking one's second language to the next level is a very difficult task. We take it for granted speaking English so fluently that our brains no longer need to think about the intricate ebb and flows, social variables and sways of meaning. For example, I just finished watching the third season of Deadwood (fucking awesome by the way) and could not imagine being a learner of English and trying to understand the dialogue. Sometimes thats how it feels here... I get the gist of most of what's said, at least when they're addressing me, but trying to grasp everything in detail seems fathoms away. Something that would take years of living away from English and communicating solely with native speakers. Even study has gotten to a point where there's not much more I can do. Well, except for studying kanji and trying to expand my vocabulary.
......Oh yeah, not to break the flow, but I've gotten a few questions about how to leave comments on my blog, and I guess if you just click the "holla backs" link you can do it there.....
anyway, thats all I got for nows. I hope everyone is doin their thing and can get the chance to come here and check it out!
peace all, and much love