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Well, I signed up for the Japanese proficiency test at the last minute, just got the confirmation in the mail. N3, there's a pretty good chance I'll flunk it but I just learn better with a bit of pressure. I'm not really concerned about kanji (thank you, FMA) and grammar, but I have to seriously brush up my vocab and the listening part is very hard to gauge... I think there's gonna be some luck involved there. And, from the practise exercise we did this week, it looks like the reading part is gonna be the really tricky part.

If I took it right now I'm pretty sure I'd fail, but I got three months to cram all that stuff into my head. I thought for starters I'd follow xparrot's rec and watch 12 Kingdoms. I just found a good streaming link and watched the opening... looks very good so far. The art is beautiful for sure!

Leverage vid rec: Happy Working Song

Leverage Team vid: Happy Working Song by mareeana (direct Youtube link)
vidder's summary: OT5 shenanigans! This a group of fucked-up thieves but man, do they love their job. Also, WATCH THIS SHOW!
^ I'm seconding the part about watching this show :)
So this is what Leverage would be like, one imagines, if it was a Disney movie. The song is from Enchanted, and the vidder picked the perfect clips to go with it. This vid is so cracky and charming and funny, I want to draw sparkly hearts all around it.