Some progress Between iTalki and Memrise, my active Japanese vocabulary has probably doubled in a week. Most of the actual words come from Memrise, but the desire to learn them (which keeps me up way too late at night) comes from knowing that people here might want to converse in Japanese. It's not quite immersion, but it's close. Oddly, I also have mostly learned the vocabulary of Toki Pona at the same time, and I would have thought that was impossible. So, thanks to those who spend the time to speak with me and also to those I imagine who are just days away from wanting to speak with me.