No Es "estoy de California" its "SOY de California". "Estar" and "ser" can be a little confusing You need to practice on grammar. But not bad at all for a beginner :) Spanish is no easy language to learn for an English native speaker !

Es un buen comienzo! Pero aún tienes que practicar más y ser muy constante. Sigue así! Te podriamos recomendar algo que leer si nos dices cuales son tus gustos. Un saludo!

Thank you! Believe me, I am very fearful. I am actually quite shy, but I figure I won't make it anywhere if I don't speak, and if I don't get criticism! If you wanna see some of my Japanese (which I am also quite bad at), you can check my Youtube, it has some. https://www.youtube.com/user/sk8cracka I am taking a break from Japanese to do some Spanish. It's easier and will improve my future language skills.

Bravo! I'd like to hear you speak Japanese too. You seem fearless in language acquisition, that's a good thing. I heard lots of correct Spanish and some invented incorrect Spanish. You should definitely stick with it.