Hello everyone =D My name is Sarah, and I am a manager for a grocery store. Not a very exciting job but it pays bills! I have been interested in the Japanese language since I was 17 but never really thought much about learning it seriously until recently. I am at a very basic level, and am learning Hiragana at the moment. I am looking for friends in Japan not only to help with learning Japanese but to learn about the culture and life in Japan. I am a huge fan of Japanese music and enjoy many artists, as well as manga and anime. I don't have any friends at home at all that enjoy these things so having someone to talk about them with would be so much fun! About me..I am 34. I love to read, and to write. I have had small stories published and am in the process of having a novel published, which is SO exciting!....I also enjoy cooking, swimming, photography, animals, random video games..I am a computer nerd. I love to learn new things and enjoy talking about almost anything! I have Skype and also a ventrilo server that is free to join, and should you play blizzard games by chance we can exchange realids =D