北海道の進める食べ物はジンギスカンやスープカレーです。二月十八日札幌雪まつりが終わりますから、残念ですね。でも、ほかの雪まつりはたぶんあります。たぶん…

I'm a bit late to the party but I want to add that on Memrise there's a　Japanese course/vocab list of words from the first Harry Potter novel, so it might be worth checking that out too.

気を付けたら、危険じゃないと思います。

When I learned katakana, I learned how to write the names of everyone around me. Because I'd made it personal, katakana became a lot easier to remember. My friend and I also used to pass each other notes in class that were in English, but written in katakana (not many of our classmates learned Japanese, so it was like our code), and while it was fun I'm not sure I'd recommend that lol.

As for remembering words and phrases... I'm not so good at that either, really. I'm trying to make a game out of learning them - I pick five words/phrases for a day, and I get one point every time I hear or read them, and five points if I say or write them. Since you're actively on the lookout for these words/phrases, they're a little easier to remember.

I agree that the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld are great books.

Right now I'm reading Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett and it's a very funny book. But my favourite book is... to be honest, I can't choose! There's just so many good ones out there.