Mid-way cleaning the whole house and getting comfy for intense programming sessions. I should be done in about 3hrs. I will also have my full workout room which also has kinect dance games haha. It'll be fun doing a variety of workouts every night (or morning?). Karaoke is a good workout too btw! Staying in shape is a great way to keep energy levels up, mine are down so I'll try to do my best so I can put more effort in this project. I have proper LED lighting around my computer now too and it's no longer gloomy. Feels futuristic and I have some anime decor now like my senko-san 3D LED display. Yep, total weeb.

When you go into hikikomori mode, it's hard to get out. I'm trying!

What did you guys do for thanksgivign weekend?

I spent mine playing games and watching anime for the most part (weeeeb) hahaha

I just got star ocean 6 and for anime there's a lot I'm watching this season and I still have other anime in queue. Sadly I don't really have time to do much of that but I enjoyed the time I had on the weekend as a good break. I will have to find time for  Jappleng now, my next thing to work on will either be the flash cards or converting over the lessons into the new system since I have yet to do that. I have so many lessons that aren't published as well =S

But one thing that bothers me is that few people come by anymore. My fault, I know… I'll have to re-invite everyone and go back on Twitter or something. Speaking of Twitter, Elon is a good source of inspiration when it comes to work ethics. Lately I've been tired just working 6 hours a day. I used to have no problem working 12hrs a day. If I could work that much I could work on both Jappleng and my other project. Gonna try and pace myself this week!

BREAKING NEWS:
Illegal protests are going on all around China right now. They are attempting to usurp the chinese communist party. This is huuuge, it's all around the country  and not just in one small place, this is millions and millions of people and there's more and more as time passes. o__o Hopefully this will be the end of communism, concentration camps and tyranny in china.

Everyone, please give me your thoughts, this is important for the future of Jappleng!

https://www.jappleng.com/forums/104/jappleng-development-news/1949/november-22-2022-moving-forward-and-requiring-your-input-a-letter-to-all-jappleng-members

While searching for officers, I would like to extend an invitation for volunteers. If you wish to volunteer for what will eventually likely become something like the Jappleng Foundation (or some similar name) please let me know. There will be perks to this and eventually opportunities for benefits and pay if all goes well. Openings will be made available next year when it is established. Please keep in mind that all staff and volunteers must be 18 years old or over, this includes forum moderators etc…

I'm 90% certain I want Jappleng to turn into a non profit organization now but it will require actual staff. Staff does not need to all be within the US but the board of directors must be within the same state (as far as I can tell). There is a requirement of a minimum for 3 board members. With 3 board members we will be able to decide what features to add and keep as well and a clearer mission for the project. For instance, perhaps we would like to not only provide lessons for free but provide free travel abroad programs for various reasons (ie: for low income teens wishing to study in Japan etc…)

Presently the board is at 2 Members now.

I want to push this to 4 Members. 

1. Chairman (Filled)
2. Vice Chairman (Filled)
3. Board Secretary (Unfilled)
4. Board Treasurer (Unfilled)

Together we can work on raising funds and hiring part-timers to help with content creation and other tasks that are needed. Unfortunately there is the matter of funding for legalities, finances, legal registration etc… It's not cheap either. It'll cost somewhere around $2000-$3000 in total just to start it or much less without legal advisory which is risky. Further consideration will need to be made but I'll post again soon with updates.

I had a wild dream last night that I converted Jappleng into a legal non-profit organization. Honestly it's not a bad idea since I never cared to make money off of this project, I just wanted to spread the joy of what makes Japan so cool and interesting. Maybe I'll do that because working on this project alone and with no funding is quite sad for the potential it has to improve the english Japanese communities. Will think about it, obviously can't do it until there's like 6 people volunteering as officers (locally) or something like that. It's not cheap or easy to do ironically.

Technically this month there should be a new event “Culture Festival” but I will hold off on events since it takes literally two full days to implement and seeing as so few people attended the Halloween event, my time would be better spent improving the site. I'm trying to hype myself back into wanting to work on the project but I spend at least 8hrs a day on another project and by the time I'm done I'm so tired. Often times I have other errands to do after so it's tough. At the moment I have a 3 week deadline to get my other project in Alpha. If you're wondering how hard it is, I've been developing that other project off and on for a couple of years. It's significantly larger and more complicated than Jappleng and right now I'm really focused on it because there's already competition since I was being kinda lazy with it since I came up with the idea in 2018.

Jappleng is free to use with no ads so it's lower priority unfortunately. If I could take something to stay more focused so I could work 12hrs+ / day on projects Jappleng would get the updates it deserves. Unfortunately I run out of energy around 7 or 8 hours. :(

I find it ironic that I found myself complaining about a game that was sitting on so much potential but then realized that Jappleng has that potential too and here I am just sitting on it xD Gotta find time for it again.

Happy Halloween everyone!

NGL I think Jappleng is pretty. 

Not trying to be conceited but it is very cheery and clean. Love it!

I tried digging for the koi pond and well, that was a bad idea xD

I need to workout for a few weeks first, my arms / shoulders can't handle it. PAIN lololo