Day 3: Japanese Learning Communities

I've been looking to join some sort of Japanese language learning community. There are several forums that I'm considering becoming active in, and then there's also this thing I found called Smart.fm . It's a study tool where people create vocabulary lists, etc. It seems like Anki, but more social to me. I think it's amazing how many Japanese language resources there are out there on the internet today. There are also a lot of sites for penpals through Skype/IM. I'm not sure if I'm comfortable enough to talk to a native Japanese speaker or even just talking to any English-speaking stranger over Skype as I'm a bit self-conscious. However, in the future, I'll consider using these tools to help further my learning and exposure to Japanese.