[kuroisaiyajin]

I'm new to the boards, and I'm looking for a supplemental experience, and hopefully to meet some nice online folks. I've been studying for years, yet my Japanese hasn't progressed much due to no use, or just plain mis-use (i.e. thousands of tattoo, signature, and other stupid translations I'm asked for that could be easily looked up online). I have my hiragana down to a T, and it's the first thing I hammer in to students when I tutor them (I only tutor low level, sorry, I'm not that great). Due to the fact that I could barely read 60% of the kanji posted in this thread before this post, and translate maybe 30% of them in to an English word, I think I'm in need of help.

Long story short, bring on the kana/kanji. (and maybe furigana?)