AllJapaneseAlltheTime.com is essential for any Japanese language student.  Especially the lazy ones. Khatzumoto, an American linguistic ninja, tells of his experiences and shares his tips for language learning:

I learned Japanese in 18 months by having fun. In June 2004, at the ripe old age of 21, all post-pubescent and supposedly past my mental/linguistic prime, I started learning Japanese. By September 2005, I had learned enough to read technical material, conduct business correspondence and job interviews in Japanese. By the next month, I landed a job as a software engineer at a large Japanese company in Tokyo (yay!).

That’s just ridiculous. But Khatzumoto has a no-bullshit attitude about language learning, and his reading his stuff always gets me motivated to study for some reason. Without fail. There are some amazing study tips on his site. I’m not going to list any of them here, but instead, I encourage f**king implore you to visit his site and check it out for yourself.