おはようございます。なまえはミクドナルド(McDonald)です。わたしはにほんごのいちねんせえです。プリンストンだいがくのよねんせえです。わたしはにうよるく(New York)からきました。わたしのせんこうはすうがくです。わたしがてとりすを(tetris)すき。どおぞよろしく。

Purpose

I decided to Learn Japanese not out of necessity (I had already fulfilled my language requirement) but out of general interest. I've always been a big fan of Japanese food and more recently have become interested in manga/anime. I'm excited to learn not only a different language, but also a language that differs so much from the ones I've already learned, which have all been romance or germanic languages. From what I can tell already, it seems like one can always learn more in Japanese, especially with the large numbers of kanji, as well as different readings of the same word. I'm a bit worried that it will be difficult to master all 3 of the alphabets, especially when they are used seemingly interchangeably and all within the same sentence. 

As for a phrase in Japanese, I will use しつれい　噛みました , meaning "Excuse me, I bit my tongue/misspoke".