Goals for individual/small group study

1. Kanji 漢字
I'd like to learn more kanji. I've got two things main things to help me study: flash cards ("Japanese Kanji Flashcards Vol. 1", White Rabbit Press) and a workbook ("Basic Kanji Book Vol. 1", Bonjinsha). While my goal isn't to be able to reproduce every kanji I learn, I like doing the workbook. I've found that even if I forget exactly how to write a kanji I've studied, having written it before helps me remember it. Especially for distinguishing kanji that share radicals, like 病, 疲, and 痛. Anyhow, I'm getting towards the end of the first volume of my workbook, so I need to find the 2nd volume (it's not on Amazon or B&N). I bought the first one at Kinokuniya in Shinjuku, so I'm hoping that the Kinokuniya in NYC will have it too (update: they did have it! よかった！　They have a great 'learn japanese' section on the 2nd floor, so I really recommend it if you want to pick up any study materials).　

Specifics: I'm going to finish volume one, and try to get through the first 8 or so chapters of volume two this semester (~1/week) - each chapter is about 15 kanji, and there are review exercises every few chapters. While I will do all the reproduction exercises, my goal is recognition - writing practice is really just a tool towards that end.

2. Grammar
I'd like to learn some of the more advanced sentence structures, especially all those crazy verb add-ons. I found this site, which seems to summarize a lot of things nicely (although the descriptions of the meanings are a little lacking):

http://www.epochrypha.com/japanese/verbs/verbs.html

I'm not sure exactly what I want to study yet. I've gotten pretty comfortable with て/た forms, and between those, ーます stems, and the dictionary form, it seems like there are lots of interesting options.

Specifics: I'd like to be comfortable with polite and plain forms, for:
- past and non-past
- continuative and progressive (-ています)
- volitional (-おう)
- conditional (-たら)
- provisional (-えば)
- potential (-える)
- alternative (-たり)
- passive (-あれる)

It seems like a lot, but I'm already a somewhat familiar with several of these.

For practice, I'm thinking about a couple things: start out by using patterns in writing (on the blog, in homework, etc), and practice 'thinking' using the pattern. Then, whatever conversational opportunities I can muster - chat club, Japanese friends, small group from class, online chat, etc. Also, I'm going to try to watch more Japanese movies this semester, and try to make note of when I hear patterns that I've learned.

By the way, I have the "Let's Learn Japanese!" series (with Mary Althaus) as .AVI files, which I'd be happy to share.