How to study Japanese?

I'll try to keep this short.

I want to start learning Japanese, but since I don't have Pimsleur money I need a method to hit it.  Right now I have 'A Guide to Writing Kanji And Kana' Book 1 and 2, by Wolfgang Hadamitzky and Mark Spahn, and Living Language's 'Ultimate Japanese' (which is supposedly a VERY shitty book, but it was free and I'm using it for grammar/conjugation only.)  I'm debating making flash cards as well.

So, how should I go about learning it?  I'm sure just reading it won't be enough...

I cannot recommend pimsleur as a starting point, to be honest I'd avoid them completely. Go with japanesepod101 and perhaps the nhk videos first at least. But unless you go to japan, you'll need to immerse yourself into various things such as tv/movies/anime/music.

Try watching some jdorama perhaps, these are pretty good: (not like your average shitty western-style drama):
http://d-addicts.com/forum/torrents.php?type=info_hash&search=187dacecfffbb938e98d69e702dfd6914687de98
http://d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_32191.htm

As for writing katakana/hiragana:
http://www.kanjistep.com/en/online/katakanasteps/
http://www.kanjistep.com/en/online/hiraganasteps/
http://www.kanjistep.com/en/online/katakanasteps/a.html
http://www.kanjistep.com/en/online/hiraganasteps/a.html

For kanji it's probably best to get a book. Try finding a copy of "remembering kanji I,II,III" series, you can probably find the pdfs on the net if you know where to look.

There are hundreds of grammar sites but Tim's site is pretty good, at least until you get to know hiragana/katakana:
http://www.timwerx.net/language/index.htm