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...

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If you live in a large town, find out if your local university has a Japanese conversation club. University of Texas does, and it kicks ass. 3 hours a week of hanging out with Japanese people.

Learn kana in a week. Then move on to Kanji. You need 2,000 to be literate. Learn 20 a week, and in 2 years you'll be literate. It's hard, but just DO IT.

Learn grammar, talk to yourself all the time, and here comes the most important part

SKYPE MOTHERFUCKER. DO YOU USE IT. Seriously, if you're a white guy, there are like a billion Japanese honeys dyyyying to speak Japanese with a biggu dikku amerikan.

One of my friends literally met his Japanese wife that way.