Don't we just love languages? They are vital to the survival and furtherance of our species. You can profess love, stir up hatred an violence.
If you're like me you can express ambivalince towards the world and its inhabitants. Well, that's a little extreme. I'm not ambivalant. I'm just tired. I've finally reached that age where I am noticing the differences between my generation and the ones that have come after me. Those differences that I'm noticing are very annoying and I am certain to back hand a know-it-all teenager or twenty something in the near future.
Anyway, back to languages. I love learning them. As we all know, I've been studying German for quite some time (with a distinct lack of success I might add). I'm really looking forward to starting Spanish soon and also French. I've tried Swedish and Norwegian but really, I don't think so. I'd have to move there and really go to town on the stuff to get a handle on it and that won't be happening. Not unless I'm fortunate enough to meet and marry one of those gorgeous creatures but I also don't see that happening. A girl can dream of a 6 foot something blonde with grey eyes and soft flowing hair.......sigh.
Okay seriously now, back to the languages. Considering my mom has been sick it has been difficult to stick to my studying but I vow to get back into it. I have the Rosetta Stone software and I think it's quite good for conversational German so if all goes well I'll get the Spanish and maybe even French versions down the line one day. My main purpose in learning these languages is a true love of communication. I want to be able to meet and understand new people everywhere I go and as I age I would like to travel more and more each year. Spending xmas in Germany or Switzerland, summer in Sweden or Denmark and having a fabulous steak in Argentina. I think if I play my cards right I can get one really good vacation in a year and having the ability to communicate properly is what will cap each one off.
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