I want to learn German. I’ve tried. I took a year of it in college. A boyfriend bought me a Get Fluent In German Quick 12-CD set (which solidified the fact I would never get through it all). He always used to remind me that I had it and that he spent a lot of money on it. Because the higher the price, the more guilty I’m supposed to feel about it, right?
The Germans have the salty and meaty sausages, the large plates of food, the 32 ounce glasses replete with the beverage I didn’t drink until this past summer. They have the cute-or-gay men, you can either be a brunette or blonde, even the girls who speak in German sound like they have a major attitude. In black and white everyone looks good, everyone looks interesting (ever see Wings of Desire?). And also, in Germany, most people know English. So I feel even closer.
But when you hear a language and know it’s made for you, you just want to learn it. Oh, but I guess English, Italian, French, and Chinese all fit the bill, since I have books on learning them all. (Yes, I count English since I’m sure I have a youngin-type picture book somewhere in my stacks.) I’d give this to my list of new year’s resolutions, but 1-10 are already filled with the push to be more patient. And since I’m trying to be more patient, maybe German will have to wait until June or July.
So… you can’t hold me accountable to this. Just call me Frau Hemler by the end of 2010.
Germanic.
I want to learn German. I’ve tried. I took a year of it in college. A boyfriend bought me a Get Fluent In German Quick 12-CD set (which solidified the fact I would never get through it all). He always used to remind me that I had it and that he spent a lot of money on it. Because the higher the price, the more guilty I’m supposed to feel about it, right?
The Germans have the salty and meaty sausages, the large plates of food, the 32 ounce glasses replete with the beverage I didn’t drink until this past summer. They have the cute-or-gay men, you can either be a brunette or blonde, even the girls who speak in German sound like they have a major attitude. In black and white everyone looks good, everyone looks interesting (ever see Wings of Desire?). And also, in Germany, most people know English. So I feel even closer.
But when you hear a language and know it’s made for you, you just want to learn it. Oh, but I guess English, Italian, French, and Chinese all fit the bill, since I have books on learning them all. (Yes, I count English since I’m sure I have a youngin-type picture book somewhere in my stacks.) I’d give this to my list of new year’s resolutions, but 1-10 are already filled with the push to be more patient. And since I’m trying to be more patient, maybe German will have to wait until June or July.
So… you can’t hold me accountable to this. Just call me Frau Hemler by the end of 2010.