Thread:Lilliana:3/@comment-397235-20140912011340/@comment-397235-20140923002843

I didn't mean that as an insult, so don't take that the wrong way. As an American, I'm extremely self-conscious about how few of my countrymen speak anything other than English. It's BS, but it's true. A lot of Europeans look down on us for it, bastards...Myself, I speak English fluently (obviously), but I can also speak:

Very, very profane Russian (and man is that a fun language to swear in).

French (I can tell you "I love you" or "Go fuck yourself;" the legacy of an ex-girlfriend and reading a lot).

German (in case no one's ever clued you into this, German and English aren't that far apart).

Spanish (because the part of the US I live in has lots of Mexican immigrants and they patently refuse to learn our language so we have to learn theirs -_-).

Japanese (high school; it was a fantastic experience). I'm fluent enough I can get about one word in five and some phrases (enough to know when the subtitles are wrong). I can't watch anime without subtitles, but I've got a lot of practice and I'm working me way slowly but surely toward that.

As for being busy, what I've sent you is the fruits of an entire month's labor. Once upon a time I could churn out an entire novel in two or three months. Eight hour days plus a three hour commute to and from work every day isn't much fun.

And yeah, dyslexia's a bear. Especially when your job requires working with numbers or charts (something I suspect you and I relate on, right?).

As for college, I can't imagine what it must've been like going to college abroad. I mean, I've never even left the States (unless you count Texas, which people sometimes seem to, or Washington DC, which seems to think they are another country...but don't mind my sarcasm). Did you like England? Was it a good experience?