Languages.

I think I want to start learning a couple.

I've always wanted to learn a language fluently. I speak mediocre Farsi (Persian), my German isn't great, and I made all the Italians laugh a riot when I tried speaking their language on my trip in Rome. Everybody around me seems to be bilingual. I want to be bi (or multi-) lingual too.

My mom was born in Tehran, Iran, and her first language is Farsi. She always spoke it to me when I was younger, but I always hated it for some reason (actually, I know the reason - having a mom who said Dooset daram, azizam Vinnie-joonam! Nana-see! every second, even when I had friends over at the house, wasn't always such a fantastic experience.) The best time to learn a language is during the ages of 6-12, I've heard. I wish I paid more attention to my mom's language. Farsi is a hard language to grasp, but it's so beautiful. It sounds very pretty, especially when you use it in a hushed, wispy voice.

I don't really think I want to further my Italian (only one country in the world speaks it), but I'd like to learn German more. Besides German, I've always been fascinated with the Russian language. I can decipher the Cyrillic alphabet, but I don't know any Russian. I might take it in college next semester.

Another language I'd love to learn is Icelandic. Even though only one country in the world speaks it (and everybody in Icelandic speaks English, so there's really no need to know it if you're a tourist), it's such a cute language. I am in love with everything Iceland, so maybe I'm a bit biased. But it would be cool to learn Icelandic so I can actually understand what Sigur Ros are singing!

So, my list: Farsi, Russian, Icelandic, and German. In preferred order.