One of the reasons why I want to take French now, is that my workplace is bilingual. That's the reason why I *should* be taking Spanish. All the housekeepers and the maintenance guy are Mexican and don't speak much English beyond what they have to know. And there have been a couple of times already when I've needed to ask them something and I can't. The horrible thing is that whenever they're around and I think about something, I usually think it in Latin or German (I have no idea why my Latin "fluency" is suddenly returning, but it is) and I have to bite my tongue not to say it because I don't want them to think I'm mocking them.
I'm certainly not going to get that in Texas :P Not totally true (but basically true)! I can't remember where I was, but I was sitting somewhere (knowing me, it was probably Starbucks somewhere...The Woodlands, maybe) and I heard a couple of people speaking French. And not the stilted learning French like they were practicing for a test or anything. No, this was actual fluent talk. They were talking too fast for me to get a feel for what was being said or if they were French French or French Canadian, but that goes to show you that you do hear it sometimes.
It's not as bad as all *that*. All that snow would probably still make me feel trapped. I go stir crazy just when we have flash flood warnings or something and I can't go out for fear of being washed away. It's probably my natural contraryness. Tell me I can't do something and, even if I didn't want to do it before, suddenly I *have* to do it. The cold probably wouldn't bother me. I'm weird in that I love extreme temperatures. The summer we have 100+ (usually 103+) temps everyday for two and a half months straight (there was record breaking and everything!), I was in heaven and usually wearing long sleeves and sweat pants. The really cold weather we've had, I've always loved and usually have very few clothes on. But I'm weird like that.
and since the majority of people don't use public transit, than it doesn't get the attention it needs. Even other forms besides personal cars. When I saw a card for a taxi service at work, I was amazed that there were taxis in The Woodlands (which is the really rich area around here). I mean, I knew there were taxis in Conroe because I saw them when I worked security...but that was only ever in the poor/Mexican part of town. To see it in the rich areas...that was truly surprising.
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That's the reason why I *should* be taking Spanish. All the housekeepers and the maintenance guy are Mexican and don't speak much English beyond what they have to know. And there have been a couple of times already when I've needed to ask them something and I can't. The horrible thing is that whenever they're around and I think about something, I usually think it in Latin or German (I have no idea why my Latin "fluency" is suddenly returning, but it is) and I have to bite my tongue not to say it because I don't want them to think I'm mocking them.
I'm certainly not going to get that in Texas :P
Not totally true (but basically true)! I can't remember where I was, but I was sitting somewhere (knowing me, it was probably Starbucks somewhere...The Woodlands, maybe) and I heard a couple of people speaking French. And not the stilted learning French like they were practicing for a test or anything. No, this was actual fluent talk. They were talking too fast for me to get a feel for what was being said or if they were French French or French Canadian, but that goes to show you that you do hear it sometimes.
It's not as bad as all *that*.
All that snow would probably still make me feel trapped. I go stir crazy just when we have flash flood warnings or something and I can't go out for fear of being washed away. It's probably my natural contraryness. Tell me I can't do something and, even if I didn't want to do it before, suddenly I *have* to do it. The cold probably wouldn't bother me. I'm weird in that I love extreme temperatures. The summer we have 100+ (usually 103+) temps everyday for two and a half months straight (there was record breaking and everything!), I was in heaven and usually wearing long sleeves and sweat pants. The really cold weather we've had, I've always loved and usually have very few clothes on. But I'm weird like that.
and since the majority of people don't use public transit, than it doesn't get the attention it needs.
Even other forms besides personal cars. When I saw a card for a taxi service at work, I was amazed that there were taxis in The Woodlands (which is the really rich area around here). I mean, I knew there were taxis in Conroe because I saw them when I worked security...but that was only ever in the poor/Mexican part of town. To see it in the rich areas...that was truly surprising.