Last night, boyfriend and I saw The Girl Who Played With Fire, sequel to Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Both are set in Stockholm, which, despite appearances, is not a happy Scandinavian paradise but a seething pit of corruption and murder. All sorts of exciting things happen, most of them involving guns and near brushes with death. Feeling that I need more danger in my life, I've decided that my project for the remainder of this summer will be teaching myself a little Swedish.
I'm planning to use Livemocha, a new website offering free language lessons and help from native speakers (you can also help others learn, by tutoring them in English, frexample). I have no experience with online language learning so I'm wary of setting strict goals, but I'll be thrilled if by the end of the summer I can formulate simple sentences and read basic texts. Wish me luck!
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