ask and you shall receive

I decided this week that one of my (many) goals for the Summer of Fun is to learn - or at least get a pretty decent start on learning - another language. I hadn't gotten very far in researching how to make this happen when I decided to check out Lifehacker today, and what do you know - there's an article on free online language courses! Perf. The actual site was totally overloaded after the Lifehacker article so I haven't been able to download anything yet, but I'm going to check back next week and see how it goes. Now which language to choose?

• Italian is tempting; it's so romantic *and* I just finished reading Eat Pray Love, so I'm daydreaming about 4 months in Italy eating.. and eating.. and eating some more.

• Hindi is a beautiful language and again, Eat Pray Love and India and yoga. :-) I also found this site that could help.

• There's always Spanish, which is useful if trying to find a job.. But I don't want to learn a language because it's practical. This is the Summer of Fun, after all!

• French: took it in high school so I have a head start. Or at least I'd like to think so. Omelet du fromage! (hi five if you know which sitcom I'm quoting.)

Of course, if I learn a new language I'm going to have to go study abroad and really immerse myself in the culture. Obvi.