Rules to live by.

[dananne]

I have succombed to the mass hysteria, and I eagerly await the time when I am a succesful Bossa Nova singer.

I'm hoping that some semblance of musical talent or ability follows my learning to speak Portuguese . . .

Until that time, I'll just content myself with resenting my grandparents, who moved to this country from Norway and promptly stopped speaking Norwegian (unless they were cursing at each other in the kitchen) and forbid any of the family from learning it. Hence, I can't speak it and would have loved to be bilingual. My wife, ironically, took Norwegian in college. So, without any of the heritage, she can speak it and I can't [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/eek.gif[/img]

Instead, I took French in college. Oh well, at least I can work my way around a French wine bottle [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]