I speak a little!

You know what I find funny (in a linguistic geek sort of way)? If someone is asked if they speak a language, and that person does know how to speak it, their response is almost always "a little" in whatever language is being asked about. "Un poco!" "Un peu!" "Chotto!" Try it out on someone sometime. Results guaranteed*!

*Just kidding about the guaranteed part, but there's a pretty good chance :P

Yann Tiersen = required listening

I've listened to the soundtrack of Amélie countless times (quick sidetrack: anyone who hasn't seen Amélie yet needs to go see it. It's literally one of the best movies you will ever watch in your life. It's in French but there are subtitles and it is totally worth it). The score is written by Yann Tiersen, and I just recently went hunting for some of his other works. I wasn't expecting anything too great, cause, you know, no one could create two brilliant masterpieces, right? Boy, was I wrong about that one. I found the soundtrack to L'Absente, and it was equally as brilliant. In fact all of the rest of his stuff is amazing. Do yourself a favor and check some of his music out, pronto!