Get Yer Learn On

I've been trying passively to learn Spanish through immersion, but it hasn't been working as well (or quickly) as I'd like. So yesterday I made a more solid decision to become fluent. It just irritates me not knowing the language, it's something I've always wanted to learn (properly) since high school. This is probably the best town to do it in, since it's so available to me.

Some people are giving the "meh" response since they think "oh, we're in America, we shouldn't have to know Spanish"... that whole debate. This isn't a political statement for me, this is just a pure desire to learn. It makes me happy to be able to communicate, and to understand. Isn't that what really matters here?

In any case, the dust is getting shaken up in all those mental dark corners that had been abandoned for so long. I get frustrated with not remembering certain basics, but just have to pace myself and go slow. It's tough because I have enough problems communicating in English as it is; it's really hard for me to figure out what I want to say, how to translate it, and then make sure I'm getting the accent right too. So I sound a little....... retarded. It's fun though. My bilingual friends are getting a good laugh out of it, especially the maintenance guys at work, but hopefully they know I mean well and aren't taking it as an insult.

Go me? Hehe. :) So anybody that wants to help or give me links to helpful sites and stuff, feel free.