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I am good, Andrew.

It's quite late my time here.

I've had a long day, but I'm excited to talk about one of my favorite topics, language learning, with you, somebody I know also really appreciates this topic.

So I can't wait to get started.

Absolutely.

So if we're going all the way back to school, most Americans have to take French or Spanish during middle school or high school.

And I took Spanish during that time.

And I think I've lost most of it now.

But I really loved learning it in school.

I would soak up the words like a sponge.

I was so into it.

I really loved Spanish.

And at that time, I also got really interested in Japanese.

Not even really for any good reason, but I just like fell in love with the way the language sounded.

And I was so fascinated by the kanji, the Chinese characters and that whole writing system.

So I got really into Japanese and I ended up studying it at university.

My undergraduate degree is in Japanese studies and women's studies.

You may recall from previous conversations, I studied abroad there during my time at university for four months in Osaka.

Yeah, so I've been studying Japanese for a very long time.

My speaking is not as good as it used to be when I was in the country.