Guess what, guess what!!!

You know, I'm sure, by looking at the post beneath this, that I said I was going to do something with my life this year... Well, I'm currently in the midst of my GCSE examinations (and yet still have free time to lie in the sun and read- oh the joys!) and as I said I would, I have found something to do. I know, as I always have, that it is rather the expensive habit, but I have taken up ice skating. This is because I have flexibility and I like to exercise, but there is an element of danger in there too, and it's a wonderful feeling just gliding across that ice. It feels truly fantastic.
I bought my own skates and I took some lessons and I'm getting pretty good now. They say I'll compete in the olympics soon. (that last part was a blatant lie but still, one can dream...) In truth, I do hope that I'll keep improving, as it's really something I enjoy.
I've been ice skating for years but until now have had no formal tuition so while I am quite sure on my feet there is always something new for me to learn and I love that feeling that there is something somebody else can teach me about that I won't necessarily ever NEED but rather that I want.
I am very happy.
I have chosen my A-Levels and I am to be taking Law, German, Government and Politics, Critical Thinking and Sociology. I like the idea of taking a social science, it intrigues me to see what we will learn about.
My friend ( as usual) started ranting off about how anybody would be taking the Law course because it's not all that difficult and I'm likely to end up with people who have little or no work ethic. I slapped him and told him that anybody willing to tick a box next to that word has to be prepared to work for it. Plus of course you have to get good enough GCSE grades to get on these courses- good English and Science and Religion, because it's about mixing empathy and fact.
German is the subject I'm most looking forward to, because it's the most difficult for so many. Some people just do not seem to have the gift of being able to learn a second language this late becayse of their barriers of how much they can suck up.
I say, there are over two hundred million people who can speak English, and others who cannot but can speak German, and so I would like to perhaps one day be able to tal to somebody in German OR English and have it be our choice, and that would be wonderful and fun and allow me to meet new people. I love meeting new people.
In German there are obscure phrases which we sometimes use such as Schadenfreude and less common ones (but still awesome nonetheless) like "Das ist indeskutabel." Schadenfreude is the process through which somebody takes pleasure in seeing another's discomfort (offset of Sadism I suppose) and "Das ist indeskutabel" means "that is out of the question." I use it rather a lot when arguing with people because it throws them off course.
Hopefully I will do well, though some friends and acquaintances think I'm mad.