Everyone! Hurry! Make all your blog posts at the last minute!

So this is one of my two blog posts that I will have to do tonight. I, like a lot of my other classmates, have to do a couple last minute posts in order to meet my requirement of 10.

So all of this reading about different languages has made me realize how large this world actually is.  A lot of people in my life, and myself included, have said "Man, it really is a small world" whenever we make connections from one thing to another.  Well... the reality is, that is totally incorrect.  At least I think it is.  After reading about all of these different Asians and their experiences both in America and in their homeland, it has made me realize that there is A LOT more out there than I could ever imagine.  Sure, the world that I live in, the places that I go, will probably consist only of a couple cities (not including vacations).  For the most part I will probably spend most of my life in Washington, where I have lived, grown-up, and will probably have a family someday.  Am I okay with that? Well sure I am, I don't mind being close to my family and living in Washington.  I love Washington!  But after reading all of this Takaki stuff, it has made me realize just how much there is out there in this big world that I will never get to see or experience.  Even if I had all the money in the world and I started right now, at the ripe age of 19, I probably still wouldn't be able to see everything, and I definitely wouldn't get to experience everything.  And a large part of this I attest the the language barrier between people.  Sure, I took a couple years of Spanish in high school, and I'm going to be taking at least 1 full years worth here, but that doesn't mean much...

Basically what I'm saying is that there is a small part of me that is sad that I won't get to experience some of the great cultures of this world, and that I won't get to see all of the amazing things this world has to offer.  Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with living in the same place all of your life if that's what works for you.  Hell, it's probably what I'm going to do, but like I said, a small part of me wishes that I could experience all of the great things that this world has to offer, not just in the Asiatic world, but all over.  But the reading that we have done in this class has made me come to this realization.