Estoy bien. Gracias por preguntar.
A veces no puedo dedicar mucho tiempo a los foros.
Espero que el sueño te encuentre pronto.
¡Saludos!

Hola Sr. Speedy, ¿qué tal? Me parece que no te veo aquí tan a menudo que hace unas semanas - o es que no somos aquí durante las mismas horas quiza? No estoy de vacanciones ahora, entonces normalmente estoy durmiendo en esta hora de la madruga.. pero no sé me sentí 'insomne' (si se puede decir.. ). A veces me parece que hay gente (aquí y en otros sitios) que duerme muy poco.. Chiao, ¡saludos desde Amsterdam! Laura

Haha.. acabo de pensar (I was just thinking?) lo mismo : ¡que estás muy rápido contestando a todas preguntas! Quizás tengo que llamarme Señorita Caracol según el mismo principio Aunque espero que la 'rapidez' de mis repuestas aumentará durante los meses próximos.. ¡Por supuesto con la ayuda y el apoyo tuyo y de los demás aquí! Llevo sólo 2 meses, tengo tiempo para mejorarme entonces..

A la caricatura "Speedy Gonzalez" siempre se le llamaron "señor Speedy" y había una vez que respondía muy rápido a las preguntas hechas en los foros. Ahora no tanto.

Speedy es tan cuco (= cute?) - ¿Porqué tu título es 'Señor Speedy'?

Hola Rusty Thanx a lo for the tips! You can really ell you have been dealing with the language intimately I agree with you this should be my goal in fact it is. I have befriended some Spanish speaking people via sites like babbel and livemocha - this seems to work well enough, the only problem is the time.It' s difficult to coordinate to both be online, and many people SAY they want to learn a language or improve but in reality it turns out to be low on their list of priorities.. I would like to meet some Spanish speaking people here as well but there are not so many, not in my job either.
So I will keep listening to podcasts, radio, tv, read forums like this and keep trying talking, writing etc. I agree wih your immersion-principle though, I think it is the only true way to learn a language if you want to truely learn it well. The verbs sometimes are daunting to me, if you have a good idea how I could practise them by myself I would welcome it.

Thanks for your comments! I've searched the Internet for most of the answers I give.
I learned Spanish a long time ago when I lived in some Spanish-speaking countries for two years. I spoke the language nearly 24/7. 501 Spanish Verbs was my favorite book while I was trying to learn conjugations, and I tried very hard to imitate the pronunciation of the native speakers.

Living in a foreign country and speaking Spanish all day long isn't possible for everyone, so the next best thing is to make friends with native speakers and encourage them to speak Spanish with you all the time. They probably won't be able to explain the grammar (ask us those questions ), but they'll know how to say everything you'd ever need to know. Learning how to express yourself freely should be your goal.

¡Hola Rusty!
It seems you have an excellent command of Spanish..!! Congratulations! Quite impressive for a foreign language ;-) I was just going through some of the idioms (in the Vocabulary subforum), very interesting! If you have any advice for me for my learning process, it would be very much appreciated!