SEAN, WHEN DID YOU GET BACK?

I've studied Japanese for a few years. Like 3 or 4. My written is a lot better than my speaking, but if push comes to shove I could get by. Though given that I haven't actively studied much since the JLPT, I most likely overestimating myself just a bit.

I wish I knew Spanish, Russian, and German. Spanish is my mom's native tongue, and I live in LA, so... yeah, I'm feeling the push on a number of different fronts. Russian just sounds awesome, and German as well, though what may may make it more tantalizing to learn is how close to English it is.

Korean and some family of Chinese would also be cool, but the minute differences (to my rather crappy ears) in vowel and some consonant pronunciations in Korean and the way meanings of words changing by intonation in Chinese freak me out.