Well, it IS supposed to be the best way to learn. I mean, just go in hard and absorb the language from the constant contact with it. I'm just too chicken to do it.

That's right. School taught me how to write in English but not so much how to actually use it in a live conversation.
My official stand is that the reason I watch such a freakish ammount of American tv is that I'm learning how to speak English. Education, you know. It's such a perfect excuse ;)