Thanks, Ginger! All seems clear, now.
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Apr 24, 2012 8:01:08 pm PDT #2257 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Scrappy - Apr 24, 2012 8:11:23 pm PDT #2258 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Evening! I am in line for the Springsteen show!
Wahoo! That will be me on Thursday!
sarameg - Apr 24, 2012 8:32:50 pm PDT #2259 of 30001
I feel like it wasn't politic for me to dodge group dinners a couple of the nights here (did 2 others, probably will need to do a farewell one tonight) but we don't need that much togetherness. Even if I was dining with one other person, it wasn't work, and since the two of us don't have a direct working relationship and actually might end up friends after this, it was downtime.
Downtime=really important.
I was able to actually explain how long I was here and what I was doing to the bar guy at the workingmans' cafe/bar that I've been grabbing my breakfasts at. Score! (3.45E for 2 cafe con leches and chuorros, porros(?) or toasted roll or bread. Not super cheap except compared to elsewhere here, but then food here isn't when you convert to dollars.)
It's kind of hilarious. My unconscious comprehension is really not too bad. When I try to actually do word for word, I'm confuddled. But if I just let it roll over me and blurt out whatever comes to mind... Well, I don't have the conjugations (except in french) but I'm able to communicate. I've ended up doing basic transactional translations for people who have more formal spanish than I, but they get hung up on word for word.
Which is not to say I don't sound like a demented gibberishy toddler. I just am able to get by.
Need to figure out how I'm getting to Segovia tomorrow. And then what. Back in Madrid for Saturday and Sunday nights. Might daytrip to Toledo one of those days. Totally picking up barritas de jamon iberico for the plane ride back (USAir food SUCKS REALLY SUCKS.)
Consuela - Apr 24, 2012 9:49:22 pm PDT #2260 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
AWESOME SHOW.
Scrappy, prepare to cry...
le nubian - Apr 25, 2012 2:42:26 am PDT #2261 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
so, awesome. my gmail is down.
flea - Apr 25, 2012 4:02:38 am PDT #2262 of 30001
information libertarian
Argh. We got an offer on our house! But it is insultingly low. I googled the people and they are young kids, and they can't afford any more than they offered, so I am less insulted now, but still, we cannot possibly afford to sell even close to that price.
Nora Deirdre - Apr 25, 2012 4:19:02 am PDT #2263 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Ugh, I'm so sorry, flea! I'm sending all sorts of ~ma your way that you guys are able to come out of this OK.
msbelle - Apr 25, 2012 4:30:15 am PDT #2264 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
so many hugs for my friends in the box this morning.
My office is basically empty so I am getting a bit of a re-charge this week. I have not been feeling great though and today a co-worker is out with the flu, so I am hoping I do not come down with a big ugly yuck.
le nubian - Apr 25, 2012 4:36:25 am PDT #2265 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
flea,
are they working with an agent? you'd think the agent would have told them: "you are wasting everyone's time. don't do it."
Steph L. - Apr 25, 2012 4:40:11 am PDT #2266 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
In today's Unexamined Privilege news: I used the term "ethnic cuisine" as a catchall reference meaning "one or more of the many cuisine types that is considered to have originated from and is associated with a country other than this one." (There's an article about using pictures on labels of pill bottles, so "take with food" is a picture of a taco. And my comment was "Does it have to be a taco, or can it be any ethnic food?" And my co-workers told me the phrase "ethnic cuisine" is racist because it's implying the food is different from what's considered standard American fare.)
So, unpacking this, I have a couple questions:
(1) "Ethnic food" -- racist?
(2) If it *is* racist, is the reason it's racist because it implies the food is "different"? (Because the food IS DIFFERENT. All food is different from other foods.)
(3) If it is racist, what would be a better term? "One or more of the many cuisine types that is considered to have originated from and is associated with a country other than this one"? Because that's really a mouthful.