Wednesday, July 28

Overheard

Two girls discussing where to go for lunch. 

Girl 1: We could get Thai.
Girl 2: Tie what?
Girl 1: Thai food! It's food!
Girl 2: What is it?
Girl 1: Food!!
Girl 2: No, I mean what kind of food is it?
Girl 1: I don't know, just food from Taiwan.
Girl 2: That's weird. Do they have sushi?



Friday, April 2

Guitar lesson in the Modern Age


We actually only live about a 15 minute walk away from each other, but guitars are heavy.

Sunday, January 3

Sunday, December 27

Monday, November 23

Actually, we're doing quite well, thanks

I was talking to my grandma recently. Don't even remember what it was about, but at some point she interrupts me with some sort of idiomatic Russian phrase. That I've never heard of.

DANGER DANGER DOOM DOOOOOOM.

Many of my friends will be able to empathize with me on this. Our parents or grandparents, who were born and raised in a completely different country and environment, for some inexplicable reason expect us to have the same exact knowledge and references that they do. And when we make the mistake of inquiring about that person or that saying we get our ears chewed off because we are essentially failures as people for not knowing something so simple and common place.

GAAAAHHHHHH.

FOR THE RECORD:

Most of us speak more than a couple languages with relative ease. We are smart, cultured people who spend a good portion of our free time pursuing smart, cultured things. We have forgotten more about Shakespeare, Steinbeck, and Fitzgerald than you will ever know.

Is it my fault I left the country where I would have learned all that stuff and came to a country where I speak English 90% of the time? I'm sorry I don't know that saying about a stork. Quite frankly, I don't feel so bad about it.

So seriously, can it with the "Well, you really should know that!" Because we have a TON of knowledge that we think you really should know too. Can't say "see you later" in 6 different languages? Can't rattle of soliloquies from Hamlet or recite all the dates of significant decisions by the Supreme Court in the 20th century?

That's okay, we'll teach you.

Thursday, November 5

Guess what all of these places have in common...


Frankfurt, Germany



St. Petersburg, Russia


Paris, France

ME!!!


In related news, and my fellow Chilean travelers will understand: after using LAN Chile to buy plane tickets, every other experience makes you want to stab yourself in the eye with a fork. Why haven't Western websites developed the ability to price compare different departure and return dates without having to click back and forth 15 million times?

Also, LAN's dessert rocks.

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Friday, October 30

I heard a great joke recently...

What do you call someone who speaks three languages?

Trilingual.

What do you call someone who speaks two languages?

Bilingual.

What do you call someone who speaks one language?

American.

Now this isn't to say that if you speak only one language you should be ashamed. But you shouldn't be so incredibly proud of this fact either.

I'm looking at YOU, red states. And yes that includes you, Florida.