Monday, April 25th, 2005, 3:43 p.m.
Quiro darle un gran shout-out a los dios en que no creen, por el agua super caliente anoche. Tenía frio, estoy enferma, y todo lo que quería en el mundo era agua super caliente para mi ducha. Gracias a Dios o el destino o lo que sea. Podía duermo feliz.
First, a great big shout-out to that god i still don't believe in, for the super hot water in my flat last night. I was cold and sick and all I wanted in the world was a super hot shower, and I got it. Thanks be to god or destiny or whatever it is. I went to sleep happy.
Today I begin by describing my flatmates' dinner, because I think it's amusing. Sergio, my flatmate from Basque country, had a typically Basque meal. First he cut a baguette in half to make a sandwich, right? He scoops out the innards of the bread, the soft part, and places it on the side. Next he proceeds to cut a tomato in half and rub it on the baguette shell. Then he adds some garlic pieces, and puts a tortilla between it to make a sandwich (remember, it's not a Mexican tortilla, it's a Spanish one which means it's like a big thick omelette made of eggs, meat, and garlic). OK, then he takes the soft part of the bread and spreads pate on it, folds it, and eats it. Later, I see my new girl flatmate, who is also from Basque country, make the same sandwich, but openfaced and minus the tortilla. OK, so what did José have for dinner? Rice - which they make here by boiling it in lots of water and then straining it like pasta, go figure - with grated cheese and little sunflower seeds. wtf? I had soup, in case you were wondering, with crackers.
I skipped my morning class today because I felt horrible, and my afternoon was cancelled, so I only worked from 10:30-12:30. Went to the pharmacy and they said i have a throat infection so I'm taking antibiotics and hopefully will be cured in a few days.
Language spot:
We grabbed some gems off the English exams of Nicole's class of teenagers:
Exam essay topic: "Exams shouldn't be compulsory. Do you agree?"
Response: "I think that this is true, and because of this, I'm going to talk about it."
On modal verbs:
"If I would be you, I looked for a flat in Barcelona."
And bet you can't figure out what THIS kid was trying to say:
"In conclusion, you can you that it's good but have someone disadvantage."
(In reality, he was discussing the good and bad points of traveling during the off-season (which is a weird exam question anyway), and he wanted to say: "In conclusion, it can be good, but it can also have some disadvangages.")
And from "Blunders":
While making a discreet getaway with a suitcase full of stolen jewelry, a burglar in the Waldor-Astoria in New York stumbled as he came down the main staircase, dropped the suitcase, and watched slack-jawed as a variety of glittering baubles spilled out. A porter and house detective came over and helped him put the $500,000 worth of jewels back in his case, escorted him to a cab, and waved happily as he rode off.
A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her dead.
