This activity train? It can slow down now. The "alone" time I have had to do silly things like check email and read headlines has been confined to: a) breakfast time or b) the space of time after I take my shower but I'm not fully dry yet, but prefer air-drying (as opposed to towel-drying) before putting on my clothes.
So, yes. Very busy. It's been great, but a bit of a whirlwind. Lots of shmoozing and running from a to b. I've been working every day and my feet are throbbing enough to prove it. One of these days, I'm going to study for the final I have in two weeks. The Madre is coming next Wednesday, and I am fully dedicating the days she is here to all-out mother-daughter time, so I'll be damned if I try to sneak in any studying while she's here. Gotta do it ahead of time, folks.
For right now, though, I don't have the time/energy/desire.
Instead, I will waste this moment (while the rice is cooking) to I leave you with a ridiculous meme found at Yvonne's that made me laugh despite myself. Do it yourself; it's fun.
40 things:
1)My uncle: once gave our family a chemistry lecture at his university as an "activity" to do when we were visiting. It was awesome at the time, but I now realize how dorky this really means our family is.
2)Never in my life: will I integrate canned peas into my dinner.
3)When I was five: I frequently worked out the adventures of the imaginary people who lived in the painting on our living room wall (the adventures involved hopping from shore to shore on my finger that served as a transporter)
4)High School was: way less of a big deal than I thought it was, but was good to me in the end.
5)I will never forget: the meaning of the word "ignominious"
6)I once met: Joshua Jackson.
7)There�s this girl I know who: actually boasted about being called The Blow-Job Queen in high school.
8 )Once, at a bar: I named all the capitals of Africa for a free drink.
9)By noon I�m usually: nothing usual about me.
10)Last night: I gave one homeless guy some pizza and another smoked salmon and speghetti.
11)If I only had: my bracelet back.
12)Next time I go to church: I will try not to sneeze.
13)Terry Schiavo: was yet another thing that I was not in the US to experience. Media circus.
14)What worries me most: regret.
15)When I turn my head left, My stereo and Fela records.
16)When I turn my head right, I see: Dictionaries of various languages, conjugation books, and a couple folders.
17)You know I�m lying when: I tell you I am. (Hah! So when am I lying?)
18) What I miss most about the eighties: Michael Jackson's human face.
19)If I was a character written by Shakespeare, I�d be: One of the three Double Double Toil and Trouble witches.
20)By this time next year: I better speak some fluent Spanish, yo.
21)A better name for me would be: I like Yvonne's response ("Dances with Self in Mirrors") and cannot think of anything that beats it, so this question is being skipped for pride reasons.
22)I have a hard time understanding: Why people always have to get on the metro before everyone else has gotten off. There's a SYSTEM to this madness, people.
23)If I ever go back to school I�ll: I'm in school.
24)You know I like you if: I call you a dork.
25)If I won an award, the first person I�d thank would be: the awarder, probably. Or my parents, because they're awesome.
26)Darwin, Mozart, Slim Pickens & Geraldine Ferraro: Is there a connection I'm missing? Is it ok that I don't know the last two names?
27)Take my advice, never: eat moldy bread.
28)My ideal breakfast is: goat's milk yogurt and muesli, fresh juice of some sort.
29)A song I love, but do not have is: "I'm Too Sexy"
30)If you visit my hometown, I suggest: Hometown, or where I am now? Hometown: go in September. Paris: find good (but fashionable) walking shoes.
31)Tulips, character flaws, microchips & track stars: Ok, this shit's fucking with my head.
32)Why won�t people: just unplug the tv already?
33)If you spend the night at my house: I'll carry your bag up the six flights.
34)I�d stop my wedding for: a parade of monkeys dressed in togas.
35)The world could do without: blisters. They're just unpleasant. After blisters, though, comes intolerance, hatred, and ignorance.
36)I�d rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: do anything involving maggots.
37)My favorite blonde is: :::bats eyelashes:::
38) Paper clips are more useful than: Doritos.
39) If I do anything well, it�s: The Moonwalk.
40) And by the way: The Boy won't stop clearing his throat again.
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