Tengo Mucho Gato, Si?
My Spanish sucks.
This is not, however, news.
At work, I try to work bits of it in wherever possible, but it ends up just sounding silly. My Spanish-speaking co-workers think it’s sweet and giggle when I tell them, “Esta noche es aburrido. Lo ciento.” Everybody else things I’m saying something about nachos and burritos. It seems that I can’t win.
I want to learn Japanese, too, but I figure one language at a time, right?
Besides, I took three years of Spanish. Eleven years ago. From a total of five different teachers. So I’ve got some practice, right? Relearning it shouldn’t be too, bad, right?
And Spanish will come in much handier in real-life than Japanese. Wait a minute. “Much handier?” Should that be “much more handy?” Should I be certain that my English isn’t for shit before tackling another language?
Fuck me, did I just say “relearning” a few sentences ago? Is that even a real word? Did I have a point to this?
Oh, right, yeah. In any event, Spanish will help me at work, will help me communicate with the fabulous friends I have at Orkut for whom it is their native tongue, and it looks good on a résumé.
I suppose I should write something good after I drop this steamer into the web.
Anyway, if you speak Spanish, help me out here. Lord knows I’m gonna need it.
Arigatoyo.
I mean, gracias.
Ah, fuck…
benjamin sTone
Urbana, Illinois
12:10am
Current Music: Carol Kidd, “When I Dream” from SHIRI
Current Book: THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY by G.K. Chesterton
Last Movie: AZUMI from Japan
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benjamin speaks: compositemolecules@yahoogroups.com
everybody responds: dead-horse@yahoogroups.com
Also available online at: http://www.livejournal.com/users/benchilada/
This is not, however, news.
At work, I try to work bits of it in wherever possible, but it ends up just sounding silly. My Spanish-speaking co-workers think it’s sweet and giggle when I tell them, “Esta noche es aburrido. Lo ciento.” Everybody else things I’m saying something about nachos and burritos. It seems that I can’t win.
I want to learn Japanese, too, but I figure one language at a time, right?
Besides, I took three years of Spanish. Eleven years ago. From a total of five different teachers. So I’ve got some practice, right? Relearning it shouldn’t be too, bad, right?
And Spanish will come in much handier in real-life than Japanese. Wait a minute. “Much handier?” Should that be “much more handy?” Should I be certain that my English isn’t for shit before tackling another language?
Fuck me, did I just say “relearning” a few sentences ago? Is that even a real word? Did I have a point to this?
Oh, right, yeah. In any event, Spanish will help me at work, will help me communicate with the fabulous friends I have at Orkut for whom it is their native tongue, and it looks good on a résumé.
I suppose I should write something good after I drop this steamer into the web.
Anyway, if you speak Spanish, help me out here. Lord knows I’m gonna need it.
Arigatoyo.
I mean, gracias.
Ah, fuck…
benjamin sTone
Urbana, Illinois
12:10am
Current Music: Carol Kidd, “When I Dream” from SHIRI
Current Book: THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY by G.K. Chesterton
Last Movie: AZUMI from Japan
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benjamin speaks: compositemolecules@yahoogroups.com
everybody responds: dead-horse@yahoogroups.com
Also available online at: http://www.livejournal.com/users/benchilada/