The prefix "des" (or "desa") in Spanish usually has a negative or 'backwards' connotation, much like the English 'un' (for example undo = deshacer). I have often thought about the linguistic structure of the English "breakfast" and have theorized that if a similar concept was used in the Spanish word for breakfast ("desayunar"), then I was pretty ( Read more... )

Well, I didn't do any ruffling last night because I forgot I had made plans with my sister. But I did get the three I cut out over the weekend attached to the skirt itself tonight (finally!). And here I give you a progress update. Isn't my foot sexy?


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Today, I have two exams ( Read more... )

I took a sick day today. Combination of Bob, the fixings of a head cold, and a couple of other things. Last night I was exhausted beyond words ( Read more... )

Well, Spring Break is officially behind me. What lie before me are six straight weeks of class: 18 hours of class time, several miles of homework, twenty hours of tutoring, three exams, and one more essay ( Read more... )

A ver... ayer terminé con el primer borrador de mi ensayo. Buena cosa también porque examiné la tarea que tenemos que hacer esta fin de semana: una obra de teatro completo y su introducción acompañada (en total alrededor de 40 paginas) y 33 preguntas de contexto. Todo eso además de revisar y corregir el ensayo y estudiar para el examen esta ( Read more... )

Por fin he terminado hacer toda la montaña de tarea sobre "La Celestina" (a pesar de estudiar por esa porción del examen y quizás por escribir cómo la pertenece al tésis del ensayo primero, pero esto no sé todavía ( Read more... )

Early this morning as I was shuffling through the act of getting dressed (pantyhose, you know; it's a whole ordeal), my brain was in Word Mode ( Read more... )

So, Day #1 of Homework Overload was a success. I got the regular assignment for Thursday finished just after nine o'clock in the evening. I didn't completely stay away from playing C&K, but I definitely didn't abuse the privilege-- I used it for two strategically designed study breaks. Hey, there was a fourteen-page article to read on Guernica ( ( Read more... )

So I just got off the phone with an owner of what I'm assuming is an auto repair place in Puerto Rico. One of the other managers has been asking me to help with Spanish-related account issues here and there. I just had a great conversation with the owner of the company. It helped that he was really friendly, but I was also more relaxed ( Read more... )