My friend Natalia has just left us on our own, to take her bus back home, in front of the farmacia, so I can buy tampons. It is a necessity that cannot be avoided, and, as my Spanish teacher for many years, back when she was living in San Fancisco until she moved home to [...]
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Oh, You Mean Tampons?
Posted in Learning Spanish on August 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Oh, By the Way
Posted in Breaking News!, Learning Spanish, Random Ramblings, Things I Bet You Didn't Know on August 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’m going to Spain tomorrow.
¡Soy Latina!
Posted in Learning Spanish on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hey, that’s what they told me the other day at my local taquería. They said I speak Spanish like a “latina”. Except that if I spoke like a latina, they wouldn’t have to stop and tell me that I spoke Spanish like a latina. How many gringos do you meet whom you tell that they [...]
Research
Posted in Learning Spanish, Reviews on January 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have not strayed too far. I have been merely conducting research. I’ve been reading perhaps one of the best blogs ever written, by someone who goes by the name “La Miss.” Of course, you have to speak Spanish to understand the true intricacies of her brilliance, but the bright side is, you don’t have [...]
Lágrimas
Posted in Learning Spanish, Sadness on December 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Today I received the saddest message from my Spanish teacher Natalia. I suppose I should be happy for her, for returning home to Madrid for the first time in say a billion years. And it’s not like I wasn’t forewarned. She’d only been planning the return for nearly a year. But after the ticket snafu [...]
Errata
Posted in Addiction, Learning Spanish, Leisure on November 29, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Miguel has complained that in my last report, I seem to depict him as an alcoholic, and he would like me to correct the dialogue in which I misquote him as saying, “I was drunk.” This is, in fact, because he never really said that, that was an embellishment on my part, but the other [...]
Oh My God I’m Never Going to Finish This Paper!
Posted in Addiction, Learning Spanish on November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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