what's on ... right now

I used to buy all of those "Book of Questions" books and I remember going to Village Inn (all those coffee houses were closed by that time) after work and reading them with friends. We also had a notebook that we would pass around during work hours with a few of the questions and would answer. Yes, this is what your customer service people are doing when they place you on hold. Anyway, needless to say, I love playing question games. So thanks to Tommy and his cool, cool site for helping me find a list of all these memes that I will undoubtedly join. I did the unconscious mutterings one yesterday even though it is supposed to be on Sunday. So from now on, I'll just do them on the corresponding day. Here is today's What's on ... right now:

What's On your "I'll Never Do That Again" list Right Now?
-I'll never buy another Pontiac (mine burned. Yes burned!)
-I'll never go shopping on December 23rd again
-I'll never try to sit up on something that I cannot reach again
-I'll never arrive at the airport 20 minutes before my flight leaves again
-I'll never walk about Mexico City by myself just because I'm craving jicama again

Ok, so now I'll tell you about my day. I've already mentioned that I live in El Paso so you must know that almost everyone here speaks Spanish. If they don't, they at least understand it. Today I was reminded of why "One language per sentence" has been one of my rules. I speak Spanish very fluently and want Brianna and Alec to at least know it. It was easier for me to practice since that's all my grandparents spoke but Brianna and Alec won't need to speak Spanish to my parents or in school. I don't know how well they can learn it. I only spoke Spanish to Brianna until she was three but now in school all she speaks is English and I've noticed that she often asks me to translate words to my grandmother. So, I dropped her off today and we were reminded that Wednesdays they are dismissed from school an hour early. This was the bus matron's exact quote, "Remember que ahora es Wednesday, eh?" I understood, but it bothers me. It is such a bad custom in border cities to speak that way. I mean, we actually have a bilingual radio station here. My mom is very guilty of this style of speech saying phrases like, "Voy a hacer vacuum." I made it a point to correct anyone in my household who did this today. I was pleased to notice that Brianna will respond in Spanish when spoken to in Spanish and the same with English. Rodrigo just speaks English anyway, and as for Alec, he gave still only speaks "baby". Good night! (Buenas noches!)

feeling: I want to take a bath and read
listening to: Dido (White Flag)
what I should be doing instead of blogging: relaxing in a warm bath

unconscious mutterings

I just found this site today and I decided to start playing. I am now player #89. Yay! This whole thing is free association. You know, when someone tells you a word and you say the first thing that comes into your head. It's pretty cool. If you want to join the game, you can find it on LunaNina. So, here are my answers:

I say ... and you think ... ?

Ignore:: shell (don't ask)
Death:: grave
Missy:: Elliott (yeah, yeah, I don't want to hear it)
Ballet:: dancer
Guest:: room
Campus:: college
Lonely:: only the lonely
Company:: party
Helicopter:: blade
Sterile:: Darryl (I knew a guy named Darryl and I called him "sterile")

Ok, so I checked all my responses and the analysis that I am a super genius. :P Have a great night everyone!

feeling: not mad (even though Rodrigo thinks so) I'm just thinking
watching: The Tonight Show
what I should be doing instead of blogging: washing dishes

punxsutawney yvett

I was walking Brianna to the bus stop today and all of a sudden the right side of my blouse tore off. Oops. Just another one of those wardrobe malfunctions. Luckily, I was wearing a sun shaped pasty and no one really saw anything. What? It was an accident and not planned at all. I knew I should've gone back inside when I saw my shadow.
Alright, it's out of my system now. Hopefully it is out of everyone's system as well and I will no longer have to hear or read about Janet Jackson's boob. Ok, just a little bit more . . . . .Come on, I mean, do they really want us to think that it was an accident? I can just imagine Justin Timberlake brainstorming, "How can I out-do that Britney/Madonna kiss?I know!" Also, what, does Janet Jackson wear pasties all the time? I'm not a prude or anything, but I definately think that it was a very tasteless "accident". Hillarious because of the backlash, but tasteless nonetheless.
Well, anyway, six more weeks of winter, huh? I'm still waiting for winter to arrive here. It usually snows here at least once throughout the winter, but not this year, or season rather. Last week I saw a few people wearing shorts. That's ridiculous since we are only in the upper 50's. Maybe those people were visiting from Minnesota or something. Well, that's it for tonight.

feeling: super thirsty
watching: The Tonight Show
what I should be doing instead of blogging: putting away laundry

alec

For those of you who heard my audiopost, first of all, if you've never heard me before, you'll probably be surprised at how much I sound like a 12 year old. What can I say? I'm so close to 12 that my voice hasn't even changed yet. Anyway, here is picture of the toy that Alec was in during that audio blog. If you haven't heard it yet, well, go listen. Good bye for now. I'll write more later tonight.

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sunday blog about nothing

I did the whole 100 Things about me thing all over again today and submitted it to the 100 Things webring only to find out that they are not accepting new sites at the moment. ARGH! Double ARGH! I feel like I did all that work for nothing. Today I also added a new template to this site. Do you like it? I've already mentioned that I am very computer illiterate so this took a very long for me to set up. I have to admit that the blogger support is very helpful. That and also the fact that if I don't understand something, I ask Rodrigo. I want to do it myself, though, so I try not to ask him for too much.

I think it was last Thursday that I saw the new Pepsi commercial with Britney Spears, Beyonce, Pink and Enrique Iglesias. I didn't like it because I think they butcher Queen's "We Will Rock You". I was talking about how bad it was and I played it for Rodrigo. His response to the ad was, "Britney's hot". Uh. . . not at all what I was talking about. I didn't watch the Superbowl today. I'll watch it for the commercials and halftime sometimes but not this year. This year I was a dork stuck to my computer. I felt lazy all day because I woke up late. The more I sleep, the lazier I feel. I slept in today and was having a weird dream where my friend Denise was looking through my bathroom cabinets and my friend Gloria was in the kitchen complaining because she wanted chicken. I know my friend Alma was in my dream too but I can't remember what she was doing.

Brianna likes spending the weekend at my mom's and I went to pick her up today. It's weird going to the house that is no longer my house. My old bedroom in which I spent sooooo much time in is now a playroom for the grandkids. My brother's old bedroom is now a TV room. Brianna was playing in my old room today and I went in to play with her. It looks so different now. It is no longer the room in which I use to lock myself in, listen to music, do homework, and wait for my boyfriend to come to the window and whisper so as not to wake my parents. I felt a bit nostalgic but have to admit that I love my new adult big bedroom which I am slowly learning how to share. I'm heading there now. Good night.

Here is a gratuitous picture of Alec.

feeling: sleepy
listening to: Dave Matthews Band (The Space Between)
what I should be doing instead of blogging: sleeping

ARGH!!!!!

I was working on my "100 Things list". I took a tremendously long time and just as I was done and was publishing the page, I got a message reading that the connection was lost and I'd have to repeat the action. ARGH!!!!!! I don't feel like doing it over right now so I guess I'll redo it tomorrow. Lesson learned: save your work.

feeling: distempered!
listening to: my blood boiling and steam blowing out of my ears