"A Selfish Plea"

I put the title to this entry entre comillas because it could easily be the name of some heinous theatrical work. But actually, it´s just the title of this entry. So here goes:

PLEASE COMMENT ON MY BLOG
I KNOW YOU´RE OUT THERE
COME ON, COME ON!

That could have been a haiku if I had tried. But really, dear readers, PLEASE COMMENT if you´re reading, I want to know what you think. And that you think. That you exist, really. You say you´re real, but are you?

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El Día de Vergüenza

The Day of Embarrassment (new holiday I’ve created in celebration of myself)

Fun, masochistic anecdote:

(Friday, August 13th)

While at lunch with Zoë and Gwen yesterday, I got “trapped” in the bathroom. The door was latched shut from the inside and I couldn’t for the life of me undo the latch. I began to panic, imagining myself running out of oxygen in the tiny, airtight stall while a man with a chainsaw was being summoned to cut a giant me-shaped hole in the door (does this remind anyone else of a certain Japanese game show? Okay). My next panicked thought was, will I be able to communicate the urgency of my situation in Spanish?! I began to bang on the door. No response. I shouted, “HOLA! ESTOY CERRADA EN EL BAÑO!” which is technically correct, although mildly ridiculous. Zoë and the waitress came to my rescue. Apparently I was just using the lock incorrectly. Ay, Dios.

The rest of the day didn’t end up being as embarrassing as it could have, but I did say I had studied Spanish since I was fourty when I meant fourteen, which of course is HILARIOUS because “cuarenta” and “catorce” are SO DIFFERENT, unlike in our stupid language in which the simple omission of an “n” could lead to mix-ups. Geez Louise.

Don’t mind the negativity that’s unpleasantly seeping through here! I just want to be fluent NOW. I’d probably have to sell my soul for that to happen, though.