In Spain, mediodía, or midday, is at 2 pm. This means that sleeping in til 12 noon doesn’t mean you’ve slept half the day away. Helpful when you stay out til 7 am. Or when you’re a lazy bum on your day off.

I've surprised myself with some of the terms I have taught my students (and friends). I can only think of these now, but I know there are more ( Read more... )

I spent much of my Easter afternoon in front of the tv watching an America's Next Top Model marathon. One of the challenges for these girls was to film a commercial, do a photo shoot, and be a spokesmodel for Secret Platinum deodorant. Part of the deal was that the girls had to end their spiel with their own secrets ( Read more... )

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My thesis research has me checking out books on numismatics. This makes me dull.

mas Cildo Meireles é meu deus.

I have been given the go-ahead by my thesis advisor, one very friendly art history professor. She speaks in a very deliberate way, perhaps typical of a foreign-born, non-native English speaker, and her accent is quite delicate and generally nice, as accents tend to go. Nonetheless, hearing her speak makes me tense, b/c she almost always is the ( Read more... )

Today, in making some interdisciplinary investigations for my Latin American Studies senior seminar, I dared venture into unfamiliar zones of the library: HD, JV, JC, etc. I found these expeditions most tiring and dull. How anyone can study these topics (economy, politics, and the like) is beyond me. All the same, it is reassuring to know that I ( Read more... )

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Put your music player on shuffle, and for each question, press your 'forward' button, and put the song that comes up ( Read more... )