Not long ago being bi-lingual (able to speak Spanish) was of little benefit to me and I wondered if knowing it would ever serve any purpose. In fact I rarely heard Spanish spoken and would actually get a little excited upon hearing it spoken in public. Who would have imagined the rapid change in all of that ( Read more... )

Fireflies but no prairie dogs.

Why can't I see 50% of the entries from my friend's lists. I have to go directly to the LJ user's link to see their entries - unlocked and friends only entries?

Mexico City, Mexico ( Read more... )

Why do I always pack like I'm going to some third world country? If I forget something, I can buy it when I get there.

if I go to see X2 even though I didn't see X1?

Are you ready? I don't know, lately I feel like I'm in some sort of time warp to McCarthism, the cold war, the Cuban missle crisis, and Japanese internment all rolled into one.

I get somewhat annoyed by all the publicity surrounding the guy who self amputated his arm to escape from a trapped boulder. Now he will be making the rounds of all of the talk shows about what a brave courageous lad he was. This is the wrong message. Instead he should have the words "I am stupid" tattooed on his forehead. Extreme sports or ( Read more... )

I slept right through the earthquake.

not having 50 watts per channel in my car. ba-boom, ba-boom