spanish, more songs lyrics and tomato soup
so tonight i went to my first spanish class since...1999..!?? yeah. (sorry, señor!!) I was somewhat dragged there--that is, if not for the persistence and generally contagious enthusiasm of a certain fellow (transplanted) resident of hohenlohe, i probably wouldn't have left my house this evening. (it's so freakin' cold here!!!! what happened to spring, people?!?!?!)
anyway. back to spanish. it was sufficiently embarrassing but not nearly as humiliating as i'd expected. and i only had one of the oh-my-gosh-i-can't-breathe-my-heart-isn't-beating-i'm-going-to-pass-out-they-asked-me-a-question-and-i-have-to-say-somethin-and-i-don't-speak-spanish panic attacks. the really impressive thing, however, was the realization that i DON'T have those with german anymore. at least not regularly =) and this is progress. (we like progress.)
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and having spent a lot of time traveling over the past few weeks, i've come back to this--one of my many favorite innocence mission songs...
Song about Traveling
A man said Why, why does traveling
in cars and in trains make him feel sad,
a beautiful sadness.
I've felt this before.
It's the people in the cities you'll never know,
it is everything you pass by,
wondering, will you ever return?
The colors of rowboats, the greens and the blues.
Orange grove side streets you only see halfway.
And beaches in winter
and when kites are flown.
It's the people in the cities you'll never know,
it is everything you pass by,
wondering, will you ever return?
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what makes everything ok:
tomato soup with sunflower seeds and shredded cheese that sticks to the spoon and your lips, leaving little strings hanging down to stick to your chin
what would make everything even better:
eating tomato soup with sunflower seeds and shredded cheese that sticks to the spoon and your lips, leaving little strings hanging down to stick to your chin--while sitting across from someone else eating tomato soup with sunflower seeds and shredded cheese that sticks to the spoon and their lips, leaving little strings hanging down stuck to their chin
anyway. back to spanish. it was sufficiently embarrassing but not nearly as humiliating as i'd expected. and i only had one of the oh-my-gosh-i-can't-breathe-my-heart-isn't-beating-i'm-going-to-pass-out-they-asked-me-a-question-and-i-have-to-say-somethin-and-i-don't-speak-spanish panic attacks. the really impressive thing, however, was the realization that i DON'T have those with german anymore. at least not regularly =) and this is progress. (we like progress.)
............................................................................................
and having spent a lot of time traveling over the past few weeks, i've come back to this--one of my many favorite innocence mission songs...
Song about Traveling
A man said Why, why does traveling
in cars and in trains make him feel sad,
a beautiful sadness.
I've felt this before.
It's the people in the cities you'll never know,
it is everything you pass by,
wondering, will you ever return?
The colors of rowboats, the greens and the blues.
Orange grove side streets you only see halfway.
And beaches in winter
and when kites are flown.
It's the people in the cities you'll never know,
it is everything you pass by,
wondering, will you ever return?
....................................................
what makes everything ok:
tomato soup with sunflower seeds and shredded cheese that sticks to the spoon and your lips, leaving little strings hanging down to stick to your chin
what would make everything even better:
eating tomato soup with sunflower seeds and shredded cheese that sticks to the spoon and your lips, leaving little strings hanging down to stick to your chin--while sitting across from someone else eating tomato soup with sunflower seeds and shredded cheese that sticks to the spoon and their lips, leaving little strings hanging down stuck to their chin
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