None of you all are going to believe me, but I have an amazing capacity to become almost completely non-communicative and horrifically shy. (Yes, really.) This generally happens if I am thrust into the company of non-shamed people (see also: Spanish/Latino culture, persons thereof.) The fact that I DON’T SPEAK SPANISH is probably a contributing factor, because I get horrifically nervous that I’m going to fuck up and do something like confuse the words for “hairdryer” and “alarm clock,” which, by the way, can lead to some seriously nonsensical conversations.
Anyway, based on my experiences with my Spanish prof (who I can’t BELIEVE I never posted about, except it’s kind of hard to explain someone fantastically crazy whose sheer personality hits you like an 18-wheeleer, except in a probably-less-painful fashion), I decided that when the study-abroad office gave me an application for homestay housing and asked me to “describe myself,” it would be a good idea to mention that I was on the quiet side.
Logically, they put me with this crazy loca chain-smoking high-heeled-leather-boots-wearing chica. Duh.
I’ve been trying to describe her for about five days, except the only thing I can think to say is to maybe reuse the lame 18-wheeler metaphor from above, or perhaps to repeat that her name is Paquita, she’s 40, and I still don’t know if she’s crazy or just Spanish.
/she is the personification of “chica please”
5 comments:
she sounds like a lot of fun!!
hahaha, i'm not really a fan of the chain smoker part, but otherwise it sounds like it'll be an interesting stay for you at least! :D
sorry, i removed the last comment because i didn't realize i was still logged in as someone else. he forgot to log out -_-
but it's so much more fun to be logged into other ppl's accounts!!
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