Drinking haterade March 2, 2009

Yes, I know.  In a previous post, I was hating viciously on some Woody Allen and some Pe Cruz.  In fact, regarding the film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, my exact words were: “There’s no way in hell I’m gonna go see that shit.” But now, your girl Pene has won herself an Oscar.  Is she really [...]

Nitpicking with “gentilicios” January 27, 2009

This one belongs in a very distinct, probably well-nigh universal category of expatriate anecdotes: the “Small Talk in Elevator Leads to Humorous or Poignant or Socially Significant Reflection” anecdote.  If you know someone who lives overseas (and has an elevator, of course), or if you are that someone, you know what I’m referring to, those [...]

Christmas, Barcelona is wack, more controversy January 14, 2009

Hello.  Happy New Year and all that.  Three things, totally unrelated.

Now ain’t that literally some shit a/k/a “Bon nadal!” December 22, 2008

I knew at some point I was going to have to do something here about the local X-mas traditions, so here goes.  Thanks to Troy (A small white flaking house in Lost Spain) for sending the link to this article from Der Spiegel, which sums it up better than other articles I’ve read.  Basically, the [...]

WARNING: Controversial content! Ooooohhh! a/k/a “Hay que ser gilipollas” December 17, 2008

Disclaimer: Generally, I like to try and stay out of this sort of debate because as an outsider I really have no part in it.  But I saw something yesterday that really called my attention and made me shake my head and go, “Now ain’t that some shit.”  Ah, yes, the debate I’m referring to [...]

Fuck all them celery-eatin’-ass motherfuckers December 11, 2008

I. So the other day I was looking at The Onion looking for potential material when I ran across an interview with Kool Keith and Kutmasta Kurt. And I was like, “Damn, I had forgotten all about this Kool Keith motherfucker.”

“Welcome to the Terrordome” October 29, 2008

Monday night I had the opportunity to see the documentary “Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome” as part of the In-Edit Beefeater film festival. Of the approximately forty trillion films being shown as part of the festival this is probably the only one I’ll be seeing, except for maybe the one on Nina Simone they’re [...]

Special request, part two August 29, 2008

As I sit down to resume typing after my nearly three weeks of hiatus, I can’t help but think that I might should’ve started this whole blog thing a long time ago. Way back, when everything was fresh and new, when the little differences between The Way Things Are Here and The Way Things Are [...]