It was 97 today. Fortunately, Somegirl invited me over to her friend’s pool for the day. It was damned hot. The water was great, though - mostly because it cooled off earlier this week, when the temperature was in the 60s.
I’m one of those people who overthinks things. I edge into the water, I spend a lot of time bitching about how cold it’s going to be instead of just jumping in. I’m pretty good on the metaphorical leaps, but literal? Not so much.
Well, I did finally dive in. We swam, we floated on rafts and we drank iced tea. (I read once that Philadelphia has the highest per capita iced tea consumption in the country. I do believe it.) Later, we went to have dinner at the Mexican place back in my neighborhood.
Have I mentioned that both Somegirl and her friend who came to dinner with us are chefs? (You know, as in Paris and New York City…) Do you know what it’s like to sit through a meal with experts who critique EVERY SINGLE THING - IN SPANISH???
Oy. Fucking foodies.
“Which reminds me,” I said to Somegirl. “Some right-wing Venezuelan blog linked to me, that same stupid story about the bloggers union. You can translate it for me.”
“I don’t know if I can,” she said.
“I’m sure you can,” I said. “I can pretty much get the gist of it, and I don’t speak Spanish. He seems to compare me to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, and I think he called me a whore.
“And there’s this part where I’m pretty sure he says he’d like to see a photo of Chavez fucking me in the ass.” ***
She looked at me.
“No, really, I think that’s what it says. I’ll send it to you.”
Anyway, back to the meal. The salad was perfect; the chefs’ entrees, unsatisfactory. (I can’t tell you what they ordered because, as I think I just pointed out, I don’t speak Spanish.) They did sample and enjoy my Chicken Morena, which was chicken in a glaze of maple syrup, grapefruit and cinnamon with grapes and pecans. And they liked the desserts, especially Somegirl - her bread pudding came with a warm, thick, caramel crust similar to a cinnamon bun.
The restaurant’s air-conditioning wasn’t quite cool enough, but when we walked outside, the heat was so much worse. We took a short walk to help the digestion, and then we all went home.
And here I am. Home, sweet AC.
*** Hey, if you know what this says, let me know!
Tenemos que agradecerle a chavez que va a dignificar la noble profesion del bloger es por esa razon por la cual todos nosotros debemos apoyar la reforma constitucional.
Pero como siempre los gringos se nos adelantaron, ya los bloger gringos estan pidiendo que le den credenciales de prensa para asistir a una sección de desnalgue de Britney, o tomarle una foto a Paris Hilton comiendose un moco. Quieren ser profesionalizados, pero eso no se queda ahí una de las bloger gringas hace meses le pidio que le den un sueldo, seguro social y un largo etc, todo pagado por el estado, ya que ella se la pasa mas de 10 horas sentada bloqueando.
Ella dijo; “Bloguear es muy intenso, física y mentalmente. Estás constantemente rebuscando las noticias, para conseguir información que movilice a tus lectores. Mientras, tu trasero está engordando y tus brazos y cuello se desgastan por el uso constante del ratón”, La vaina es en serio, pueden leerla aquí.
En mi humildísima (y arrogante) opinión ella le mando un mail a chavez y es por esa razon que va a cambiar la constitución para que nosotros, despreciados buhoneros del teclado, tengamos vacaciones pagas, seguro social y que solo estemos en el teclado un maximo de 6 horas. Ni un minuto mas. Y solo trabajemos 30 horas a la semana.
Y en el caso que tengamos que pasarnos mas tiempo el estado en toda su benevolencia nos pague doble por tan noble labor.
Nos daran carnet, para introducirnos en las ruedas de prensa del Excelso e incluso tendremos el derecho a realizarle preguntas y que nos regañe en cadena nacional, y por supuesto que Mario silva hable mal de nosotros, como cualquier Ibelice pacheco.
Y hasta formar un sindicato.
Y yo hablando mal de chavez.
Que ingrato soy.
Cuando por fin el estado va a reconocer nuestra labor, gracias al amor de chavez. Y claro que si. Plomo al que este en contra de la reforma.
Propongo fundar un movimiento bloger apoyando esta reforma constitucional.
Se puede llamar Movimiento de blogeros antichavistas en pro de la reforma constitucional el logo puede ser una foto de chavez sodomizando a Susie Madrak ya que gracias a ella es que dignificaran nuestra labor en el teclado.
La cosa no es en broma, eso es una consecuencia de la reforma del articulo 87.
Susie,
Use this website to translate the text.
http://translation.langenberg.com/
We have to be grateful to Chavez that he is going to dignify the noble profession of the blogger. It is for that reason that we all can support constitutional reform.
But as always, the foreigners are moving past us. Foreign bloggers already are asking for press credentials to help a section … or take a picture of Paris Hilton eating her snot. They want to be professionalized, but that doesn’t stay there. One of the blogger foreigners has asked for months that they be given a salary, social security and un largo, etc., all paid for by the state, since she spends more than 10 hours sitting and blogging.
She said, “Blogging is very intense, physically and mentally. You are constantly looking for news in order to get information to your readers. While your rear is growing and your arms and neck are worn out by the constant use of the mouse.” She’s serious, you can read it here.
… (sorry I don’t have time to translate it all)
The blogger movement can be called anti-Chavez in favor of constitutional reform. The logo can be a photo of Chavez sodomizing Susie Madrak since thanks to her the fact is that they will dignify our work on the keyboard.
The thing isn’t a joke, it’s a consequence of the reform of article 87.
… (sorry I don’t have time to translate it all)
The missing part says something like:
In my humble (and arrogant) opinion, she controls a (mail?) to chavez and for that reason is going to change the constitution so that we, despised peddlers of the keyboard, (we will)have paid vacations, social security, and that we are only at the keyboard for 6 hours at a time. Not a minute more. And we only work 30 hours a week.
And in case we must spend (pass) more time, the state, in all its benevolence, pays us double for such noble labor.
You’d give us a card to introduce us into the press conferences of The Excelso and we will even have the right to make questions to him and scold in a national chain, and of course Mario Silva speaks bad(ly) of us, like any Ibelice pot-head.
And until a union is formed.
And I’m speaking badly of chavez.
What an ingrate I am.
When finally the state goes to recognize our work, thanks to the love of chavez. And if that is clear. This lead(s) against the reform.
And if that is clear
Apologies, I could not tell whether there was an accent here, it may read “and yes that is clear.
so.
You must be doing something right (pardon the pun) for upsetting the right-wing in Venezuela.
Way to go “Dr.” Madrak!