Long weekends are nice, they make me really look forward to the holidays and Christmas break. I spent a lot of time with el Venado, which was nice because during the school/work week we barely get to see each other despite the fact that he works on campus. Plus, the next couple of weeks either he or I will be out of town and I’ll barely get to see him.
I went hiking with several friends on Friday. Considering the kind of week I’ve been having, I probably should have stayed away from trails along 30 foot drops, cold rivers, and wilderness. As you know, I didn’t die and I came down from the mountain in one piece. The best part about being up in the San Gabriel Mountains was just being out of LA and not having to deal with traffic. Oh yeah, seeing a tarantula up close was also pretty cool.
Post hike, I thought el Venado and I could go to the Tamale Festival nearby, but instead we (me, el Venado, rooomie J and future roomie L) took advantage of happy hour. Okay, what is the singular form of tamales? I always thought it was tamal and I still insist on that, but why would a whole festival spell the singular form of tamales incorrectly? Using tamale to refer to a single tamal really, really, really, bugs me.
Saturday el Venado and I went to see his co-worker, Jerry, perform with a Filipino folk dance group, Kayamanan Ng Lahi. I’ve seen a lot of Filipino folk dance and it’s always very impressive and beautiful. Of course the best part of the show was not seeing Filipinos in bahags or being in awe of a different kind of pole dance, Pattong. Instead it was just great to see a good friend do his thing and really live his culture.
Finally, I think all the turkey I ate yesterday in a pre-Thanksgiving dinner is still making me sleepy. El Venado came to the dinner at my parent’s house in Hacienda Heights, which was nice and weird at the same time. See, I’ve only brought home one guy before. It’s not that my parents are really strict or I’m ashamed to have a guy I’m seeing around them. Instead, I’ve just tried to keep certains aspects of my life somewhat hidden from them. El Venado played with VR, my puppy. VR seemed to like el Venado much more than the crazy little boys who were running around. If el Venado gets VR’s approval, that’s good enough for me.
P.S. I’m so glad el Venado has cable, or else I’d be missing out on the new Boondocks cartoon series on Adult Swim.
Yawn.
Yeah, I agree with HP. Where’s the quote of the day from the economist who’s regarded by everyone to be an absolute genius? Why not just copy and paste an entire Wall Street Journal article?
Ok, but for real, I completely agree: a tamal is a tamal and whatever idiot decided to call it tamale (probably the same one to first spell La Jolla) should have his pinky finger cut off. Uh oh, but this just in, comes from “Nahuatl tamalli”
Whatever. In my book it will forever be a tamal, dos tamales.
Exactly!!! That’s way more interesting than a discussion of **cough**El Venado**cough**, camping trips!!!
men.. catfighting?
i do so love progressive gender roles.
excellent camping trip photos =o]
I fail to see how “seeing a tarantula up close was also pretty cool.”
I mean, I know you can’t die and all, but I got freaked out just reading that there was a tarantula sighting, and I’m on the other side of the country!
As if I needed another reason not to go into the woods.
HP,
You must be sleepy after reading all that boring stuff on your own blog.
And if you actually read what I wrote, you’d know I didn’t even go camping. It was just a hike.
Oso,
The idiot who decided on “tamale” and “la jolla” is probably the same one who decided to change “el puente” to “la puente.” I noticed the tamalli thing too when I looked it up last week.
HP criticizes me for not writing much, but at least when I do it’s my own words and more than cut and paste.
Kitti,
If Oso and HP got in a fight, I think Oso would win.
J,
Thanks. It was a nice day.
Joel,
But the tarantula is so small compared to us humans. It really was cool.
Hmm, maybe tamale is singular in its Englishfied (anglo) form? And tamal is the right singular form in Spanish? Tamal will always be the right one in my head though.
Oh, and those dances look mad crazy.
i’m addicted to the new boondocks cartoon! Well, i was addicted to Robot Chicken before so watching it hand in hand just makes life so much sweeter.
Sounds like you had a busy weekend! The holiday’s are certainly close! I can’t wait for those long school school breaks!
Oh…. that kind of pole dance. I confused it for something else.
Maria,
I think you would have really enjoyed it. The only bad thing was that el Venado read the tickets wrong and we missed most of the first half.
CAD,
I’ve been waiting for the cartoon for — literally — four years. I met Aaron in 2001 and even then he was talking about getting the cartoon developed. I’m not sure it meets my high expectations, but I am entertained. I just think the boys sound too much like boys (know what I mean?).
Nebur,
There was none of that there. I don’t think I’d want to see my friend doing that stuff.