two weeks

we've had a house guest for the last two weeks...and while it was great to have her (italian bf's 4th grade teacher), I'm pleased at the prospect at peeing with the door open again...and not having to find my night clothes before i shower...

but there are a couple of things that maybe I should carry over out of courtesy for italian bf...like double checking to make sure there is no dental debris in the sink after I brush my teeth.

white zin, white trash

In the 80s and 90s, conventional (stereotypic) white middle class wisdom said that only the white trash drink white zin. Bonus points if it came in a box. and then someone decided to re-market white zin to other groups...I got curious and bought a bottle. conclusion: it tastes like bad white grape juice with way too much sugar added.

Tonight, I managed to give, in Italian, my take on white zin's recent marketing history. The glass of the stuff I gulped down on an empty stomach helped a lot with the flow of the verbs. Our italian house guest listened intently and pretended not to mind being served "truzzi wine". (truzzi is white trash in italian).

I also know how to say "I have a hard on" in Italian...but you'll have to ask your local pizza guy for the translation :)

beer for dinner

i should be eating a salad, but I don't feel like washing the lettuce right now. so i'm just having a beer. I had a big lunch, so it's no biggie. I talked to douglas on the phone for almost 90 minutes tonight...it was so nice to catch up with him...and we came up with a sign for his chair, but I think it was a much broader possible usage:

Don't use me as a benchmark of mediocrity.

btw, speaking of beer, benchmarks and mediocrity, did you guys read that Married with Children has gotten so big in Russia that Sony hired back the original writers, to create additional episodes for the Russian market...PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE release the Russian versions in the states, complete with english subtitles

update: I want real food now.