16 Friday Feb 2007
Posted in musings
How do you tell the difference? Or is it simply a case of …
I am opinionated.You are biased.He is judgemental
But seriously folks, I’m curious about this. Even the dictionary doesn’t give a clear distinction between the two, yet the word ‘judgemental’ has a much more negative connotation.
And if you end up calling someone judgemental, does this not immediately turn into one of them thar pot/kettle situations?
15 Thursday Feb 2007
You Are 55% Normal |
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While some of your behavior is quite normal… Other things you do are downright strange You’ve got a little of your freak going on But you mostly keep your weirdness to yourself |
14 Wednesday Feb 2007
Posted in clothing, life stuff, sevilla
When does it start?
For the past 4-5 days it’s gone up to about 21ºC in the afternoon. Last Saturday when Peter and I went out for tapas in the late afternoon was the first time I wore sandals this year. But since then I’ve been wearing shoes again … and today I wondered why.
If this was the beginning of November and 21ºC I’d definitely still be wearing sandals. But going in reverse (from cold to warm) it seems to require more than a couple of warm days to make the change.
Also, there seems to be an unwritten rule that people here don’t wear sandals before Semana Santa (Easter week), which is absurd. I don’t fall under this rule as I’m a foreigner and basically people expect me to be a bit weird. So I will be comfortably wearing a skirt with sandals in March when it’s 27º while other women are sweating in tights and shoes.
Any strange clothing rules where you live?
[note: on 3 March I found these!]
13 Tuesday Feb 2007
Posted in culture, life stuff, miscellany
Are you superstitious?
Today is martes trece or Tuesday the 13th … the Spanish equivalent of Friday the 13th (though I’ve never been able to find out why). I always joke that it doesn’t affect me because I’m not Spanish, and Friday the 13th doesn’t either because I live in Spain. But deep inside something niggles, like a wee part of me maybe isn’t joking, you know?
So while I don’t think I’m particularly superstitious I do think twice before walking under ladders – though of course I don’t think black cats are unlucky in the slightest. Quite the opposite, but then isn’t that also being somewhat superstitious?
And so, just curious as to how many of you out there are superstitious, and also if you know of any cool and unusual superstitions other than the typical ones: broken mirrors, the number 13, black cats, etc. 
13 Tuesday Feb 2007
Posted in books & writing, quizzes
Here are the instructions:
Look at the list of books below. Bold the ones you’ve read, italicize the ones you want to read, cross out the ones you wouldn’t touch with a 10-foot pole, put a cross in front of the ones on your bookshelf, and asterisk* the ones you’ve never heard of.
casa azahar 