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whathoMy cousin put her cardigan on yesterday to keep out the chill. Mother expressed surprise at how she could be cold when it was 25 degrees and everyone else was sweating. Cousin said 'It's because I'm thin and I have only my cardigan to keep me warm.'
'What?' Mother refrained from saying. 'Unlike the rest of us under our quivering great mounds of blubber?' Mother is very restrained.
Cousin also threw away all the green bits of our lettuce, and then ate the entire head.
Brother's having difficulty being a vegetarian in China and teaching sullen people from a text book they all hate. Mother advised him to follow the pattern of CJ Lamb in LA Law when she made the Bulgarian law students do their lessons in the swimming pool and sing a lot. I love it when LA Law becomes a guide for life.
He doesn't like the squat toilets either. I offered my wisdom on this matter. I told him he would develop big strong thighs. He'll be up again about now. It's 7.30am there.
I have not been hungry since last Thursday, when I ate half a slice of Mississippi Mud Pie and then stopped. I don't feel ill. I just don't feel hungry. I feel tired, possibly because I don't feel hungry. I haven't written since last Thursday either. Someone hit my off switch last Thursday. I have read four Hindi lessons out of my Teach Yourself Hindi book. So that's something.
My favourite Hindi word is 'Paramparar'. It means 'tradition', but it sounds like a trumpet.
I'm going to bed now. Everyone else went to bed two hours ago, so I think it's my turn.
'What?' Mother refrained from saying. 'Unlike the rest of us under our quivering great mounds of blubber?' Mother is very restrained.
Cousin also threw away all the green bits of our lettuce, and then ate the entire head.
Brother's having difficulty being a vegetarian in China and teaching sullen people from a text book they all hate. Mother advised him to follow the pattern of CJ Lamb in LA Law when she made the Bulgarian law students do their lessons in the swimming pool and sing a lot. I love it when LA Law becomes a guide for life.
He doesn't like the squat toilets either. I offered my wisdom on this matter. I told him he would develop big strong thighs. He'll be up again about now. It's 7.30am there.
I have not been hungry since last Thursday, when I ate half a slice of Mississippi Mud Pie and then stopped. I don't feel ill. I just don't feel hungry. I feel tired, possibly because I don't feel hungry. I haven't written since last Thursday either. Someone hit my off switch last Thursday. I have read four Hindi lessons out of my Teach Yourself Hindi book. So that's something.
My favourite Hindi word is 'Paramparar'. It means 'tradition', but it sounds like a trumpet.
I'm going to bed now. Everyone else went to bed two hours ago, so I think it's my turn.
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Date: 2006-09-12 05:02 am (UTC)Well, he is not *thoughtlessly* away in China, but I think you know what I mean. On the plus side, I bet you will get to hear HEAPS of exciting stories, and when your brother returns with his new strong thighs you can get him to move furniture around for you.
'Paramparar' is best word ever. I keep saying it, quietly, to myself. It makes me think of elephants.
One more thing: Your cousin? Is a horrid cow. Imagine saying something like that 'It's because I'm thin' comment! Who says things like that?
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Date: 2006-09-12 06:55 am (UTC)My cousin is fairly unspeakable. I also am mostly amused at the whole lettuce thing, but it just seemed to sum up the oddness and vague wrongness of her entire visit. My mother would've pointed out that she'd just essentially said the equivalent of 'It's because you're all fat that you get hot', but she didn't think the cousin would get it, so she just boggled instead.