Thursday, March 3, 2011

¿Escuchasté?

If you don't speak Spanish or if you do speak Spanish, but only in the present and have no idea what-in-the-world a preterite tense is, you may be wondering about the title of this post.  I just learned today that if you say, "¿Viste?" it means, "Did you see that?"  So, I'm assuming that this can also be used for the verb escuchar.  I'm not sure because I am constantly throwing French into my Spanish.  I can only speak Spanish about this well:
 

Enough with the Spanish practice.  I am always walking into conversations at the wrong time and I hear really strange things.  Here is a conversation I heard today:
"Spencer, is it the goat who is jumping around on the mountain?"
"Yeah, that's what it is!  It's funny, huh?"

I also thought I heard a kid tell me his name was Michael.  
"See you later, Michael." 
"Who's Michael?"
His name was Jacob.  We named the tree Michael.

And sometimes, I just can't hear things!  A friend asked today, "Is Kenzie here?"  And, what I heard was "Is this kissing?"
No it is not kissing, but thanks for asking!

I think the lesson that can be learned today is to listen with both ears unless it's better to listen with only one ear and your brain!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

In excelsis Deo

You know the Christmas song with the chorus of "Glo -  -  - ri - a in ex-cel-sis Deo?"  (And, where those dashes are, they are going up and down with all kinds of notes.  It's from Angels We Have Heard On High.  I didn't know that.  I had to look it up.)  Well, when I was little, I used to say that I hated this song.  But, really, I loved it!  Why wouldn't you love a song that said your name!?!  It wasn't until I got older that I realized that it said "in excelsis Deo" instead of "in excess Chelsee's Day-o!"  To say the least, I was very disappointed!

But, instead of letting the disappointment that there is not a song which repeatedly sings my name get to me, I decided to start a blog that says it!  This is a great place to excessively talk about Chelsee's sometimes-hilarious-sometimes-terrible day.  And, my day will probably make you say O on more than one occasion.