Comillas

I'm dedicating this posting to quotes. These quotes are not all in Spanish.. in fact most are in English. This post is almost exclusively for those of you who have experienced these situations with me or who know what it's like leaving your home for 3 months to try to teach foreign children English...

• Phone rings, it's from the States. "Hey Tym, what's up? I'm in Spain, is everything alright?"
  "......Are you running from the law?" Someone didn't get the memo..
• Class time. "TEACHER, TEACHER! HFJSDJKSDOERNSDFK (unintelligible quick Spanish question) "En Inglés?" "QUE HABLAN CASTELLANO!" fail.
• "If I've learned anything, it's this: when in doubt, use a lisp."
• 6 glasses of wine later + Will Ferrel as Ron Burgundy, "As I was taking my annual trek through the cañon..."
• "I'm just in my boots, ya know. Being cool. In my boots. Just... bein cool."
• After losing 2 humans + 1 shin on the metro. "... And then there were four."
• My mother's reaction to my tutoring news: "So excited for you, great way to make as they say "mucho dinero" or I think that's what Clint Eastwood says..."
• "There was so much snow today that they postponed the pig killing." "Good for the pig."
• People in Navaleno say, "Navaleno todo bueno." San Leonardo calls us "Navaleno nada bueno."
• Retaliation: People in Navaleno call San Leonardo de Yague, "San Petardo del desague."
• Beatriz to me: "Are your bobs fake?!" ... "Uhh Bea you mean "boobs" and no, they are real.. but thanks for asking?"
• I am in class with Sandra and our 1st cycle students. Sandra is using a black pen on Vicente's paper. Ivan notices and states, "Vicente, look, it's the same color as you!" .. spoken to the one and only black student. Awesome.