Apparently, I am the Resident Office Spanish Specialist (ROSS - not just for dresses anymore!). I don't actually speak Spanish, understand, but I have a few phrases memorized + a very good accent (take drama!) and this means that I get the "tough" non-bilingual cases. Other ticket agents have now started sending anyone they don't understand to my window. "Oh, you're Chinese? Could you step to the next window? (She knows Spanish.)" I'm fine as long as they don't ask me any questions... Lea el papel antes* de la conferencia, por favor. Es informacion muy importante!**A Tutorial for Those Who Want to Know: (regarding General Conference)
- All stakes in the United States and Canada are sent an allotment of tickets (regardless of what your Stake President says). It's not a lot of tickets, it's true, but as we say - "The Church keeps growing, the Conference Center does not." Because of this allotment we do not issue any tickets to anyone who lives in the U.S. (Sorry.) During the week before Conference, however, we do issue tickets to International Visitors. It's one of the two legitimately crazyfranticbusy weeks of the year. We literally talk to people from all over the world - as nuts as we all get, it is a lot of fun. (Plus, kind/happy people from all over bring us all sorts of international treats!) As much fun as it is, we're also counting down the days until it's over (4.5).
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Humility Inducer: I have a huge infected (painful!) zit on my chest just under my chin, and don't own a single round-neck top. Good thing I just bought a new tube of concealer. (Ouch.)
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I backslid a little last night - I stayed up late writing a letter and talking to my sister (yay for phone time) and then extraneously reading... but I did manage to haul myself out of bed this morning to do a workout. I tried a new Cardio Dance DVD, and well... I really suck. I persevered, though, got the water and the vitamins, let myself get distracted on the computer, and had to scramble to get out of the house on time (which I did) - but no breakfast for me! (Unless ice cream counts; it was Haagen Daas Strawberry - individual size - which is good for you, right?) I did make it to work on time, with at least half a minute to spare. Tomorrow I WILL increase my buffer zone.
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I'll officially kick off my "30 Days" Posts tomorrow with pictures and a recap of my recent Shakespeare coaching. I'll attempt to be brief - but I make no promises.
Shakespeare cartoon
*Thanks to Mr. B for the correction :-) My original translator gave me the correct spelling, but I'm a stubborn dork and for some reason liked "ontes" better. Duh.
** "Please read the paper (i.e., the one I'm now handing you) before the Conference. It is very important information."
5 comments:
Would "30 days of pithy blog responses" be worth any points?
*ontes - it's spelled "antes," but other than that, sensational blog.
I don't even know what it means!
Kari - you may not know what it means, but it's important that you read (and understand) it before conference. So get with it!
This is especially important if you're a Chinese Christian speaking to a redhead behind thick glass who is trying to pass off fake Book of Mormon money ("ontes" instead of "onties") while speaking Spanish. I'll have to look up whether the phase of the moon plays into this whole thing too.
Glad to have helped clear that up. :+)
Very nice, bro - you're already at +1!
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