Sunday, September 28, 2008
Procrastination
mabel: under mah uumbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, EH.
god, why does facebook blow up the huge album cover
flo: lol
mabel: it's awful
flo: sing sing rant rant
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mabel: did you just download gtalk?
tim: ya its like aim eh
mabel: yes
except mine is cooler
cuz i have icons and speech bubbles
tim: oo icons and speech bubbles
how do u do that
wait why is my name timothy i hate that name
i will have to look into whoever set that up
mabel: ask your mom
god, why does facebook blow up the huge album cover
flo: lol
mabel: it's awful
flo: sing sing rant rant
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mabel: did you just download gtalk?
tim: ya its like aim eh
mabel: yes
except mine is cooler
cuz i have icons and speech bubbles
tim: oo icons and speech bubbles
how do u do that
wait why is my name timothy i hate that name
i will have to look into whoever set that up
mabel: ask your mom
Friday, September 26, 2008
More Funny French Things
Thierry: What are you doing with pictures of cucumbers?
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Mabel: Oh, and you got the French newspaper.
Kendra: Yeah, he's been slowly licking all the words.
Mabel: Bwahahaha.
Kendra: Okay, I'm slightly exaggerating. He was just softly brushing his lips against the words.
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Allison: that was like when i got back from china
i wanted to hug my toilet
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Allison: the first place we visited had a hole in the ground, i was like are you serious?
they try to make it nice by placing tiles around the hole
so it doesn't just look like a hole
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Mabel: Oh, and you got the French newspaper.
Kendra: Yeah, he's been slowly licking all the words.
Mabel: Bwahahaha.
Kendra: Okay, I'm slightly exaggerating. He was just softly brushing his lips against the words.
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Allison: that was like when i got back from china
i wanted to hug my toilet
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Allison: the first place we visited had a hole in the ground, i was like are you serious?
they try to make it nice by placing tiles around the hole
so it doesn't just look like a hole
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Lesson Planning Daze
Anthony: 'Zat cool?
Thierry (feverish, and obviously French): Did you just speak French?
::We all stare at him::
Did you just say, "D'accord?"
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Lunchtime Ideas
Mabel: We must go to a place with lots of food.
Emily: Well, that is an idea.
Mabel: Bwahahaha. For cheap.
Thierry (feverish, and obviously French): Did you just speak French?
::We all stare at him::
Did you just say, "D'accord?"
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Lunchtime Ideas
Mabel: We must go to a place with lots of food.
Emily: Well, that is an idea.
Mabel: Bwahahaha. For cheap.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Flo: Well, I was just talking to my friend in Spain online.
Lauren (cubicle mate): Oh, is that who you were talking to? ::To Molly:: Yeah, Flo really LOLs in the office. At first I was startled, but then I realized it was just Flo laughing.
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Alex: I'm not a belligerent drunk, but I'm a little drunk and feeling belligerent.
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Alex: I'm a little confused as to why you identify with the Pillsbury Doughboy.
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Flo: What, you don't think a conversation between the Pillsbury Doughboy and the Gingerbread Man is funny?
Alex: I feel like I'm in a bad episode of Seinfeld.
Lauren (cubicle mate): Oh, is that who you were talking to? ::To Molly:: Yeah, Flo really LOLs in the office. At first I was startled, but then I realized it was just Flo laughing.
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Alex: I'm not a belligerent drunk, but I'm a little drunk and feeling belligerent.
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Alex: I'm a little confused as to why you identify with the Pillsbury Doughboy.
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Flo: What, you don't think a conversation between the Pillsbury Doughboy and the Gingerbread Man is funny?
Alex: I feel like I'm in a bad episode of Seinfeld.
Lesson Planning
15 The bar is getting ready to close. It's your last chance to buy drinks. What does the bartender yell?
Choice a: "Go home, you drunks!"
Choice a: "Go home, you drunks!"
Monday, September 22, 2008
Flo: i make noises during appropriate times
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Yo: i dreamed that i was riding a bike down the street
and you were going to give me a birthday present
the end.
Ugly: lol
did u ever get it?
Yo: probably not
Ugly: interesting
Yo: hehe
Ugly: was i going to throw it to you or something?
Yo: hahah
i don't think so
i think you were hyping it up
and there was really no present at all
Ugly: haha
Yo: i think it was excess trauma from the time i was like 10 and bugging you for a birthday present
and buggin you
and i was like, is it in that bag you're holding right now?
and finally you were like, yes, yes it is
and when i looked in there were only like dirty gym shoes.
Ugly: LOL
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Yo: oh i see
i was a big headed toddler
Ugly: haha
you were a big headed baby
Yo: yeah. i always wonder if i still have a big head and just don't notice it
Ugly: lol
Yo: haha
::silence::
::no comment::
Ugly: lol
Yo: hahaha
Ugly: ....
Yo: ::continued silence::
Ugly: ::getting really awkward:::
::beyond repair:::
Yo: HAHAHA
i blame it on dad.
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Yo: i dreamed that i was riding a bike down the street
and you were going to give me a birthday present
the end.
Ugly: lol
did u ever get it?
Yo: probably not
Ugly: interesting
Yo: hehe
Ugly: was i going to throw it to you or something?
Yo: hahah
i don't think so
i think you were hyping it up
and there was really no present at all
Ugly: haha
Yo: i think it was excess trauma from the time i was like 10 and bugging you for a birthday present
and buggin you
and i was like, is it in that bag you're holding right now?
and finally you were like, yes, yes it is
and when i looked in there were only like dirty gym shoes.
Ugly: LOL
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Yo: oh i see
i was a big headed toddler
Ugly: haha
you were a big headed baby
Yo: yeah. i always wonder if i still have a big head and just don't notice it
Ugly: lol
Yo: haha
::silence::
::no comment::
Ugly: lol
Yo: hahaha
Ugly: ....
Yo: ::continued silence::
Ugly: ::getting really awkward:::
::beyond repair:::
Yo: HAHAHA
i blame it on dad.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
mabel: i feel like i'm betraying cd's when i buy mp3's online
even though they are going obsolete
flo: haha really?
mabel: like i had a good collection going strong for a coupla years...now it's stopped
flo: they take up so much space
mabel: yeah
but they're so tangible....and pretty
flo: with their stupid cases
mabel: i like their inserts
flo: and they're always wrapped so tightly
mabel: especially when they have lyrics
flo: like they're about to go under water
mabel: i like our intermittent opposing dialogues
even though they are going obsolete
flo: haha really?
mabel: like i had a good collection going strong for a coupla years...now it's stopped
flo: they take up so much space
mabel: yeah
but they're so tangible....and pretty
flo: with their stupid cases
mabel: i like their inserts
flo: and they're always wrapped so tightly
mabel: especially when they have lyrics
flo: like they're about to go under water
mabel: i like our intermittent opposing dialogues
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Spanish Metros, Time, and More
Clark: I see all the levels of hell every time I get out of the metro here.
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Amy: I had this random dream about you yesterday. Remember that guy on Saturday? You were talking about him and saying that you were engaged AGAIN. And you didn't even really know his name. It was the "again" part that surprised me.
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John: And I would assume that a German would have a shorter "as soon as" time span than a Spaniard would.
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John: Let's say that all your friends agreed to meet at 8pm tonight. And as that stupid foreigner, you were punctual of course. And of course nobody was there when you showed up.
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Kendra: We were talking about differences in weather between Seattle and Michigan. That if she comes to Seattle she should wear a raincoat.
Jessica: And if she comes to Michigan she should wear a snowsuit.
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Amy: I had this random dream about you yesterday. Remember that guy on Saturday? You were talking about him and saying that you were engaged AGAIN. And you didn't even really know his name. It was the "again" part that surprised me.
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John: And I would assume that a German would have a shorter "as soon as" time span than a Spaniard would.
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John: Let's say that all your friends agreed to meet at 8pm tonight. And as that stupid foreigner, you were punctual of course. And of course nobody was there when you showed up.
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Kendra: We were talking about differences in weather between Seattle and Michigan. That if she comes to Seattle she should wear a raincoat.
Jessica: And if she comes to Michigan she should wear a snowsuit.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Language Teaching Class
Student Role-play: an Interview with a Foreign Language Student
Mabel: So, Tom. What do you do for a living?
Tom (who is properly British): (in a fake Spanish accent): Bullfighting. I am matador!
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Tom: So, where do you come from?
Mabel: I come from Warsaw.
Tom: And how many siblings do you have?
Mabel: I haff 10 sisters and 10 brothers.
Tom: I see. I see. Well, that's quite a lot of siblings you've got there. And uh, your mother? Is she, uh, still alive? After all that...?
Mabel (struggling not to laugh, failing miserably): She died giving birth to my 10th brother.
Tom (trying to keep a straight face): Well, I'm sorry to hear that. Very sorry.
Mabel (cackling) Yes.
Tom: Where do all of your siblings live?
Mabel: They live een one big house in Warsaw.
Tom: I see. And uh, what do they all do... in this one big house?
Mabel: They farm the land and take care of the animals.
Tom: I see, so they are farmers. And do you plan on moving back there? Is that what you want to do?
Mabel: Oh, yes, I'm going to move back.
Tom: And is there something you really like to do there? What's your dream job?
Mabel: Yes, my dream job is to be cow tender. I love the cows. And the milk they produce.
Barbara: Okay, times up!
Mabel: So, Tom. What do you do for a living?
Tom (who is properly British): (in a fake Spanish accent): Bullfighting. I am matador!
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Tom: So, where do you come from?
Mabel: I come from Warsaw.
Tom: And how many siblings do you have?
Mabel: I haff 10 sisters and 10 brothers.
Tom: I see. I see. Well, that's quite a lot of siblings you've got there. And uh, your mother? Is she, uh, still alive? After all that...?
Mabel (struggling not to laugh, failing miserably): She died giving birth to my 10th brother.
Tom (trying to keep a straight face): Well, I'm sorry to hear that. Very sorry.
Mabel (cackling) Yes.
Tom: Where do all of your siblings live?
Mabel: They live een one big house in Warsaw.
Tom: I see. And uh, what do they all do... in this one big house?
Mabel: They farm the land and take care of the animals.
Tom: I see, so they are farmers. And do you plan on moving back there? Is that what you want to do?
Mabel: Oh, yes, I'm going to move back.
Tom: And is there something you really like to do there? What's your dream job?
Mabel: Yes, my dream job is to be cow tender. I love the cows. And the milk they produce.
Barbara: Okay, times up!
Monday, September 8, 2008
In a Heavy Norwegian Accent
John the Norwegian TEFL instructor after his Norwegian lesson presentation: And you have to exaggerate your gestures like I was doing...Okay, I know that the happy was so happy it was almost sick. And that the sad was like the moment before psychiatrist help.
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John (about the dress code): Just nothing related to sports. And I know that because in Norway, people look like they're dressed to climb a mountain all the time.
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John (about the dress code): Just nothing related to sports. And I know that because in Norway, people look like they're dressed to climb a mountain all the time.
McCain -- Get Out of My Uterus!
Mabel: and like..his anecdotes about being in the war are really moving
6:23 PM Flo: oh yeah i saw a cnn special about his time in hanoi
Mabel: and like, you don't doubt that he has the country's well being at heart
Flo: it was really moving
right. exactly.
he means well
Mabel: yeah
obama on the other hand is just hard to read
6:24 PM Flo: yeah he really is
6:25 PM obama just doesn't have that moving personal story
to prove that he's for us
Mabel: i can really see how ppl can really become attracted to the mccain/ palin ticket now
cuz even palin has that moving personal story
Flo: right
i feel for them
but i can't vote for them
6:26 PM i'd lose my uterus
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Durians and More
Mabel: Yeah, I've never had durians before, they smell really bad. What does it taste like?
Allison: I dunno, it's kind of mushy but good. I can't believe you've never had it before! How can you call yourself Chinese?
Mabel: Is it like a staple?
Allison: It's like a fruit.
Mabel:.....Um, yeah I know.
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(15 minutes into our aimless conversation about durians)
Mabel: Yeah I dunno man, the smell.
Allison: You don't like it?
Mabel: ...It smells pretty bad.
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(stuck in traffic)
Mabel: Man, how the hell could anyone get into an accident at this rate?
Allison: Um, someone stops and another person keeps going.
Allison: I dunno, it's kind of mushy but good. I can't believe you've never had it before! How can you call yourself Chinese?
Mabel: Is it like a staple?
Allison: It's like a fruit.
Mabel:.....Um, yeah I know.
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(15 minutes into our aimless conversation about durians)
Mabel: Yeah I dunno man, the smell.
Allison: You don't like it?
Mabel: ...It smells pretty bad.
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(stuck in traffic)
Mabel: Man, how the hell could anyone get into an accident at this rate?
Allison: Um, someone stops and another person keeps going.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Allison: Dude, some of my residents were born in 1990. That's like when I started living.
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Ugly: cripes! technology stops at mom and dad's doorstep
Yo: hahah
yes it sure does
Ugly: Warning! You have reached the End of the Internet!
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Ugly: theres this weird lady that sits next to me
she looks, acts, and sounds like mimi from drew carey
Yo: HAHAHAAH
that's unfortunate.
Ugly: frightening
Yo: you mean a woman at work?
who you know?
Ugly: yea
but i stopped talking to her
because everytime i do she wont shut up
Yo: cuz you thought you were on the drew carey show
Ugly: i dont wanna be on drew carey
Yo: understandable
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Ugly: cripes! technology stops at mom and dad's doorstep
Yo: hahah
yes it sure does
Ugly: Warning! You have reached the End of the Internet!
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Ugly: theres this weird lady that sits next to me
she looks, acts, and sounds like mimi from drew carey
Yo: HAHAHAAH
that's unfortunate.
Ugly: frightening
Yo: you mean a woman at work?
who you know?
Ugly: yea
but i stopped talking to her
because everytime i do she wont shut up
Yo: cuz you thought you were on the drew carey show
Ugly: i dont wanna be on drew carey
Yo: understandable
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