Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Expiration Date

I discovered several things last night on Mother's Day...

1. There is an expiration date on the time you have to learn Spanish and be accepted into your family-in-law. No exceptions.
2. Changing la tema (the subject) doesn't change anything a drunk politician thinks he has the right to get off his chest.
3. The family-in-law doesn't care about if the wife gets home safely, only her offspring that contain the family-in-law's DNA.
4. Do not insult a man's wife even though he can do it all the time himself.

Reflections not yet shared on the Cinta Costera....

Upon My Death

'Upon my death, you will be contacted by my lawyers, who will inform you of where the money is..."
My God, we have performed intimate acts, bonded genetic material, and created human life with these people and this is what they say, let me repeat, we have created human life and we can't know where the (money) is? (or whatever).

'Have you been snooping around my stuff? This is none of your concern. Can you close the bathroom door?' Again, we have created human life with these people and this is what we get?

All these things have been spoken, interpreted, analyzed on the 'Cinta Costera'. And of course, the Cinta Costera is merely a metaphor for our survival as women sharing, talking, crying, supporting each other so we can "survive to cook another day" in the immortal words of Alton Brown.

Before I go on, read the warning label.
DO NOT GO TO AN EXTENDED ANTHONY ROBBINS CONFERENCE or you will start writing books called The Art of Green Tea, Rollerskates and the Foo Man Choo.

Best, got to run...