El chiste

I love the art of "double sentido" in Spanish. This is a mildly amusing conversation that I just had with my Guatemalan novio:

Ultimamente, tuve que dar una presentación que se trató de la lucha libre. Le dije a mi novio que iba a dar la presentación y le pregunté si había luchadores en Guatemala.

"Bien," me dijo, "15 milliones de luchadores."

¡Bien dicho!

In the beginning...

...there was a blog.

The blog purported to broadcast personal views of a lone internet writer to the world in the hopes that someone, somewhere might find them interesting for a few minutes.

The name of the blog, "Fijese que..." reflects a popular phrase in Spanish that's used frequently in Guatemala. It indicates that one should pay attention to what is being said. ("Fijese que...pay attention, now....that one day..." Like so.) It also serves to make excuses for what hasn't been done yet. ("Fijese que...I totally forgot that you loaned me $20!") I prefer to think that this blog politely asks for attention while serving as an excuse to procrastinate. Double meanings are doubly sweet.

I write about things that interest me and that may interest you. I write about history, teaching, graduate school, Peace Corps experiences, Guatemala, travel, feminism, software, knitting, the internets, and anything else that interests me for more than five minutes.

I've no doubt that this is a work in progress and that it will evolve and change according to my totally superficial whims.

I also Twitter about these same random things: @llmunro. Feel free to follow to receive more updates on things and thoughts.