| | Yay! They're making a sequel to my favorite zombie movie!!! It is called 28 Months Later... Yay.
In other news, the book up top is super ultra good and everyone should read it. One question though- can someone explain the words marikle, dubko, and ciganata. I think the third is plural for Roma children? like dievcata?
Also, do any Slovaks recognize the word gadzo? I know what it means, but I don't know if it's understood in Slovak. And, were houses in the West ever made out of válki? Because I think it's the most fun word ever.
My pretend spring break is about to start, only it's not so pretend anymore because my clients have all cancelled their classes at the last minute, and it's a reading week for my Penn class, so it's a REAL spring break, with no classes, and my manager doesn't know I have off, so he hasn't given me more hours at the café!!! It's kinda like a massive unexpected snow week.
However, I still have to work on three massive papers: one is on the Filadelfia gitano (Roma) church movement in Spain, another is on Roma in Slovakia, and the last one is for my Penn class, on observing teachers' directive language with student proficiency as a variable. Hmm... perhaps I can come observe Megan!
Finally, if you haven't seen Pan's Labyrinth (El labyrinto del fauno) you really should. It rox. And it's set during the Spanish Civil War, my favorite modern historical period ever (my favorite medieval period is anything connected to Matamoros iconography, especially pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela; my favorite reformation period is probably Late Tudor, especially anything with Mary Queen of Scots and John Knox, that big Reformed bully, although I am also a huge fan of Dutch history at that time- yes, I am a dork).
Perhaps you can tell that I am in a good mood?
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