4. Rhwe (Tsonga, South Africa)
: College kids, relax. There’s actually a word for “to sleep on the floor without a mat, while drunk and naked.”— 14 More Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent by Haley Sweetland Edwards
I’m not much for going out and getting wasted anymore, but I think you all deserve a warning. For the uninitiated, here’s how I act in the presence of popular alcoholic beverages.
Does my doofy “project” still count if I don’t upload all the results because I’m paranoid about their content? Or am I just making excuses?
5. Zeg (Georgian): It means “the day after tomorrow.” Seriously, why don’t we have a word for that in English?— 14 More Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent by Haley Sweetland Edwards
Think of the Anxiety Cat tumblr. Now apply all of those memes to major life events, political shifts and natural disasters.
That’s me, baby.
In the months ahead, Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep will check in from time to time as singer-songwriter Neko Case creates the follow-up to her 2009 album Middle Cyclone. In the first installment, we listen in to a song that’s not quite finished, not quite recorded, not even quite written. First, Case has to learn what the song is.“That song is kind of just an ambient thought process,” Case says. “I don’t really know what the song’s gonna do yet, so that’s kind of the best description I have of it, I think.”
I am DYING to hear the finished song. It’s bad that I’m already identifying with it, right? It’s probably more identifying with the interview. The difference between Neko and I (besides the fact that she has musical talent) is that she’s actually gone for it. And she’s changed my life (and others, I’m sure) just by getting into a studio and just getting it (whatever it is) out and refining it from there.
“Because when they’re not done, the songs, they’re like little nuclear reactors that are throbbing in your suitcase. And you’re like, ‘When’s that thing gonna go off? Is it just gonna die out? Is it just gonna poison the groundwater? What is that thing doing in there?’”
asdfgh. Exactly. EXACTLY. I wish I had her bomb handling skills.
I am a woman of my word. Here’s extreme-ish closeup Penny.
14. Boketto (Japanese)
It’s nice to know that the Japanese think enough of the act of gazing vacantly into the distance without thinking to give it a name. — 15 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent by Bill DeMain
Oh hey, tumblr project that I am absolutely not going to give up on no way no how. How’s it going?
You’re HOW many days behind?
Shit.
Well, look. I’ve got my reasons for neglecting you. Ready for some bullshit? Of course you are:
Comstock worried that these ‘shameless women’ and what he called their ‘Kootchy-Kootchy Dance’ were perverting the whole country.
- Latif Nasser tells the story of a belly dance, a brave lady and a sexy ghost. And it’s weirder, much weirder, than you could ever guess. (via wnycradiolab)
The importance of this video cannot be overstated.
I know what ya’ll really wanna see: extreme closeup Roscoe.
About My life, post-adventure
