http://www.fatballerinas.com weblog musings of a dance fiend Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:16:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en i have never considered myself a scholar of politics or even much cared about the nuances of government outside of what i learned in my civics class in high school. i was aware of the slow march toward idiocracy in the US but it took moving to another country ... http://www.fatballerinas.com/2008/08/19/the-assault-on-reason/ i am writing this in somewhat of a jet lagged haze so please excuse my wanderings. you see on monday morning we arrived back to barcelona from a two week trip to the states. a crazy brief encounter with san francisco, phoenix and new york. after spending ... http://www.fatballerinas.com/2008/07/16/jet-lag-san-joan/ dear friends, some shmuck decided to hack his way on to my weblog and put a bunch of hidden links in my postings. it really !@#$%^ me off. hopefully none of you had to witness it. thankfully all is fixed. never underestimate the power of a pissed ... http://www.fatballerinas.com/2008/07/16/ok-i-am-pissed/ where have all the gentlemen gone? i was reminded of this last week during one of the more romantic days in Catalunya. last wednesday was Sant Jordi (Saint George's Day for us anglo saxons) and it is at a glance a very sweet romantic day. women are ... http://www.fatballerinas.com/2008/05/11/chivalry-is-dead/ i have just witnessed the grossest, scariest, most appalling thing ever...i am not exaggerating. i rate this more gruesome than a horror film. i tried to wash the grease trap from the kitchen of our rented apartment. -shudder- i should explain that in Spain the most ... http://www.fatballerinas.com/2008/03/14/the-horror-the-horror/ from the blogger who brought you the fives stages of grief moving, now the untold story of one woman's fight with the "subjunctives" and "pluperfect". in a land of unintelligible signs, her love for a faithful dictionary and a quixotic verb table form a bond that may have to ... http://www.fatballerinas.com/2008/02/02/the-five-stages-of-bilingualdom/ "let this coming year be better than all the others. vow to do some of the things you've always wanted to do but couldn't find the time. call up a forgotten friend. drop an old grudge, and replace it with some pleasant memories. vow not to make a promise you ... http://www.fatballerinas.com/2007/12/31/happy-new-year/ i am dreaming of a white christmas. i have the snow outside, the trees glistening, and now all i need is the movie to make it complete. that and maybe a cup of hot coco. you may be wondering, snow in barcelona? not exactly. we are nestled in minneapolis for ... http://www.fatballerinas.com/2007/12/23/feliz-navidad/ at some point in our lives, each of us faces the loss of someone or something dear to us. the grief that follows such a loss can seem unbearable, but grief is actually a healing process. grief is the emotional suffering we feel after a loss of some kind. the ... http://www.fatballerinas.com/2007/12/08/the-five-stages-of-grief-moving/ say that five times fast......you will sound like a fan fare of trumpets for the expected queen. cool trick, but on the streets on barcelona it will only get you odd looks. alas, it is only the name of a theater. but a pretty cool one that ... http://www.fatballerinas.com/2007/11/04/tantarantana/