From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V4 #45 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Thursday, February 18 1999 Volume 04 : Number 045 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Look around, it's almost Spring ["Brian Cundieff" ] Re: Would you forgive me? ...eerm... Blame the exams! [Somegirl99@aol.com] Re: various [Somegirl99@aol.com] Re: Has become a cat that is half full ["Leslie Brown" Subject: Re: Look around, it's almost Spring From: Leslie Brown Date: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 12:18 >But anyway- there sure is no shortage of American priests who go home to >their gated communities. And drive their expensive cars to get there. There was a Buddhist priest on TV a couple weeks ago who drives a Lamborghini. *sigh* >>Nooo... :) We don't even have such an idiom. The literal translation >was: >>"if not - it's hard". But it doesn't sound right... > >I think you're right- it does sound odd. Funny, I wouldn't have given it a second thought. After six months in Japan, that use of hard seems quite normal. Back home though, we often said "That's tough." Basically the same thing. >Okay... I think I get it now: misrepresenting how you truly feel in >daily conversation. Americans (in my experience as an American only ) >don't like to hear other's miseries. They'd rather here "I'm fine!" Oh >well. Is that really just America, though? If I go to Poland or England and ask, "How are you?" will people cry all over my shoulder? - -Brian* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 11:49:57 +0100 (CET) From: Ray Navarra Subject: Has become a cat that is half full Hey all! Leslie wrote: > imagine. Poles always had the way > >of looking at the world, like "we're the best, kiss our feet". The > >Poland's biggest poets, like Adam Mickiewicz, used to describe Poles as > >"the chosen nation". We're too proud and there aren't any reasons for > >that. *sigh* > Perhaps having to do with your nation's history? (like I actually know- > but that's the first thing that came to mind- various times over > centuries that Poland almost ceased to be. But I sure as heck am no > historian :) ) Me neither. ;) But you're, of course, right. It's the history. I think that in the times like 19th century, when Poland merely existed, the Poles simply *had* to think they're chosen nation, because if they weren't, there would be no chances for them. > >Hmm... the album... but which? Somebody said on this list that there > was a > >photo of Kevin on Incognito album sleeve, but I don't remember which > one. > Okay, there's a really weird one on the cover of Tribes Vibes and > Scribes. I say weird because they are elongated and blue. :) Kevin is > the guy with glasses and a baseball hat on, with his arms folded. I > believe he's the last guy on the right. Yeah, that was TV&S. > A way bettter picture is in the inside of Positivity. Or look in your > copy of BOB. He has a white suit on. Really small though. BOB is Basia on Broadway, right? Is there a website where I could find a photo of Kevin where he would actually look the way he *does*? :) > >So it's Pani Trzetrzelewska! (If there's anything I can do to improve > your > >Polish... :) > Hey... so I got the feminine form confused with Spanish! (the 'a' for > feminine) Okay, I suck. *mock shame* ;) Me gusta your Polski. :) > Okay... I think I get it now: misrepresenting how you truly feel in > daily conversation. Americans (in my experience as an American only ) > don't like to hear other's miseries. They'd rather here "I'm fine!" Oh > well. Exactly. And Poles tend to do the "oooh, how good you ask, because I suffered from insomina this night, and I dreamt about the men chasing me, and my stomach is aching, not that the head isn't and I'm afraid my daughter is lesbian. How bout you?" thing. I always try to avoid doing it... but Ashoke could tell you I don't always succeed. (Winter depression that's called... the snow keeps falling... 15 centimeters since yesterday) > That would be a laugh (glad she doesn't tho', except for this Edyta > business.) New Edyta Gorniak song is the track from a movie made from a VERY famous - in Poland, that is - book by Henryk Sienkiewicz, "Ogniem i mieczem" (By Fire And Sword) The book is very good; the movie stars Izabella Scorupco (the girl from GoldenEye) and Michal Zebrowski, the rather cute Polish actor. The song is the duet with Mietek Szczesniak, one of Polish soul singers (one of 1000 Polish soul singers, that is) and it's awesome. No Mariah Carey this time! > >I didn't know about such connotations. It was, AFAI remember, > "naladowana" > >- "loaded" is the exact translation. It should mean "filled with the > >emotions", either negative or positive. > Or filled with something else... *ducking* > *ow!* You're lucky I missed, or your sweet little a*s would suffer! ;) > >I'd LOVE to hear the Pet Shop Boys produced Basia song. They worked > with > >Dusty Springfield, Liza Minnelli, Kylie Minogue, Patsy Kensit, David > >Bowie, Tina Turner... why not Basia? > I was thinking of that as well, especially when thay worked with Dusty > Springfield. It could be compared. Basia doing It Couldn't Happen Here (from "Actually" album) or It Always Comes As A Surprise... Seriously, I hope she never does, because my chart would have to start at number 2, with Basia/PSB forever at the top. Lovelove... (-) Ray - -=[ come.to/raynavarra ]=-=[ The Future Is Yours mp3 available now! ]=- - -=[ Air discography: members.xoom.com/obvious/airdisco.txt ]=- - -=[ Number one this week: George Michael/Mary J Blige "As" ]=- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 06:56:49 -0500 From: jp Subject: Re: Look around, it's almost Spring At 10:46 AM 2/17/99 +0900, you wrote: > >>Okay... I think I get it now: misrepresenting how you truly feel in >>daily conversation. Americans (in my experience as an American only ) >>don't like to hear other's miseries. They'd rather here "I'm fine!" Oh >>well. > >Is that really just America, though? If I go to Poland or England and ask, >"How are you?" will people cry all over my shoulder? > >-Brian* > I'd love to live in that part of America. All I hear here in Florida is a bunch of whining. Ha. un abrazo, juan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:16:58 EST From: Somegirl99@aol.com Subject: Re: Would you forgive me? ...eerm... Blame the exams! > LOL!!!! I hereby decare "tough bananas" my phrase of the day! Haven't any of you guys ever heard that expression before? Or am I the only weird one (besides Basia) that's used it? I guess I got it from my mom, but we said it all the time as kids, and I occasionally say it now as an adult. I can't believe no one's heard that before! :-) Jacki ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:34:21 EST From: Somegirl99@aol.com Subject: Re: various Jim said: > Greetings to all, as I have returned from a week in sunny Florida! It isn't > too tough to deal with 75 degrees in January. Did you see me and huggy-Juan waving atcha? Yep, we were hanging out at the beach, soaking up a few rays, being fanned with palm fronds and fed grapes by gorgeous people (Chippendale's for me, scantily clad women for him). We saw you going by and waved to you, but I guess you were too busy humming to Basia on the radio to notice us. Oh well, maybe next time. Jacki (who personally thinks 75 degrees is a little too chilly to be sunbathing) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 06:51:02 PST From: "Leslie Brown" Subject: Re: Has become a cat that is half full "A cat that is half full," eh? Reminds me of this weird Pokemon toy Matt got from a friend of ours for Christmas. It's this weird cat that, even though it speaks English on the show, shouts out in obnoxious sounding cat-accented Japanese when you press the button. He sounds like he's half- over-full. >BOB is Basia on Broadway, right? No, BOB is the guy with the gut down the street from me that sits on his porch ad belches at will (Everytime I hear that acronym that's what I think of!) Of course it's Basia on Broadway. Gee, us and our acronyms, I tell ya! Sorry! Is there a website where I could find a >photo of Kevin where he would actually look the way he *does*? :) I'll mail you a pic off the TSI program if you really want it. >Me gusta your Polski. :) Gracias, me laddie! Aye! >Exactly. And Poles tend to do the "oooh, how good you ask, because I >suffered from insomina this night, and I dreamt about the men chasing me, >and my stomach is aching, not that the head isn't and I'm afraid my >daughter is lesbian. How bout you?" thing. Sounds like a lot of Seinfeld characters. A New York thing or something. ,g> >actor. The song is the duet with Mietek Szczesniak, one of Polish soul >singers (one of 1000 Polish soul singers, that is) and it's awesome. No >Mariah Carey this time! Sounds cool! > Seriously, I hope she never does, because my chart >would have to start at number 2, with Basia/PSB forever at the top. Yeah, but what bliss, eh! >-=[ Number one this week: George Michael/Mary J Blige "As" I think I need to hear this... - --Leslie ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 13:09:22 -0500 From: "Thelma Gunter" Subject: Re: Would you forgive me? ...eerm... Blame the exams! Jacki, I'm old. I've heard it. We also said "Tough JuJu Beans" althought I don't know what a ju ju bean is. Is 43 old? Thelma - -----Original Message----- From: Somegirl99@aol.com To: basia@smoe.org Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 9:19 AM Subject: Re: Would you forgive me? ...eerm... Blame the exams! > >> LOL!!!! I hereby decare "tough bananas" my phrase of the day! > >Haven't any of you guys ever heard that expression before? Or am I the only >weird one (besides Basia) that's used it? I guess I got it from my mom, but we >said it all the time as kids, and I occasionally say it now as an adult. I >can't believe no one's heard that before! :-) > >Jacki > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 13:16:51 -0500 From: "Ashoke S. Talukdar" Subject: Re: Would you forgive me? ...eerm... Blame the exams! Thelma asks: > >Is 43 old? > No, just well seasoned. :-) Ashoke. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 13:27:29 -0500 From: "Ashoke S. Talukdar" Subject: Re: Look around, it's almost Spring Wanted to add my two cents to the whole "loaded" thing. The first time I read that I interpreted it as being "wealthy" and I said to myself "What a rude question to ask!". Thanks for clearing it up! Basia drunk. What a concept? Isn't that kinda like a stoned kitty? I mean it's fun to watch but you know god will punish you for it! I can just picture her, totally tipsy, trying to explain to the police officer that she is only very drunk on love for Kevin's supposed well defined legs. And I can see the London bobby going "Yeah right, lady!" :-D >> >>>Okay... I think I get it now: misrepresenting how you truly feel in >>>daily conversation. Americans (in my experience as an American only ) >>>don't like to hear other's miseries. They'd rather here "I'm fine!" Oh >>>well. >> This is somewhat true. Usually I just say "I'm fine". There are notable exceptions like when I was asked how I was feeling while having my jaw held open by a scary looking gadget, waiting for the IV sedative to kick in, just before dental surgery. That poor intern got the really sharp, albeit slurred, edge of my tongue. And Ray, you are allowed to talk about winter blues. Lord knows if you live in Cleveland, winter blues are about as commonplace as your morning cup of coffee. Regards, Ashoke (who is desperately trying to complete everything that needs to be completed before he leaves for San Diego). ________________________________________________________________ Ashoke S. Talukdar | When the darkness takes you talukdar@morph.ebme.cwru.edu | with her hand across your face Home : 216-381-5872 | Don't give in too quickly Imaging Lab : 216-368-8812 | Find the things she's erased MetroHealth : 216-778-8987 | Find the line, find the face Pager : 216-670-5872 | Through the grain... Cellular : 216-317-7079 | Fax : 216-368-4969 | Suzanne Vega ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 11:08:08 PST From: "Leslie Brown" Subject: Re: Look around, it's almost Spring > I can just picture her, totally tipsy, trying to explain to the >police officer that she is only very drunk on love for Kevin's supposed well >defined legs. *hysterically LOL* >And Ray, you are allowed to talk about winter blues. Lord knows if you live >in Cleveland, winter blues are about as commonplace as your morning cup of >coffee. I remember hearing a statistic about Michigan (it probably applies to Cleveland & Chicago too, I'd imagine) having one of the highest number of those with Seasonal Affective Disorder (really bad winter blues- trust me :) ) in the country. Ugh, I can see it. There are very few sunny days here, it seems like. And don't even talk to me in November. Ugh. >Ashoke (who is desperately trying to complete everything that needs to be >completed before he leaves for San Diego). Wow! Have a safe trip- and have fun! :-D - --Leslie ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 14:27:21 -0500 From: "Ashoke S. Talukdar" Subject: Re: Look around, it's almost Spring Leslie wrote: > >of those with Seasonal Affective Disorder (really bad winter blues- >trust me :) ) in the country. Ugh, I can see it. There are very few >sunny days here, it seems like. And don't even talk to me in November. > Ugh. > I know a couple of people who have SAD. It can be quite serious. One student that I knew had to leave school after the first year. WHY anyone would want to come to school in Cleveland from San Jose, is just beyond me! > >Wow! Have a safe trip- and have fun! :-D > I will try. ;-D Ashoke. ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V4 #45 **************************