From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V19 #171 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Wednesday, July 18 2012 Volume 19 : Number 171 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Me 'n' the Camp Moms again [vivien lyon ] Me 'n' the Camp Moms again [Rex Broome ] Re: Me 'n' the Camp Moms again [2fs ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:23:34 -0700 From: vivien lyon Subject: Re: Me 'n' the Camp Moms again I read all the way through this and was about to press "like" and then I was all - hey, where's the like button? Uhhhh... it's email, Vivien. Just like the olden days. On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Rex Broome wrote: > Dramatis Personae: > > -Marianna, striking woman of Brazilian descent with two lovely children who > are only clearly understood to be female after some period of observation > -Me, Rex "Tim" Broome of the "Tim and Dave Morning Zoo" > > Marianna: Excuse me, can I speak with you about them for a moment? > > Me: Of course. > > Marianna: You see, they do not have much English. They have some, but not > much. They are very, very musical and I hope they will have fun here. The > older one has been taking piano for some years, but the younger one not so > much. > > Me: Okay. Well, they're going to get intro classes in all the > instruments. There are a lot of kids here who have been in camp many times > before and they'll help them feel welcome. > > Marianna: Their father is Seu Jorge. You have heard of him? > > Me: Oh, wow, really? Yes! Well, maybe we should have them do some Bowie > covers! -- ((Yah, yah, I know, in retrospect I kind of wanted to kill > myself for having said this.)) > > Marianna: (awkward chuckle) ... anyway, they are used to performing in > front of very big crowds. Thousands of people. But on their own they can > be very shy. > > Me: Well, the crowd on Friday will be smaller than that... but it will > include their family and friends, and they'll have a whole week to learn > their parts. The kids are always pretty confident by the time we get them > on stage for the show. > > Marianna: Oh good. I am glad. > > Me: They'll be fine. And what is your name? > > Marianna: I am Marianna. I am Seu Jorge's wife. > > Me: Oh... congratulations? > > _______ > > *** I normally wouldn't post something quite so starfuckery; we have > showbiz scions in camp fairly frequently, but this was, to me, singularly > odd, given that my boss didn't seem to know about the celebrity connection > beforehand, and I'm still not sure she figured out who the hell I was > talking about when I told her. Weirder still, considering that the kids > speak Portuguese, we actually had a returning camper who *also* spoke > Portuguese and was able to serve as a translator. I don't know that we had > any other campers who could speak Spanish this week, much less Portuguese. > What a crazy, crazy world! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:57:02 -0700 From: Rex Broome Subject: Me 'n' the Camp Moms again Dramatis Personae: - -Marianna, striking woman of Brazilian descent with two lovely children who are only clearly understood to be female after some period of observation - -Me, Rex "Tim" Broome of the "Tim and Dave Morning Zoo" Marianna: Excuse me, can I speak with you about them for a moment? Me: Of course. Marianna: You see, they do not have much English. They have some, but not much. They are very, very musical and I hope they will have fun here. The older one has been taking piano for some years, but the younger one not so much. Me: Okay. Well, they're going to get intro classes in all the instruments. There are a lot of kids here who have been in camp many times before and they'll help them feel welcome. Marianna: Their father is Seu Jorge. You have heard of him? Me: Oh, wow, really? Yes! Well, maybe we should have them do some Bowie covers! -- ((Yah, yah, I know, in retrospect I kind of wanted to kill myself for having said this.)) Marianna: (awkward chuckle) ... anyway, they are used to performing in front of very big crowds. Thousands of people. But on their own they can be very shy. Me: Well, the crowd on Friday will be smaller than that... but it will include their family and friends, and they'll have a whole week to learn their parts. The kids are always pretty confident by the time we get them on stage for the show. Marianna: Oh good. I am glad. Me: They'll be fine. And what is your name? Marianna: I am Marianna. I am Seu Jorge's wife. Me: Oh... congratulations? _______ *** I normally wouldn't post something quite so starfuckery; we have showbiz scions in camp fairly frequently, but this was, to me, singularly odd, given that my boss didn't seem to know about the celebrity connection beforehand, and I'm still not sure she figured out who the hell I was talking about when I told her. Weirder still, considering that the kids speak Portuguese, we actually had a returning camper who *also* spoke Portuguese and was able to serve as a translator. I don't know that we had any other campers who could speak Spanish this week, much less Portuguese. What a crazy, crazy world! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:08:11 -0500 From: 2fs Subject: Re: Me 'n' the Camp Moms again On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 8:23 PM, vivien lyon wrote: > I read all the way through this and was about to press "like" and then I > was all - hey, where's the like button? Uhhhh... it's email, Vivien. Just > like the olden days. > It's like I'm 35 again! > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Rex Broome wrote: > > > Dramatis Personae: > > > > -Marianna, striking woman of Brazilian descent with two lovely children > who > > are only clearly understood to be female after some period of observation > > -Me, Rex "Tim" Broome of the "Tim and Dave Morning Zoo" > > > > Marianna: Excuse me, can I speak with you about them for a moment? > > > > Me: Of course. > > > > Marianna: You see, they do not have much English. They have some, but > not > > much. They are very, very musical and I hope they will have fun here. > The > > older one has been taking piano for some years, but the younger one not > so > > much. > > > > Me: Okay. Well, they're going to get intro classes in all the > > instruments. There are a lot of kids here who have been in camp many > times > > before and they'll help them feel welcome. > > > > Marianna: Their father is Seu Jorge. You have heard of him? > > > > Me: Oh, wow, really? Yes! Well, maybe we should have them do some > Bowie > > covers! -- ((Yah, yah, I know, in retrospect I kind of wanted to kill > > myself for having said this.)) > > > > Marianna: (awkward chuckle) ... anyway, they are used to performing in > > front of very big crowds. Thousands of people. But on their own they > can > > be very shy. > > > > Me: Well, the crowd on Friday will be smaller than that... but it will > > include their family and friends, and they'll have a whole week to learn > > their parts. The kids are always pretty confident by the time we get > them > > on stage for the show. > > > > Marianna: Oh good. I am glad. > > > > Me: They'll be fine. And what is your name? > > > > Marianna: I am Marianna. I am Seu Jorge's wife. > > > > Me: Oh... congratulations? > > > > _______ > > > > *** I normally wouldn't post something quite so starfuckery; we have > > showbiz scions in camp fairly frequently, but this was, to me, singularly > > odd, given that my boss didn't seem to know about the celebrity > connection > > beforehand, and I'm still not sure she figured out who the hell I was > > talking about when I told her. Weirder still, considering that the kids > > speak Portuguese, we actually had a returning camper who *also* spoke > > Portuguese and was able to serve as a translator. I don't know that we > had > > any other campers who could speak Spanish this week, much less > Portuguese. > > What a crazy, crazy world! > - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.wordpress.com ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V19 #171 ********************************