The native language of most of the guys I work with is spanish. I need/want to learn spanish so that is awesome for me. They always come over when they have down time and help me practice. It's awesome because I'm picking it up quickly, and also they are very kind. They don't make fun of my HORRIBLE accent, they don't make fun of me not being good at rolling my 'R's, they don't make fun period. They are a bit sexist, but it's in a way that doesn't offend me at all. It's almost sweet in a way. I don't know how to explain it, but there is such a sweetness in it, that it doesn't feel degrading or uncomfortable in the least. So anyway, one of my coworkers was teaching me some espanol and a customer walked up. I turned to the customer and said, "oh, sorry I was getting a spanish lesson" and the fuck-all said, "I hope you're teaching him English"- and had the audacity to POINT at my co-worker. "Uh-he knows English. I'm the one who needs practice"- "why?" "well, because I like to learn new things. plus the more languages you know, the better the job you will get." the guy continued to challenge me for about a minute.

So basically this guy was offended that I was practicing another language. Because really a good american remains ignorant, never learns new things, and makes DAMN sure they don't learn any other language than English-because it's not just that ignorance is bliss, ignorance is patriotic. And only those who were born here are allowed.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pero, mi espanol es mal, pero es improvimiento


(that is probably wrong)

tengo ojos azul.

peace.