Mild Amusement

Everyone has their quirks . We are all unique individuals, so we're bound to come up with little things that we do that work for us but that aren't necessarily common. In my particular case, I tend to get very curious about things. If you say something that I've never heard before, I'm going to either ask you about it or look it up myself. There's no real explanation for it, since there's no requirement that I get more information about the topic at hand. It's just how my brain is wired. The interesting thing about this is when my quirk coincides with someone else's quirks. In this particular instance, we're talking about the Mild Wife. She likes to watch YouTube videos of some women in the beauty industry, so I've overheard lots of commentary about things like foundation. It's not immediately applicable to my person, since I don't wear make up. Also, I am entirely ignorant about the finer points of foundation or brushes. However, given...

Language seems to be something of a fluid thing in my life. For one, I have a mixed heritage, so  I speak more than one language . The ability to speak Spanish is just one of those things that I've inherited from my family. Sure, the accent can throw me off , but I figure I'd be fine if I have to be in South America for an extended period of time. Similarly, I've started to learned some Kapampangan from the Mild Wife's side of the family. It's not a language that I'm familiar with, but I'm learning bits of it for the same reason that I learned Spanish: I'm around it quite a bit. Interestingly enough, I've realized that some of it actually sounds vaguely like Cantonese. Kapampangan has an interesting way of explaining family relations, to the point where the same word is used for both "older sister" and "older female cousin." However, the word sounds roughly like "ah-che," while the Cantonese word for "older siste...

The Mild Wife and I have a running joke about the sensuous life . It grew out of a conversation with some friends of ours, and it basically turned into a tongue in cheek remark about trying to inject little touches of flair into our life. If you didn't read that initial post, we're talking about things like buying the dino nuggets instead of the regular, boring chicken nuggets. Let's just say that it involves some chuckling whenever it comes up. Now, it's worth noting that the sensuous life is only remarkable because it's not the norm. If we ate super expensive food every meal and had diamond encrusted items lying around the mansion, that wouldn't be the sensuous life. That'd just be life. It'd be a filthy rich one (and I can't even imagine living like that), but it'd just be what we knew. Basically, we appreciate the sensuous life precisely because it is the spice of life, not the staple of life. In fact, my favorite way to describe our lifest...

The Mild Wife and I are both fairly adventurous eaters. We both like trying new foods, and we're perfectly happy to eat something that we've never eaten before. Hell, we have a favorite squab place . Now, there are some foods that one or two of us doesn't like (in my case, bitter melon  immediately comes to mind), but that list isn't particularly long. I'm also not sure that there are many foods that end up on both of our "don't like" lists, either. The point is, it's usually not a big deal for us to go to a restaurant and see something on the menu that surprises us. Usually, we're willing to give it a shot. In my case, it's often a matter of, "well, when else am I ever going to get to try this?" Maybe I like it, maybe I hate it. However, I'll ultimately know from experience what to think. None of this trying to be a fortune teller with my taste buds, especially if I'm trying to judge combinations of foods and spices tha...