The street behind my apartment (that my terrace opens onto) smells like garbage at night. I think this is because people have to take their trash out to the block's dumpster between 7 and 10 pm. This is smart because then it doesn't sit in the sun, but dumb because the sudden increase of trash makes everything stink like garbage ... and because the sun doesn't set 'til after 9:30, so it still festers in the sun for a while. I walked in tonight and couldn't figure out why my place stank like garbage, until I realized the smell was coming from outside the house. Gross.
I went to see a movie tonight with my Spanish friend. We saw the new Woody Allen film "Midnight in Paris." I liked it. I especially liked that it wasn't dubbed like most American films here are and instead was in English with Spanish subtitles. It was sort of fun to read the subtitles along with the English sound. Much more fun than trying to understand what's going on in a movie where the actors lips don't match up with the sound. They actually dub EVERYTHING here so even American tv is dubbed - usually badly. There is something really disconcerting about hearing a voice that is not an actors come out of their mouth (sort of). It's especially weird when the words the actor says are much longer or shorter than the dubbed words. It happens with subtitles too. My favorite example today was in the movie a character says something like "I don't understand what you're saying" and the subtitle was "¿Que?"
Tomorrow if the weather's good we might take a little day trip. Otherwise, I need to do laundry, start packing, and do some work! I'll be busy this weekend either way!
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