Skint

Went to ANOTHER school fundraiser, auction thing at the weekend. Bought another week in Hawaii (aloha), a month of karate lessons (hi-yaaa) and a telescope bigger than me (nano-nano). Beach party theme. Margherita slushies. Nuff said.

At the same party I heard, a discussion on the PTA. 'That's such and such - she's the tall one.' In the noisy background (margherita slushies) I misheard this as '...she's the lead blonde.' My ears pricked up thinking I'd stumbled into the truth of the PTA political scene - I thought I'd heard the California version of 'she's the Alpha-female' Oh how they all laughed when I checked if I'd heard correctly - they didn't find it at all offensive despite all 3 of my companions being card carrying PTA California blondes. (thank god for margherita slushies).

On one of my lunchtime wanders last week I heard the following conversation from two women behind me. Word for word. ' I saw Jake Gillenhall. I was like, oh my god you're Jake Gillenhall - you're really short. I didn't say that though I just thought it' (earwigging faded out at this point till they caught up with me again at the lights) 'yeah I read this survey, and apparently the size of your head on a scale of the height of your body is an indication of how famous you'll be. Apparently its pretty acurate..." The lights changed. I didn't hear how famous Jake Gillenhall is going to be. Sorry.

I've also noticed that I keep hearing all these little expressions and sayings, which need to be translated, but then I forget them (age). So I've started a list on this page. I'm hoping to gather enough for a British - American dictionary. I must remember a section on how to shop for a duvet - what a confusing experience that is without a translator. But it's a boring story, so I'll spare you that for now.