Caray, Caray!

Melanama suggested that to see if I'm capable of posting tomorrow's recap of Gancho, (thanks to Sylvia last week's got posted) that I do an introductory post. I'm a seasoned family physician who graduated from med school 40 yrs. ago when we were still using leeches, bleeding our pts, and surgery was done using whisky and a bullet to bite on for surgical anesthesia. I began learning Spanish when we acquired a Pitbull and moved from the burbs to escape the pitchfork and torch wielding neighbors. This resulted in a 45 min. commute that I decided to take advantage of to accomplish a dream, that is, to learn Spanish. I ordered Spanish I of the Pimslear Method from Sharper Image. It proved effective and about a year and 1/2 later I had completed the 3 basic courses and a shorter supplemental course. By then I had watched my first TN, the unforgettable Ramona (sans CCs mind you, lots of rewinding and dictionary searching).

Wanting more I found the perfect tutor, thanks to a pt. who is a high school Spanish teacher. She referred me to a beautiful (I'd probably hit on her if I weren't such a gentleman and didn't need a tutor so badly ) Latina, originally from Guadalajara who is a retired Spanish professora. We've studied together for at least 6 yrs. She asked me at the beginning what I wanted to learn and I told her that I wanted to master the Spanish language...so she's locked in until I exit stage left.

We've read and discussed, I say with pride, fairly extensively and diversely including poetry of Pablo Neruda, Novelas of Gabriel Garcia Marquéz, including of course Cien Años de Soledad, writings of Jorge Borges and Sor Juana de la Cruz, plays of Federico Garcia Lorca, a precious little Novelita by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon, el Sombrero de Tres Picos, as well as more contemporary works, el Sombra del Viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and Detectives Salvages by Roberto Bolaño. At the moment we are a bit less than halfway through 2666 also by Roberto Bolaño.

I've watched way too many TNs, even for someone learning Spanish to justify. My name is Carlos and I'm a TN addict. I discovered Caray Caray while looking to order some Cocolbosh (a mythic TN chocolate product). I lurked, eventually I commented and here I am. I absolutely adore un Gancho al Corazón, and hope that you'll join me here in reliving what happens each Mon. night.

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