Monday, December 12, 2011
Una Familia Con Suerte #47 Mon 12/12/11 Chela spends a refreshing afternoon at the cemetery.
Candy tells Pancho he was chicken to pretend he didn't know Chela was in love with him. He should tell the truth, that he's in love with Rebeca.
Pina can't believe Vince went to see the dog therapist - "Yeah, and I won the Nobel Prize. And now the dog is losing her fur, Vince, and it's all your fault! Did the doctor teach you to bark?" He mutters woefully: "If this continues, Abeja will end up like one of those bald aztec dogs!"
Chela has a fun vacation day. First she goes to Pedro Infante's shrine, then she visits her sister's grave and, after leaving her flowers, she spies on Pancho as he, too, comes to wish his dead wife a happy birthday.
Candy is bouncing vigorously in Avon's zumba class; when Vicente comes in she invites him to participate. "No, I dance worse than a fat hippo," he demurs, but he tries anyway. Then, yoga in pairs! And the "twin" pose: Vicente falls on top of her to their mutual satisfaction.
Nico and Chaco tell Pancho: "You'll end up like the dog with two cakes (ie, he'll end up with neither of the bombons)...
Poor Elena. Down in Brazil, naked, she confesses to Freddy this was her first time. "Why did you pretend you were an experienced femme fatale?" "Insecurity!" "If I'd known you were a virgin I wouldn't have pressed you..." He's in a hurry to leave and will be gone all day, she should find herself something to do. Uh, oh. He leaves her with a fistful of cash and dawning disillusion in her eyes.
Accountant Beto, ever the pessimist, describes Murphy's Law to Pancho ("If you think something bad is going to happen, it's because it will... If there's any possibility something could happen that will cause the worst problem, that's what will happen." Pancho confides in Beto about his love, and gets this cheering response: "Love always has disastrous consequences. You two will probably never consummate your love."
Lupe thinks it's gross that Pancho likes Rebe. Pepe thinks she'll make a groovy stepmother.
Temo is sick in bed and getting fussed over by Ana when Chela shows up to help with the fussing. "Don't tell your dad I was here," she says. Temo implores her: "Stay!" She swears she'll come visit every day.
Fer visits... some place. Stay tuned.
Pina and her buddy Catalina agree Vince couldn't actually have been visiting a therapist at 10 pm. Catis enthusiastically agrees to spy and find out who he's shagging.
After yoga, Vince is euphoric. He invites Candy to have an egg-and-banana energy drink with him outside. They're giggling and then embracing - while Catalina watches. When she storms up Vince immediately starts spewing excuses and denigrating Candy while she's within earshot.
Pepe and Enzo meet cute in the elevator. As usual, Enzo sez "Hands off my daughter." "Shouldn't you think about your daughter's happiness?" "She aspires to much more, you're from an extremely inferior class." "We love each other and you can't change that, nor can Freddy nor God." Whoah!
Barb and Becky gossip again, same conversation as yesterday.
Vince apologizes to Abeja and asks her pardon. Pina comes in and he asks if she's seen her pal yet. No. He admits Catalina saw him embracing Candy.
Candy steams remembering Vince selling her out again to save his own skin. "He's an imbecile, a baboon," she tells Ana, "but I know what to do!"
Pancho finds Chela at the old homeplace and starts in with the usual "You're the soul of the family, we miss you, the house is like death without you" routine. But she wishes he didn't always use the plural. "WE need you, you say - but do YOU need me?" "Yes, Chela." "But the kiss! Tell me, don't I deserve the truth?" "Yes, I'm in love with Rebeca. And now, you tell ME the truth." Chela says she won't come back.
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I feel sorry for Elena. For all her boasting and posturing she is a very insecure person. (Not to mention exceedingly dim to have not picked up on any of the signs including her friend warning her point blank.)
Thanks for the links. The Dog and Two Cakes story if wonderful.
I call NO FAIR on that conversation between Chela and Pancho. He comes clean about his feelings for Rebe, but she backs down on admitting her true feelings for Pancho and tries to back out of what she said in her letter. She owes him the truth. She owes both of them the truth so that they can both move forward instead of being stuck in limbo like they are now.
Poor, stupid Elena. I hope she has her return ticket in hand. She should at least go out and meet up with some cool Brazilians and try to enjoy herself without Freddy the Drip.
Julia- Thanks for posting the vocab list yesterday! This tn really is rich with language.
Julie- Thanks for commenting on the Pear Robe post yesterday. Glad you liked it.
comeic = comedic
It's the cookie crumbs ground into the keyboard! Really!!
And I do feel sorry for poor naive Elena. She acted so tough and worldly and now she really is, she has just been paid for her services and the cad Freddie doesn't even honor what she has sacrificed. She better get her ticket home but I agree with Vivi, Brazil is full of wonders and beautiful, fun people. She could learn something positive if she gets out of the infernal hotel room. And if she doesn't come back to try to whine her way into shaming Freddie, he has no heart to shame.
Every scene with Freddy and Elena gave me for-real creepy-crawlies up my spine. He is so nasty. I was surprised he didn't just leave the money on the dresser. Well, she can't say she wasn't warned. Now she should go out and have the time of her life and forget about that smarmy thug.
Where is Alex? We haven't seen him in days! I miss you, mangote!
navegar con bandera de pendejo - to play stupid to avoid responsibility
arrastrar la cobija - to be depressingly in love with someone who doesn't return the sentiment
rollo - speech, lecture
tener rollos - to drone on and on?
(they keep using variations of this phrase and there seem to be multiple possible meanings...)
comieron la lengua los ratones - why aren't you saying anything? (in English the cat gets your tongue, in the rather more graphic Spanish, rats eat it. Yummy)
no hay peor sordo que el que no quiere oír - there's no one more deaf than he who does not want to hear
hacer bolas - to make a mess
mandar por un tubo - to send packing, coldly dismiss
descoyuntar - to dislocate
cuentos chinos - baloney, cock-and-bull stories
despilfarro - a waste
caterva de iletrados - pack of illiterates
Poor Elena, but at least she realized before the end of the trip that Freddy is no Prince Charming. I'm really curious about what her next moves will be. I hope one is no more sex with Freddy.
I like that Ana told Lupita you can’t help who you love, being understanding about Pancho falling in love with Rebe. But Ana was no doubt thinking about Freddy.
Even if Chela retracts that she’s in love with Pancho, there’s no excuse for him to go into denial. If Chela returns, there should be no more foot massages and he should encourage her to date.
Pobrecita Elena, guess she's not such a tough girl after all. Wonder what Tomás is going to do about this?
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