Comments on: quantifying weirdness http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/01/quantifying-weirdness.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:15:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: AJ http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/01/quantifying-weirdness.html#comment-1003 AJ Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:48:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=70#comment-1003 I found you from the blog party and am so glad I did. I must say you are so lucky to have avoided the whole Starbucks craze. Thanks to my lovely aunt I am now addicted! I also firmly believe that a woman really only needs two geniunely true friends and if they are your true friends they will be there for life. So basically what I am saying is who needs the trouble of trying to break a woman's shell if you already have your friends for life...which I hope you do!!! Besides, judging from your comments, you have plenty of pretty great prospects in the friendship department! I found you from the blog party and am so glad I did. I must say you are so lucky to have avoided the whole Starbucks craze. Thanks to my lovely aunt I am now addicted! I also firmly believe that a woman really only needs two geniunely true friends and if they are your true friends they will be there for life. So basically what I am saying is who needs the trouble of trying to break a woman’s shell if you already have your friends for life…which I hope you do!!! Besides, judging from your comments, you have plenty of pretty great prospects in the friendship department!

]]> By: Aurora( Dawn) http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/01/quantifying-weirdness.html#comment-494 Aurora( Dawn) Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:03:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=70#comment-494 Ciao Bella! How are you? I'm still alive, just procrasting in writing e-mails as usual when I'm not working. I laughed so hard when I read this blog because I can relate to every weird thing that goes on in southern Italy. The weddings are scary and the guests look more like a crowd than actual wedding guests. Don't forget that you have to give the 11th cousin a invitation or they will be offended.:-) <br /><br />I could write a book on the Italian/ foreign woman friendship. They get married and have children, and that becomes their whole life. Not all Italian women are alike. However, in the south where family<br />( only family) is more dominant above all priorities , the females tend to stay with each other( the females they grew up with or relatives)or stay only with family. :-O It is sad because it makes for lonely life in the end esp. when the kids grow up, marry, and move away. Hey wait! That's right, the kids don't grow up and move away. They finish school, marry and move upstairs. :-) lol <br /><br />The knife thing is a little weird isn't it esp. when it's like bring your own knife to dinner. lol Oh! if you're friends with someone, never buy them a knife for a gift because it's a sign of badluck and cutting the ties of friendship. <br /><br />It's weird we have a lot of in common besides the cherry stem thing. My house burned down when I was 8 years old and I still find myself fire-proofing everything. I'm quite nuts about making sure the gas is turned off on the stove. <br /><br />You have a great blog and keep up the good work! Have a good day and talk soon. Dawn Ciao Bella! How are you? I’m still alive, just procrasting in writing e-mails as usual when I’m not working. I laughed so hard when I read this blog because I can relate to every weird thing that goes on in southern Italy. The weddings are scary and the guests look more like a crowd than actual wedding guests. Don’t forget that you have to give the 11th cousin a invitation or they will be offended.:-)

I could write a book on the Italian/ foreign woman friendship. They get married and have children, and that becomes their whole life. Not all Italian women are alike. However, in the south where family
( only family) is more dominant above all priorities , the females tend to stay with each other( the females they grew up with or relatives)or stay only with family. :-O It is sad because it makes for lonely life in the end esp. when the kids grow up, marry, and move away. Hey wait! That’s right, the kids don’t grow up and move away. They finish school, marry and move upstairs. :-) lol

The knife thing is a little weird isn’t it esp. when it’s like bring your own knife to dinner. lol Oh! if you’re friends with someone, never buy them a knife for a gift because it’s a sign of badluck and cutting the ties of friendship.

It’s weird we have a lot of in common besides the cherry stem thing. My house burned down when I was 8 years old and I still find myself fire-proofing everything. I’m quite nuts about making sure the gas is turned off on the stove.

You have a great blog and keep up the good work! Have a good day and talk soon. Dawn

]]> By: Shelley - At Home in Rome http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/01/quantifying-weirdness.html#comment-492 Shelley - At Home in Rome Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:35:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=70#comment-492 Oh, Sogna, you've got some comic gold here. Not only did I laugh out loud, I admit that at one point I actually clapped my hands together in joyful amusement. This happens, oh, close to never, so... brava!<br /><br />Now, a couple things that I found interesting!<br /><br />1) Weddings are much different in the south. Here in Rome we don't have to have two ceremonies (Ale and I are getting married in the church only) but you do have to register some docs with the comune. Also, I've never been to a wedding where men weren't allowed in...that is definitely weird, and I've been to like 10 Italian weddings, but all in the central area of Italy. We don't give money envelopes here either. But we do hand-deliver invites. We invite less people in general though. So, you can see, weddings are a whole other world down where you are!!<br /><br />Italian women. I have had some real problems with a female relative not being very accepting of me. After six years I've learned how to manage it, but it ain't easy!! As for friends though, I have developed several lovely friendships with Italian women, but they were almost all friends of Ale or his friends, and it takes time.<br /><br />Thanks for the interesting post!!! Oh, Sogna, you’ve got some comic gold here. Not only did I laugh out loud, I admit that at one point I actually clapped my hands together in joyful amusement. This happens, oh, close to never, so… brava!

Now, a couple things that I found interesting!

1) Weddings are much different in the south. Here in Rome we don’t have to have two ceremonies (Ale and I are getting married in the church only) but you do have to register some docs with the comune. Also, I’ve never been to a wedding where men weren’t allowed in…that is definitely weird, and I’ve been to like 10 Italian weddings, but all in the central area of Italy. We don’t give money envelopes here either. But we do hand-deliver invites. We invite less people in general though. So, you can see, weddings are a whole other world down where you are!!

Italian women. I have had some real problems with a female relative not being very accepting of me. After six years I’ve learned how to manage it, but it ain’t easy!! As for friends though, I have developed several lovely friendships with Italian women, but they were almost all friends of Ale or his friends, and it takes time.

Thanks for the interesting post!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/01/quantifying-weirdness.html#comment-488 Anonymous Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:26:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=70#comment-488 well, i guess you dn't think things about yourself are weird until others point them out. here are a few i can think of (but maybe not 8!!)<br />-my knees go purple when i'm cold<br />-i jam my tongue btwn my lower teeth and front lip when i cough (apparently to others this looks hilarious but had gone totally unnoticed by me for 30 years until G pointed it out)<br />- i live in italy and i hate coffee, olives, seafood, salami. Luckily i like red wine!<br />- i was named after my pram<br />- my first word was hole.<br />- I give my cats weird names. Friendlycat, Stumpy, Spazzy (althoug there is logic in them!)<br />- when i hang shirts up i only do up the top button<br />- i can french braid my own hair without looking in a mirror<br />vanessa well, i guess you dn’t think things about yourself are weird until others point them out. here are a few i can think of (but maybe not 8!!)
-my knees go purple when i’m cold
-i jam my tongue btwn my lower teeth and front lip when i cough (apparently to others this looks hilarious but had gone totally unnoticed by me for 30 years until G pointed it out)
- i live in italy and i hate coffee, olives, seafood, salami. Luckily i like red wine!
- i was named after my pram
- my first word was hole.
- I give my cats weird names. Friendlycat, Stumpy, Spazzy (althoug there is logic in them!)
- when i hang shirts up i only do up the top button
- i can french braid my own hair without looking in a mirror
vanessa

]]> By: Bongga Mom http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/01/quantifying-weirdness.html#comment-487 Bongga Mom Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:01:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=70#comment-487 I've been trying for years to do the cherry stem trick, to no avail. Great post! You inspired me to write my own weird list:<br /><br />http://bonggamom.blogspot.com/2007/01/six-weird-things-about-manila.html I’ve been trying for years to do the cherry stem trick, to no avail. Great post! You inspired me to write my own weird list:

http://bonggamom.blogspot.com/2007/01/six-weird-things-about-manila.html

]]> By: nyc/caribbean ragazza http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/01/quantifying-weirdness.html#comment-485 nyc/caribbean ragazza Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:41:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=70#comment-485 I was just talking about this last night. All the American/Italian relationships I know are American women with Italian men. Why aren't there more the other way around? I will have to ask about it in a post.<br /><br />Re: Female friends. The Italian women I know lived in the U.S. or the U.K. at one point and I met their friends.<br /><br />I also have a fear of my apartment burning down. I am always relieved when I come back from a trip and it's still here. I was just talking about this last night. All the American/Italian relationships I know are American women with Italian men. Why aren’t there more the other way around? I will have to ask about it in a post.

Re: Female friends. The Italian women I know lived in the U.S. or the U.K. at one point and I met their friends.

I also have a fear of my apartment burning down. I am always relieved when I come back from a trip and it’s still here.

]]> By: alexmom http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/01/quantifying-weirdness.html#comment-483 alexmom Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:36:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=70#comment-483 I totally agree that tying a cherry stem in a knot with your tongue has enormous value...especially at happy hour. <br />Complimenti!!! I totally agree that tying a cherry stem in a knot with your tongue has enormous value…especially at happy hour.
Complimenti!!!

]]> By: Gil http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/01/quantifying-weirdness.html#comment-482 Gil Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:53:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=70#comment-482 Why suffer with Starbucks when NC has Cariou coffee shops!!! Why suffer with Starbucks when NC has Cariou coffee shops!!!

]]> By: Sharon http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/01/quantifying-weirdness.html#comment-481 Sharon Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:34:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=70#comment-481 Showing my hand. I have been here 14 years and I second you with the female thing. Women my age tend not to gather together for much of anything. They stick with sisters..cousins...and other relatives. I do have about 4 or 5 great friends. Each one of them spent time living outside of Italy/Sicily. And all but one is way younger than I am. <br />However they have absolutely no problems coming to my house to ask if I might do a favor for them. <br />I wonder if this is also the case in larger northern cities. Showing my hand. I have been here 14 years and I second you with the female thing. Women my age tend not to gather together for much of anything. They stick with sisters..cousins…and other relatives. I do have about 4 or 5 great friends. Each one of them spent time living outside of Italy/Sicily. And all but one is way younger than I am.
However they have absolutely no problems coming to my house to ask if I might do a favor for them.
I wonder if this is also the case in larger northern cities.

]]> By: A far away friend http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/01/quantifying-weirdness.html#comment-480 A far away friend Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:03:00 +0000 http://siteground218.com/~bleedin2/?p=70#comment-480 Sognatrice, we have some strickly similiar weird things in common...although I have been in a Starbucks and have drunk the coffee. I'm not a fan...gave 'em several chances...never liked it from the first sip. <br /><br />Silverware...now, that's something I thought no one else was concerned about. I too must have them all neatly stacked. It's a real shame that someone may try to lend a helping hand and empty the dishwasher for me, but I couldn't go to sleep knowing the silverware wasn't stacked properly. Hmm? I think they might have medicine for that condition. <br /><br />The U.S. Presidents .... I can do it too. In order... I think you left off at Jackson, VanBuren, William Henry Harrison....<br /><br />The Cherry Stem, well, nothing there....perhaps I'll try and conquer that one soon. <br /><br />My intense fear is of drowning...never had a near drowning experience. I can swim, float...but don't ask me to dive to the bottom of a 12 foot pool to pick up pennies...this one is not good at being under for more than a few seconds....so, I know I would never be a good Fear Factor candidate.<br /><br />And although I, personally, do not have two sets of cups....I totally see the functional difference of both of them.....but, I don't think I'd go as far as picking a mug that matches what I am wearing! I think they have medicine for that condition... hey, do you think we may have a touch of the same condition??? Sognatrice, we have some strickly similiar weird things in common…although I have been in a Starbucks and have drunk the coffee. I’m not a fan…gave ‘em several chances…never liked it from the first sip.

Silverware…now, that’s something I thought no one else was concerned about. I too must have them all neatly stacked. It’s a real shame that someone may try to lend a helping hand and empty the dishwasher for me, but I couldn’t go to sleep knowing the silverware wasn’t stacked properly. Hmm? I think they might have medicine for that condition.

The U.S. Presidents …. I can do it too. In order… I think you left off at Jackson, VanBuren, William Henry Harrison….

The Cherry Stem, well, nothing there….perhaps I’ll try and conquer that one soon.

My intense fear is of drowning…never had a near drowning experience. I can swim, float…but don’t ask me to dive to the bottom of a 12 foot pool to pick up pennies…this one is not good at being under for more than a few seconds….so, I know I would never be a good Fear Factor candidate.

And although I, personally, do not have two sets of cups….I totally see the functional difference of both of them…..but, I don’t think I’d go as far as picking a mug that matches what I am wearing! I think they have medicine for that condition… hey, do you think we may have a touch of the same condition???

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