The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Fud for thought

"Repo man is always intense"
It is funny how the mind works.  When I saw this truck I immediately thought phonetically, "foood."  One of the best things about Spanish is the sound of the vowels, they are always consistent and that really helps in figuring out how to say words.
 So here is "Fud" which sounds like "foood" and I realize Fud is a huge company, famous for their prepared meats, but all I could think of was Emilio Estavez in "Repo Man," one of my favorites.  All the products in the film are labeled generically.
The scene that came to mind was the one in which Otto (Estavez) is eating what looks like dog food out of a can marked "Food" and his mom says,"Put it on a plate, son. You'll enjoy it more." He replies, "Couldn't enjoy it any more, Mom. Mm, mm, mmm."
As I say, food for thought.
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Anonymous said...

Damn, now "you wascally wabbit" is looping in my brain!

October 25, 2011 at 3:59 PM

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