I called and talked to Vicky today and made her say some stuff to me in Russian. I remember back when we worked in the same office together; from time to time I\u2019d hear her talking to her mom or someone on the phone and she\u2019d dive right into the Russian (with some English words thrown in once in a while for good measure). At first I didn\u2019t pay that much attention to it, but when you work with someone closely for years, you begin to either hate these kinds of things, or love them. It quickly grew on me to the point where I really loved listening to it. I don\u2019t know if I ever really told her at the time, but listening to her I realized that Russian is a sexy, rhythmic language with a beautiful cadence to it and I\u2019ve found it soothing to drink in the sound. I didn\u2019t understand what was being said, but it really doesn\u2019t matter. It\u2019s like complex symphony.<\/p>\n
We talked for a while and shared some stories about what\u2019s been going on in our lives; how everyone is doing. She sent me some pictures of the kids, who are of course growing up fast. We talked about the past too. We were both happy to be talking on the phone again. We IM each other from time to time, but hearing a good friend\u2019s voice is a totally different thing. You hear the compassion, joy, and sometimes anger in their words which are powerful eloquents lost to the digital age. She needed to go help her daughter with her homework, so we ended our call and I promised to call a lot more often. And I will.<\/p>\n
On another note, my friend Will has been doing some cool work for G4TV <\/a>lately, shooting short comedy sketches. He\u2019s done a faux commercial, was a new user in X-Box Live orientation<\/a>, and just appeared last night as Dr. Will<\/a>, analyzing the symptoms of those who purchase Grand Theft Auto. It\u2019s really great to see him on the little screen, as I feel badly I didn\u2019t get a chance to get to a screening of The Air I Breathe, which was showing in Orlando recently.<\/p>\n So, that\u2019s pretty much it. I\u2019m really wiped out tonight. I\u2019ve been brain-dead all day as I\u2019ve been up to the wee hours of the morning the last few nights doing work for the office. I think I\u2019ll be able to get back on track tonight tho. I really need to get my life straightened out again and get feeling well.<\/p>\n Sick Thought of the Day: Pinch, wipe, slip. Brown finger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I called and talked to Vicky today and made her say some stuff to me in Russian. I remember back when we worked in the same office together; from time to time I\u2019d hear her talking to her mom or someone on the phone and she\u2019d dive right into the Russian (with some English words […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":415,"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions\/415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chewbode.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}