Inappropriate Children's Songs

Well, I'm back from Nantucket. The wedding was really beautiful (more on that later). And the heat wave continued with the weather producing another super hot and absolutely beautiful weekend. I never thought I would say this, but I have had TOO MUCH SUN! I am RED - like the lobsters I have eaten FOUR days in a row. Are  you jealous? I was trying to get my fill of lobster before heading back to London - which by the way, I'm doing tomorrow (sob sob).

But I definitely got my fill of New England this weekend. Seriously, I think that Nantucket might just be the epitome of New England. But as I should be going to bed and trying to get a good night's sleep as I will surely not sleep on the flight tomorrow and I have to go straight to work on Tuesday morning, I'm going to save my Nantucket post for later and instead I'm going to share something a bit funny.

While driving to Nantucket, and sitting in the back of my friend's car, I was flipping through a book of children's songs that was laying around in the back seat. And boy was I shocked to see what kinds of songs we are singing to kids these days!

I know that right now you are thinking, how bad can it be? So, first of all, a picture of the book cover - just so you can see that it is an actual kid's book and I swear to God that I'm not making this up:

See - just a harmless little kid's book with nursery rhymes and lullabies

But, as I was flipping through the pages, I came across this song:

Umm? What?

And, just a few pages later:

I'm starting to get scared...

And finally this one:

Much less offensive, but still funny

My friend found the whole thing very amusing. Although she told me she was slightly less amused when one night her son asked her to read "I Love Little Pussy" (I feel dirty just writing those words by the way) and when she told him that she couldn't sing that song he then asked her to sing "Ride a Cockhorse." At that point, she suggested another book altogether. I suggest that she gets rid of the book completely before they get old enough to start asking uncomfortable questions, but that she saves it for much later (for example when her sons are in their late twenties) and then she can bring it out and laugh about it with them!

So, as I mentioned, I'm hopping back across the pond to London tomorrow. And this means that my vacation is officially OVER. I'm back to work on Tuesday. I have a feeling it's gonna be a crazy week so don't get worried if you don't hear from me for a couple days. I promise that I will be thinking of you and I have lots of great stuff to tell you!

Stay cool!

Me Encanta Barcelona!

I know that you are all waiting impatiently for an update from my awesome weekend in Barcelona...

Well all I can say is that it was an amazing weekend with great people. But for the most part, what happens in Barcelona should really stay in Barcelona. However, fear not although I might scrimp on the details... I will provide you with top ten list.

Top Ten Fabulous Things About My Barcelona weekend

1. Getting to hang out con mi hermano!
2. Getting to meet all my brother's fun and interesting friends - they truly made it a great weekend!
3. Eating really amazing Catellan food cooked by the sweetest gay couple ever! Gracias M and D - you are the best!
4. Drinking Estrella beer in the park while riding on a rocking horse and sitting on ducks
5. Going to a Warehouse party and dancing all night long (and I do mean all night and well into the morning)
6. Meeting a cute Italian/French guy at the said Warehouse party - he invited me home on his motorbike (how Italian right?) but I politely declined.
7. The fact that for a few hours cigarettes and gin were the best thing in the world (I will not explain this one, if you were there, you know what I'm talking about)
8. Not wearing high heels once all weekend - my brother and friends rock a slightly different dress code than my London/Stockholm friends - sneakers and jeans were totally ok
9. Sitting around for hours doing nothing - I didn't even think I remembered how to do nothing - lately, it's all been work work work and go go go; I've forgotten how to relax, I've forgotten how to slow down, I've forgotten how to turn off from work... this weekend I learned the true art of doing nothing from my brother and his friends
10. Good music and the funny You Tube videos I was introduced to by my brother's flatmate S (this was part of the doing nothing thing that I experienced in general my free life doesn't have time for Youtube... if I have free time, I write this blog for my faithful readers) But check out llamas with hats and David after the dentist for a good laugh! (Caaarl... what did you do?) And check out this video full of fun English sounding gibberish!
11. Hablando espanol! (yo se - ya tengo diez puntos pero uno mas esta bien) - Era muy bello a hablar espanol de nuevo. No he hablado expanol hace much tiempo and me encanta el idioma

 Top Ten Not So Fabulous Things about My Barcelona Weekend

1. Lack of sleep from way too much partying
2. Not having enough warm clothes with me... I thought it was going to be warm out - I brought summer clothes. I needed cold weather and water proof clothes
3. The hangovers
4. Stumbling out of the warehouse party at 9 am in the morning to find a painfully bright day and then enduring an extremely long and painful journey home on the subway
5. The torrential downpour that overtook the city on Sunday night - it wouldn't let up so we decided that we would run home - we were soaked as if we had just swam in the ocean (which by the way, I managed not to see the entire weekend)!
6. The fact that I didn't once get to win at the game cheat also known as bull shit or mentira (en espanol) - this is a totally awesome game by the way and you should totally play it (preferably while drinking lots of Estrella beer) but I unfortunately didn't manage to win and that made me a little sad and that's why this is going on my top ten not so fabulous list rather than to my top ten fabulous list (ok, ok, I would have put it on my top ten list but I already had eleven good things and not enough bad things)
7. Leaving Barcelona

Note: There are only 7 items on this list because these were the ONLY bad things I could think of about Barcelona.

Hasta Luego Barcelona. Ya te estrano y necesito regresar muy pronto!  

 (I do not know how to make the accents and tildes on my computer. Lo siento)!