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Oct. 22nd, 2004 09:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
merchimerchI've been having my grumpy pants on a lot recently - I think I'm chalking it up to acculturation and gastro intestinal issues.
I want things to be easy for once. I want people to be on time, I want people to call me with a plan in place and just let me follow them like sheep to go out and socialize. I want cooking to be quick and healthy and easy and NOT to involve lamb butt fat.
I know that none of this is rational and that I am sounding like the vile American tourists that go to Europe and are horrified by the toilets and by what these silly Krauts or Brits or whatevers call a hamburger. Most days I am happy to try and fit into Uzbek cultural norms, to eat my lamb and even the fat off of its butt, to smile when people are half and hour late and to say nice subdued things to people with coy downward glances. Just not today.
Today I just want stuff to work when it should, I want people to be where they are supposed to be when they are supposed to be there and I want it to be easy.
I want things to be easy for once. I want people to be on time, I want people to call me with a plan in place and just let me follow them like sheep to go out and socialize. I want cooking to be quick and healthy and easy and NOT to involve lamb butt fat.
I know that none of this is rational and that I am sounding like the vile American tourists that go to Europe and are horrified by the toilets and by what these silly Krauts or Brits or whatevers call a hamburger. Most days I am happy to try and fit into Uzbek cultural norms, to eat my lamb and even the fat off of its butt, to smile when people are half and hour late and to say nice subdued things to people with coy downward glances. Just not today.
Today I just want stuff to work when it should, I want people to be where they are supposed to be when they are supposed to be there and I want it to be easy.
