Boo! Scary kitty from the blog Thinning the Herd
Today the Spanish-word-for-the-day (a Google gadget) tickled me: asustarse, a reflexive verb* which literally means "to scare oneself." When I think of all the times I get myself spooked, I think this could be one of my most useful words.
It's also the name of a favorite song, and I'm starting to learn it now, so I might have it down really well by Halloween. It's originally a Dan Hicks tune, but here's a version I like by Thomas Dolby. Note the chanted refrain at the end: "It's me I'm scared of..." ¡Por cierto, la verdad!
Underbed monster, from a photo gallery inspired by childhood fears, on the Geekologie blog
*Reflexive: (of a verb or clause) having a reflexive pronoun as its object, e.g., wash oneself.
5 comments:
Well said. I am scared by myself most mornings, when I finally get a look in the mirror. Dios mio, I scare myself!
Hubby likes that cat and want's to know where to get one.
Laurie: Yo tambien, nuff said.
jomamma: Just get an ordinary cat with plenty of hair, fluff up his eyebrows with gel, put black makeup under his eyes and voila!
We truly are sometimes our worst enemies. But, more often, we are our best friends.
I love that song. I've downloaded it and extracted the audio and have worked out that gimpy little piano riff at the beginning. What key do you like for his? It was done in F, BTW.
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