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San Diegan
No tequila, Dennis.
Oh dear. Her name was Maria Solidad. Marisol. In 1971, while ecking out an existance at UCSD as an RA and gradual student, I met her (Math department chairman's secretary). A night in old town at Casa de Pico with shots of (then unknown) Cuervo 1800 on the house (she knew the management and every waitress). I set out that evening, picking her up at the family home, thinking I had better bring her back in the more or less the same condition that I found her (she had brothers). She knew all about how to spend (all of) the night in Balboa Park, a few blocks away. Shortly before dawn, she sashayed back into the house with jaunty flair. I pulled around the corner and passed out in my Microbus. To me, she was my future bride. To her, I was a Gringo conquest. Every aproach thereafter elicited a "Te amo, but it can never be..." A pout and retreat. I was in pain.
San
Oh dear. Her name was Maria Solidad. Marisol. In 1971, while ecking out an existance at UCSD as an RA and gradual student, I met her (Math department chairman's secretary). A night in old town at Casa de Pico with shots of (then unknown) Cuervo 1800 on the house (she knew the management and every waitress). I set out that evening, picking her up at the family home, thinking I had better bring her back in the more or less the same condition that I found her (she had brothers). She knew all about how to spend (all of) the night in Balboa Park, a few blocks away. Shortly before dawn, she sashayed back into the house with jaunty flair. I pulled around the corner and passed out in my Microbus. To me, she was my future bride. To her, I was a Gringo conquest. Every aproach thereafter elicited a "Te amo, but it can never be..." A pout and retreat. I was in pain.
San
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San Diegan
Dennis,
Hispanic names are tricky. Maria is different from Marisol. She had a sister named Maria Elena (another hot number that plagued me). Lupe is different from Lupita ("little [or young] Lupe", and yet another sister). You need to say the entire name or offense is inferred. They have their own contractions (Marisol for Maria Solidad). I learned the hard way, but that's another story. Maria Solidad more or less means Mary of Solitude, or quiet Mary, which is what mothers sometimes hope for in a child.
At any rate, Tequila and inexperience (I was pretty young to be in graduate school and had just not had a lot of experience with girls since high school due to a lot of study) fogged my vision of things. I think that tequila (and mezcal) go beyond ordinary alcohol. They are psychoactive. I have stayed away since those days and the blackouts ever since.
San
Hispanic names are tricky. Maria is different from Marisol. She had a sister named Maria Elena (another hot number that plagued me). Lupe is different from Lupita ("little [or young] Lupe", and yet another sister). You need to say the entire name or offense is inferred. They have their own contractions (Marisol for Maria Solidad). I learned the hard way, but that's another story. Maria Solidad more or less means Mary of Solitude, or quiet Mary, which is what mothers sometimes hope for in a child.
At any rate, Tequila and inexperience (I was pretty young to be in graduate school and had just not had a lot of experience with girls since high school due to a lot of study) fogged my vision of things. I think that tequila (and mezcal) go beyond ordinary alcohol. They are psychoactive. I have stayed away since those days and the blackouts ever since.
San
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