Comments on: show time

By: Bhanu

Bhanu — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:52:43 +0000

You are in Nursing right? I don’t understand why people would “look down”??
I love the term diplobrat!

By: David

David — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:27:04 +0000

I’m not a dipolbrat and although my dad was in the military, I’m not a military brat either, so I never got to experience those types of functions. But now that I’m all grown up and I write for a magazine, part of my job is to go out to these so-called “social functions” and interact with the “creme de la creme” of Tucson. And to me, it’s funny, because let’s face it…Tucson is nowhere near “creme de la creme”! All these people think they’re somebody and really, they’re not. They’re just regular people who buy their Louis Vuitton in the same store I do. So it’s funny to see them prance around and act like they are parting with Tucson’s chosen few. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes, these parties are a great way to make connections in town that can lead to bigger and better things and the food is always wonderful, but like you, I always wonder…what’s the point?

Also, I couldnt agree with you more about the whole tourist thing. If you’re visiting a country, just be respectful of their country. Common sense…period. If you’re gonna act stupid on purpose, then yeah, you need to pay a stupid fee in jail.

By: KennethSF

KennethSF — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:43:05 +0000

Technically, judicial proceedings shouldn’t be political, but in practice, sometimes countries use trumped up charges against another country’s citizen to make a political point. In the case of Brenda Martin, I get the feeling the motivation is more financial than political.

I wouldn’t underestimate the power of a diplobrat. Who knows? Even without knowing, you might have charmed your way into some foreign dignitary’s heart, thus indirectly affecting the outcome of some negotiations that benefit the Land of the Maple Leaf.

By: glamorous152

glamorous152 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:21:22 +0000

how fun to get all dressed up! i totally wish I had a reason to get all dolled up like that.

By: Carla

Carla — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:44:38 +0000

Well said! It would seem that much of this should be common sense, but common sense just doesn’t seem all that common these days.

By: Pippi

Pippi — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:27:37 +0000

I’m not very good at being sociable with strangers – even at my gran’s funeral on sat i was struggling to make conversation with family members!

By: egan

egan — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:03:26 +0000

I have to learn more about this Canadian in Mexico story. Doesn’t sound like a good thing. I do love the term “diprobrat”. There’s so much more to you than meets the eye.

By: Psychgrad

Psychgrad — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:38:31 +0000

I saw Brenda Martin’s interview. I feel badly for her. It is clearly a difficult situation that isn’t easily resolved by having someone pick up the phone.

I am not great when it comes to professionalism. It’s not that I can’t be professional, I’m just not a very high self monitor and I get nervous about saying stupid things. I tend to just keep my mouth shut.

By: utopia

utopia — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:50:49 +0000

hmmm did they really wanna do away with christmas cos 10% of the population was celebrating Ramadan? darn thats preposterous.
no offence but about people from third world countries not understanding your perspective well it can be equally frustrating when its vice versa.

By: Michael C

Michael C — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:18:36 +0000

Wow. It certainly is an interesting way to spend a few evenings every now and then and you must win whenever everyone talks about what their dad does for a living.

But then I’m just a diplodud…