buenísimo

"Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very;' otherwise you'll have no word left for when you want to talk about something infinite." -c.s. lewis


i feel like this is a common conflict among those practicing a religion. i know for me, when you stop and think about it, saying that "aah those sneakers are amazing" or "i had the most awesome nap today"...amazing and awesome. that's how we explain God. what words can we use for God, if we're putting him on the same playing field as shoes and procrastination techniques?

this is how i feel about the word "buenísimo."
it's not that things aren't 'beyond good,' for that's technically what it means.
you add "ísimo" to the end of adjectives and that makes the adjective become stupendous.
esperanza uses "buenísimo" at least once a day, and it's always regarding food.
now, please don't get me wrong. homegirl loves her food, but not every food should be deemed so excellent, because then that means it's all just on the same level. is all food equally delicious?
i submit that it is not.
por ejemplo: i don't like potatoes. maybe i'm a ra-tard for coming to a country who eats potatoes like they're going out of style, but shoot. and i've explained how i don't like potatoes to esperanza. we've talked about it multiple times. then she asked me how my mom prepares them. well... my mom doesn't run a restaurant, but she doesn't make potatoes because i don't like them. they eat that stuff when i'm not around for dinner. so, she knows. but what do we have quite often? mashed. instant, from a box mashed. now i don't have a preference from where the substance derives, i just simply don't like it! i stopped her after a scoop, because i knew she was about to pile more on there, (that's how she do), and told her i didn't want any more. she didn't go for another scoop, but she did say that there's butter and milk in there..."están buenísimo." i wouldn't go that far.


what i would call "buenísimo" is the lovin' i've been getting from home. i got 5 letters that weren't from my mom. good work, team. (i know there's a competition going on between some of you...i got some in color, some in the form of a puzzle, some in fancy handwriting, and some with pictures & stickers... i say there needs to be at least a second round)

 compliments of jodie

 these muffins (on top of the letters) are ridiculously delicious. i wanted baked goods and i got them. they come from a place around the corner, where a bunch of nuns sell 12 'magdalenas' for 3.50.

buenísimo.