Rent-An-American

That was the subject line of an email Jules sent to Francois today. Francois told me about it and asked me to call Jules to see what he needed. I thought it was funny, so I started the conversation with, "Hi, I hear you need to rent me? Good news -- I am for rent, and I'm cheap today." Turns out he needs me to write English subtitles for about 15 films. Ooh. Daunting.

Remember how I am at taking phone messages? Okaaaay...and they trust me to do subtitles? Bad choice.

Here is an actual excerpt from a film I subtitled today. I re-read this and it cracked me up. Forgive the un-Sarah like profanity (I just write what they tell me to write) -- but that's part of why I find this excerpt funny.

Guy: I don't know what happened to the (something)! (He's yelling too fast - I can't understand him.)
Lisa: (Something else I can't understand because she's yelling too fast) - ...(something...) because I didn't call you! (Note: maybe it's "because I called you!") I don't care what you think! I told you I'm not sleeping with him! He's my brother!
Guy: F-ing bitch.
Lisa: I told you he's my brother! I hope the wind shoots you! (I don't think I'm right about this last part.)

(I decided spelling it out in my blog is too crude for me. You know...it's the F-word. I wrote it out in the movie itself. And the fact that I'm thinking about whether to spell it out in my blog only proves what a total dork I can be. I'm blushing in embarrassment of myself. I need to loosen up. Laugh at me if you will. I welcome it.)

Anyway, I'm getting parts of the films (usually better than this), but it is VERY slow for me...and clearly, someone else will have to help me out. Photoshop was easier. On the bright side, I'm getting much better at taking phone messages, and I'm doing much, much, much better with face-to-face conversations. Almost no problem with that now, regardless of accent/dialect. YAY!

I also bought a hat today, and am finding it crazy-funny that I packed my swimsuit for this trip. According to weather.com, it's 28 degrees right now. Maybe I'll put my swimsuit on and go for a walk.