The Fooda is a Gooda

T-shirt time every Tuesday! This week the t-shirt Yadiry is being highlighted. Yadiry is my little sister and for a long time my nemesis. I hated this little girl because before she came I was the baby. I cried for weeks.I kept saying no one will call me "Bello" no more. Bello was the name my dad called me, I believe it meant beautiful in Italian (Bella). Although, he always wanted a boy so I guess that's why it was Bello and not Bella, but that's a whole different story. When Yadiry got home from the hospital, I took one look in her white crib and said,"She is an ugly thang," with a face of disgust (it kinda look like I smelled something funky).

As the years went by, I warmed up to her. Literally, it took me like seven years to say that I liked my sister. I got over my jealousy and we actually starting spending time together. We went over my cousin Yelitza's house and Yelitza decided to teach Yadiry to read. The words on the paper read as follows, "THE FOOD IS GOOD." Yadiry, a little brown girl with a curly frizzing pony tail, did her little best to read it.

First she started with the pronunciation. She said, "Guu--ddaa." She took a deep breath and did this whole savouring with her mouth and finally she took a big gulp of air. She squinted her eyes really hard as to get better concentration. "Try it again Yadiry," said the very excited Yelitza. "THE FOOODA IS A GOODA," is what came out of that little mouth. Yelitza and I laughed so hard we cried. It was a cute moment, and that is why it made it on Gold Mine Tee.

U Buggin'

It is Tuesday, T-shirt time like I like to say. The -shirt of the week is the shirt called Belkis. It is name after my "cousin" who is an interesting character to say the least. Unfortunately, we do not speak now, but I can still tell you the story of how this shirt came about. By, the way she has other classic lines that are on gold mine tee.
Belkis is a grown woman, who thinks she is 18. She has been 18 for the past 20 years. I really never knew her real age. She lived with her mom all her life. Her mom is hard of hearing and does not speak English. She yells everything, like Arthur from King of Queens, because she feels that no one can hear her. No exaggeration, you can stand on one end of the street and walk down a couple blocks and still hear her clearly. Often, when she calls my mom I can hear their conversation clearly because I can hear what my mom is saying and then I hear Christina clearly on though the phone-so funny.
So back the story, Belkis never had a back bone with her mom. She was in her thirties (I'm sure) and she would hide boyfriends from her mom and sneak guys in when she was away. When they would argue, Belkis never defended herself in Spanish. She would say the classic yet over used line, "You Buggin (extending the word like you BuGGGGGGin', in a song like way)." Like I said her mom does not speak English and she is Dominican, so her response would always be "Que jew (meaning you)buggin' ni jew buggin." Hilarious. This was was many years ago. Belkis finally moved and lives with her baby daddy. I am certain that every now again a You Buggin' slips out of her mouth!

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The truth is the truth

The T-shirt of the week is called Radame. It reads, "La verdad es la verdad y no es mentira" (in spanish). This translates in English the truth is the truth and it ain't a lie. Okay so let's get the nitty gritty of this line. Radame is a man who lives in the Dominican Republic. He is not well mentally, but is a nice happy person all the time. He always repeats the last words you say to him. So for instance, my mom said, "Boy it is hot today, it is the type of weather that you want to take cool showers all day." Radame replied,"Cool showers all day." He got up rapidly and stormed to my bathroom. He came out 30 minutes later from his cold shower. He also likes to look at you and laugh and laugh. One time my sister, Yadiry, and Radame looked at each other for like a half hour just laughing for no reason.
Anothe sunny day, Radame came over and he was serious this day. He sat down on our orange and white rocking chair and said the words on the t-shirt (if the truth is the truth, it aint a lie.) I said, "Damn that is deep." He repeated this at least twenty times in a ten minute period. It is now a classic line. Thanks Radame!

It's T-shirt Time!

The t-shirt this week is the Gio. I love this t-shirt because it is so unexpected. The shirt says, "It's a fake fur Mama." The story behind this one is that Gio and his friends were out and about and he saw an older Asian lady with a fur. Gio, being the person he is, which is funny blunt, yells out these famous words. This was years ago, and his friends still bring it up. It is definitely T-shirt worthy.