Try to find out what this means: De un tiempo a esta parte me da vergüenza...

Question

Ok, next try, I think this is rather challenging, this woman is hilarious, just think she is always ironical and sarcastic....so take if from there

De un tiempo a esta parte, me da vergüenza mirarme en las fotos. Que no es que haya sido yo nunca muy fotogénica que se diga, porque a mí me salen los ojos redondos de tísica y todo lo demás es síntoma de obesidad, pero es que últimamente me doy hasta pena. Se me están remarcando los papos, tipo boxer, y la papadilla aparece así mire al cielo en plan espectadora en una exhibición de Cuatro Vientos. Eso por no hablar de las arrugas encima del labio superior que es, mismamente, una faldita tableada.

Answer 1

¡Vale! Heidita, this dramatic pause has gotten our rapt attention! Are you still waiting for more guesses? I'm dying to find out what we're missing.

• It's two in the morning here and I can't sleep because of this question. - Seitheach Nov 4, 2009
• jejejejje - Heidita Nov 4, 2009

Answer 2

Even though you already checked my answer, here is another attempt since you haven't posted the correct answer yet:

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I used to be ashamed to look at photos of myself. It's not that I have ever been very photogenic so to speak, because to me, my consumptive (sick?) round eyes jump out at me and the rest of me is a symptom of obesity (I feel like I am fat), but lately I've been depressed (given up hope). I am forever marked by my boxer-like jowls and my double chin that appears even if, I look to (gawk at) the sky like a spectator at a plane show (at an exhibition at Cuatro Vientos). Not to mention the wrinkles above my lip which is, itself, (like) a pleated skirt

• good job I chose your answer anyway, this one is almost perfect, you only didn't get the beginning, it is "lately", perfect the double chin part, excellent. - Heidita Nov 4, 2009

Answer 3

Thanks Heidita,

These little exercises are mentally exhausting but fun at the same time

• I am happy:) - Heidita Nov 4, 2009

Answer 4

Pongo la foto porque pienso poner más frases o párrafos suyos si os gusta.

A mí, si.

¡Gracias Heidita por poner un ejercicio tan instructivo y entretenido a la vez! (y, nada más para que sepas, es chaparritO. )

Answer 5

Lately I have started to feel ashamed to look at myself in photos. I have never been very, as they say, photogenic. My eyes bulge from tuberculosis and anything else is a symptom of obesity. But now I am starting to pity myself. My jowls are heavy (very boxer dog) and my double chin can be seen even when I throw my back head to view the sky at an air show at Cuatro Vientos. Not to mention the wrinkles around my upper lip, which itself resembles a pleated skirt.