Here ' s your plan of action 1 . Accept lots of hugs . They will hug you . Seriously , you will be physically touched , and then you will squeeze each others bodies briefly . Then it ' ll be over and you may release the hug . A surprising amount of white people I assume you ' re white are put off by the degree of physical contact coming from a Hispanic family . 2 . Eat Pernil Platanos . 3 . Profit . <| sep |> So it ' s a painting . Who painted it ? 10 <| sep |> Smallville actually had great ratings the first 34 seasons . Always above 4 million if I remember . It wasn ' t until the last few seasons where things fell off , which is fairly normal for most shows . <| sep |> Pffft I ' ve been working with the same retail company for almost 9 years I get 3 weeks of paid vacation per year and 4 hours a month of sick time accrued , and in another 6 years I get a 4 th week ! sigh