I nearly wept when I stepped out of my apartment today. This is the most perfect city I have ever seen, and I fail completely at explaining it. Wide avenues, lined with trees in full foliage and bloom. Ivy and wisteria climbing walls of yellow-gold clay. Fountains at every intersection, from tiny streams to excessive, extravagant splashing ( Read more... )

Creepy little girl in the catacombs beneath Paris, talking to her mom:
"C'est bien de voir les têtes de mort!"

The closest translation of what she meant is "It's cool to see skulls!", which is already pretty damned creepy, strange little French child ( Read more... )

Sometimes people surprise you. Like Gaby. I just learned that her father's cousin is a member of Altan, and that she speaks Gaelic.
Who knew???

The weekend was good. On Friday, I went to a speech by Segolene Royal, the socialist candidate for president. She's really impressive and seems authentic.

On Saturday, I went falling down the alps snowboarding with a plank attached to my legsI was told I did impressively well for my first time, which to me means that people normally break ( Read more... )

For those who have not seen it, here is Death Kitty and the Fat Man
I particularly suggest it for Jessi, Anna, and Sarah. All others are welcome to see as well, but I won't be upset or anything if you don't. There are more important things in life.

For Ashlee only: Mango!And for everyone who hasn't seen it yet, although I suspect a good many ( Read more... )

This morning was terrible, but that's another story. One that involves cockroaches on my toothpaste, toothpaste on my clothing, and my clothing on shrubberies ( Read more... )

The Mistral came ( Read more... )

It only took about six hours and tons of stress, but I've purchased tickets to go to Loreena McKennitt's concert. The crazy lady is touring all over Europe at times that didn't work with my schedule, and after hours of reasoning, I found out that I had only one option. I'll have to skip a course, but I've already cleared it with the prof. April ( Read more... )

Holy shit, it wasn't easy or fun...but I've written a 20 page paper in French in 2 days. Now I have to evacuate the center, as it's closing.
I now hate "race and politics" in France. :)

Sorry to be a dork...but it's pretty, even if it's a bit meaningless. At the same time, I put in some other friend's names and it made pretty representative results, so it's got a good hit rate, at least.


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