I just learned those two phrases in the title. They're so cute! The first one you could translate as "How's it kickin, chicken?" and the second one "Don't worry, tennis shoes" though it doesn't have the same ring to it ( Read more... )

You know, growing up in America and hosting French and German students was a great experience, and whereas it did give me something to work with in terms of studying abroad, I still was never the foreigner. Always the one slowing down to talk because the other didn't understand me, the one who had to rephrase myself and omit words that might be too ( Read more... )

Hello all...Yes, I'm finally updating. A lot a lot has happened since the last post! I don't really know where to start. I made it through my first semester here with good grades (I haven't gotten them back yet but I know how I did in general, except for one class in which I have no clue, crazy huh). I have been getting out and doing a lot more ( Read more... )

After one more day in Paris, tomorrow that is to say, I'll be back in Houston and New Orleans. Really looking forward to it. I was in a bit of a slump for a while there, but I went with a few friends to a house party tonight (Italians always throw the best parties), and I met and talked to lots of people, so that was really nice. They had a huge ( Read more... )

So I bought a bright red rug at IKEA at the beginning of the semester and quickly realized that it shed like crazy. There's red fuzz all over my room all the time, and I spot some on my clothes sometimes as well. So I went to Ireland last weekend, and it was a little colder than Paris was, so I stopped in and bought a 4euro scarf, bright red. I ( Read more... )

I forgot to mention that I asked one of the speakers, a professor from UT Austin actually, to explain why exactly gas prices along the Gulf coast went up right after Katrina. He kind of dodged my question for some reason, but it was fine because following the discussion session, a Senior Advisor of Lukoil International Trading & Supply Co. named ( Read more... )

I just got back from Switzerland er'body! It was grand. I went to the Convention on International Law and Politics themed this year as "The Quest for Energy", held at the University of St. Gallen in the city of St. Gallen. I stayed at the apartment of two German girls, Valerie and Mira, and one Swiss girl, Carole. They were all very nice, and two ( Read more... )

I was going to paint a tree, but silly me ( Read more... )

I got up at 11, worked on my painting for a while, had a hankering for cheese so I went and bought some (Coussac, it's a type of Brebis), now I'm just kinda reading about David Ricardo the English economist, on facebook searching for signs that Brennan is still alive bc he hasn't talked to me in months, sneezing, wondering if it would be such a ( Read more... )

Uhhh I can't concentrate on anything. I must be tired--but it isn't evident. I never do much on fridays here, like I usually did in the states. Fridays are good for staying in and watching movies, or at most, going to a basement party at another house at the Cite Universitaire ( Read more... )