so today's my birthday. but i'm not saying that to solicite happy birthdays. it's more like a statement ( Read more... )

SO life is going pretty well ( Read more... )

SO last night the power went out for a long time, it does that at least twice a week...no big deal ( Read more... )

"the sound & rhythm of Leopold Senghor"

how does that sound for a 10 page paper in french on 3 poems by LS? good bad? besides that it's not translated in french right there...??

comments?

and ps... pray for me b/c they just found avian flu in nigeria. i'm worried.

SO there's nothing better than staying up until 4:30am on sat night & sun night (due to super bowl) and then being pleasantly awakened by the lovely muslims calling to mosque at 5. thank you islam ( Read more... )

so i was sitting here thinking how ill prepared i was for a trip to dakar to learn french and that my background in EVERYTHING is awful...even philosophy! (more b/c of my ignorance to remembering things that are important...and i've still not had to write a paper over 7 pages...SO i'm surrounded by people with motivation to read OTHER things than ( Read more... )

MY PICTURES:

http://community.webshots.com/user/doremimi

Who Should Paint You: Salvador Dali
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pictures you get...

except these are by a friend of mine...i think there might be one of me...sorry! but she knows what she's doing with putting them online! i haven't looked at them yet though!

http://pics.livejournal.com/alli_in_africa/

copy & paste the link!

so...culture shock is a bitch. literally =) i miss home beacoup but i'm having some fun times! i listen to my music and stuff and it's okay...sadly i don't have time to tell you how it is in depth, but hey, less info to read about me writing a lot in a notebook about how much i miss home! hehehe =)

i'm a dork

love

mimi

So i'm worried about not learning that much french while i'm here...because wolof is mainly spoken in the home...and french is only spoken by educated people...not sure if my family will help me with french or not! kinda makes me nervous...and my french is terrible! haha...not even kidding. i just don't understand others very well when they ( Read more... )