i have faith in you, and everything that's wrong with you.

indeed...

in the face of the real questions, silence.

this is only the second thanksgiving in my life i've spent completely alone. the first one, though, i think i forgot thanksgiving was even happening, so it didn't really matter. today, i asked the kids what they were thankful for. most of them came up with the expected- family, food, etc. but one class got really into it, and started calling out ( Read more... )

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i heard water in france was not cheap ( Read more... )

france in autumn... is smoky. cigarettes and woodfires, fog that burns off the hills in the morning and motorcycle exhaust in the evening. it is old men and women with crates of mushrooms they've gathered perched every day outside the market. it is rusty bicycles and children repeating things over and over. it is bank tellers that stare at you and ( Read more... )

1st dogshit evasion not five minutes after i walked out the door this morning.

wineries smell amazing, and my internet time is up at the youth center. more from me later.

I'll be in France! I've gone into one of my denial modes, I can't quite believe it's happening again. It shifts back and forth. I really shouldn't even be posting right now, I still have to go to the post office and I really want to see Shireen before I have to take off for f-ing Newark. I had such a wonderful time in NY this weekend. I wish I ( Read more... )

From Le Monde:
Les syndicats de salariés, étudiants et lycéens ont appelé, lundi, à une journée nationale d'action avec manifestation, grèves et arrêts de travail, mardi 28 mars, pour obtenir le retrait du CPE. La décision a été prise par l'ensemble des organisations qui ont aussi décidé d'apporter leur soutien aux manifestations étudiantes du 23 ( Read more... )

school is officially over. just my eval conference yet to go, and hopefully it will go well. i got really amazing feedback on my final paper. stacey davis is now officially the best prof i've ever worked with. by tomorrow afternoon, all my stuff will be in storage. my bed will be prepped for its trip to virginia. i'll go down to portland monday ( Read more... )