so i was feeling really cool about the fact that i'm going to see the decemberists in paris and all, UNTIL i saw on their site that they're going to play at WESTERN! and i won't be back in time for it ( Read more... )

it's offical, i'm going to spain next month for TEN days, then i'm going to spend three days in paris on the way back to see the decemberists! and, i will be accompanied on this adventure by three of my favorite people in france! i am so excited i could puke.

life is good. really good.

today in one of my classes, a student used "walker texas ranger" to explain the meaning of the proverb "it was the last straw that broke the camel's back". he even tried to talk like chuck norris. and for some reason, i thought of kate.

in other news, i got presents in the mail today from meg AND jonika.

wrap up: today has been the BEST DAY EVER.

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these are for kate, because she requested them. however, there are no french people in these pictures. american, canadian, costa rican, bolivian, and scottish, but no french. i'm still working on it.

( i have friends in france, finally. )

is it a crime to be bored when youre in a place as cool as france ( Read more... )

the french dont really understand halloween. i vow that next year, i will have a RAD halloween party after two years in a row of rather lame halloweens ( Read more... )

thanks to everyone for the birthday greeting! my birthday ended up being rad. katrina and i went out and got drunk and ended up at this really great bar. drunken chelsey, of course, wanted a long island iced tea, so i got a lot of practice with my french alcohol vocab. i finally was able to find a waitress who knew what i was talking about, and she ( Read more... )

i'm alive!

the french are crazy, but so far pretty darn nice. they're very patient with my horrible french skills.

i start teaching next week and i have no idea what to do!

so i've made it to new york. mike and kathleen's place is way swank ( Read more... )