today i got up early for my english>french translation test. antoine was nice enough to give me and mady and helène a ride. the test was okay even though i forgot how to say "shopping" in french (maybe cause the french aren't capitalist pigs, ha ha). i took the bus afterwards directly to the direction departemental de travail et de formation ( Read more... )

So not long ago I received une convocation to go to the Angers police station. There were no details, it just said I had a rendez-vous on a certain day and that I had better show up ( Read more... )

Today I visited what must have been my 20th employment agency. As the lady was looking over my resume, she asked me if I had ever worked in France. No, I replied. She then informs me that one's first job in France cannot be had through an employment agency.

Big thanks to the two dozen other people who could have let me know a little sooner.

Grrr.

i never post quizzes. but damn if this one didn't find me right out.

You Have a Choleric Temperament
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this guy named Jesus Gutierrez just added me on facebook. He was half of the "T.S. and Jesse" that terrorized my friend Suejin and me all through elementary school. one time he stole suejin's shoe and then I got in trouble for kicking him under the bus seat. i had to go to the principal's office which of course made me cry. ohh, the injustice. And ( Read more... )

the frenchies showed absolutely no sign that yesterday was mardi gras ( Read more... )

[note: this entry was written in protest to a certain someone's list of people who need to update more, from which i was excluded:


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8:30 am, and if i want a baguette, all i have to do is stumble across the street, go into his shop which is lit so warmly, and the boulanger knows exactly what i want. i love this country and i am going back to bed

The last three days Angers has been throwing a big festival, Les Accroches-Coeurs. Music and spectacles and all the streets are blocked and packed with people. Last night I was with Hadia at the Falstaff dancing and talking to some new kids. We decided to go to Gregorio's to continue the fête and on the way i was partaking in a favorite pastime of ( Read more... )

1. Go here.
2. Pass it on.
( my answers )