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Day 5: le vrai francais, l'or-- c'est beautiful
So if any of you would like to hear a tongue-in-cheek but sometimes pretty accurate portrayal of what Quebecois "french" sounds like, i present to you the one, the only, the fantastic "Tete a claques" (Note: even if you don't understand french, you'll probably still get a kick out of it)
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In which she once again proves why she is weird
I was typing something today and was unable to continue because my hands suddenly looked like a man's hands wearing nail polish. And now my breath is catching in my throat a little because My GOD i have the hands of a MAN. How can i be made so WRONGLY ( Read more... ) -
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So I'd like to try this "Blog every day for month" type-thing despite the fact that February is a typically boring month for this kid-- It's February. It's Ontario. It's cold. I'll see you kids in April ( Read more... ) -
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i'm sitting here in the dark, save for the lights on the mantle, the christmas tree, the balustrade, the laptop. I am almost literally surrounded by presents and feeling somewhat guilty about it all-- of course the things are tiny, but still. First world worry. This family is essentially recession-proof but this year has been.. expensive, among ( Read more... ) -
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My dad and I braved the mall yesterday to go Christmas shopping which, in retrospect, actually wasn't that bad, all things considered. Better than next weekend will be, anyway. While we were there, we ran into a co-worker of my dad's. She made the news last month because of an incident that happened on the job. She was finishing her shift at a ( Read more... ) -
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According to the Canadian government, and solely reflecting the competencies outlined in the formation of French as a second language (FSL) courses for government (or soon to be government) employees, and not including the oral section of the exam, considered to be, by far, the hardest of the 3 parts ( Read more... ) -
The annual call
So I'm once again making my patented (no they're not) Christmas cards and I wanted to know if there's any interest 'round these parts in receiving one. As always, no pressure at all to reciprocate but if you, too, are a giver of festive cards then i would most happily take one-- i'm a keeper of sakes, for sure-- but I stress: This is a no-stress ( Read more... ) -
green
It's strange, this november without snow. I'm used to November being as much the middle of winter as January, February or, knowing Ottawa, May. But not this year. This year we're in permanent harvest-- land barren, geese leaving, fences unrolled, continually bracing for what we know is gon' get us ( Read more... )
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