My birthday was actually really good. I went to Bourges for shopping (I decided that I would allow myself to spend money on clothes, which I don't do very often, but ended up buying books instead...), then had a good dinner, and met some people in a bar to watch the rugby match (which I ended up unable to see because of the crowds, but that was ok ( Read more... )

I just had my first real class, planned by me, without another teacher in the room! And it went really well! Granted, it was with only four adult students, who all had a pretty good grasp of English, but still ( Read more... )

I read a biography of George Harrison last week. One of the author's main themes was that Harrison had "sad eyes" and never seemed happy. So, partially to reassure myself that he was kind of a fun guy, here are some very silly music videos:

Crackerbox Palace

The silliest, strangest video ever ("Blow Away")

and: Introducing George Harrison as ( Read more... )

tyroliancorsair sent me the video for Serge Gainsbourg's Comic Strip (with a black haired Brigitte Bardot...what's up with that?), and unleashed a monster.

Here are some of my favorites (the good and the silly...)

In L'anamour, it goes back and forth between him singing somberly, and him sitting and gesturing in a very silly manner.

In Marilu you can see ( Read more... )

Today, instead of getting things done that need doing, I went with my roommates to Adams Morgan day. I had missed out last year, and decided that I had to go today (since I'm a senior and don't plan on staying in the area, so it was basically my last chance to go). It was so much fun! I love street fairs, with the crowds and the energy and ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I did nothing until the evening, when I hung out with my super cool Uncle. He took me out to the cutest Tai restaurant (which is a tiny family owned place, with possibly 6 tables at the most, and where very little is vegetarian, but they have a note at the bottom of the menu saying that they can make anything vegetarian, and where, ( Read more... )

So, today was the day that crazykawaii was going to be dragged around Madrid while I went flamenco shopping (for shoes and a Manila shawl, along with anything else that was shiny and not too expensive). So, I found the addresses of three stores, and off we went (at about 3 pm)! So, the first store was closed for vacations, which is perfectly acceptable and ( Read more... )

Paris! I love Paris so much. The trip was wonderful. I basically dragged crazykawaii around to my favorite places, while still getting the opportunity to see several important tourist attractions. We did the Louvre Friday night (seriously, that's the time to go unless you have a lot of disposable income...they're one of the only museums in Paris that don' ( Read more... )

I had a (very short) conversation with one of my roommates (the girlfriend...who apparently does live here full time and officially)! About flamenco! She's the one who was playing the flamenco the other day. Today, I got up the nerve to ask her who the singer was. It was Nina Pastori. Who is excellent. Now she's listening to Ojos de Brujo, ( Read more... )

OMG, my roommates (the ones I feel awkward around because of the language barrier) just opened their door, and I can hear their music, and it's really good pop, fusion FLAMENCO music. Like, someone that I live with, who is not involved in flamenco at all, is listening to a buleria! I'm in SPAIN!

I need to make myself a flamenco icon.