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happy uneventful saint patrick's day from france! the kind of day where i write 17/03/2008 and don't even realize right away that it is saint patrick's day.
(and hey wait a minute... i just realized right NOW that it is billy corgan's 41st birthday. i guess that goes to show how invested i am in him at the moment.)
this weekend i learned how to ski. the event was not short of tears, a bruise, and many thwarted crashes into the snow, but i escaped any major form of injury. the thing is - i don't think it was fun at all. maybe it's just because i didn't really know what i was doing, but the whole thing felt like a battle with speed - i didn't want to go too fast because it was scary. i tried to control my speed, but when i wasn't able to i'd purposely crash my body into the snow to avoid dangerous speeds + injury.
overall, though, it was a great alpine weekend including good times with séb's high school buddies, delicious tartiflette, and the lovely mountainous scenery.
other exciting things right now are that i have a new student who works at the sénat (as in, like, the french national senate who meet in this impressive building.) he's not actually a senator, but the assistant to one. annoying things about it are that i have to fill out a security clearance form everytime i go, and then i have to go under a tunnel across the street and up to the fifth floor, so if i want to get to the guy's office on time i need to arrive 5-10 minutes early. awesome things about it are that it's the senate and i feel so elite going there to teach a class.
also, i joined a writing group which meets on wednesday nights. i guess it is technically a "class" because there is a woman who runs/teaches and i did pay money to join, but it feels somewhere in-between a group and a class. we met for the first time last week, and it was the best feeling in the world to sit around with a bunch of people and discuss a text together. that probably sounds DUMB to most of you but i was in my hayday. i can't wait for wednesday night.
this weekend will be overeating and relaxing in normandy with family for a nonreligious easter celebration (basically, hanging out, playing boardgames, and eating.) should be a good time.
(and hey wait a minute... i just realized right NOW that it is billy corgan's 41st birthday. i guess that goes to show how invested i am in him at the moment.)
this weekend i learned how to ski. the event was not short of tears, a bruise, and many thwarted crashes into the snow, but i escaped any major form of injury. the thing is - i don't think it was fun at all. maybe it's just because i didn't really know what i was doing, but the whole thing felt like a battle with speed - i didn't want to go too fast because it was scary. i tried to control my speed, but when i wasn't able to i'd purposely crash my body into the snow to avoid dangerous speeds + injury.
overall, though, it was a great alpine weekend including good times with séb's high school buddies, delicious tartiflette, and the lovely mountainous scenery.
other exciting things right now are that i have a new student who works at the sénat (as in, like, the french national senate who meet in this impressive building.) he's not actually a senator, but the assistant to one. annoying things about it are that i have to fill out a security clearance form everytime i go, and then i have to go under a tunnel across the street and up to the fifth floor, so if i want to get to the guy's office on time i need to arrive 5-10 minutes early. awesome things about it are that it's the senate and i feel so elite going there to teach a class.
also, i joined a writing group which meets on wednesday nights. i guess it is technically a "class" because there is a woman who runs/teaches and i did pay money to join, but it feels somewhere in-between a group and a class. we met for the first time last week, and it was the best feeling in the world to sit around with a bunch of people and discuss a text together. that probably sounds DUMB to most of you but i was in my hayday. i can't wait for wednesday night.
this weekend will be overeating and relaxing in normandy with family for a nonreligious easter celebration (basically, hanging out, playing boardgames, and eating.) should be a good time.