i have to brag about myself for a minute.
hello, greetings from france!
i apologize for this entry, but i feel after this strange semester i need to do something i don't do too often: brag.
if you don't like it, don't read.
1. i'm absolutely beautiful. my ex-boyfriend may "hate the new niki" but honestly, so many people don't. when i was home in new york, i went for a walk and so many guys slowed down to check me out..or they beep. in france, i'll sit at the bus stop and the guys will do the same thing! and last night at the bar, these guys asked me if i wanted a ride home = sex. hahaha no. but thank you.
my point: my time at the gym, and my easy ability to tan, and my unique hair color, and green eyes and awesome bright smile equal a big win. big-boned or not, it took SO DAMN LONG for me to acknowledge this fact.
oh, and in other news, this guy sean on my program and i flirted like crazyyy at this bar downtown last night, and i forget what the premise was but he said no to something, and i was like, "i know, it's because i'm ugly, right?" and he was like, yeahhhhh sooooo ugly and shook his head. then before i got in the cab he let me wear his jacket. it's sitting in my backpack by my bed. awesome.
2. it is COOL, far from nerdy, that i speak 4 languages. my roommate here in france is AMAZED how fluent i am in french..personally, i didn't know it 'til this afternoon when she left her phone in the cab last night and i had to talk to the taxi driver on the phone explaining the situation. and talking to our french-only parents. even the kids in french 32 on the program are like, ummmm, how'd you lose your american accent? WIN.
3. i am funny. and know how to laugh at myself. like when i downed that digestif like a shot. awesome.
4. i'm a true soviet when it comes to liquor. a strong trait.
5. i'm incredibly low-maintenance for somebody with all this work. the work-hard-play-hard mentality coming to full force in france. awesome.
6. i'm so good at making friends, it kind of scares me sometimes. i have made literally 25 new friends or so in 5 days. and my roommate and i have strangely good chemistry.
7. i'm impressed by the leaps of faith i have taken in the past week: eating raw salmon and mayo, cherries, speaking only french outside of school, flirting with new cute boys in both languages...gosh.
i'm awesome.
sorry if this was horrible to read, but i'll come back to this in the winter when i'm buried with work, and i'll smile.
that's all.
host-dad turns off the internet in 5 minutes, so bonne nuit, y'all.
i apologize for this entry, but i feel after this strange semester i need to do something i don't do too often: brag.
if you don't like it, don't read.
1. i'm absolutely beautiful. my ex-boyfriend may "hate the new niki" but honestly, so many people don't. when i was home in new york, i went for a walk and so many guys slowed down to check me out..or they beep. in france, i'll sit at the bus stop and the guys will do the same thing! and last night at the bar, these guys asked me if i wanted a ride home = sex. hahaha no. but thank you.
my point: my time at the gym, and my easy ability to tan, and my unique hair color, and green eyes and awesome bright smile equal a big win. big-boned or not, it took SO DAMN LONG for me to acknowledge this fact.
oh, and in other news, this guy sean on my program and i flirted like crazyyy at this bar downtown last night, and i forget what the premise was but he said no to something, and i was like, "i know, it's because i'm ugly, right?" and he was like, yeahhhhh sooooo ugly and shook his head. then before i got in the cab he let me wear his jacket. it's sitting in my backpack by my bed. awesome.
2. it is COOL, far from nerdy, that i speak 4 languages. my roommate here in france is AMAZED how fluent i am in french..personally, i didn't know it 'til this afternoon when she left her phone in the cab last night and i had to talk to the taxi driver on the phone explaining the situation. and talking to our french-only parents. even the kids in french 32 on the program are like, ummmm, how'd you lose your american accent? WIN.
3. i am funny. and know how to laugh at myself. like when i downed that digestif like a shot. awesome.
4. i'm a true soviet when it comes to liquor. a strong trait.
5. i'm incredibly low-maintenance for somebody with all this work. the work-hard-play-hard mentality coming to full force in france. awesome.
6. i'm so good at making friends, it kind of scares me sometimes. i have made literally 25 new friends or so in 5 days. and my roommate and i have strangely good chemistry.
7. i'm impressed by the leaps of faith i have taken in the past week: eating raw salmon and mayo, cherries, speaking only french outside of school, flirting with new cute boys in both languages...gosh.
i'm awesome.
sorry if this was horrible to read, but i'll come back to this in the winter when i'm buried with work, and i'll smile.
that's all.
host-dad turns off the internet in 5 minutes, so bonne nuit, y'all.