The last few days have been absolutely shittacular. No other word acurately describes the shittiness. And tomorrow is probably going to be just as shitty ( Read more... )

Funny Chinese Sarah Moment: While we were cooking in the kitchen on Friday, I ate a little honey off my finger, and from Sarah's reaction, you'd think I'd just poured Avery Island Tabasco down my throat or something. Her: "Wow! Rebecca! You can eat honey like that?" Me: "Well, it's just honey, Sarah." Yes, apparently the girl who drinks vinegar out ( Read more... )

Funny Chinese Sarah Moment. Heather, reading the box of a crib mobile that Nathalie bought for her daughter, who's having a baby in October: "It says made in PRC. I wonder what--" Sarah, automatically: "People's Republic of China."

Un-Funny Chinese Sarah Moment. On Monday night, Marlene asked Sarah what she thought about the "Free Tibet" protests. ( Read more... )

Funny Chinese Sarah Moment. When Nathalie took us shopping last Wednesday, Sarah bought one thing, a bottle of vinegar, which she drinks by itself out of a glass. She opened the bottle the minute we got back to the lycée and took a swing right there in the parking lot, while Nathalie watched in horror, literally screaming, "Sarah, don't drink that ( Read more... )

My box of Easter chocolates that I meant to send on Wednesday is still sitting in my room. I'm going to (try to) mail it tomorrow, so it probably won't get home in time for Easter. I went to the post office on Wednesday to mail it, only to learn that the box I had bought was a domestic box and can only be shipped within France, not to the United ( Read more... )

I'm sitting on a couch here in the teacher's room. I don't know why I decided to bring my journal and write in it up here. I'm sure the other teachers are wondering what I'm doing. But I'm always too self-conscious around the teachers. There are only three others around right now anyway, Carol Yven and (I think) the two German professors. I had to ( Read more... )

A post of odds and ends...

Last night I had a dream about The Merchant of Venice (it involved Shylock and Jessica, their relationship has always fascinated me). I did some reading up on it today and found out there's a theater in Paris that's performing it this Friday. I don't know if I'll be able to get tickets, but since I don't have any classes ( Read more... )

The school threw an elaborate party in the cafeteria for the boarding students last night. There was a disco ball, at least a hundred balloons, and music with a bass beat so loud it almost shook the school. And all the students wore costumes. I asked my morning class about it today, and they said that it’s a tradition for the school to throw a ( Read more... )

On Friday afternoon, Heather and I finally walked to the library here. I checked out a movie that didn't impress me (The Piano, with Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin), and I also managed to find what I've been looking for ever since I got here: French Baby-Sitters Club books! I don't know why I didn't go to that library sooner.

On Saturday night, ( Read more... )