I was in the Ben & Jerry's section last week and picked up a carton of "We Are Waffling". On the other side was its name in French, "Nous Sommes Indécis", which means, unless those French people know something I don't, "We Are Undecided".

I can't help but think there was something lost in translation.

These are both ganked from musesfool, posted here for my own personal reference.

Guys, at some point, you have to remind me to make some Raspberry Buttermilk cake and some Nutella cupcakesMy roommate is currently making latkes for the second time in three meals ( Read more... )

My roommate is being so cute. Tomorrow is her very first day at her new school, after an entire year of not being a student, so she's been bitten hard by the back-to-school bug. She spent all day getting her binders ready and labeling them and deciding whether to use her laptop to take notes and reading over her syllabi, and she just packed herself ( Read more... )

Does anybody know any classic recipes from France or other francophone places? I have to show my class how to cook something. It can be as incredibly complicated or fancy as you please because it's a tiny class; the only requirements are that it doesn't contain pork (because I have to cook it at home) and that it's no more likely than any normal ( Read more... )

My French teacher made me eat a snail today :(

There was mousse, too, with whipped cream. Field trip: success. Education standards: seriously compromised.

Oh, and check out the new "My LJ" tab from the homepage. Whosever idea that was is a genius.

Don't forget to make your free contribution (crazy, innit?) to the hunger site and co. This is a ( Read more... )

Mr History Teacher: You won't learn unless you want to learn. Don't you think what I'm telling you is interesting? I think this is interesting.
Noah: You're a teacher.
Mr History Teacher: I hope so.

( And other deep statements )

I'm feeling a bit sad right now. We had all these relatives over for the Bat Mitzvah (which is why I've been LJ-nonexistant this weekend), and I have one of the most amazing families in the world; we're all brilliant. Consequently, it was a wonderful weekend, really perfect, and we were taken out to dinner no fewer than three times since Thursday, ( Read more... )