quiksilver called me back and said that it would be too complicated to hire me, without a visa already. so i said au revoir to the fleeting notion of living in the basque country, next to the surf capital of france, sun and sea...boo. oddly enough i was excited about the idea and thought that if they were really interested, pourquoi pas? i still ( Read more... )

i haven't updated in a really long time for lack of interesting subject matter. not completely true, but i guess i've been absorbed in other things or maybe have not wanted to admit in writing the desperation of my situation ( Read more... )

back from a worldwind tour de france with david. it went and came really quickly. this is probably due to the fact that we were so busy and never really had a moment to breathe ( Read more... )

after feeling a bit down and out about the whole work situation, or lack thereof, i had a little chat with matea that lasted over an hour til' 2am on msn. she filled me in on her job, seeing as it might be an option for me ( Read more... )

last week went by just as quickly as it came...parents, birthday, graduation etc ( Read more... )

i've been chugging along trying to get things done left and right. i've made a dent, to say the least...and despite being a bit overwhelmed i still managed to run about 4-5 times last week. once or twice with david, who, does not go easy on me and i always end up coming home completely exhausted!

i finished school around noon on friday and had a ( Read more... )

it's been over a week since i've updated--yet again, another indication of the lack of time i actually have...

thursday i went running with david despite feeling moderately sick (to my stomach). we ended up going around buttes chaumont and then in a burst of motivation decided to go to pantin where his parents are. it wouldn't have been so bad if it ( Read more... )

i keep expecting this week to go by quickly since it's cut short by the snowboarding trip. david and i leave thursday night to tignes/val d'isere and come back monday night. the snow is supposed to be good and i'm hoping the weather is as well. i want a tan! ironically i'm leaving on the probably the most beautiful week end so far in paris. sun and ( Read more... )

the fact that i haven't been updating religiously is a pure indication of the lack of time i actually have. i've been busy. very. last week went by in whirlwind speed cause of all the work i had to get done (for school and job). by the time the week end came, i was dead. friday was spend with leakhena shopping around for new sunglasses for her ( ( Read more... )

despite the jet-lag induced cold i have, i've been pretty productive this week. i was able to get the mini presentation done for work in record time, which was encouraging. my boss seemed to like it. i also got reading done for school and was able to finish that book my prof lent me in only 2 days. tonight i have to stay after class to work with my ( Read more... )