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im not going to pretend that i really understand the european union or the reasons why france voted to reject the constitution yesterday. in my head i understand it a lot better than i am able to put into words if i try to explain it to someone. we talked about it in one of my classes the other day. but basically, france is stupid. hah no ok they arent stupid. i do think its weird to vote on sunday though. i like being semi knowledgable about real things. i hope that i continue to be interested and to want to read real newspapers and magazines when i get home.
its pouring rain. and its the most refreshing thing in the world. it was so pretty (SO PRETTY) for so many days and i felt constant pressure to be outside doing things (i mostly ignored the pressure and lazed around). but it made me feel guilty. now, i can say.. LOOK its raining. i have to stay inside. im forced to be in my cozy apartment drinking tea and eating pasta and reading.. except I HAVE NO MILK. and i only have ONE chapter left in my book (cloud atlas - i would recommend it although it has some very slow parts). so its like.. i need to go to marche u and the book store. i found an awesome english bookstore at place bellecour. its been so close all this time! makes me feel a little stupid how ive struggled to pick out books from the limited selection at fnac or how ive gotten really excited when in dublin or london and bought very expensive books *just cuz.
im seriously running out of friends in lyon!! i guess its a nice thing for lyon to be losing some of its appeal - make it easier to leave. at this point the only person other than colin that im really friends with that is left is martin and although hes great and i would die without being able to visit him a million times a day and use his internet, i miss girls! i miss getting text messages! and colins brother who lives in norway is visiting so he's kind of occupied. his brother is less... traditional.. than i expected. i knew he had worn his hair long before and had dreadlocks but i thought he was beyond that phase. nope. dredlocks. gross. and i dont know, i didnt like him that much. his brother and his friend nick almost wouldnt let him come see me last night. he was pretty upset when he finally came over because he had had to escape and they made him feel guilty to bailing. well whatever, that way his brother got his bed AND excuse me, im leaving so so soon.
ive been watching a lot of family guy lately. its funny - really funny. and i am "addicted" but i dont love it. im only addicted because there isnt anything better (aka there is NOTHING else) to watch. its weird how its so much more fun to watch funny things with people who love and really appreciate them. col cracks up which makes it so much better. i love when i understand a reference to something from pop culture/my childhood. like the last episode we watched was about mister rogers. and the trix rabbit was in one we watched the other day too. he watches and laughs and doesnt even realize that he doesnt understand at all. i know there are things that go way over my head too but it makes me a little sad that he who really loves the show doesnt even get half of the humor.
i actually check a britney spears gossip site regularly. is it site or cite? i always forget. anyway, i know its lame. i do. but i love it and i wont stop doing it. the other night jen and i were googling "skinny lindsay lohan" too because that girl went from voluptuous redheaded vixen to pastey blonde nasty twig. i think its funny how when i want to lose weight now i think to myself.. well britney spears is pregnant. so technically SHE is fatter than me. now... in like a year she will have an AMAZING body. soo... i can too. thats basically how my logic works.
mmm tea from a biiiiiiig starbucks mug. nothing better.
ive been looking at gre stuff a little lately. shooot i have to study literally like its my job.. as in like 6 hours a day this summer. ive gotten good grades and done psyc things but stupid test is a killer. i also dont like how it would clearly favor certain majors. i know that its "basic" math but math majors have just developped a different mindset than others. a more logical way of looking at things.. plus they probably can do basic things no problem and can to calculations in their head. and english majors.. well i kind of think that everyone should major in english. i have so many english major friends and they all are just so well spoken and write so well that it makes them appear way more intelligent than the average person. also. french has ruined my ability to spell in english. i know that i have spelling errors above and i just have to accept it and not care until i leave france because my poor head is in such a mixed up state. ill be in french class and i cant think of very basic american things. like the name of the euthanasia doctor which i now remember but refuse to attempt to spell. its like when i think in french a part of my english/american life brain is shut off. and its not just when i think in french. maybe its getting older - gasp! - but i forget things! like yesterday i couldnt remember the name of king of prussia. i dont know, sometimes being over here i feel like my brain is growing and all this info is just seeping in because im constantly surrounded by new things. other times that increase feels more like my brain is inflating with nothing but random syllables and crap and will soon expload. shoot cant spell. but i think once im back at home and only have ONE french class and its with people who were at my level BEFORE i came here i will be able to kind of push this big french rock too the side and resume my life and regain my knowledge.. not that i want to lose what i have gained.. not that my brain has a finite amount of space that is almost full.. but its almost like a claustrophobic feeling that i cant get away from the french and the experience and its overwhelming powers leave me helpless.
haah ok exaggeration.
but its still pouring so i felt like ehh, why not keep writing.
ok so french club in high school sold candy that was either apple or i think strawberry flavored (green or pink) and came in little bags. they were kind of hard but chewy. well, glups - my favored candy store in the world - has them here.. except they also have white ones the are caramel flavored and i seriously want to just go to a heaven where i am a little angel sitting on a cloud made of these candies. so delish! plus of course there is all the coke flavored candy.. big medium little, sour, not sour. and mm cherry coke too! and then there are the mini mars bars. and the either coke or fruit flavored oval shaped chewy slightly sour ones like the haribo ones from berlin.. and the slighty fizzy tart tutties. and the tarantulas that turn my mouth blue! oh and of course chupa chups because im not obsessed. candy = my one true love. i dont need no colin just as long as i got me some candy.
im so excited for fourth year. i just feel more mature in the way i live after living alone here. i like to cook more and i feel more inspired to keep my living space clean and pretty. hopefully to exercise. but basically i just feellike i can my apartment feel more like a home. too bad the location kinda is sucky for going out but its right below carrie! and i have a parking spot. so really i guess i cant complain.
it is still pouring but i really would be embarrassed if i wasted any more time writing nonsense.
its pouring rain. and its the most refreshing thing in the world. it was so pretty (SO PRETTY) for so many days and i felt constant pressure to be outside doing things (i mostly ignored the pressure and lazed around). but it made me feel guilty. now, i can say.. LOOK its raining. i have to stay inside. im forced to be in my cozy apartment drinking tea and eating pasta and reading.. except I HAVE NO MILK. and i only have ONE chapter left in my book (cloud atlas - i would recommend it although it has some very slow parts). so its like.. i need to go to marche u and the book store. i found an awesome english bookstore at place bellecour. its been so close all this time! makes me feel a little stupid how ive struggled to pick out books from the limited selection at fnac or how ive gotten really excited when in dublin or london and bought very expensive books *just cuz.
im seriously running out of friends in lyon!! i guess its a nice thing for lyon to be losing some of its appeal - make it easier to leave. at this point the only person other than colin that im really friends with that is left is martin and although hes great and i would die without being able to visit him a million times a day and use his internet, i miss girls! i miss getting text messages! and colins brother who lives in norway is visiting so he's kind of occupied. his brother is less... traditional.. than i expected. i knew he had worn his hair long before and had dreadlocks but i thought he was beyond that phase. nope. dredlocks. gross. and i dont know, i didnt like him that much. his brother and his friend nick almost wouldnt let him come see me last night. he was pretty upset when he finally came over because he had had to escape and they made him feel guilty to bailing. well whatever, that way his brother got his bed AND excuse me, im leaving so so soon.
ive been watching a lot of family guy lately. its funny - really funny. and i am "addicted" but i dont love it. im only addicted because there isnt anything better (aka there is NOTHING else) to watch. its weird how its so much more fun to watch funny things with people who love and really appreciate them. col cracks up which makes it so much better. i love when i understand a reference to something from pop culture/my childhood. like the last episode we watched was about mister rogers. and the trix rabbit was in one we watched the other day too. he watches and laughs and doesnt even realize that he doesnt understand at all. i know there are things that go way over my head too but it makes me a little sad that he who really loves the show doesnt even get half of the humor.
i actually check a britney spears gossip site regularly. is it site or cite? i always forget. anyway, i know its lame. i do. but i love it and i wont stop doing it. the other night jen and i were googling "skinny lindsay lohan" too because that girl went from voluptuous redheaded vixen to pastey blonde nasty twig. i think its funny how when i want to lose weight now i think to myself.. well britney spears is pregnant. so technically SHE is fatter than me. now... in like a year she will have an AMAZING body. soo... i can too. thats basically how my logic works.
mmm tea from a biiiiiiig starbucks mug. nothing better.
ive been looking at gre stuff a little lately. shooot i have to study literally like its my job.. as in like 6 hours a day this summer. ive gotten good grades and done psyc things but stupid test is a killer. i also dont like how it would clearly favor certain majors. i know that its "basic" math but math majors have just developped a different mindset than others. a more logical way of looking at things.. plus they probably can do basic things no problem and can to calculations in their head. and english majors.. well i kind of think that everyone should major in english. i have so many english major friends and they all are just so well spoken and write so well that it makes them appear way more intelligent than the average person. also. french has ruined my ability to spell in english. i know that i have spelling errors above and i just have to accept it and not care until i leave france because my poor head is in such a mixed up state. ill be in french class and i cant think of very basic american things. like the name of the euthanasia doctor which i now remember but refuse to attempt to spell. its like when i think in french a part of my english/american life brain is shut off. and its not just when i think in french. maybe its getting older - gasp! - but i forget things! like yesterday i couldnt remember the name of king of prussia. i dont know, sometimes being over here i feel like my brain is growing and all this info is just seeping in because im constantly surrounded by new things. other times that increase feels more like my brain is inflating with nothing but random syllables and crap and will soon expload. shoot cant spell. but i think once im back at home and only have ONE french class and its with people who were at my level BEFORE i came here i will be able to kind of push this big french rock too the side and resume my life and regain my knowledge.. not that i want to lose what i have gained.. not that my brain has a finite amount of space that is almost full.. but its almost like a claustrophobic feeling that i cant get away from the french and the experience and its overwhelming powers leave me helpless.
haah ok exaggeration.
but its still pouring so i felt like ehh, why not keep writing.
ok so french club in high school sold candy that was either apple or i think strawberry flavored (green or pink) and came in little bags. they were kind of hard but chewy. well, glups - my favored candy store in the world - has them here.. except they also have white ones the are caramel flavored and i seriously want to just go to a heaven where i am a little angel sitting on a cloud made of these candies. so delish! plus of course there is all the coke flavored candy.. big medium little, sour, not sour. and mm cherry coke too! and then there are the mini mars bars. and the either coke or fruit flavored oval shaped chewy slightly sour ones like the haribo ones from berlin.. and the slighty fizzy tart tutties. and the tarantulas that turn my mouth blue! oh and of course chupa chups because im not obsessed. candy = my one true love. i dont need no colin just as long as i got me some candy.
im so excited for fourth year. i just feel more mature in the way i live after living alone here. i like to cook more and i feel more inspired to keep my living space clean and pretty. hopefully to exercise. but basically i just feellike i can my apartment feel more like a home. too bad the location kinda is sucky for going out but its right below carrie! and i have a parking spot. so really i guess i cant complain.
it is still pouring but i really would be embarrassed if i wasted any more time writing nonsense.