December 2008
16 posts
adventure begins tomorrow. wish us luck (we will...
the camera problem
bridge, here ya go! a joint post:
steph. last night jody informed me that she didn’t bring her camera (its dying) because she knew i have a new one. weeell, it’s broken. i didn’t tell anyone b/c a) i’m not a photographer and b) i didn’t want to upset my parents who bought it for me for my birthday (thanks, mom and dad!).
after some heated words (we’d both...
Jody comes to visit in TWO days
last weekend i went to lille to see abby (we ate moules frites and rode the christmas ferris wheel in the main square late at freezing-cold night) and then to brussels (notable for belgian waffles, fries, the European Union and lots of chocolate). i’ll post some pictures as soon as i steal some from abby (i am horrible about taking pictures! i’m sorry, but the world’s so much...
The Demise of Dating →
ok, so i post this article to contrast american “hook up” culture with french dating. in france you don’t hook up and move on — you hook up and then you’re dating. sex comes way before love — though everyone in france is in some kind of relationship. i wonder if the french will adopt the casual hook up, or if americans will begin to see sex as the beginning...
a good idea →
how are you?
grading my first exam — woops, guess i forgot to teach them how to respond with a nice, written “i’m fine, thank you” to my “how are you?” please help me correct …
im from senkyu
i fine fleiqu
is fine finquou
i’m (fine) very happy
aie famme feckuou
i am fine feinkou
i’m fine feckiou
i’m fine shecau
the “th” sound...
nous rendent joyeux
remember third grade when it started snowing during class and you half-ran to one of the ginormous windows that all third grade classrooms should have but then your teacher made you sit down while she stood by the window, every bit as excited as you (!!), and then she made you speak in english because you were right in the middle of learning jingle bells, obvious good-timing on her part …
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four girls rock
Today I had lunch with a beautiful family. I’m going to tutor Charlotte and Mathilde every Wednesday. Charlotte is 9 and Mathilde is 11. They’re into animals, art, going to restaurants and movies and rhythmic gymnastics. They have two seven year old twin sisters who love to ask how to say words like “sock” in English.
Their father used to play pro-tennis in the US, but...
“Ceux qui errent ne sont pas toujours perdus.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien, if he had been french
so so cool! →
