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23 March

Posted by clenox843 on March 23, 2015 at 6:35 PM Comments comments (0)
J'imagine Que je sois chez moi Que je sois sur le Cape Que tu sois là.... Tu est là C'est la nuit La vie n'existe plus Les rêves envahissent Les couchemars De la même façon Mais nous Nous avons l'un et l'autre Tu est toute dont j'ai besoin Je voudrais Que je sorte en voiture Que tu viennes Que nous conduissons Que nous quittons le Cape Que nous passons par Boston Que la ville danse Que les lumières nous inspirent Que nous quittons Mass Que nous disons �??au revoir�?? �? Nouvelle Angleterre Et que nous continuons La France, elle est jolie Je peux te dire des histoires Je peux te parler du beauté Je peux t'expliquer la culture Je peux Où Nous pouvons oublier tout Toutes nous histoires Tous nos erreurs Tout les mensonges Tout l'abus Toute la mort Tout l'amour Toute la douleur En Californie Il y a trop de visages On ne nous connait pas là-bas Nous n'avons ni d'ami Ni d'ennemi Ni souvenir On peut laisse tomber tout On peut partir pour la Californie Ce soir Je suis prête Si tu le veux.

Ides of March (15 March)

Posted by clenox843 on March 16, 2015 at 12:30 AM Comments comments (0)

I really just wanted to write because it's the ides of March... but otherwise there's nothing new.

13 March

Posted by clenox843 on March 13, 2015 at 1:20 PM Comments comments (0)
I noticed myself slipping back into the same trends today I had when I thought I was depressed. Thinking the same thoughts, asking the same questions, isolating myself, etc. So I wrote a letter to Nana with my final words to her. I think that'll help put me at ease. In other news, Catherine scolded me again for saying I like to eat when in fact it's not possible that I like to eat if I haven't already tried every one of the one French restaurants in town and eaten everything on the menu. Because if I liked to eat I wouldn't eat pizza or pasta,both of which, by the way, are only ever to be eaten in Italy. I can't wait to go back home...

11 March

Posted by clenox843 on March 11, 2015 at 2:20 PM Comments comments (0)
My Nana passed away this morning... and I'm in France...

11 March

Posted by clenox843 on March 11, 2015 at 4:45 AM Comments comments (0)

Hey guys! I am officially halfway through the semester. I posted a couple nights go, but it didn't save so I let it go. I started translating 1984 into Spanish lastnight and I'll be translating it in French for the rest of the semester. I also have to read a whole book in French and write a five page paper on the subject, so I chose children's literature as my subject with two analyses as my texts. I got sick this morning and I don't know why because I felt normal otherwise. I'm gonna try again to post pictures today. No classes, so I should be able to.

Bisous!

March 3

Posted by clenox843 on March 4, 2015 at 11:55 AM Comments comments (0)

Hey guys, I'm back! I didn't post while I was on break because I forgot my charger for my laptop... and this week has been exam week so I haven't had time until today really.

So for vacation:

I went to Marseille with Edison for a week. It was nice in some places and there are some big streets and a lot to see, but there are a LOT of little streets in between everything else. We got lost the first day trying to find city center. We stayed in a mini apartment outside of the city obviously, but it wasn't too far so we wlked some days and took the metro some days. In fact, I didn't enjoy the city very much, but I really enjoyed having a week with Edison. He came back to Aix with me Saturday and we went out to dinner with my language partner, Manon, her new boyfriend ;) and another American, Emma. After dinner (crepes) we went to a tea house to play monopoly and drink hot cocoa. It was the best night, really. Then Sunday was the heart-wrenching day cause Edison had to leave again. For those who care: I recommend that long-distance relationships have the opportunity to see each other regularly or rarely because seeing each other for varying time periods with months in between is far worse than not having seen him for three months. 

Since then, I overheard two American girls at the bus stop talking about the poor quality of their joints, I took three exams and received the grade for the one before break (which was an A by the way), I spent a lot of time studying, I went to salsa which was easily the hardest dance so far, and tonight I'm going to dinner with Manon and her boyfriend then to open mic night at the tea house.

I have to write my final paper on any subject of French society, but I have to pick one book as my resource for the paper, so I think I will do a paper on French children's literature. But I have to find the book before Friday. I also have to interview a French person before next Friday and I haven't found anybody yet...

I'll try to post pictures before I leave for dinner, but as you know the internet is awful so I may or may not succeed. I'd love to hear from you!

Bisous!

12 February

Posted by clenox843 on February 12, 2015 at 2:05 AM Comments comments (0)
Morning! I've been kinda slammed lately, but here's the scoop: I had planed my february vacation with Edison in Paris, but I scheduled it for the wrong week apparently so we rescheduled the break for Marseille/Aix so he can see the area. We can't get any money back for cancelling the Paris trip, so we're gonna salvage it if we can, I have to talk to my professor. I like my mandatory volunteer work and I like the dancing salsa, even if I don't really know what I'm doing. I'm getting back on the bandwagon in regards to Catherine being crazy. I'm getting kind of irritated with being almost yelled at for a hour everytime I ask her a question about grammar or something and still not getting an answer. I'm gonna mention it to the AUCP so that maybe they can try to find patient students in the next semesters for her, or students who go out so much it won't borher them. I am still enjoying my translation class the most and I'm glad I deciddd to take it becauss, despite the initial recommendation of the director, it's a challenge, but I've faced harder, and I think I'm on level playing field with the other students anyways. I'm realizing more every day that Aix is impossibly expensive and I don't know how anybody lives here. And on an ending note, yesterday I discovered mentos that are hard caramels but with mwlted chocolate in the center! Talk to you later! Bisous!

5 February

Posted by clenox843 on February 5, 2015 at 9:00 AM Comments comments (0)
Salut! I just got home after finally finding a real cannoli :) :) :)! My classes today were moved so I will try to post all of my pictures again. My "volunteer" work went well yesterday. It's like a tutoring center and I help students with their English. And tonight I have a rndv with my first language partner, Camille. Hopefully this time I actually see her... Gonna go eat my cannoli! :) Bonne journée!

3 February

Posted by clenox843 on February 3, 2015 at 2:25 PM Comments comments (0)
Hey! Good news! I figured out how to post from my phone! Also, I learned how to say "I'm tired of it"and I learned that French women do indeed shave their armpits. De plus, I've noticed that the French do not wear the French hat thing, and they don't carry baguettes, but they do smoke a lot and they do smoke whilst taking their coffee and they do wear a LOT of black. To bring you up to date, my salsa club was awesome! Maybe 40 people showed, about 5 more "mecs" (guys) than ladies, and I was terrible but had a lot of fun! Tomorrow I SHOULD start my mandatory volunteer work, but if it snows tonight the buses won't run in theorning so I'm not sure what happens.

1 February

Posted by clenox843 on February 2, 2015 at 12:00 AM Comments comments (0)

Happy February! You may have noticed that I did not post many pictures last night. I also did not do homework, so I am going to do my homework tonight and if I have time later I will try again, but the internet here is very slow and I don't have a lot of time so please be patient! Today I met my new language partner finally (Manon). The bus arrives once every hour on Sundays, so I went down to catch the bus and realized that my bus card will have stopped working since it's the 1st of the month, so I (in heals) ran back to the apartment to grab a one Euro piece and was interrogated about why I had come back already, I got lectured about how I had better hurry up because the bus only comes once an hour and that I should have renewed my bus card already. I explained that I get reimboursed tomorrow and can renew my card tomorrow so I got another lecture about how I can't forget to do that (all as I'm trying to leave to catch the bus). I got back to the stop just in time to catch the bus and then ended up being early (because the other two were running late), so I sat outside alone in the cold wind for a half an hour. Then they both arrived at the same time so we said hi, started talking, went to the Italian restaurant. The resatuarant didn't open until noon and it was 11:30, but the hostess seated us anyways and then we talked until she came back for our orders at 12. As the movie started at 13:15, we tried to order and eat relatively fast, but we were also talking, so we finished around 13:00. Since the actual film wouldn't start until 13:30 (because of previews) we decided to split a dessert, but the dessert arrived late. Emma suggested we see the movie another day and just stay there to chat, so we did until the restaurant started to close around 14:30, 15:00. Emma went home, but  since the bus only comes once an hour, Manon suggested we could walk or find coffee (cause I had missed the bus by a minute). So we went to H&M and talked and critiqued and then went to grab a coffee and she realized I had missed the 16:30 bus, so we sat there with our coffee talking and at 17:15, I said I should probably get going (the last bus leaves at 18:50). So we walked to my bus stop and talked some more until the bus arrived. All in all, the day flew by and I had a great time just talking all day! I'm really happy with today, even if I didn't get to see Into the Woods and I can't wait to meet up with Manon again!

I also suggested to the other Americans (and the language partners) that maybe we could get a group together to go hiking Mt. Saint Victoire next weekend. High hopes! Miss you guys! Bisous!

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