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No Place Like Home for the Holidays
... There's no warmth. There's no sense of kinship between souls. It's empty. I think it's beyond safe to say that I prefer Southern American culture over French culture, at least in this area.
The glimmer of hope in all of this holiday doom and gloom was my birthday, which was celebrated warmly by my friends. I didn't care if they gave me presents, I didn't care that they made me dinner and a cake, bought me drinks, or danced to every single song in the discotheque that I ...
I love these girls, but...
Sometimes they make me want to pull my hair out.
Before I go any further with this, I would like to express that I absolutely love being here. I love my life. I love the family I live with. And I love the small group of friends I've made. However, there are moments when I feel like screaming, and moments where I have screamed.
I love the girls I watch very very much, but I am highly disappointed with them sometimes. They can be very selfish, they are ...
La Langue Française
... just push myself a bit.
Now the only time English plays a role in my life is if I’m by myself for an extended period of time, so my brain naturally switches to thinking in the language it is most comfortable
in, if I’m with Hannah, or if I’m skyping friends/family back home. In fact, this past weekend, the only times I spoke/thought in English were when I was skyping people from ...
I'm Gonna Touch the Butt!
... br>
I really do have a sort of thing for boats. I suppose it's all the Navy Junior ROTC from high school. Or maybe it's that my sorority's symbol is a sailboat. Or maybe it has something to do with that ever so catchy Lonely Island song, "I'm on a Boat." Whatever the reason, boats and the sea have always held a sort of strange interest for me. I remember watching Pocahontas as a child ...
Nerding Out in France
... that smell of incense, have dangly ear rings, scarves, burlap bags, baggy tops that need a belt to function properly. Well, I love these stores. They're seriously one of my favorite places to go. The music and the peaceful vibe is amazing. I like the dim lighting. Cherbourg has a surplus of these kinds of stores, so I'm in paradise. And they have arguably the best scarves in the city. So, I'm slowly but surely feeding my scarf addiction.
I ended up in three (or was it ...