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:: 2007 14 February :: 9.05pm

I am pretty sure France is trying to kill me.

So far,

I have almost gotten hit by billions of cars (that is sort of my fault as I pull the European and just walk out in the middle of traffic).

I fell down on the bus and now have massive zombie rot on my leg/thigh (so massive that I cannot lay on that side of my body).

I just almost fell out of the 24 yr old's bedroom window (He left his shutters open when he left and it is really windy so I went to shut them. I grabbed one and I sort of left it there and went to stuggle with the other shutter which the wind had an excellent hold of. In my stuggle, I leaned out to get better leverage on the left shutter and the right one swung around and hit me in the arm. Another bruise.)

Maybe the right side of my body is just not meshing well with France.

Anyway, I love you.

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:: 2007 14 February :: 8.55am

Well our first class was cancelled which means I got up at 6 to take the bus at 7 for NO REASON. We don't have class until 10.

The weather here is awesome. It rained the other day but then cleared up and was beautiful.

I love you all.

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:: 2007 13 February :: 8.08pm

TWAT!

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:: 2007 11 February :: 11.25pm

Here are some videos also.

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:: 2007 11 February :: 5.12pm

1500!!
So I hit 1500 enteries on my giant movie list. That means that over the years, I've watched somewhere in the ball park of 1500 films. The milestone entry? Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston's The Break-Up that we rented yesterday. Fairly solid flick... tough to watch at times, but I can't fault a film for attempting to be realistic and anti-Hollywood for once. A pleasant surprise to say the least.

So at 2 hours a pop, that means, give or take, I've spent 3000 hours watching new films. Can I have a degree or something to show for that?

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:: 2007 11 February :: 11.03pm

I am slowly getting pictures up. I remembered that I have a flikr account.

I am getting tired of naming them. Here they are. I am going to bed soon so I am stopping for the night.

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:: 2007 11 February :: 9.49pm
:: Music: Take Your Medicine by Cloud Cult

You can take it in stride or you can take in right between your eyes
Cloud Cult released a new album! First priority (after chili dogs, cheesecakes and mad makeouts with Nick) once I get back. I hope not all that stuff happens on the same day because I am getting bloaty just thinking about it. Gross.

Anyway, you can stream some songs off their website so that is what I am doing to distract myself from my 8 o'clock class tomorrow (which requires me to get up at 6 and catch the bus at 7:03).

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:: 2007 11 February :: 9.24pm

I went to two bars on Friday and a mod concert yesterday. Yes, I am still not drinking. Europe and the legal ability to drink won't change that.

I have been here just over two weeks and people are right, three weeks is the charm.

I am to get my first France period this week. I know you didn't need to know that but it is just one of the many things upsetting me. I would be so happy without this women thing. I think I am going to be constantly pregnant once I am married. Good plan.

I had couscous for the first time today. It was delicious but it is messing with my organs. That might be the impending woman doom though. The food here is beyond good. I will never be able to eat pudding cups or American desserts again.

I am going to eat a chili dog the second I get off that plane. Oh and a cinnabon. I am not going to be able to live this long without a chili dog. mmm Chicago style chili dog... Oh I also miss cheesecake and cake.

France is the best place ever but it can never be perfect without you. Everything is so beautiful but I can't enjoy it knowing you aren't and can't see what I see.

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:: 2007 10 February :: 11.28am

We have a break not this coming up week but the next. Laura, Bekka and I are going to go to London then Amsterdam for a few days then back to spend the rest of the week in London.

Everyone is all 'it is cold in London blah blah' but it is not like we don't come from Michigan or anything.

Anyway, that will be fun. English and all.

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:: 2007 9 February :: 9.07pm

Is this some deranged sex thing?

I got a job.

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:: 2007 9 February :: 12.22pm
:: Mood: accomplished
:: Music: R.E.M. - Lotus

"let it be hewn into your mind."
63 hours, 12 minutes later The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is officially a thing of the past. Very impressive game.

That is all.

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:: 2007 8 February :: 7.19pm

I am alive.

School is hard.

I think I am moving to NC in the fall.

I need to get a real life.

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:: 2007 7 February :: 8.05pm

A guy drove by in a nice car with his windows down blasting Ohne Dich while I was waiting for the bus to go home.

It made me think of Katie which made me miss her which made me sad which made me want to go home.

In other news, classes are easy so far. Too easy.

And France, at least where I am, is the best place in the world.

Oh and Nick can't come visit so I am depressed. And I want to go home.

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:: 2007 7 February :: 10.37am
:: Music: A Perfect Circle - Imagine

New Modest Mouse
We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
is set for release on March 20
with a full world tour to follow.

Tracklisting Announced
We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

"March Into the Sea"
"Dashboard"
"Fire It Up"
"Florida"
"Parting of the Sensory"
"Missed the Boat"
"We've Got Everything"
"Fly Trapped in a Jar"
"Education"
"Little Motel"
"Steam Engenius"
"Spitting Venom"
"People As Places As People"
"Invisible"

Album Artwork Revealed

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:: 2007 6 February :: 10.16am

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:: 2007 5 February :: 9.50pm

Today was my first day of school in France. So far it is waaaaaaaay easy. But I only had two classes. One, technically since it was the same prof but... they are still two different classes.

I live in the burbs and with class starting at 8, I woke up at 6 to catch the bus at 7. We had class from 8-12 then nothing so we went all over. I didn't buy any clothes today which is a good thing. I did buy a 5 euro crepe though. It was so good.

Anyway, every day is 100 percent better like I said but one thing can bring the whole day down. Today sort of crashed and burned. I am pretty sad now but I know tomorrow is another day and I am not going to die or anything.

Unless I die of a broken heart.

Or a plane crash.

Have fun in the snow, suckahs!

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:: 2007 4 February :: 10.37pm

Ok, so the Bears got raped. Not that I actually watched any of the game� I recorded it, and used scene skip to watch all the commercials and part of the half-time show. Prince was awful, but at least he didn�t have the flappy underarm skin like the guys did last year.

Top four commercials:
Snickers gay kiss
Blockbuster mouse
Chevy semi-nude car wash
Coke�s GTA rip-off

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:: 2007 4 February :: 4.05pm

The Washington State Supreme Court recently ruled that the state could prevent gay and lesbian couples from marrying because the state has a legitimate interest in preserving marriage for procreation.

In a clever response, gay marriage activists have filed a state initiative that will allow only couples capable of having kids to marry, and require that they file "proof of procreation" within three years of the marriage. If not, the marriage would be annulled. It will also require that couples married in other states provide proof of procreation and will make it a crime to get marriage benefits without meeting the procreation requirement.

The Washington Secretary of State has accepted the initiative as a potential ballot measure. Activists need to get 224,800 signatures to get it on the November ballot.

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:: 2007 3 February :: 10.48am

"The Church Of Scientology thinks that Tom Cruise is the messiah. I don't know, I always expected God to be, you know, taller. And a top."

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:: 2007 3 February :: 4.38pm

I miss you guys but not the snow and home. Ha ha. The main street in Perpignan has palm trees.

I miss squirrels.

Loves.

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:: 2007 1 February :: 9.46pm

We went to Spain yesterday and came back today.

It was fun. We took a train down to Barcelona and stayed in this nice hostel. We went to a Picasso museum and cute little restaurants and stores.

One of the girls got her purse stolen so we had a nice little police station adventure. This guy sitting next to us helped point us in the direction of the police station and Alis had her stuff stolen before so she knew what to do.

Afterwards, everyone wanted to go out and drink all night. I told everyone I was just going to stay in our room at the hostel since I don't drink anyway. Alis let me call call Nick using her phone card and I cried a lot.

So I went back to my room and read Sense and Sensibility and wrote people postcards. Oh and cried for forever.

Every day is 100 percent better but I am only at about 43 percent now. People said that after about three weeks it would be just fine and I am beginning to believe them.

Anyway, tomorrow we will find out what level of courses we tested into and I have a bunch of stories but right now I am travelling tired so au revoir!

I love you all.

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:: 2007 30 January :: 9.49pm

So France is getting better. Especially now that my family said Nick can stay with them if he comes to visit.

They seriously are the best host family ever.

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:: 2007 29 January :: 8.40pm

Isaiahgate Update

Despite costar Isaiah Washington�s rehab stint for his homophobic slur, Grey�s Anatomy cutie T.R. Knight may leave the hit show, according to MSNBC�s Jeannette Walls. �He feels that the atmosphere there is so toxic and unhealthy,� a source told the Scoop. Knight�s spokeswoman wouldn�t comment at first, but mere moments later adamantly denied Knight�s departure, saying the rumor was �one thousand percent false.� Meanwhile, on Friday�s The Ellen DeGeneres Show, sexually ambiguous funny gal Wanda Sykes gave her two cents on Isaiahgate, joking, �Gay rehab? That sounds like traffic school.� After commenting on how African-Americans have �overcome� now that they are dishing out bigoted comments rather than taking them, Sykes added, �Maybe gay is the new black now.�

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:: 2007 29 January :: 6.36pm

"A `eugoogolizer.' One who speaks at funerals. Or did you think that I would be too stupid to know what a `eugoogoly' was?"

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:: 2007 29 January :: 7.00pm

I want to go home.

Not that France is bad, it is awesome, but I want Nick. And home. And my family.

And Nick.

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:: 2007 28 January :: 12.03am

I am in France. It is scary.

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:: 2007 24 January :: 8.51am

3 hours 53 minutes.

I leave today.

(I am scared.)

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:: 2007 23 January :: 1.25pm

Today is my last day in the states until June 3.

Tomorrow (January 24) we meet at the airport at 10:45 am.

Our plane leaves at 12:45 pm. We get into Dallas at 2:35 pm and leave at Kelly's favorite time of day pm. We get into London at 7 am (January 25) and leave at 8:40 am. We arrive in Toulouse (FRANCE!) at 11:30 am.

Pichot said we were going to rent a 10 seat bus and drive all over the place.

I'm excited but not enough.

And I miss you already.

I love you all.

P.S. Pray/hope/think for safe flights. I hate/am afraid of flying.

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:: 2007 22 January :: 10.43pm

Hope you had a happy birthday, kitten.

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:: 2007 21 January :: 4.05am

Well.

I am going to France on Wednesday. In an aeroplane over the sea.

I had a jam packed day today but I can sum it up with just saying that I cried a lot and I already miss people I just saw. Or didn't see because they left for Minnesota and my car is broken so I couldn't see them and they didn't call me like I stalker-ish-ly told them to.

Or something.

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