We here in Apartment 8 suffer from an Internet addiction. You might be surprised to hear this since I almost never blog. But one of the symptoms of my addiction is that I never use the Internet to do anything useful or good, like keeping in touch with my friends using something other […]
I’m sorry I haven’t written in so long. I was away, having fun. It was my intention to write about it today, but then today turned out to be an exceptional bummer of a day, so… anyway, I promise there will be more, soon. With pictures!
Nowhere on the website of my chosen graduate school does it say they will accept applications postmarked by December 20. Thus, I assume they will only accept applications received by the 20th. And what is today? Merde!
That’s how I came to pay for two day mail between la France and the good ol’ USA. Not […]
It’s not really, of course, because the word “extravaganza” implies fun. But anyway, I decided I’m going to graduate school. Or at least applying to graduate school–the other part of the decision isn’t up to me. Yeah, yeah, I know all about this you-can-get-accepted-anywhere-if-you-believe-in-yourself. Maybe at the National Internet University.
There was […]
As a French kid once said upon beating me at foosball (le baby foot), “YESSSSS!”
I got it.
So did Joe, but that was never really in question, him being an upstanding citizen and all.
We’re going to France!
So on Friday morning I received an e-mail from the Académie de Dijon. This was at once delightful and disappointing: They have my arrêté de nomination, they know I exist, they have a job for me, they want me to come. But I can’t have the arrêté yet, because it needs to […]
For you, dearest individual who might possibly wish to see me or Joe or both of us in France, a chart of school vacation time in Dijon.
holiday
beginning
end
All Saints’ Day Holiday
Sat., October 27
Thurs., November 8
Xmas
Sat., December 22
Mon., January 7
Winter holiday
Sat., February 9
Mon., February 25
Spring holiday
Sat., April 5
Mon., April 21
Summer holiday
Thurs., July 3
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So Joe and I only have a week left in Madison. We have so much food to eat before we move, we could have a dinner party. Except that we only have two chairs. (This didn’t stop us from inviting people over last time. We flipped our mattress to lean against […]
Today I was able to leave a message with my special lady friend. Maybe this France thing will work out after all.
So, today, after my daily failed call to my special lady friend at the DC Consulate, I called the main office. I talked to a man with the most charming and stereotypical of French accents, only to fail in my mission yet again. “I’m looking for (you know who),” I began.
“Ah yes,” he […]