I love Glossed Over. It’s so funny and snarky and right.
And, you probably don’t need me to tell you this, but Wonkette has been great lately (and always). The epithets are my favorite part: McCain is “WALNUTS!”, or “The Maverick Sun King of Sedona,” or “Firebomb McWarpants.” They also recently described Palin as “known woman […]
Download or listen to Four-Eyed Girl by Rhett Miller.
This morning I had my last class with rowdy, lovable 2de 5, the sporty class whose students assured me last week “We are not the children.” I made them chocolate chip cookies and they were really pleased. I was sad to say goodbye, but it didn’t seem […]
This is my colleague Nathalie: English teacher by day, jazz singer by night. I have a lot of respect for her because she works hard to organize artsy projects for her students–acting, singing, drawing. (Also, she’s a good performer herself.) It’s good because there are no art or music classes at […]
And if I’m going to post videos of French women musicians, might as well give in to my new obsession with Yael Naïm. You might recognize the song from the Macbook Air ad.
Françoise Hardy laments being young and single. The song is cute, and apparently classic or nostalgic or something.
I don’t blog for days on end, and then I post everything I have collected at once. I should probably work on that. Anyway, here are some French music videos I have enjoyed in the past few days. I’ll put them in separate posts.
This one is a young Carla Bruni, now Sarkozy’s lady friend. […]
Creepy Neighbor smells so bad that when I encountered him in the stairwell, my nose started running uncontrollably, probably as feeble protest for being continually subjected to this torture. It’s hard to unlock the door to our apartment while trying simultaneously to stifle a rivulet of snot and as well as the natural inclination to, […]
Det snurrar i min skalle translated into English.
Yesterday afternoon all the classes were cancelled at my lycée. We all crowded into the cafeteria–no theaters in French schools–to watch students perform for the spectacle de Noël. At the request of a teacher, I had been asked to propose to a group of students that we do something in English. My students all said […]
Familjen - Det snurrar i min skalle. Thanks Miles. Swedes + techno + faith healing? I have no idea what they are saying, but I like it.