la fille en rose

oh, to be six again

2009-11-11T21:22:54Z

At my lesson today with Lucas, my little 6 year old student, I asked him to read the word "tell," and to make a sentence with it. What did he come up with? "I want to tell you that I just made a little fart."

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T-100

2009-11-08T00:47:49Z

I just bought a round trip, non-stop flight from Paris to New York for 334€, or less than $498. That is an unbelievably good deal. In September I flew through Reykjavik, on a really nice flight with Iceland Air, and thought that $515 was fantastic...

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Toussaint-Noel

2009-11-04T20:43:21Z

From now until the end of 2009 I have only 61 classroom hours to teach. On top of that I have all of my private lessons and tutoring, but so many of my classes are away on stages from here on that I never once work the full 12 classroom hours a we...

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Toussaint vacation 2009

2009-10-24T16:38:55Z

Very very early tomorrow morning I am hopping on a plane to Krakow. I will spend four days/three nights there, and then take the night train to Budapest. I'll have six days in Hungary, that I'll split between Budapest, Eger, and maybe Sopron. Thi...

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deep thoughts

2009-10-12T17:36:14Z

Why is birth control called birth control, and not pregnancy control?

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a good start

2009-10-08T22:18:45Z

I’m nearing the end of my first week of teaching at Lycée A, and so far, so good. This is the fourth school I've worked at, since my second year teaching I was assigned to two collèges. Out of the four, this is by far my favorite. I don’t want to...

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I want.

2009-10-05T22:25:51Z

Look how pretty: It's only 115€ at the Conran Shop, which isn't obscene, but sadly well outside my budget. But it would look SO GOOD as my desk chair. Perhaps a chair fairy will visit me this Christmas.

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Smile! You're on Candid Camera!

2009-10-02T12:22:46Z

While walking home from the market just now, I'm pretty sure I witnessed a candid camera shooting. I noticed a very upset older Chinese woman shrieking "non! non!" at a man. He had two large containers of lighter fluid resting by his feet. At leas...

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a little DIY

2009-10-01T19:16:38Z

There are several projects that I'd love to take care of around the house: covering my headboard in a pretty fabric, hiding the food in my kitchen island, and painting the back of my bookshelf, for starters. But all of these are new ideas...

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looping the system's hole

2009-09-30T20:15:03Z

Yesterday my friend Grant emailed me, saying, "I already read the ice cream thing weeks ago so get off your ass and write something cool." Simmer down, Grant. But he's right, of course. I haven't written anything in over a month, mostly...

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