hallelujah

I might be trying something new tonight, but we'll see.

I had my French class at 8:30 this morning, and it has ceased to be a shock to me. I have had to cram breakfast down my throat before both lectures this week while I already had one foot out the door. French class happened. I'm not going to report anything about it, because to be quite honest, nothing fascinating happened. I have, however, decided that Sierra is self-righteous and that I don't want to be friends with her. Does anyone feel like this is a junior high drama? We have to do a project with a partner this weekend, and I'm working with Raven because Sierra and Kristina partnered together.

After class I went to the Ledru-Rollin metro station to get more tickets (I'm down to my last five and I won't make it through until next week). I tried to get tickets at the information center, but my card was denied; twice! An elderly woman overhead me trying to ask if I could use my pin number, and she came to my resue to ask the workers my question in French. The answer was that I couldn't use my pin, and would have to buy them at the ticket machine. Good thing the ticket machine spoke English. I did learn that I can buy tickets in any amount that I want and can buy Sunday youth tickets. I might have to purchase a few of those and save my normal passes for other days.

I went home for lunch because I had a two hour gap before my music class started at one. I decided to try to make a grilled cheese again. Last night I didn't set the stove on the right dial, and my grilled cheese was less than the super awesome deliciousness that I was hoping for. Today was a different story. I figured out how to get the highest setting on my stove (after a few minutes with it on low by accident; the highest setting is one click to the right), and my grilled cheese turned out crispy and melty. I polished off my lunch with some potato chips while I planned my week/weekend.

I went to my music class, and nothing extraordinary happened. We did watch some music videos in preparation for our first paper. I'm going to write my paper on Ben l'Oncle Soul's song Hallelujah.

Before class it was such a nice day that I couldn't bear to be inside. I wasn't planning on doing any reading today, but I couldn't resist going to the park to read and lounge in the sun. First I walked to Place des Vosges, but I only stayed a few minutes because there was a rowdy group of preteens. I then walked to the park that's behind the Musée Carnavalet. I read on a park bench for awhile until the sky threatened to rain, and then I came home.

I made another half of a grilled cheese while I read my emails, looked at pictures for my histories class, and listened to music for next week's pop class. Next week is dedicated to the chanson period in France. I was surprised to find out that La Vie en Rose, that I thought was a song my Louis Armstrong, is actually a French song my Edith Piaf; the two songs aren't related, and the lyrics aren't the same. I loved the musical selection that our professor sent us, and I will definitely be listening to more of it later.

While I was wasting time avoiding doing my French studying, I made onion soup (from one of the instant packets that I bought) that was absolutely delicious. I then moved onto potato chips and an episode of Judge Judy. While I was watching, I got an email from my pop professor asking if the class would be interested in cancelling class to go to a concert. Of course I would! I was looking at the venue's website, and all of the concerts are free. I happened to google the names of the bands playing tonight, and they're super good. I'm going to go see them.

Wish me bonne chance on my adventure!