if money talked, yours would probably be a mumbler

“You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?”

let me know if you with it

and maybe I could call you up (sometimes)
and maybe I can take you out (sometimes)
so let's exchange digits and later arrange visits
either your place or mine (yeah)

you’re more beautiful than you know,
more talented than you think,
and more loved than you can imagine

Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain

« Sans toi, les émotions d'aujourd'hui ne seraient que la peau morte des émotions d'autrefois. »

Hipolito

"Kisses that are easily obtained are easily forgotten."

je me souviens

Alors, la fin de mon immersion en français est proche avec seulement 5 jours. Beaucoup de gens sympas et amusants. Beaucoup de souvenirs. Beaucoup d'amour. Je vous aime! A bientôt mes amis.

La Pocatière, Québec, 2010.

Où vais-je aller la prochaine fois?

L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.

Janelle Monae

Moschino Fall 2010

pour tout le monde à La Poc

One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree.

"Which road do I take?” she asked.

"Where do you want to go?" was his response.

"I don’t know,” Alice answered.

"Then," said the cat, "it doesn’t matter."

je l'aime

"Stand further away. You can't possibly appreciate my greatness this close up."

J'explore La Pocatière 2010

I am in La Pocatière, Québec (a small town 1.5 hours away from Québec City) for 5 weeks doing a French immersion program. (http://www.myexplore.ca)

On Wednesday, my mom, her bf Larry and I drove to Sault Ste. Marie and stayed at my grandma's house until Friday morning. Friday morning drove to Ottawa -- we arrived around 8:30pm and decided to walk around downtown. We ate at the Hard Rock Café and went to some little shops on the street. Saturday morning (today) we went to Centre Rideau which is a really nice mall in Ottawa. I bought some things from La Senza and MAC and also bought a dress for our "graduation ceremony" at the end of the program. After shopping around 12pm, we left for Québec City and arrived around 5:30ish. My mom and Larry settled into their hotel room and then we drove to La Pocatière. The campus is basically divided into 2 parts: the Collège (where activities, classes and stuff take place) and the Cégep (residence). I'm staying on the 7th floor (girls and guys are on separate floors). Tomorrow there is brunch from 10am-12pm, then orientation at 1:30 (I have to find out where it is), then at 9pm we have a floor meeting. I'm actually kind of nervous for this program... I can hear people outside my room speaking French so perfectly and it's kind of intimidating. I think I'm pretty good at French since I've been taking French class for 13 years but my oral expression is not very good. I think I'm going to take a shower now so I don't have to wake up early tomorrow to take one before brunch. I'll post pictures later.

A bien tôt!

très belle la poésie

Tu es venu et la tristesse qui grisait la Terre a disparu.

Avant toi tout me paraissait mort.

J’avais beau tapé aux parois froides de mon cercueil, rien n’y faisait.

Seul le lugubre m’aimait. Seul le silence me répondait.

Je dormais en amertume.

Tu es venu le soleil caressait l’amer.

Le vent violent de la colère violait la mer de mes pensées.

Tu es venu et soudain tous les mots cachés dedans ma tête ont entamé de folles farandoles.

De ma gorge a rejailli le rire nouveau.

Ma rivière de larmes s’est asséchée.

Tu es venu et de toi j’ai appris le sourire de la vie, la patience infinie.

J’ai donné sans rien attendre en retour.

Ma poitrine s’est gonflée de tant d’amour qu’elle a craqué le corset du qu’en-dira-t-on.

Tu es venu la saison nouvelle m’était encore inconnue.

Frappant le sol du talon je me suis redressée.

Mes paumes se sont ouvertes à tes lèvres si douces.

Toi mon amant secret enfin né.

Toi mon réveil lumineux.

Tu es venu le monde a changé de couleurs.

Les battements de mon cœur ont enfin résonné.

La femme nue est apparue.