9-1-10

Yay! Today was actually alright! But it's a Wednesday, what should I expect? Anyway, pretty eventful day we have here...Jordan's birthday (really 17? you don't look a day over 16!), third day of school (probably the best so far), and I got my driving permit (I can legally drive now!).

Awesome.

Sorry Jordan, I wish I had something for you, but I've been busy the last few days and I haven't had many creativity flashes lately :( I'll draw that comic of Glenn Beck and his chalkboard for you in your planner or something. Just expect it to come out sarcastic and stupid, because I hate Glenn Beck and Fox News. You can look forward to that I guess. I have some money lying around, maybe I could give you some of that...which reminds me, I'm going to have to talk to my aunt about a work schedule...hmm. Maybe I'll pump something out for you soon, just don't get your hopes up.

I love French. Sharing class with a bunch of 9th Graders who think they own the world is annoying, but I have Taylor and Lauren with me so we'll work through it. Today we started trying to talk in conversations, which was basically a recap from the very first French class we took 3 years ago. It's sad to say we know more Spanish than French and keep getting the languages confused: "Como esta?" "No, Lauren, that's Spanish." So many flashbacks to 8th grade! And we had a discussion at our table about how Canadian French isn't any more French than Mexican Spanish is Spanish...or American English is English (we didn't butcher the language...we improved it). We also learned about the differences between the feminine and masculine stresses or pronunciations...also Patrick was the only American in the book and he was from Boston, but Stephenie wasn't from Paris, she was from Fort de France. Also, it's very easy to sound seductive in French...I didn't mean it Taylor! I promise! I only said Hello! Oh, and I taught Lauren how to say a casual hello in Russian. So many languages in French class! Frankie can speak about five languages...it's so cool.