Happy February, everyone.
Can you believe how fast time flies? We are 1/12 done with the year 2009.
I've had a pretty low couple of weeks being back here in France. It's been strange readjusting to French life, especially with the absence of my friends from last semester who headed back to the states for second semester. This weekend was, again, low-key, to say the least. Friday night I ate at Daphne's house with all the other full-year students! From there, we headed to Webb Ellis, the beautiful rugby bar that dearest James discovered last semester, and where we all soon became regulars. It was a "white & bubbles" party at the bar that night -- black lights, so everyone dressed in white, a bubble machine, as well as bottles of bubbly champagne all around. Saturday, I went to the market that takes place around the corner from my apartment as I do every Saturday to buy fresh produce (the apricots & grapefruits are the best), and then spent the afternoon in the library listening to music & reading The Lovely Bones, which I had read eons ago but decided to pick up again. From there, I stopped at a boulangerie to pick up some tasty Haribo goodies (gotta love the French bonbons) to eat later that evening at the movie theater. I went out for crêpes with Miss Emily, another full-year gal, (La Provençale is my favorite dinner crêpe, which includes an egg, fried chèvre cheese, and stewed vegetables...mmm) then headed to the Gaumont movie theater, where there were crowds upon crowds of people. Who knew that's where everyone in this city was on a Saturday night - the movies?! We saw Revolutionary Road, or in French, Les Noces Rebelles. I thought that Kate Winslet & Leonardo DiCaprio did an absolutely extraordinary job. (Elliot later referred to this movie as "Kate & Leo 2.0" hehe) I always love Kate Winslet, and this movie was no disappointment. More than anything, the movie made me a) want to live in the 1950s and b) have a cigarette. I've never seen anyone make smoking look so damn good as Kate & Leo. I called it an early night from there.
I realized late this morning as I was about to go for a long walk that I couldn't find my iPod. Please keep in mind that my iPod has essentially been my best friend since being back in Nantes -- it accompanies me everywhere, and has my music (aka: my LIFE) on it. I cried all afternoon. A lost iPod on top of a lonely & dull couple of weeks is a recipe for disaster. Since everything is closed on Sundays, I was unable to retrace my steps today, but will most certainly do it first thing tomorrow morning. I'll continue to pray to Saint Anthony (they say he's the Saint of lost things, so here's hopin' the man can help a sista out). I know it's only a material possession, but like I said, I go literally everywhere with my darling iPod. Please please pleeeeease let me find it. It would certainly lift my spirits.
Luckily, all my music on my iPod is on my computer as well. Phew! I listened to Madeleine Peyroux for a while this afternoon. Incidentally, my dear dear friend, also named Madeline, introduced me to her.
She makes me want to drink Scotch neat and smoke a cigarette in a dark jazz bar...
Well c'est tout for now. I'm off to go catch some ZZZs.
Oh Lordy help me get through this week. Give me strength, patience, motivation & above all, an open heart.
Until next time,
Feel Mighty Fine,
MG
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