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UPDATE::  I am not dead and I have not lost anything too important (I did lose one of my sketchbooks though. 5 years of sketches ... it is hurting me a little but is not life threatening).  I am slowly getting accustomed to the fact that a random 61 year old woman washes my underwear once a week. I think people still think it's weird when I do the Rubiks Cube on the bus but I stopped caring long ago.

ANECDOTE:: Last night I was at a "pre-fete" with some french university peeps and all of a sudden everyone started singing along to "Hit The Road Jack" like it was the next Carly Rae Jensen song. One of the more heartwarming/hilarious things I've experienced since i've been here, especially when they got to the verse after the chorus and everyone started going "LALLALALALALALALLALALALAL ALALALALALLALALALLA" because they didnt know the english words. Christ I hope I'm that adorable when do i foreign things..



So to receive credit I have to translate all my course syllabi into English and send them to Tufts. This is what ive come up with so far for my "Sociologie d'aesthetique" class. It is probably the least legitimate sounding thing ever I think Susan Ostrander eyebrows might rise and rise and then straight up leave her face.

(keep in mind this is for the class where the prof is legitimately half-clown half-awkard nerd. He's the man. Coincidentally, his last name is Lehmann. Yes Im serious)

Classes 6,7: Showing your body at the beach. Have we always gone to the beach? Since when? Showing your body when you are a farmer as opposed to showing your body when you are a woman - to be bare breasted? 

2 class periods, 4 hours.This is literally a word for word translation I am not making it up. How this relates to aestheticism, i have yet to determine. I'm sure Lehmann will be able to enlighten me and also maybe do a weird dance which he does atleast once a class period. 

However, I can say it relates to France pretty well because I have seen at least 4 seins nus (boobies) since Ive been here (not mine). Dont worry they were all at the beach at Vannes that first  weekend. I have not been frequenting strip clubs. En fait; they probably dont exist because all you really need to do is just go to a beach. 

BISES TA TA FOR NOW :)