tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90528341372237576712024-03-12T17:16:47.970-07:00JoshuaNormanàParisJoshuaNormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589031108731908422noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052834137223757671.post-24350738659316313782011-07-03T12:30:00.001-07:002011-07-03T12:30:26.732-07:00Blog n 2 de Banyuls-sur-Mer / Blog number 2 of Banyuls-sur-Mer<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Donc, c’est parti.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Je m’en vais dans 5,5 jours (déjà !).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Je vais à Munich pour voir ma sœur, mon beau-frère.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Je retourne à Paris pour voir mes chers amis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Et puis, je rentre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J’avais recommencé ma vie une fois en janvier, une fois en mai, et maintenant il faut encore dire au revoir et adieu pour « recommencer » ma vie déjà établie aux Etats-Unis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Sais pas, mais j’ai pas envie de rentrer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>En France j’avais fait des plus beaux rencontres de ma vie jusqu’en ce moment de mon « existence » quoi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J’avais vécu une vie extraordinaire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C’est vrai que les derniers 7 mois étaient les plus beaux de ma vie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J’ai vécu dans la ville « d’amour », j’y ai travaillé.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J’ai vécu dans le sud de la France, 20 mètres de la Méditerranée, j’y ai travaillé.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Concernant Banyuls, j’avais une mauvaise « première impression » si vous voulez.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oui, cette ville (en fait, ce village) n’est pas du tout Paris, où j’y trouve mon cœur.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mais, ce n’est rien à voir avec les gens ici.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tout le monde avec lequel je travaille est extraordinaire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J’ai fait des amis ici pendant le mois dernier que je vais garder pour le reste de ma vie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>De ça, je suis sûr.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J’ai vu la vraie vie française, aux diners durant 6 heures, des apéritifs, l’interaction au bureau complètement différent de celle des Etats-Unis, et la gentillesse de la « douce France ».<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Je me suis trouvé disant plusieurs fois « votre pays est incroyable ».<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Et votre langue, votre culture, votre musique, vos films, etc. etc.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Et bof, c’est vrai.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Je suis encore un peu déçu que j’ai quitté Paris, en ce moment spécifiquement à cause de mes amis proches dinant ensemble ce soir (dans le 20<sup>e</sup> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>( ;] ) mais quand même cette ville me manque tellement.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J’ai manqué Gay Pride, la célébration de la libération des otages français à côté du Beaubourg, toutes les soirées durant jusqu’au midi le lendemain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mais, bof, c’est la vie, n’est pas ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Il peut semble qu’elle ne soit pas juste, mais il existe des raisons pour tout, à mon avis.</div><div class="MsoNormal">J’avais reçu un compliment d’un cher ami ici à Banyuls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Il m’a dit que j’ai la mentalité d’un français.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C’est pareil au truc que Michelle m’a dit— Josh, t’es parisien.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ce sont des choses comme cela qui me plaisent, les plus grands compliments pour un francophile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Et, « PS », DSK, comme je viens de comprendre, est libre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Et, comme je l’avais compris, sera dans le primaire et voilà un grand adversaire de M. Sarkozy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imaginez !!!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Well, here we go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I leave in 5.5 days (already !). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going to Munich to see my sister, my brother in law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m going back to Paris to see my close friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then, I’m coming home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve restarted my life in January, in May, and now I have to goodbye again for “restarting” my already established life in the States.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I don’t know, but I don’t want to go home just yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In France I’ve met the most wonderful people, the most wonderful up until this moment of my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve lived an extraordinary life here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s true that these last 7 months were the greatest of my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve lived in the “city of love”, I worked there as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve lived in the south of France, 20 meters from the Mediterranean, and I’ve worked there as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Concerning Banyuls, I had a bad first impression you know?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes this city (well, village) isn’t Paris at all, where my heart is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, it’s nothing to do with the people here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people I work with are amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve made friends here during the last month that I’ll keep for the rest of my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw the real French way of life, dinners lasting 6 hours, aperitifs, the different state of mind in the workplace (compared with that of the States) and the kindness of “la douce France”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I found myself saying many times “your country is amazing.” (And your language, your culture, your music, your films, etc. etc.) And well, it’s true.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I’m still a little disappointed I left Paris, right now specifically because of my close friends eating dinner tonight (in the 20<sup>th</sup> ( ;]) but even so I miss that city so much.) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I missed Gay Pride, the celebration next to Beaubourg for the liberation of the French hostages, and all the nights going out until noon the next day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, well, that’s life I guess?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can seem that it’s not fair, but there’re reasons for everything, in my opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I’ve received a compliment from a close friend in Banyuls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said to me that I had the mentality of a French person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s similar to when Michelle said to me “Josh, you’re Parisian”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s things like that that make me happy, the biggest compliments for a Francophile.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And, “PS”, DSK, as I just have come to understand, is free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, as I’ve understood, will be in the primary and viola an opponent for Mr. Sarkozy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thanks, and see you very soon my friends (Americans of course! Less than 26 days!)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Joshua Norman.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>JoshuaNormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589031108731908422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052834137223757671.post-5703838611962605752011-06-07T04:27:00.001-07:002011-06-07T04:27:54.404-07:00Blog n 1 de Banyuls-sur-Mer / Blog number 1 of Banyuls-sur-Mer<div class="MsoNormal">Alors, ca y’est—j’avais quitté Paris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J’avais quitté une vie à laquelle je me suis devenu très habitué.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maintenant je suis à Banyuls-sur-Mer, je viens de fumé un clop et je suis en train de boire mon verre de vin rouge, j’ai regardé le soleil se couche, et j’entends la musique d’Adele et des oiseaux.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Je sais que je devrais être content, mais bof, Paris a mon cœur, pas Banyuls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peut-être si j’étais à Besançon ça aurait été différent, ce sentiment-ci.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mais bof, au moins que c’est pas encore Mayfield même New Paltz.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J’avais décidé, et j’avais une obligation, d’y venir il y a plusieurs mois.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Peut-être si j’avais choisi Besançon comme ville d’étudier à l’étranger je me sentirais mieux ici.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C’est juste que Paris soit une ville extraordinaire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oui c’est cher, mais bof la vie est cher est surtout courte.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C’est comme la citation en anglais « Il est mieux de s’être aimé <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>et d’avoir perdu que de ne s’être jamais aimé ».<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Si j’avais choisi Besançon je n’avoir pas vécu la vie que j’avais vécu.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Je serai sans mes amitiés, mon meilleur ami écossais, mes amis américains (toutes les six !), ma mère d’accueil, tous mes amis français, mes expériences, et bon mon nouvel ami hollandais, l’une des grandes raisons pour mon cœur malheureux en ce moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Je viens de lui rencontrer trois jours avant partir, et maintenant je regrette que je suis venu ici à Banyuls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mais par contre, je suis certain que je vais les voir (tous mes amis, et bien sûr mon ami hollandais) encore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mais ça ira dans l’avenir, pas maintenant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Il faut que je me dise que je suis dans une ville très belle, avec la mer et la relaxation, mais quand-même...fin, bon bah il faut que je réalise qu’une ville ne serait jamais une autre, et il faut avancer dans la vie, il faut jamais vivre dans le passé.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oui, les mémoires sont chères et il faut les rappeler de temps en temps, mais entre les deux idées il existe une grande différence, vous voyez ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">J’ai commencé le travail aujourd’hui.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C’est pas mal, une jeune fille m’avait dit que le premier jour c’est le plus dur parce qu’il n’y a pas beaucoup à faire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Banyuls est très différent que Paris parce qu’ici, les gens sont relaxés, ils disent bonjour, et il n’y a pas de voitures (ni de taxis qui, évidemment, ne fonctionnent pas les samedis soirs à Paris…).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Je suis content, tellement content, qu’il ne reste qu’un mois ici à Banyuls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J’ai hâte de voir ma sœur, de voir mon beau-frère.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Je crois que ça serait mieux, d’être avec eux, dans leur nouvel appartement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Si Mme Rooney était là je suis certain qu’elle dirait « tant pis ! ».<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Et c’est vrai, il faut que quelqu’un me le dise, parce que sans ça je serai triste pour tout mon séjour ici.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Il faut aussi, je crois, que je pleure un petit peu.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pleurer c’est un cadeau du corps, de l’esprit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Après avoir pleuré on se sent mieux.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peut-être ce soir.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Il faut que je vous dise que je ne suis pas aussi triste que je suis certain que vous en avez l’impression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C’est juste que chez moi me manque, pas à Mayfield, mais à Paris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J’ai hâte de revenir, de voir mon quartier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mais c’est vrai que Paris ne serait pas la même qu’avant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tous mes amis ne seront pas là.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oui Michelle, oui mes amis français, oui je ferai des connaissances à la fac d’où je ferai mes études…mais comme a dit avant, une ville n’est jamais la même ville qu’une autre, et pour moi Paris ne serait jamais le même, mais j’espère que je me amuserais.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">« Bon bah écoutez », mes lecteurs…pardonnez-moi pour ce blog assez négatif.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Toutes les choses se passent pour une raison spécifique, il faut juste comprendre qu’il n’est pas évident des fois (en fait, la plupart des fois) au même moment qu’ils se passent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Merci pour lire, et à la prochaine,</div><div class="MsoNormal">Joshua Norman.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Well, it’s done—I’ve left Paris. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I left a life to which I’ve become very used to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I’m in Banyuls-sur-Mer, I’m drinking a glass of red wine, I watched the soun set, I listened to the music of Adele and of birds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know that I should be happy, but ugh, Paris has my heart, not Banyuls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe if I was in Besançon it’d be different, this feeling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But hm, at least it’s not Mayfield yet, or even New Patlz.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve decided, and I had an obligation, to come here a long time ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Maybe if I chose Besançon as a city to study abroad I’d feel better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s just that Paris is an extraordinary city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes it’s cher, but come on, so is life and above all it’s short.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s like the quote “It’s better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I had chosen Besançon I’d have never lived the life I lived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d be without my friends, my best friend (who was Scottish), my American friends (all six of them!), my host mother, all my French friends, all my experiences, and well, my new Dutch friend, one of the big reasons my heart is so sad at the moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just met him three days before leaving, and now I regret that I came to Banyuls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But on the other hand, I’m certain that I’m going to see them (all of my friends, and of course my Dutch friend) again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that’ll be in the future, not now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have to say to myself that I’m in a beautiful city, with the sea and relaxation, but come on…well, hm, well I just have to realize that one city will never be another, and one has to advance in life, one can never live in the past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, memories are dear, and you have to recall them from time to time, but between the two ideas there’s a huge difference, you know?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I started work today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not bad, a girl told me that the first day is the hardest because there’s not a lot to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Banyuls is very different from Paris because here, everyone is really relaxed, they say hello, and there are hardly any cars (not even taxis who, evidently, don’t’ work on Saturday nights in Paris…).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m happy, very happy, that there’s only one month in Banyuls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t wait to see my sister, my brother in law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that’ll be better, to be with them in their new apartment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Mme Rooney were here I know for certain she’d say “too bad”!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it’s true, someone has to tell me that because without that I’ll be sad for my whole trip here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, I think I have to cry a little bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crying is a gift of the body, of the mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After having cried one feels better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe tonight.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I have to tell you that I’m not as sad as I’m sure you have the impression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s just that I miss my home, not Mayfield, but Paris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t wait to go back, to see my neighborhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it’s true that Paris won’t be the same as before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All my friends won’t be there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes Michelle, yes my French friends, and yes I’ll make friends at school …but as stated above, one city is never the same as another, and for me, Paris won’t be the same, but I hope I’ll have fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Well, listen, my readers…sorry for this pretty negative blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything happens for a reason, and I just have to understand that it’s not visible why some times, (in fact the most part of times) at the same moment that it happens.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div 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</div>JoshuaNormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589031108731908422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052834137223757671.post-38003186358667662022011-06-03T07:31:00.000-07:002011-06-03T07:31:10.863-07:00Les trois derniers jours à Paris / The last three days in Paris<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 100.0%;"><tbody>
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Récemment j'avais beaucoup fait. J'ai dit un adieu à ma chère Linda. Je suis allé à un concert slave à l'Eglise Saint-Louis des Invalides, je suis sorti trois fois jusqu'à 6h00 du matin où j'ai vu le soleil se lève, (à Sacré Cœur, dans le 3e, et à Place des Vosges). J'avais fait des connaissances un peu bizarres et assez courtes. Mais surtout je me sens libéré. J'avais fini le semestre--c'est l'été finalement. Ma vie parisienne est en train de conclure et je la quitte (la ville de Paris et la vie de Paris) dimanche.<br />
Ça fait cinq mois à Paris, une ville dont j'appelle ma ville de renaissance. J'avais immensément grandi. J'avais trouvé mon chemin concret des études et de la vie. J'avais eu des amis très particuliers--c'est-à-dire des amis qui va rester avec moi (soit physiquement soit en esprit) pour longtemps.<br />
Quand je suis arrivé à paris j'ai créé une liste de lecture sur mon iPod titré "Paris". A ce temps-là elle avait contient de Yann Tiersen, un CD d'un film français, et 4 chansons "chères" "à l'époque". Maintenant il y a des chansons très chères...celles dont j'avais écoutées pendant tout mon séjour, celles auxquelles j'avais dansées sur le Pont des Arts, un endroit complètement différent maintenant. C'est intéressant, vraiment, qu'une liste de lecture d'une quarantaine de chansons peut être aussi symbolique qu'elle est.<br />
J'ai fumé des clops, seul, aux beaux endroits. J'avais vécu une vie incroyable, et maintenant elle conclut. L'effet est comme celui de la fin d'un bouquin. Mais pas du tout les livres où en les finissant, on sent que les personnages meurent jusqu'au recommencement de l'œuvre. Par contre, il est comme The Perks of Being a Wallflower, où j'avais l'impression que les personnages continuent à vivre, à exister, à grandir. Paris va rester là, en France, et mes amis ne vont pas terminer leurs connexions avec moi. Pas du tout. Nous, tous, vont continuer d'évoluer, l'un avec l'autre . Même si la dernière page est tournée dimanche, sachez bien qu'il y aura une autre œuvre dans la série.<br />
Pour conclure ce blog, je vais vous écrire la dernière strophe d'un poème de Baudelaire, qui me plaît bien.<br />
"Le Poëte est semblable au prince de nuées<br />
Qui hante la tempête et se rit de l'archer;<br />
Exilé sur le sol au milieu des huées,<br />
Ses ailes de géant l'empêchent de marcher."<br />
L’albatros--Charles Baudelaire<span style="line-height: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: FR;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Well, writing this blog without a computer in my advanced grammar notebook at Epitech while waiting for one of my last courses to teach.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Recently I’ve done a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said goodbye to my dear Linda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went to a Slavic concert at L’Eglise Saint-Louis des Invalides, I went out three times until 6:00AM where I saw the sun rise (at Sacré Coeur, in the third, and at Places des Vosges). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I met some strange people and some people only for a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But above all I feel liberated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have finished the semester, it’s finally summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Parisian life is in the process of concluding and I leave Paris Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">That makes five months in Paris, a city I call my city of rebirth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have grown immensely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found my concrete path for studies and for my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had particular friends—in that they’re going to stay with me (either physically or in spirit) for a while.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When I arrived in Paris, I made a playlist on my iPod called “Paris”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that time it had Yann TIersen, a CD from a French film, and 4 songs that I thought were dear to me at the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now there are songs that are actually important…those that I’ve listened to during my trip, those to which I’ve dansed on the Pont des Arts, a completely different place now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s interesting, truly, that a playlist of 40 so songs can be as symbolic as it is.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I lived an incredible life, and now it’s ending.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The effect is like that of a book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But not those books that when you finish them, you feel like the characters die until you start the book over again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand, it’s like The Perks of Being a Wallflower, where I had the impression that the characters continued to live, to exist, to grow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paris is going to stay here, in France, and my friends are not going to end their connections with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Us, all of us, are going to continue to evolve, one with the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even if the last page of my Paris trip is turned Sunday, know well that there will be another book to come.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To end this blog, I’m going to write the last stanza of a poem by Baudelaire, that I really like.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“The poet seems to be a prince of different shades<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Who haunts the storm and laughs with the archer;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Exiled on the ground in the middle of booings,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">His giant wings impede his walking.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Charles Baudelaire—L’Albatros.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Alors, les vacances de printemps ont fini, après deux semaines du soleil (et oui, un petit peu de pluie) à Paris et dans le sud de la France.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C’était super bien passé, tous les deux semaines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">A Paris j’ai vu des expositions, bu du café, et passé du temps avec des amis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>La première semaine, malheureusement s’est passé beaucoup trop vite, et la deuxième de la même façon.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Nous avons quitté Paris lundi le 18 vers 8h du matin pour Avignon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Le premier jour était super, très beau— mais j’ai eu la première migraine de ma vie mardi et j’ai dormi pendant 20 heures à l’hôtel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mais bof, « c’est la vie », n’est pas ?</div><div class="MsoNormal">Après Avignon nous avons vu Arles, une ville relativement petite (15 minutes pour traverser au bord du Rhône).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Van Gogh y a peint des nombreux tableaux et évidemment nous avons trouvé le café jaune.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>La nourriture était excellente, moi j’ai mangé une salade du chèvre chaud (excellent) et une calzone énorme pour les deux diners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Ensuite nous avons pris un train pendant 2 ou 3 heures pour voir Nice (où il faisait du vent et il pleuvait le deuxième jour).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mais n’importe quoi, nous nous sommes bien amusés quand même.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dimanche (Pâques) nous sommes allés au marché des fleurs et des fruits et nous avions une petite pique-nique au bord de la Méditerrané.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Puis, c’était déjà 20h et l’heure pour rentrer à Paris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J’étais bien content de voir Paris encore, spécifiquement après le trajet du train (11h, dans un siège, avec les lumières dans toute leur splendeur !), où j’ai dormi pendant 5 heures pour une « petite » sieste.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Alors aujourd’hui c’est le 28 avril, qui veut dire qu’il ne reste que 5 semaines à Paris, un mois (4 semaines exacts) à Banyuls-sur-Mer, 2 semaines et demie à Munich (au nouveau appartement de ma sœur ! félicitations !) et 5 heures à Paris pour rentrer aux Etats-Unis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ça fait 11,5 semaines et 5 heures en Europe avant retourner chez moi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rien. Du. Tout. Alors souhaitez-moi de la bonne chance !</div><div class="MsoNormal">Merci à tous et à toutes,</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Joshua Norman.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Well, spring break is over, after two weeks of sun (and yes, a little bit of rain) in Paris and in the south of France. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was awesome, both weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In Paris I saw some expositions, drank some coffee, and spent time with friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first week, unfortunately it went by too fast, and the second in the same way.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We left Paris Monday the 18<sup>th</sup> around 8:00AM for Avignon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first day was great, very good weather—but I had the first migraine of my life Tuesday and I slept for 20 hours in the hotel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, “that’s life”, right?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">After Avignon we saw Arles, a relatively small city (15 minutes for crossing the whole city on the banks of the Rhône).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Van Gogh painted a lot of paintings there and of course we found the Yellow Café.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The food was excellent; I ate a hot chèvre salad (excellent) and an enormous calzone for the two dinners in Arles.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Then we took a train for 2 or 3 hours to go to Nice (where it was windy and it rained the second day).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But no matter, we had fun all the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sunday (Easter) we went to the Flower and Fruit market and we had a little picnic on the shore of the Mediterranean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, it was already 8:00PM and time for going back to Paris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was really happy to see Paris again, specifically after the train ride (11 hours, in a seat, with the lights on!), where I slept for 5 hours for a “little” nap.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Well today’s the 28<sup>th</sup> of April, which means that there’s only 5 weeks left in Paris, one month (4 weeks exactly) in Banyuls-sur-Mer, 2 and a half weeks in Munich (in my sister’s new apartment<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>! congratulations!) and 5 hours in Paris for going back to the States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That makes 11.5 weeks and 5 hours left in Europe before going back home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing. At. All. Wish me luck!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thanks to everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Joshua Norman.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Alors, c’est minuit, le<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9 avril.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ma vie est perdue, je sais que je reviens chez moi dans 3 mois, alors moins que le temps que j’avais passé ici en France.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Je sais aussi que je suis complètement différent qu’avant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J’ai eu une conversation avec mon ami écossais, et il m’a dit que « Paris change les gens ».<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pour moi c’est vrai.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pour le mieux je crois.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sauf que, malheureusement maintenant je ne sais plus qu’est-ce que je vais faire avec mes amis et, en fin, bah mon copain quand même chez moi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Je suis désolé mon amoureux, je sais que j’avais fait des mauvaises choses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Je sais aussi qu’il faut que je comprenne ce que je veuille, qui est une autre vie différente qu’avant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Je vais faire mon master ici en France, à Paris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Je vais habiter dans cette ville parfaite pour beaucoup de temps quand même et je sais que ma famille va être en colère avec moi mais je ne peux rien faire—c’est mon avenir, c’est ce qui m’approche et c’est tout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">J’aimerais de vous dire « merci » mes professeurs, c’était vous vraiment qui m’aviez donné cette idée de vivre ma vie comme moi j’en veux.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C’était toi, ma mère d’accueil, qui m’as donné l’idée d’être moi-même et de dire « va, va, faire ce que tu veux dans ta vie parce que ma vie, c’est la mienne et toi, tu as ta propre vie qui est la tienne et elles ne sont pas du tout la même chose ».<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Je suis désolé, mon copain, vraiment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mais il n’y a rien à faire…moi j’avais choisi cette vie et c’est vraiment dommage que toi et moi ne marchons plus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Avec des sentiments très distingués—</div><div class="MsoNormal">Joshua Norman.</div>JoshuaNormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589031108731908422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052834137223757671.post-41770209591494840362011-03-27T01:42:00.001-07:002011-03-27T01:42:48.503-07:00Le printemps continue / Spring continues on<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Alors, le printemps à Paris…en ce moment je ne peux pas du tout imaginer une autre location où je serais plus content que maintenant, dans le soleil et le 20, 21 degrés Celsius.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J’avais fini l’école pour la semaine et je suis très content de voir le week-end sauf qu’il va pleuvoir pendant tous les deux jours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bof, tant pis pour moi cette semaine c’était impressionnante.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Je ne veux qu’écouter à Bright Eyes aux parcs et voir mes amis et faire des piques niques au Luxembourg.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">J’ai lu, dans une heure vingt ou quoi, Huis Clos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Je ne peux même pas dire le sentiment j’ai eu dans mon cœur en le lisant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Je ne peux pas arrêter, c’était si bon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Il n’a que 94 pages (plus ou moins) et c’est une pièce de théâtre de Jean-Paul Sartre en un acte et cinq scènes avec quatre personnages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ils sont morts, mais c’est tout que je vais dire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In-croy-able.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Mercredi mes amies de New Paltz sont venues, qui était très amusant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nous avons marché partout Paris (ou presque) et elles ont vu tous les grands monuments<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(place de la concorde, le Louvre, la Tour Eiffel, Notre Dame, le quartier latin, saint-michel, la seine, sacré cœur, et des autres ? je me rappelle plus) toute en une seule journée !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alors les pauvres filles—qu’est-ce qu’elles étaient fatiguées !!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Et ça aussi, ça m’a fait manquer New Paltz un peu…mais le semestre prochain j’y serai, alors « t’inquiète pas » Josh.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Alors, maintenant je vais quitter l’appart et profiter des beaux temps dehors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amusez-vous avec la neige, mes amis à New York !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(En vérité, je suis très déçu pour tous parmi vous, la neige à la fin de Mars n’est jamais bonne.) </div><div class="MsoNormal">Merci à tous et à toutes,</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Joshua Norman.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Well, spring in Paris…right now I can’t imagine another place I’d be happier than right now, in the sun and the 20, 21 degrees Celsius.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve finished school for the week and I’m very happy to see the weekend except that it’s going to rain during the two days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, too bad for me because this week was amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I only want to listen to Bright Eyes in parks and see friends and have picnics in Luxembourg.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I read, in one hour and twenty minutes or close, Closed Door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t even say the feeling I had in my heart while reading it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I couldn’t stop, it was so good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are only 94 pages (more or less) and it’s a play by Jean-Paul Sartre in one act and five scenes with four characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re dead, but that’s all I’m going to say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Un-be-leivable.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Wednesday my friends from New Paltz were here, which was very fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We walked all over Paris (or almost) and they say all the big monuments (place de la concorde, the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the latin quarter, saint-michel, the seine, sacré Coeur, and others? I can’t remember anymore) all in one day!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh the poor girls, they wre so tired!!! And that also, that made me miss New Paltz a little…but next semester I’ll be there, so “don’t worry” Josh.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Well, now I’m going to leave the apartment and enjoy the beautiful weather outside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have fun with the snow, my New York friends! (To be honest, I’m very disappointed for you, snow at the end of March is never good.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thanks to everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Joshua Norman.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>JoshuaNormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589031108731908422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052834137223757671.post-75942537065422036642011-03-20T05:10:00.001-07:002011-03-20T05:10:32.138-07:00Le printemps (en fait, le début du printemps) / Springtime (well, the beginning)<div class="MsoNormal">Le printemps (en fait, le début du printemps)</div><div class="MsoNormal">Aujourd’hui c’est le premier jour du printemps à Paris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Déjà il y a des feuilles, des petites fleures, de l’herbe partout, et des gens aux parcs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C’est vraiment beau, Paris au printemps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Et c’est bien !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J’étais ici depuis 2 mois et demi sous un ciel gris et oppressif !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Je viens de finir mon deuxième composition d’Etude d’un Ensemble Littéraire—j’apprends beaucoup quand j’écris en français, grâce à la formation des idées et tout ça.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Hier, je suis allé au marché des puces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha-ha !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C’était complètement incroyable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Les gens là-bas…oh la !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pour ceux qui ne le connaissent pas du tout, c’est beaucoup de petites tentes avec des trucs (volés probablement) qui ne sont pas du tout chers, avec des gens qui vous demandent toujours « sac ? sac ? ceinture ? lunettes ? Louis Vuitton ? » C’est complètement marrant !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">L’école va très bien, j’adore mes cours, et en ce moment j’avais lu 6 sur 7 livres, et je suis au milieu du septième.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Si vous n’avez pas lu En attendant Godot, je vous le recommande bien !)</div><div class="MsoNormal">Merci à tous et à toutes,</div><div class="MsoNormal">Joshua Norman.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Springtime (well, the beginning)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Today is the first day of spring in Paris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already there are leaves, flowers, grass everywhere, and people in parks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s truly beautiful, Paris in the spring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it had better be!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been here for 2 and a half months under a gray oppressive sky!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I just did my second composition for a “Study of Literature”—I learn a lot when I write in French, thanks to making ideas and all of that.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Yesterday, I went to the flea markets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ha-ha! It was completely unbelievable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people over there…oh my gosh!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those that don’t know it, it’s a lot of little tents with stuff (stolen probably) which are not at all expensive, with people who are always asking “bag? Bag? Belt? Glasses? Louis Vuitton?” It’s completely funny!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">School’s going great, I love my courses, and right now I’ve ready 6 out of 7 books, and I’m in the middle of the 7<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(If you haven’t read “Waiting for Godot”, I really recommend it!)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thanks to everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Joshua Norman. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>JoshuaNormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589031108731908422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052834137223757671.post-91664203841709771072011-03-11T09:08:00.000-08:002011-03-11T09:08:53.253-08:00Le mi-point (presque) / The mid-point (almost)Alors, aujourd'hui c'est le 11 mars (joyeux anniversaire Stefanie!), je vais quitter l'Europe vers le 20 juillet, et le mi-point de mon séjour ici approche rapidement. Jusqu'ici tout va bien, Corey reste ici jusqu'à dimanche le 13 et après il ne reste que 5,5 semaines d'école, presque un mois d'examens, et un moi d'un stage à la côte méditerranée, deux semaines en Allemagne pour voir ma soeur et après, c'est fini. <br />
Vraiment je ne peux pas croire qu'il ne reste que 5,5 semaines d'école...alors vraiment 7,5 mais il y a 2 semaines de vacances en avril (qui commencent le 9 et finissent le 26). J'avais fini 5 sur 7 livres, je vais commencer le dernier livre obligatoire aujourd'hui et le septième (facultatif) après. (Si vous n'avez pas déjà lu "En attendant Godot" je vous le suggère, c'est incroyablement marrant.)<br />
Je me suis passé un très bon weekend à Londres avec des amis sauf que mon appareil photo est mort, mais tant pis j'ai encore mes souvenirs. La ville était belle, mais bof, pas Paris! <br />
Je crois que je vais être une personne un peu différente quand je retourne chez moi...l'idée d'être dans un pays où les gens ne parlent que l'anglais ne me plait pas du tout. Le seule problème c'est que ma famille me manque et je n'ai qu'un visa/carte de séjour pendant 6 mois. <br />
Concernant la carte de séjour...quel processus! Vachement bizarre ce truc-là. Je suis arrivé à 8h05 pour une réunion à 8h30, déjà un queue assez longue, ensuite j'ai fait plusieurs queues, j'ai attendu tout le monde (incluant Godot!) et maintenant j'ai un petit truc jaune (la carte) et un radio. Mais, j'aime que c'est différent que chez moi! (C'est-à-dire, pour aller chez le médecin!)<br />
Alors, je vous remercie bien et à la prochaine (qui va venir plus vite que vous avez pensé je crois!)<br />
Joshua Norman.<br />
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Well, today's the 11th (of March) (happy birthday Stefanie!), I'm going to leave Europe around the 20th of July, and the mid point of my trip is approaching rapidly. So far so good, Corey's staying here until sunday the 13th and after there's only 5 and a half weeks of school, about a month of exams, and a month of an internship on the Mediterranean, two weeks in Germany to see my sister, and after, it's over.<br />
Truly I cannot believe that there's only 5.5 weeks left of school...well, really 7,5 but there's 2 weeks of vacation in April (which starts the 9th and finishes the 26th). I have finished 5 out of 7 books, I'm going to start the last required one today and the seventh (optional) afterwards. (If you haven't already read "Waiting for Godot" I really recommend it, it's unbelievably funny.)<br />
I had a great weekend in London with friends except that my camera died, but too bad I still have my memories. The city was beautiful, but hey, not Paris!<br />
I think that I'm going to be a bit different of a person when I return home...the idea of being in a country where the people only speak English doesn't really please me. The only problem is that I miss my family and I only have a visa/carte de séjour for 6 months.<br />
Concerning the carte de séjour...what a process! Really bizarre this thing. I arrived at 8:05 AM for a meeting at 8:30AM, already a pretty long line, then I waited in more lines, I waited for everyone (including Godot!) and now I have a little yellow thing (the card) and an x-ray. But, I like that it's different than home at least. (That is to say, for going to the doctor's!)<br />
Well, thanks a lot and until next time (which is going to come quicker than you thought I think!)<br />
Joshua NormanJoshuaNormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589031108731908422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052834137223757671.post-3737699229957315432011-02-25T10:16:00.000-08:002011-02-25T10:16:25.658-08:00"Barbara Streisand"Ouaou, ça fait longtemps que j'avais "bloggé"---je vous dis mes sentiments très désolés et j'espère que cette poste vous plaira.<br />
L'école va très bien, j'apprends <i>beaucoup </i>chaque jour sur les affaires d'histoire, les outils littéraires et je fait des connaissances avec mes camarades. J'avais commencé de faire mes propres sandwiches parce que même si 3 euro n'est guère, c'est encore 3 euro chaque jour et je peux payer 4 euro pour une semaine des sandwiches de jambon. <br />
Je viens de passé une semaine à Munich avec ma soeur et mon beau-frère et sa famille. C'était top, bien sûr. Mais qu'est-ce qu'à Munich ils boivent de la bière, c'est incroyable! Bière chaque après-midi et soir, des schnaps, de jäger et tout ça--oh là là! <br />
Mes les choses que j'ai vu--très belles. J'ai vu la rivière où s'est passé les évènements des jeux d'olympique à Munich, j'ai mangé aux restaurants familiales, j'ai vu Dachau (les murs (même murailles)) et j'ai passé toute d'une semaine avec ma soeur, qui était très formidable.<br />
Maintenant j'avais retourné à Paris, "chez moi" pour le moment et mon amoureux vient mardi matin! Je suis hyper content de lui voir, bien sûr. Mais je suis content aussi d'être à Paris. Moi j'ai <i>adoré</i> Munich mais je parle pas du tout (sauf que "ya genau" (?)) la langue et je n'ai pas du tout connait où j'étais pour la plupart de temps. Mais maintenant je suis (comme a dit avant) chez moi, sauf que je pars pour Londres le prochain vendredi avec Corey. <br />
Et aussi, le printemps arrive!! Paris devient plus et plus beau chaque jour. <br />
Et finalement, j'avais fini 3 sur 7 livres et je suis au milieu d'un autre (fini: Mes Voyages avec Hérodote, Cafés de la Mémoire, Rhinocéros. Milieu: L'Architecture du Bonheur. Après: Le Rideau, Dialogues des Carmélites, En attendant Godot). J'adore lire en français, j'apprends tellement.<br />
Merci à tous et à toutes,<br />
A très bientôt,<br />
Joshua Norman.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged—I’m sorry and I hope this post will make you all happy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">School’s going great, I’m learning<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> a lot</i> each day concerning history, literary tools and I’m making friends with my classmates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve started to make my own sandwiches because even if 4 euro isn’t a lot, it’s still 3 euro each day and I can pay 4 euro for a week of ham sandwiches.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I just stayed a week in Munich with my sister and my brother-in-law and his family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was cool, of course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Munich they drink a lot of beer, it’s unbelievable!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beer each afternoon and night, schnaps, and jäger and all that—oh là là!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But the things I saw—so beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw a river where they rowed in the Olympic Games in Munich, I ate in restaurants so familial, I saw Dachau (the walls (huge walls)) and I stayed a whole week with my sister, which was very wonderful.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Now I’ve returned to Paris, “home” for the moment and my boyfriend is coming Tuesday morning!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am so happy to see him, of course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I am also happy to be in Paris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">loved</i> Munich but I I don’t speak any (except “ya genau” (?)) of the language and I didn’t know where I was for the most part. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But now I am (as I said before) home, except that I’m leaving for London next Friday with Corey.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And also, spring is coming!! Paris is becoming more and more beautiful every day.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And finally, I’ve finished 3 out of the 7 books I have to read and I’m in the middle of another (finished: My Travels with Herodote, Cafés of Memory , Rhinoceros.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Middle of: The Architecture of Happiness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After: The Curtain, Dialogues with Carmélites, Waiting for Godot).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love reading in French, I’m learning so much.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thanks to everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Until very soon,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Joshua Norman <o:p></o:p></span></div>JoshuaNormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589031108731908422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052834137223757671.post-72893267094067457362011-02-01T13:32:00.000-08:002011-02-01T13:32:52.713-08:00L'agréable premier février/The very nice first of February<span lang="FR"></span> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Alors, aujourd’hui était le premier jour des cours pour moi à l’Institut Catholique de Paris. Que je l’adore ! Les professeurs, même si j’ai eu seulement deux cours aujourd’hui, étaient incroyables ! J’ai eu Littérature Comparée où nous allons lire trois livres et écrire deux dissertations pendant le semestre entier. En faite, maintenant le seule livre dont je me souviens et celui de « L’architecture de bonheur », dont elle nous a dit que nous (les internationaux) peuvent lire en anglais mais je ne vais pas parce que je suis en France pour améliorer mon français, pas pour lire un roman en anglais ! Je ne peux pas aller au TD demain parce que je <i>dois</i> travailler à la même heure parce que j’ai rangé les affaires pour EPITech et bof, je ne savais pas mon planning de cours de la semaine et j’ai fait en erreur. Mais après la première classe, où j’ai rencontré une française très agréable qui nous a invité de sortir ce week-end, j’ai mangé à la cafétéria sur campus (pas mal, sandwich boisson yaourt pour 3euro) j’ai eu ma deuxième classe qui s’appelle « Histoire Contemporaine, les années entre 1914 et 1947 ». J’ai choisi un cours d’histoire parce que j’imagine que un cours des choses que connait tout le monde sera très intéressante (avec le perspectif d’une française (le professeur) et des français (les étudiants)). </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Aujourd’hui et aussi le 1er février, qui veut dire qu’il reste seulement 17 jours avant Allemagne, et 28 jours avant l’arrivée de Corey, et voilà 31 jours avant Londres ! Que je suis hyper content, moi ! Je peux plus attendre pour voir ma sœur, mon copain, mes amis. Ça sera très agréable je crois. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Ce soir je vais avoir un verre avec Camille et Lizzy, que j’imagine sera aussi très agréable, sauf que j’ai un cours demain matin à 10h encore. Mais, bof, je suis ici seulement pour 4 mois.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Demain soir, c’est le premier cours que je vais enseigner avec EPITech, alors « on verra », n’est pas ?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">J’espère que tout va bien pour tous et pour toutes ! Pour moi, ne vous inquiétez pas, ça va très bien ici en France.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Merci pour lire, et à très bientôt—</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Joshua Norman. </div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">Well, today was the first day of classes for me at the Catholic Institute of Paris. It was great! The professors, even if I only had two courses today, were incredible! I had Comparitive Litterature where we are going to read three novels and write two dissertations during the entire semester. And now, the only book I remember is “The Architecture of Happiness”, of which she told us that we (the interntational students) can read in English but I’m not going to because I am in France for bettering my French, not for reading a novel in English! I can’t go to the TD (sort of lab to most of the classes) because I <i>have</i> to work at the same time because I made my schedule for EPITech and well, I didn’t know my course schedule for the week and I made a mistake. But after the first class, where I met a wonderful French girl who invited us to go out this weekend, I ate in the cafeteria on campus (not bad, sandwich drink yogurt for 3 euro) I had my second class which is called “Contemporary History, the years between 1914 and 1947”. I chose a history course because I imagine that a course concerning things that everyone in the world knows will be very interesting (with a perspective of a French woman (the professor) and the French (the students)).</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today was also the 1<sup>st</sup> of February, which means there’re only 17 days till Germany, and 28 days till Corey gets here, and then 31 days till London! I’m so happy! I can’t wait to see my sister, my boyfriend, my friends. It’ll be wonderful.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Tonight, I’m going to have a drink with Camille and Lizzy, which I imagine will be very wonderful, except that I have a course tomorrow at 10:00AM again. But, whatever, I’m only here for 4 months.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Tomorrow night is the first course that I’m going to teach with EPITech, so “we’ll see” how that goes!</div><div class="MsoNormal">I hope that everything is going great for everyone! For me, don’t’ worry, it’s going great here in France.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Thanks for reading, and until very soon—</div><div class="MsoNormal">Joshua Norman. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>JoshuaNormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589031108731908422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052834137223757671.post-5043223637110887112011-01-28T09:52:00.003-08:002011-01-28T09:52:56.385-08:00Le froid, la gentillesse, et l’Institut catholique./Cold, kindness, and the Catholic Institute.<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:RelyOnVML/> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</style> <![endif]--> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Alors c’est choisi, mon université : l’Institut catholique de Paris.<span> </span>Les raisons pour lesquelles je l’avais choisi inclurent celles des sentiments.<span> </span>Les gens là-bas sont hyper-sympas, accueillantes, et chaleureux.<span> </span>Aujourd’hui, vendredi, était le dernier jour de notre orientation ; nous, on a eu une grande réunion d’information, une croisière de la seine (dont je n’ai pas participé (celui-là aurais été le 3<sup>ème</sup>)), un tour de campus, et aussi un tour du quartier (saint germain des près—6<sup>ème</sup> arrondissement).<span> </span>J’ai rencontré pleine allemands aujourd’hui, qui sont extrêmement génitaux, et une française.<span> </span>Tout le monde m’a dit que je « parle bien le français », un truc que j’aime <i>bien</i>, je progresse !<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Aujourd’hui est aussi vendredi (mais où va la semaine ?) et 21 jours avant Munich !<span> </span>Que je suis content, moi !</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Et aussi, aujourd’hui était le premier jour que j’ai vu de la neige à Paris.<span> </span>C’était vraiment rien du tout, mais des petites pièces qui étaient trop mignon.<span> </span>Mais qu’est-ce que c’était froid aujourd’hui !<span> </span>On a eu le tour du quartier pendant deux heures, dehors, avec tout le froid, mais n’importe quoi je suis ici encore !<span> </span>Et le diner ce soir, j’en ai hâte !<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Pour conclure, en fin, j’aimerais de dire que mes amis et ma famille à New York— amusez-vous bien avec le neige et le froid, parce que je connais bien que la situation ici n’est pas du tout pareil !<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Merci à tous et à toutes, et à très bientôt—</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Joshua Norman.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Well, it’s chosen, my university: the Catholic University of Paris.<span> </span>The reasons why I have chosen this institution include that of feelings.<span> </span>The people there are so nice, so welcoming, and so warm.<span> </span>Today, Friday, was the last day of our orientation; we had a big informational meeting, a boat ride on the seine (which I didn’t participate in (that would’ve been my 3<sup>rd</sup>)), a campus tour, and also a tour of the quarter (saint germain des près—6<sup>th</sup> arrondissement).<span> </span>I met a bunch of Germans today, who are extremely nice, and a French girl.<span> </span>Everyone said that I “speak French well”, a thing that I <i>really</i> like, I’m progressing!</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today is also Friday (but where’d the week go?) and 21 days till Munich!<span> </span>I’m so happy!</div><div class="MsoNormal">And also, today was the first day that I saw snow in Paris.<span> </span>It was really nothing, but some little pieces that were too cute.<span> </span>But how cold it was!<span> </span>We had a tour of the quarter for two hours, outside, with all the cold, but no matter I’m here again!<span> </span>And dinner tonight, I can’t wait!</div><div class="MsoNormal">To conclude, finally, I’d like to say to my friends and family in New York—enjoy the cold and the snow, because I definitely know that the situation here isn’t at all the same!</div><div class="MsoNormal">Thanks to everyone, and until very soon—</div><div class="MsoNormal">Joshua Norman.</div>JoshuaNormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589031108731908422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052834137223757671.post-13052670320186634122011-01-25T09:30:00.000-08:002011-01-25T09:30:08.795-08:00Le début de ma vie parisienne/The beginning of my Parisian life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4wovo7FkJ05VT9vTpslv8JhLTPsS7ZazAaPf1EXjMOOs8aolX5WzUEPgDc7MsBgwhOIngWN7gobnVpppOpIsSGdD85s0lnyK0Ks-rPjCuk3mqyDf4z4X0Pq_kG1eUqbVNNmpxiWEsIfO/s1600/DSCF0660+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4wovo7FkJ05VT9vTpslv8JhLTPsS7ZazAaPf1EXjMOOs8aolX5WzUEPgDc7MsBgwhOIngWN7gobnVpppOpIsSGdD85s0lnyK0Ks-rPjCuk3mqyDf4z4X0Pq_kG1eUqbVNNmpxiWEsIfO/s320/DSCF0660+-+Copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Et alors, il me semble que je vienne d’arriver quand en fait trois semaines se sont passées.<span> </span>Mais qu’est-ce que c’est cette histoire-ci ?<span> </span>Pratiquement déjà un mois !<span> </span>Que la vie parisienne est lente et rapide tous les deux.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Pour la plupart, moi j’adore habiter ici.<span> </span>Ma mère d’accueil est vraiment gentille ; elle est exactement ce dont j’avais besoin.<span> </span>L’appart est dans le 12<sup>ème</sup> à côté de la gare de Lyon.<span> </span>Les lignes du métro sont l’une et la quatorze et le RER ce sont l’A et le D.<span> </span>Les problèmes de Paris inclurent la pluie, qui est sans cesse, les prix, et de temps en temps les gens, mais seulement de temps en temps.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">L’appart soi-même est très rococo et bien sûr belle.<span> </span>Il y a des fleurs, chérubins, et miroirs partout.<span> </span>C’est aussi sur le 1er étage, une chose très amicale !<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Je viens de finir les études de mon stage intensif aujourd’hui, une chose très utile— deux heures du matin, une heure pour le déjeuner, et deux heures de l’après-midi.<span> </span>Pour le déjeuner j’allais soit au restau-u soit au supermarché, les deux ne ce sont pas mal.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">J’ai diné deux fois avec Lizzy, un éventement très amical aussi ; il est très agréable de connaitre des gens à Paris.<span> </span>J’ai fait beaucoup de shopping, en faite j’avais fini avec ça !<span> </span>Mais maintenant que j’ai un emploi (à EPITech, une école pour les ingénieures en bas de la ville (6 heures par semaine, 305euro par mois !!)) je pourrai de sortir et avoir un ou deux verres avec des amis.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">J’ai hâte pour l’école (l’Institut Catholique) de commencer— le 31 janvier !<span> </span>Une semaine d’ici !! Je ne suis pas prêt du tout !<span> </span>Mais on verra, je crois que les administrateurs à l’université seraient très amiable.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Concernant chez moi, il me manque bien.<span> </span>Pas trop, mais une taille assez bien.<span> </span>Ma maison, mon lit, mon université, mes amis, ma famille, mon copain me manquent tellement, mais il est déjà 3 semaines dès le 1<sup>er</sup> jour et il me semble que c’était rien.<span> </span>Le temps fuit, n’est pas ?<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Aujourd’hui, pour conclure, j’ai acheté mes billets pour l’Allemagne !<span> </span>Je vais voir ma sœur pendant la vacance du février pour 5 (je crois ?) jours à Munich.<span> </span>Que j’ai hâte, moi !<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Merci pour lire, il faut que j’aille à la réunion d’orientation d’EPITech jusqu’à très tard de la nuit (malheureusement),</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Joshua Norman.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHF0I3mO-KgkgAgcqGI-rFDKWk5N8_N3v0YPYut56afUeysuCo5uy8FJ3P3PWkKYnmb8gQTOtDQwOvPkp0ZlD0Jfn-umF_SeHnhaYU660ZKtjOulqdDPOcqlUsStJDdWjylrZEtfOzjtn/s1600/DSCF0599.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHF0I3mO-KgkgAgcqGI-rFDKWk5N8_N3v0YPYut56afUeysuCo5uy8FJ3P3PWkKYnmb8gQTOtDQwOvPkp0ZlD0Jfn-umF_SeHnhaYU660ZKtjOulqdDPOcqlUsStJDdWjylrZEtfOzjtn/s320/DSCF0599.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">p.s. :<span> </span>Je traversais la rue traversière et une femme pissais sur la rue.<span> </span>Je l’ai pensé un peu bizarre…et quand j’étais proche d’elle elle m’a dit « Bonsoir chérie, je t’intéresse ? » qui est drôle et triste en même temps ; parce que soit elle était prostitué soit elle était sdf et avait besoin d’argent.<span> </span>Que la vie est difficile pour tout le monde…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR"> </span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:RelyOnVML/> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> <w:UseFELayout/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</style> <![endif]--> </div><div class="MsoNormal">And so, it seems to me that I just got here and in fact it’s been three weeks!<span> </span>What is this?<span> </span>Practically already a month!<span> </span>Oh how Parisian life is both slow and quick.</div><div class="MsoNormal">For the most part, I love living here.<span> </span>My host mother is extremely nice; she is exactly what I needed.<span> </span>The apartment is in the 12<sup>th</sup> next to the Gare de Lyon.<span> </span>The metro lines are the one and the fourteen and the RER lines are the A and the D.<span> </span>The problems with Paris include the rain, which is incessant, the prices, and from time to time the people, but only from time to time.</div><div class="MsoNormal">The apartment itself is very rococo and of course beautiful.<span> </span>There’re flowers, cherubs, and mirrors throughout.<span> </span>It’s also on the 1<sup>st</sup> floor, a very good thing!</div><div class="MsoNormal">I just finished my studies for my review class today, something really useful—two hours in the morning, one hour for lunch, and two hours for the afternoon.<span> </span>For lunch I’d go to the university restaurant or the supermarket, both of which aren’t too bad.</div><div class="MsoNormal">I had dinner two times with Lizzy, something very likable also; it’s very good to know people in Paris.<span> </span>I’ve gone shopping a lot, and in fact I’ve finished with that!<span> </span>But now that I have a job (at EPITech, a school for engineers at the bottom of the city (6 hours per week, 305 euro per month!!)) I’ll be able to go out and have one or two drinks with friends.</div><div class="MsoNormal">I can’t wait for school (the Catholic Institut) to start—January 31<sup>st</sup>!<span> </span>One week from today!! I’m not ready at all! But we’ll see, I think that the administrators at the university will be really nice.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Regarding home, I miss it a lot.<span> </span>Not too much, but a good amount.<span> </span>I miss my house, my bed, my university, my friends, my family, my boyfriend, but it’s already three weeks since the 1<sup>st</sup> day and it seems that it was nothing.<span> </span>How time flies!</div><div class="MsoNormal">Today, to conclude, I bought my tickets for Germany!<span> </span>I’m going to see my sister during the feburary vacation for 5 (I think?) days in Munich!<span> </span>Ah I’m excited!</div><div class="MsoNormal">Thanks for reading, I have to go to an orientation meeting at EPItech until late in the night (unfortunately),</div><div class="MsoNormal">Joshua Norman.</div><div class="MsoNormal">p.s.: I was walking on the Rue Traversière and a woman was urinating in the street.<span> </span>I thought it a little weird…and when I was close to her she said “Hey sweetie, you like what you see?” which is very funny and sad at the same time; because either she was a prostitute or she was homeless and needed money.<span> </span>How life is difficult for everyone…</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GVBerHFygLUPDgL4TkWgzBib3lAIwR5DsTVtN5buPZG-nyNf79XDO_HMqlMepWrzEVJ6EE4JwpYLUg1cjjS6UuVkYG4XJweKYSt6X-6VFe5RmiShNbIoQX6Zqiak5h7rBECOcz9hN0kn/s1600/DSCF0658.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GVBerHFygLUPDgL4TkWgzBib3lAIwR5DsTVtN5buPZG-nyNf79XDO_HMqlMepWrzEVJ6EE4JwpYLUg1cjjS6UuVkYG4XJweKYSt6X-6VFe5RmiShNbIoQX6Zqiak5h7rBECOcz9hN0kn/s320/DSCF0658.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR"> Pardonnez-moi, la photo est, euh..sur la côté incorrecte.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Sorry, the photo is on the wrong side.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>JoshuaNormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589031108731908422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052834137223757671.post-44568602982106143992011-01-25T09:21:00.000-08:002011-01-25T09:21:37.027-08:00L'emballage/Packing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuT_BvAocINsn0U2Yc8-8c2-O-1R7Q4W1KeATzbNrBIEfQXswGuhOPMQGf_-jnbos0PSlrI626fa9aG9QQfTirJh6EYxvJH4v0h3H5h0Z0zXaLOyRTvcgB-w2H9B8HjflnjGwRMi0F_Fs/s1600/DSCF0590.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuT_BvAocINsn0U2Yc8-8c2-O-1R7Q4W1KeATzbNrBIEfQXswGuhOPMQGf_-jnbos0PSlrI626fa9aG9QQfTirJh6EYxvJH4v0h3H5h0Z0zXaLOyRTvcgB-w2H9B8HjflnjGwRMi0F_Fs/s320/DSCF0590.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">La première chose de mon voyage..l'emballage. Qu'il est <em>horrible;</em> il est complètement et vraiment stressant cette tâche-ci. Merci mes valises, vous êtes charmantes...sauf que quand dedans vous, vous ne me permettez pas de mettre mes vêtements.<br />
Aujourd'hui était la dernière fois que j'aurais pu voir mes amis, et ça commencé les sentiments "pas très sympas".<br />
Oui j'ai la capacité de devenir trop stressé, trop occupé et trop mal-poli. Je vous dis une "désolé" à vous, ma famille et mes amis...je connais que je suis ridicule.<br />
C'est réel, ce voyage, maintenant. Je vais en Europe, en France, à Paris pour une grande partie de ma vie...et c'est vrai aussi que vous allez me manquer, les Etats-Unis, ma maison, chez moi...mais j'espère que je recevrai un grand bienvenue de la France.<br />
Merci à tous et à toutes--</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The first thing of my trip...packing. Oh how <i>horrible</i>; it's completely and and truly stressful. Thanks suitcases, you're charming...except when you don't let me put my clothes in. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Today was the last time I could see my friends, and that started the "not so nice" feelings. Yes I have the ability to become too stressed, too occupied and too impolite. I say to you "sorry", my family and my friends, I know that I am ridiculous.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It's real, this trip, now. I'm going to Europe, to France, to Paris for a big part of my life...and it's real also that I'm going to miss you, the United States, my house, my home...but I hope I'll receive a big welcome in France.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thanks to all--</span>JoshuaNormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589031108731908422noreply@blogger.com0