France 2 (not the french television station, just my second post...)

(a joke no one will get but me.) (all the TV stations here are FR1, FR2, FR3, FR4... etc.)

anyway. france is fun still. i still feel bad because i have to pictures to post cuz i cant connect my camera (hint hint, zach?). but life has been pretty great.

i guess a lot of people in our class dont have the best families to live with, or like they don't feed them very well or dont really take time to talk to them. whereas our lady is absolutely insane. in a good way. she's like 51 or 52.... and she dances and sings all the time (like marilyn monroe most frequently, "i love be love by you.... la la ... i love be love by you... la la... boo boo bee doo!) and she has shown us her entire collection of lingerie, which was.... interesting. She admonishes me for wearing too much black... and she has this insanely raspy voice because shes smokes like a chimney a lot of the time. Her two sons come by sometimes, Gyom and Jerome, they're pretty fun. and then her husband Richard is around monday-wednesday nights. Then he leaves for the country for the weekend. but he cooks when he's home. And she leaves for the country saturday afternoon so were on our own (me, morgan, and the japanese girl Rika who we love, shes hysterical) every weekend, which is actually really nice because then we can have a little break from just the stress of living with people who you are trying subconciously to impress or something. But Brigitte is super nice and we have these really long 4 course meals every night where she talks a lot. its been really good for my comprehension of french. my spoken french is definitely getting better too, but not as good as my listening because brigitte does more talking than listening. :) and next friday night we're all going out dancing with her friends for her birthday, which should be a blast. i don't think i can feel silly or embarresed if brigitte is dancing next to me. so. thats all pretty awesome. and i really like moran a lot as a friend/roommate. i get along with people pretty well when i live with them.

um.... nutella crepes are insanely addicting.

it is impossible to be in paris and not be affected stylistically. i feel bad because i've spent more money on clothes than i meant to, but i finally feel like i fit in and i don't need to buy anything else to complete my new "ensembles." and i bought more outfits in colors, so brigitte will be happy. anyway. i apoligize to my parents for spending more money than i should have, but i think i don't need to buy anymore clothes now, so thats good. thats a craving thats been fulfilled. alors, bien.

and i'm planning on going to rome the first weekend in november and hanging out with becky a bit. i think i'll end up flying there, and then taking the train back, which is kind of the best of both worlds, yeah? yeah.

ok. this is long and my internet time is running out. i'll try and write more often, even though i have no pictures. and if you would like to recieve a postcard from me, and i havent sent one yet or havent told you i'm sending you one yet, send me an email (rileyk@u.washington.edu) with your address and i'll try and get one to you:).

OK. i love you all and hope you're having fun, too.