Not before I have my coffee, please
.1. French is starting to take it’s toll on me. It should come as no surprise that I’m a geek. Maybe even, a nerd. I like school and I like to learn and I am a voracious reader who tends to be a little anal some times. Shut up. All of you.
Hence why I’m having trouble at French. I understand that it’s only been two weeks (out of 10 months), but I’m frustrated that I have yet to master it. I’m already fluent in the damn language, only I am this way because I’m an auditory learner. This means that I have perfect enunciation, I comprehend everything (they tested me yesterday and these points came as a result of that test) and I know when something is wrong because I can hear that it’s wrong, and not because I know its proper grammatical sentence structure.
In the mornings, myhot & tall Prof pounds us with verbs. He chooses random ones and then we have to:
- give him the “construction” of that verb (e.g. parler à quelqu'un de quelque chose); then,
- make a sentence with the verb in the present tense; then,
- he chooses a random tense and expects us to make a new sentence; and finally,
- replace all of the ‘pronoms personells’ of the second sentence in that same tense.
It really stresses me out because I'm a geek and I don’t like making mistakes. And I’m not even really awake yet and I hate that I have to do it before I've finished my first cup of coffee. This morning I had to control myself to not throw my large Larousse at him and scream "I’M HUNGRY AND WHAT’S FRENCH FOR YOU ARE BUGGING ME?” and go have my second coffee in peace.
.2. This evening I was out with my friend S. Oasis’ Champagne Supernova came on and I said “This is one of the greatest CDs of our generation”, to which S responded:
“They look like The Monkeys.
(beat)
But uglier.
(beat, during which I could see the light bulb flash above S’s head)
They look like the retarded cousins of The Monkeys!
(beat, and the light bulb disappeared)
I must’ve been on drugs when they made it big because I don’t remember it. It mystifies me.”
I laughed for almost 10 minutes straight, and maybe even drooled a little. When I caught my breath, we got back to talking about S’s latest screenplay.
.3. I love it when my friends forward astrology-based personality characters my way. (So if you have any you wish to send, please feel free to do so…)
As a baby born in October, I am someone who:
“Loves to chat. Loves those who love them. Loves to take things at the center. Inner and physical beauty. Lies but doesn't pretend. Gets angry often. Treats friends importantly. Brave and fearless. Always making friends. Easily hurt but recovers easily. Daydreamer. Opinionated. Does
not care to control emotions. Unpredictable. Extremely smart, but definitely the hottest AND sexiest of them all.”
Rock on!
Hence why I’m having trouble at French. I understand that it’s only been two weeks (out of 10 months), but I’m frustrated that I have yet to master it. I’m already fluent in the damn language, only I am this way because I’m an auditory learner. This means that I have perfect enunciation, I comprehend everything (they tested me yesterday and these points came as a result of that test) and I know when something is wrong because I can hear that it’s wrong, and not because I know its proper grammatical sentence structure.
In the mornings, my
- give him the “construction” of that verb (e.g. parler à quelqu'un de quelque chose); then,
- make a sentence with the verb in the present tense; then,
- he chooses a random tense and expects us to make a new sentence; and finally,
- replace all of the ‘pronoms personells’ of the second sentence in that same tense.
It really stresses me out because I'm a geek and I don’t like making mistakes. And I’m not even really awake yet and I hate that I have to do it before I've finished my first cup of coffee. This morning I had to control myself to not throw my large Larousse at him and scream "I’M HUNGRY AND WHAT’S FRENCH FOR YOU ARE BUGGING ME?” and go have my second coffee in peace.
.2. This evening I was out with my friend S. Oasis’ Champagne Supernova came on and I said “This is one of the greatest CDs of our generation”, to which S responded:
“They look like The Monkeys.
(beat)
But uglier.
(beat, during which I could see the light bulb flash above S’s head)
They look like the retarded cousins of The Monkeys!
(beat, and the light bulb disappeared)
I must’ve been on drugs when they made it big because I don’t remember it. It mystifies me.”
I laughed for almost 10 minutes straight, and maybe even drooled a little. When I caught my breath, we got back to talking about S’s latest screenplay.
.3. I love it when my friends forward astrology-based personality characters my way. (So if you have any you wish to send, please feel free to do so…)
As a baby born in October, I am someone who:
“Loves to chat. Loves those who love them. Loves to take things at the center. Inner and physical beauty. Lies but doesn't pretend. Gets angry often. Treats friends importantly. Brave and fearless. Always making friends. Easily hurt but recovers easily. Daydreamer. Opinionated. Does
not care to control emotions. Unpredictable. Extremely smart, but definitely the hottest AND sexiest of them all.”
Rock on!
Labels: Dork
posted by just a girl at 10:36 PM
5 Comments:
You are a total geek and The Monkeys do look retarded, especially the lead singer. Wasn't that bitch made for tv only?
Tommy
Yeah, apparently they were. I only found that out this same evening >> I was under the impression that they were a normal band until S told me they were actually brought together by a tv producer.
Weird, eh?
m
Who are the monkeys?????
T
T, The Monkeys are a band that were quite popular eons ago. Maybe in the 50s or 60s? I can't even remember if they're British or American...sorry :)
They were also sort of unattractive.
m :)
I think the Monkeys were American, weren't they?
maria
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