nine dollar notebooks

It appears that it's been a while, but worry no more, I haven't been sucked into the deep, dark western European black hole. I'm not sure what that means either. But I did see a Mead composition notebook the other day at a papeterie. It was 7 €, which is about 9 dollars. That's right. Luckily I can handle the French graph paper (lined paper doesnt't exist, only graph). Anyway, had a lovely weekend with Greg and showed him Centre Pompidou, the Marais, the best falafel place, the best crepes, and the biggest market. I didn't have to do all the touristy stuff since he had already done that with the group he was with. But we did go out to dinner with Caroline, Jon, Clement and Misha for Caroline's 20th birthday. It was lovely. Then Greg stayed for a few more days and pretty much wandered around the city while I was in class. Last night I signed up for the dinner at the foyer which was an Indian themed night. A bunch of the residents cooked a ton of food and it was the most incredible thing I've eaten in a while. Plus, I got to practice my French and eat Indian and meet the only other American in the foyer. I've mostly been going to movies at night and the last ones I saw were Control and This is England, both really good. And Superbad just came out in theaters or as it translates to, Supergrave, so I wouldn't mind seeing that again. I would see French movies but I fear that I won't understand a lot and that's another 8 € to spend. I've also chosen to write about the artist Alberto Giacometti for my 30 page dissertation I'm writing for school. This was a really big deal because I had changed my topic a bunch of times and couldn't find one worth that many pages. Plus there's an exhibition of his work and his studio at the Pompidou and it's incredible. I had never heard of him before. It was a spur of the moment decision, but one I am happy with. You can ask Greg about it; it was a bizarre moment. As far as I can tell, things in the states seem a bit out of place what with California and the Red Sox. It's difficult to keep up with American news here.

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