first:
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i passed french! very exciting! (it was a pass/fail course). and i can actually read bits of it, which is more exciting. and i got a smiley face sticker! i wonder if i could give my students stickers? i'm worried they already feel babied. hmm. oh yes, and the students, i gave this fabulous class on tuesday. it was fun, it was educational, they were giggling, i was wise yet entertaining, we prepared for the exam - then we ran out of time to do the bloody evaluations. waste of a good performance! then on thursday we had a fire drill at the end of class, so i got to herd them all down the stairs then stand around in the sun outside, making awkward small talk.
but my french class, that's right, we ended by translating this really neat poem about a school room which, through the song of a lyre bird, is gradually turned into a forest. the desks turn back into trees, the chalk turns back into the cliffs it was made from and the windows turn into sand. then our teacher said "and that concludes the poem and our french class." it was very sweet. i've enjoyed this class, whinge as i did in the beginning.
also:
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while i was eating lunch outside the library and being molested by seagulls a vegan evangalist gave me a glossy brochure to spread the word. very odd. *anyway*, also at ubc were big books. they have a good medieval reference collection, so i got quite a lot of good material for my essays, including this beastie (hand shown for size reference):
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i also received a lovely package in the mail, oh, we covered that already, but there was a nice card from bbb as well:
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vancouver has suddenly burst into blossom. it's all very beautiful.
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and this is me and my new friend, chicory:
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and that, i believe, is all i was saving up. i don't actually have much else by way of news. i have two presentations to give on wednesday, each quite long and worth much of my final mark, so i'm studying kinda constantly. except that now the interdistraction is back, damn it!
daffies:
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5 comments:
is chicory a bit sad? he has a max look in his eyes
i think that seagull is a pacific gull - here as well
not gore on beak, but integral part of bird - maybe spot where baby bird pecks to make mother bird regurgitate food? or not, as the case may be - bbb might know more
so glad yr back - mist u
lots happenign these hols, so might not be regular online - will try
felicitations (i've lost my 'how to accent' guide)
tu es vraiment bilingue
I'm with u Grot - most likely a Pacific Gull if r that big, and we have the Pacific over here 2. Dunno about the red spot - eating too many chillies?
Wel done on parlais francais
BBB
i don't think it's a pacific gull. Aren't they the ones with red beaks down at Williamstown beach, that don't look like that? i've been plugging for 'Atlantic gull' ever since I first saw these in Holland, and more lately here. I thought I knew my pacific gulls. Am willing to bow to the knowledge of amateur ornithologists if g and b be so, but I'm a seaside girl ya know.
dear all,
i reckon it's a herring gull:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herring_Gull
both pacific and atlantic gulls are too black on their backs, though they look suitably vicious.
i like this game. on ya, seaside girl!
ps. chicory isn't sad, but he's not a young dog. he's a sober mature dog.
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