VOTE FOR POTTER LEAGUE

Before I begin: This has absolutely NOTHING to do with the upcoming presidential election. It does have to do with something that really matters to me, so please read. Anyone who knows me knows how much I love my pups. They also probably know the story about Zeb - I work at an animal shelter, no one wanted to adopt him because he's an old fart, I ended up bringing him home at the end of spring semester - blah blah blah.




Potter League for Animals is extraordinary. There are so many volunteers who come in to help take care of the animals because it is such a great place. Not only do they take in animals from around Aquidneck Island, they board dogs that cannot be kept by their families at the moment AND they take in animals from their sister shelter in the south. I've worked there, and I intend to become more involved once I'm back in school.




And so I ask you, please please please vote for Potter League: click here Type in Middletown, fill in RI and "Potter League for Animals" should come up. Please vote for them, this is an animal shelter that really deserves to win a contest like this. If it weren't for this shelter, I wouldn't have met Zeb-a-roo. THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am drowning in a digital sea

So here I am, procrastinating away. It is almost midnight and I still have to work on subordinate prepositions in the indicative. What does that mean? Not quire sure. However, I was listening to Thrice and I heard these lyrics and it reminded me of a picture I had taken in Angers, which is shown here. Enjoy!

A song from somewhere below

Deadly and slow begins

Both sickly and sweet

Now picking up speed

Ushering in the world's end

And the ghost of Descartes screams again in the dark

"Oh how could I have been so wrong?"

But above the screams the sirens sing their song

Mardi

Bonjour, investigators of my life. As for not updating, recently, um, oops. It gets very busy during the week, and then this weekend flew by. Here are some fun pictures though!!!































Saturday Carmen and I did some shopping. I found some clothes, and we both got tickets to go to DISNEY!!! That's what we are doing with our Halloween!! I am so excited.















































One of our missions in Paris is to find a good ice cream place. We want a place where we can walk away with our ice cream (not Haagen Daaz, we already did that) but Paris is not bountiful in their glaceries. We ended up getting McFlurries at McDo. Not quite what we were looking for, but MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.






















Sunday we went over to Place d'Italie hoping to find some good food. Little Italy? Nope. It's actually Parisian Chinatown. And the location of a strike that we got caught in the middle of. Oh, Paris.



























HOWEVER. It was an education strike! HAH. My overseas people!!! This dude was so empowered, he hung from the building singing.









































"less schools!
less teachers!
and the success
of all
our young?"
This was just the protest for education. There was a teacher strike about a week ago, and I suppose now they are making sure their point got across.






This is a sign in the metros that makes Carmen and I laugh.













On Blvd Grenelle by where I live. CUTE. Tonight Carmen and I are going to go hunting for food because we are very hungry, and then go to a cafe to get some homework done. Studying in a cafe? YAY. Okay, she just came bouncing in my room. Time to go!

Yawn

I am wicked tired and going to bed within the next five minutes, but I figured I should write something. I've been pretty exhausted the past two days, and today was busy and I didn't eat well... I ended up passing out when switching metro stops. I am fine, but I just want to crawl into bed and sleep now. I'll do my devoirs in the morning before class. I'll write more when I have energy and a functioning thought process.




"I'll turn this world upside down to get back to you"

Le vandalisme

D'accord, I apologize for the lack of updates as of late. I did not do much picture taking during the week since classes have been starting up and I have been spending time getting organized for them. I found a pseudo-Barnes and Noble to hold me over until I get home (it has 4 FLOORS!) and a cafe to go to for breakfast. Oh, and did I mention that in order to get to my cours pratique class which is held every day, I walk past the Pantheon? No joke. My life is incredible. So, here is an update!!!


Aujourd'hui Carmen and I woke up and climbed the Eiffel Tower. Talk about a morning workout. We get up to the observation level, and I find, a picture of New London?? What the heck, that's where my ferry docks!!




























The weather was like a spring day this morning.








































I love this city.








































Shadow of the Eiffel Tower across the Seine. There's a lot of itty bitty people because they were running a race. Of course it ended in the 15th district where I live, so taking a metro to see anything else was next to impossible. Sweaty, gross, smelly runners, grr.








































La Tour.

Devaloo, I lovee youu!!















As promised...


















"I called you from Paris to tell you that I
wrote our names on the observation deck
of the Eiffel Tower." Je te manque!!! :)












So after the best toning workout ever, Carmen and I went up to Monmartre to see the Moulin Rouge and had the best lunch EVER. It was a burger with an egg on top. I didn't even ask for the egg, they just gave it to us. I was so incredibly happy. I do enjoy eggs.









So now I have to do devoirs (homework), and then tonight is dimanche (Sunday) alors we eat with Monsieur et Madame. All that shall be done after a petit sieste, parce que I am incredibly tired. A bientot!