Bonjour Mes Amis!

Thank you for visiting my blog (which is a very cute word when read with a French accent). It came to my attention that I should have a "web-log" for my study-abroad when I saw that most all of my French classmates already have one and that their commentary is directed at their friends and families at home. However, the blog space provided by IAU (Institute of American Universities Abroad) is called, The Bloginator. I'm sorry to be stuck-up, but really, I'm trying to impress people with my I'm-a-worldy-student-of -literature- and-the-arts-French/American-Sophsticate air, and well, bloginator is just not helping me out. So I had to get this web address on a site called Blogger.com- which is only a half of a degree more acceptable than bloginator! You can reach me back here at http://myprovinciallife.blogspot.com/(that has two l's).

There are exactly 6 days until my departure- I know this because my cell phone has started beeping at midnight every night, one beep for each day of the countdown. Actually, I like the beeping because the more beeps, the more days I have 1) to get all my things done, and 2) to be in a familiar place with the people I love. Needless to say, I'm getting terribly nervous. I suppose this is normal. En francais we say, "c'est tout naturel" (which is usually used to indicate that things are not at all normal and that you're weird, but it's a good polite phrase anyway).

How to read my blog: for those of you who, like me, need a structured syllabus.
1) check for updates at your leisure- once is a week is sufficient
2) don't judge, I don't plan on being formal. The hamburger paragraph is over-rated.
3) forgive me if you don't understand me; I could be writing in French, or it could be an inside joke, or it could just be a lot of non-sense.

To do my part, I'll try to be religious about writing. I'm going for "what I did in school today" "what weird food I ate today" kind of entries and maybe I'll take a stab at the occasional cultural/political insight if I'm brave. I promise not to write like this is a diary because I don't believe in diaries. I won't try for too much comedy because I'm not a very funny person. I'll try to be honest (but let's face it, this is the internet so I'll keep in mind that anyone could read it). :pI miss everyone already. Oh, I think that you can respond to my entries on this page... you'll have to figure that out for yourselves. Bonne chance!

A la prochaine (Until next time)MOI