November 15th

Hey bad luck, wouldya knock it off? I call break up! Gah, I think it worked, since the rest of my day went smoothly after ten AM. What happened before ten AM? I'm so not glad that you asked audience. Remember way back when at the time of doctor appointments for the magical French health insurance? Well those were over with, but the final meeting was this morning at 9 AM. I actually didn't show at 9 AM since I still had to print out the OFFI stamp that I had bought online on Monday. For some reason, all the printers in the library were not functioning yesterday. So, I wasn't able to print the stamp. Thus, I visited the international office at nine to have it printed. Worked fine, they didn't mind. Cool. Went to the student building, there was a huge line. Cool, I'm not late. I had everything ready to go on the check list, I quad checked it. When it was my turn I could practically hear the choir of angels singing. I was almost done with this crap! Ha, yeah right MareBear. You're never going to be done with this crap. Wanna know why? Hmmm, do I? Yes, it's because karma hates you until ten AM this morning. Damn that sucks. So you mean when the woman was looking through the files and said that she didn't have my medical record it was a bad thing? Yup. And that she blamed me for it even though I went to every appointment? Yeah. And that she told me to return on the frickin' 3rd or 6th of December since she wouldn't listen to my idea that it was possibly in my dorm in the folder that the nurses had given me? Oh my gosh, you're so right MareBear. Thanks, it's a talent. So, that's what happened before ten AM. I walked into the office and was told that my medical record wasn't there for an unknown reason only that it was most likely my fault. Plus, they spelled my name wrong. No not Scale, that was surprisingly correct, they miss-spelled Mary. France, there is a difference between Marie and Mary. I know for you they are the same name. But, I'd really appreciate it if you spelled my name correctly despite the fact that you think there is no difference. It's on my passport as Mary damnit! Phew, ok we're good. Fortunately I left with a smile, it wasn't a happy smile, but a smile is better than a frown. Actually I think I looked rather scary since I had my "angry eyes" on. I always pack them just in case, along with some play dough, a random key, and a crayon. All necessities. After ten AM was a relaxing day of fried chicken and homework in the library. Crunchy Food Chicken, a restaurant that serves deep fried chicken. Review, it was average, not bad. But they need better ketchup and some barbecue sauce on their menu. Plus don't season the chicken guys, that's what the dipping sauces are used for. Just study under Chick Filet for pointers. My homework wasn't that bad, in fact it was kinda fun. Literally it was Fun. Ha ha, anyone? Oh I'm alone on this. Well the assignment was to translate song lyrics into French. I did two translations of the popular song "We are Young" by the band known as Fun. Why did I make two? Well I wasn't sure if our professor wanted us to translate it literally and not match it to the beat, or figuratively where it rhymes correctly and fits the rhythm. Tough I know. So to be safe I did both. My figurative one is interesting, since the first part doesn't quite sync to the original lyrics. It falls behind due to the word sunglasses. In French it is les lunettes de soleil. That's seven syllables right there, aka about one line. In English it's three and in French it's seven. This why literal lyrics often don't work. Still I enjoyed this project, especially since I just listened to the song while I did it. Class itself wasn't too bad. Though, I found out the song is actually due next week. Whoops, well least it's done. As Dale Gribble would say, "shish shish shaaa!" Later bad luck you have to "sko sko sko."*

*Check out Dale highlights from King of the Hill. If you're disappointed I don't care.