So endorphins definitely make everything better. It was an interesting run, though. I turned a corner and there was a barricade of police with those big plastic shields, and some had tear gas guns and others had real guns I think. There were a bunch of students outside, too, and I'm not sure what happened. I just kept running and no one was stopping me so I figured it was OK. Then, as I was passing the cemetery, I found out there is a funeral today. There were tons of people, and then I saw the hearse. With the coffin in the back. Good start to the day? I ran the same way I went the other day, but ended up making a kind of circle because I wanted to go to the big market they have on Thursdays and Sundays. It was so great. It was like the one we went to last weekend, but it's all in this giant warehouse. I bought a lot of fruit and a flower for my room :) Everyone was so friendly it was ridiculous. Every stand owner said bonjour or started talking to me. At the place where I bought the fruit, one of the guys was talking to me and I really couldn't understand all I know is he was talking about strawberries but I just kind of nodded and smiled and walked away. Also some people were asking if I was freezing because I was wearing shorts from running. Hope that's not why they were all talking to me...pretty sure that's why the guy in the regular supermarket asked me how I was from halfway down the aisle.... I had gone to the grocery store to get garlic and anchovies for the Caesar dressing I made. I couldn't find anchovies, though. I asked one of the people who worked there and she looked at me like I was from another planet. I figured the French word is really different. It's not. It's "anchois." Oh well, I figure not too many people are going to complain about the lack of small salty fish in their salad dressing. It was hard to make the dressing because there was not a measuring cup to be found, so I kind of had to wing it. I think it worked though haha. I also made croutons, which made the house smell bomb. Hope everyone likes everything!
Well dinner was a hit. I ate wayyy too much, as usual. And the ice cream sundae bar at the end was delicious, but I have such a weakness for ice cream I literally had to move it across the table to stop eating it. After, we decided to go to the Pantalon bar before maybe going to this club called Erasmus, which is an international party with free cover before midnight but drinks are really expensive. We were waiting at the corner by the aparmtment for another girl to meet us, and this guy came up to us and asked us for a cigarette. It was super awkward and it looked like he had a black eye and most of us were pretty sketched out. Then one of the girls went around and introduced everyone with fake names. She should probably work on thinking on the spot because I ended up with "Rodriguez"...not even a first name. Or English. Or for a girl. But whatevs haha. When the last girl finally showed up we booked it out of there. Pantalon was fun as usual, but we didn't stay for long because some of the girls wanted to get to Erasmus. I, on the other hand, wasn't super stoked on going, so I wasn't in any hurry. We started walking there, which was fine because I was in my comfy shoes and it wasn't too cold last night. Two of the girls were in heels, so weren't walking as fast, and then apparently it was getting to be too late because they started looking for a cab (which I didn't want to pay for or sit in). They eventually found one, but there were six of us and only four could fit. Me and Mado opted to walk, and we didn't get there on time. Again, totally OK with that. It was around midnight at this point, and we were both tired so we went home. I was going to take the Metro but after my massive feast of a dinner and since it was such a nice night I decided to walk home. It was just under three miles from where I live, and it took me about 40 minutes. It felt really good just to walk through the city. More of those endorphins I guess :) When I got back, I thought to myself "what did I think about for that entire walk?" and I couldn't find an answer to save my life haha. I did manage to keep myself entertained but I literally must have been just rambling on in my head. Kind of a weird feeling. All in all, I probably worked off about a quarter of my dinner, but that's more than if I had taken the train!
Today I got up and tried my .65 euro cereal for breakfast. It was about as good as could be expected haha. It was "corn flakes" that, in the words of TBBT, quickly "lost all structural integrity" (aka, became soggy). But it was less than a euro for the box, so I'm not going to complain. I watched Bones and then found out it's not going to be on until November, which I'm upset about. Stupid World Series. I guess I'll just have to find other things to do with my time haha :) Class was ok today. I'm getting better at comprehension every day, but the class is just kind of boring. We watch film clips and then talk about if they were in color or of the camera moves or is fixed in one spot or if the actors are famous, etc. It could be more exciting. We also don't get to watch movies all the way through, and since I've never seen them before and they're in French it's kind of hard to follow and I'm often confused about what's happening/which movie is which. My teacher is kind of awkward, too, and I think he's kind of creepy.
Also, I brought the croutons in a tupperware to dinner last night, which I left there because they said they would bring it to class today which didn't happen, and I guess Bibiane needs it tonight. Triple fail.
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