I may not have done NaBloPoMo...

...but I did finally get my blog up to double digits in posts for the first time since April! Go me!

Now I just have to keep the momentum going!

Making progress

I've been stuck with 20 pages left to go on my thesis since the end of August. Kind of getting tired of that. I got some good ideas from my adviser a few weeks ago and have been mulling them over, and finally I got to the point where I was ready to take notes this week. I've pulled out all the examples I want to use from my translation and from the official translation of the prequel and I'm almost done reading critical articles about the subject that this chapter is going to talk about. So I might actually get to start writing again on Monday... yay!

An apple a day may keep the doctor away

But it sure does make the dentist come running. Chipped teeth are no fun!

My new favorite commercial

So whimsical and magical and fun.

Is this France or Florida?

The news outlets around here can't quit hollering about the Aubry/Royal vote... 50.02%-49.98%...

(A friend of mine has a boyfriend who isn't much of a Royal fan -- last night at Thanksgiving dinner, he commented on the irony of someone named "Royal" leading the Socialist Party. I replied it could be worse -- she could work for a Jewish organization and have a name that means "Christian victory", like me.)

Happy Thanksgiving!

(Okay, so it's a bit early. But we didn't have much of a choice -- one of our friends is leaving the morning after Thanksgiving to return to the States for three months. Plus we all have to work on Thursday.)

This is the first time I've had Thanksgiving since I've been in Switzerland, and it was awesome. Turkey, stuffing, biscuits and cornbread, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, roasted squash, apple cobbler and pumpkin pie... yum. The conversation covered topics from male breastfeeding to fire extinguisher regulations and beyond. (The sad thing is, both male breastfeeding and fire extinguisher regulations were topics that came up because they were directly related to the work we've done recently...) And it snowed outside during dinner, so it was pretty on the way home.

I love days like that. :)

Cheese!

The Migros up the street from me just rearranged the cheese aisle -- and now they carry cheddar! Yay! No more schlepping all the way to the train station anymore...