Six-word Sunday

Please feed us, tall human girl.

Happy Bastille Day!

I know, I know, I'm not in France, but we're more or less an island in the middle of France, and I'll take any excuse to celebrate. I could see four different fireworks shows from my 7th/8th-story (depending on whether you're counting European or American floors) window last night... they lasted for over an hour! It was fun. I also got to watch the parade on TF1 this morning... it's still weird to think of Sarkozy as the French president.

Today I went swimming for the first time this summer (finally!) The lake here is a lot colder than the lakes in Texas! But the water was warmer today than it was last weekend, so I jumped in. It felt good.

Last night I finished the rough draft of the first chapter of the translation I'm doing for my thesis. On to chapter two now... (Who wants to start taking bets on whether or not "the horizontal bump-and-grind" makes it into the final draft?)

I have been in nesting mode lately... all of the sudden I have this crazy desire to settle down, get married, move into an apartment of my own, etc. I cried like nobody's business over the season 3 Grey's Anatomy finale last night, just because none of the characters' love lives were working out. I find myself wondering how people met their spouses, how people decide to get married, and all that good stuff. There's a boy that I like, but at the moment we're just friends, and I don't know how to move beyond that stage. I'm awfully shy, especially around him! Time will tell, I guess.

I skipped my run today... it was too hot! I'll have to make it up tomorrow.

I passed!

Grades came out today... I passed all my exams! Yay for me!

I'm still trying to process my thoughts about the latest Harry Potter movie... I can deal with the elements they left out, but so much of what was included in the film was made up! There also didn't seem to be a lot of dialogue for a two-something-hour movie, and some of the great conversations from the book (Harry and the Order, Harry and Sirius, Harry and Dumbledore) were cut down to a bare minimum. I also didn't get the sense that a full year passed over the course of the movie.

That being said, Imelda Staunton and Alan Rickman were absolutely brilliant! I think my favorite line from the movie is, "Obviously."

There was a really sad newspaper report today that said that there are 20-30% fewer baby ducks on the lake this year, partially because of all the wind we've been having. They say that the baby ducks get separated from their mothers and end up dying. :( Poor little ducklings.

Tomorrow is going to be a beach day... good weather at last!

Thursday Haiku

Sign says, "Hors service"
Stop banging on the bus doors
'Cause they won't open.

The sun is out now
Soft, warm, happy light--it's great!
No more clouds and rain.

Went to the movies
Saw Order of the Phoenix
Kinda good, not great.

Lots of wand-waving
Not much conversation, though
Where did Dobby go?

I'm working on my
Thesis--chapter one is done.
On to chapter two.

This is messed up

It is one hour 'til sunrise, and I am still awake. I turned out the lights four hours ago, tossed and turned a whole bunch, and finally gave up an hour ago.

It rained all day yesterday, but I went to the lake to feed the ducks anyway. It was fun, even if the swans were greedy. (I wish I had taken my camera... I saw a strange sort of bird that I've never come across before. It looked like a large, swimming, black rooster (more or less).

I absolutely cannot wait for the Harry Potter movie and book to come out. It looks like only the French version of the movie will be coming out on the 11th... waaah! I want to see it in English!

As a side note, I have discovered that the pears here are simply scrumptious.

Trying to go to sleep now...

In which we discover that I write bad poetry

I caught Dixie's Thursday haiku--it's contagious!

I'm watching TV
Criminal Minds is scary
Psycho killers, yikes!

Rain, rain, go away
I want to go to the beach
Warm sun, sand, and surf!

Brand new nail polish
Pretty, coppery toes
And sparkly fingers.

Ran out of peaches
Must go buy more at Migros
So sweet and juicy.

I feel so boring
Hours spent in the library
Do that to a girl.

L'arc-en-ciel après les semaines de pluie

That's the title of one of the chapters in Du rêve pour les oufs that I'm translating for my thesis. It means "the rainbow after weeks of rain", and I took a picture this afternoon that sums it up quite nicely.



The Fourth of July celebration got rained out, though... bummer. I guess this means that I will just have to create some new traditions this year and celebrate the Swiss national holiday in August.

I found cute, cheap nail polish in the store today, and now I have copper toes and silver sparkly fingers. Nothing like new nail polish to make a girl happy.

Happy Independence Day, everybody.