Update

Le Quatriéme Jour,

I really love learning French! Just sitting listening to a French podcast, learning the words, and saying them to yourself has to be the best therapy ever. I'm positive that I don't need therapy for anything, I'm a happy person, but it's just really relaxing. I just think about conversations in French or how I would say a phrase and try to work it out. I'm sure it works some part of the brain that isn't used very often. So, I'm becoming super smart, right? Sure, whatev.

Today, I tried to go to church... but got lost and distracted by a French bookstore (ou librairie). I remember that being very confusing as I first started learning French. A library is a bibliotheque and a bookstore is a librairie. But, most more words than one would think are strikingly similar in English and French. Think technology and technologie, dynamic and dynamique, cord and corde, and then there is computer and ordinateur...

Anyway, I walked around a bit, went on a run, and found the best shopping area ever just about five or so blocks from my apartment (apartement en français, learning is easy, right?). Then, we (my roommates and two other CEA guys) saw Love et autre drogues (Love and Other Drugs), you know, with Anne Hathaway and Jake... I can't possibly spell his last name. It was super interesting and slightly frustrating to watch an American film in French, especially since the French speakers absolutely do not capture the personalities and sarcasms of the actors. It's sad. It's also completely possible for French women to be really annoying when they speak, even though that goes for anyone.

Well, the movie was great and now I've seen my first movie in France!

Les Mots du Jour: the "cool" way to say girlfriend is "copine" and the cool way to say boyfriend is "copain." J'adore mon copain...

C'est tout pour aujourd'hui! Au revoir.