"How's it rollin', chickadee?" or somewhat less polite but more accurate to the slang, "What's good, ho?"
I kid you not. I learned this amusing greeting today in Phonetics. Hilarious. And one of my new favorite expressions. Others include "trop classe"--too classy; and "tres spec" which is an abbreviation for "tres special," very special--used to describe someone who's a little crazy. Ah, the French and their cute little sayings. Oh, and we learned a proverb today in class: "Un balai neuf glisse mieux, mais le vieux connait les coins"--a new broom glides better, but the old one knows the corners. Not entirely sure what it means. I have an idea. It's a nice saying, though.
Anyhow, that was one of the most eventful things today. I actually had a lot of homework tonight...I have most of it done now, but there's a little left. We're presenting our big history project tomorrow afternoon, so my partner and I are exchanging emails about that. I didn't get a nap today because I was working on homework (sad story, right?), so I think I'll just try to finish what I can and then relax the rest of the evening.
The other big thing I had for homework tonight was to interview Corine for Phonetics. I asked her some questions about the theatre festival, and basically just had to take down verbatim what she said--like a diction test in class. But more fun. It was really interesting to get a local opinion on the Festival. She talked about how all the Avignonnais hate the Festival because it makes the town noisy and dirty, and how she only likes to see the world music and dance shows because she's not really that into theatre. It was pretty funny, hearing her talk about how she barely goes into town in the summer to avoid all the craziness. I can see what she means. It is truly crazy here during the Festival. But fun!
Well, I think that's all I have for now...
Love and miss you all so much,
Nat
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