My sweet friend Jess (who is going to Paris for her birthday next year!) showed me this – it had me laughing the whole way through!
Charly Bean
Mostly a photolog, with a few other tasty bits thrown in.
Brooches
The good thing about me is that I save images I like in organised folders – the bad thing is I sometimes forget to write down where they’re from…
Sandrine Kiberlain
Tagged Films, France
Friday 13 / Vendredi 13
A few signs I’m really tired:
- In conversation I call everything ‘thing’. Not just nouns – I use ‘thing’ as a verb too: ‘You know, when we went thing-ing last week?’
- I blank for the English word I want. A lot. Then, a) if I am talking to someone who doesn’t understand French I describe the word I am looking for with emphatic hand gestures (crazy lady) or b) I am talking to Christian I just use the French word instead (Jean-Claude Van Damme).
- My conjugation goes haywire.
- You can forget about the difference between ‘advise’ and ‘advice’. And ‘prize’ and ‘price’.
- I sound more and more like a character from Allo Allo (normally, not so much).
Today I’m exhibiting all the above.
(Image credit: I’ve forgotten – désolée!).
Tuesday 10 / Mardi 10
Happy New Year! An enduring habit of mine: photographing my feet – here’s three favourites from last year.
Accents
Doing some French email-writing today – meaning my alt keyboard key is getting a lot of love, and I will most likely dream in French tonight.
(Image from here)
Friday 30 / Vendredi 30
The last weeks have been uneventful, as I battled a persistent flu-type virus – highlights of my days included fresh pineapple juice and hot tea. Non-highlights included incessant nose-blowing and feeling germy 24/7.
Also, this delightful exchange between Christian and I:
Me: ‘I can’t really turn my neck.’
Christian: ‘It’s not meningitis.’
Me: ‘How did you know what I was thinking?’
Christian: ‘Because all French people have a f—–g*phobia of meningitis. The minute you get the sniffles, you’re like ‘Is my neck sore?”.
What can I say, the man knows me!
*Let’s stay classy, yes?
Sunday 18 / Dimanche 18
One of my favourite movies – found on My Daguerreotype Boyfriend. Where Early Photography Meets Extreme Hotness – word.
Friday 16 / Vendredi 16
One of my favourite postcards inspired this morning’s mood.
