In the US, I think there is a show called "Best Week Ever" or something. I have never actually WATCHED it, but there used to be ads for it on MTVU, which I listened to religiously when I used to have actual homework to do, at an actual college campus. I have never seen this show, and thus have no idea what it is about, but I think I might audition for the role of the main character, because this week has truly been the best... ever.
I got a job.
I got a Killers ticket.
I got an extra day to work on my grammar presentation.
I had the best peppermint mocha of my life today.
I ran into some random person from my class at University of Paris today... in the middle of the city, nowhere near the University itself, and it was so... weird!

I am living this ridiculously insanely charmed life, and I just keep waiting to wake up (or have someone call me out) and remember that I am not actually Parisian and I still don't actually speak this language that well...

Despite that, it is almost Christmas, I have a silver metal Christmas tree gracing the coffee table in my bedroom, I have a job doing what I have always wanted to do, and to put it in the words of my best friend,

MoxieRingwald: oh, you know, I'm single and young in paris, how much better does it get, i guess?
Emorly: well...when you put it like that, you are basically the cover girl for cosmo...

I have found myself on the Metro or walking the streets of Paris lately, grinning uncontrollably, like a crazy person, because I just can't help it. So I start grinning, realize I must look crazy, start blushing and duck my head, because if I can't stop the grin, I might as well stop the world from thinking I am nuts. So now it is off to attempt to perfect my grammar to the point that I can send an email to a club owner in Paris, ask for a gig, and then bargain to an appropriate price. All this from the girl that won't even attempt to bargain at the flea market because it is just too awkward.
So I'll listen to The Sounds and the band that I now "rep..." (?) and do my best to be a Real Person and not just a college student thrilled by Life.

"We're not living in America, and we're not sorry..."
~The Sounds.
~B