4 posts tagged “books”
Récemment, j'ai l'obession avec la langue francaise! J'adore la langue, la culture, et le prof aussi! C'est trés agréable et j'ai envie d'étudier plus et plus!
Yet another phase in life where I obsess thoroughly over a topic! I am still into cakes and cookies (les sucres!) but I don't have any time right now to bake thanks to school (1 more month...! Then a month of geology...! Then a month of ITALY and FRANCE...! Then a month of good old arlington...! Then school starts up again).
My latest obsession has been French books, of course! Most of them have been bilingual texts/readers/grammar books that I've dug up at Half Price Books, but there is a gem that I saw at Rizollis in New York (that's a whole 'nother post...)
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C'est BEAU! C'est BEAU! Et c'est MON livre! I (did not support my local bookstore, sadly - thats another post and discussion as well) bought this off of amazon, and j'adore j'adore j'adore! A more in depth review and comments coming up later as soon as I have time to sit down with it and stare! Basic recap: it is a book of the most beautiful photos, diagrams, and recipes of desserts! Mmmm!
I'm going to cave and purchase this book... too gorgeous...!
School's started, and I'm currently enrolled in Ceramics, Metals, Chinese, and Video Art. I was contemplating dropping Video Art since I don't need it at all, but I feel if I drop it then I am wasting an opportunity. If I drop it, I will probably never again have a chance to learn from the gifted teachers/TAs/techs in the class. What will I do if I don't do the class? Sleep, of course. But I think sleeping is a bad reason to drop a class, so I will continue on with it. Who knows, maybe I will turn out to really like it! I just want to get my money's worth out of my educations.
Ceramics - I want to do something square, box like, covered, storage like, and intimate.... tiny
Metals - Haven't thought about this one yet
Chinese - I'm taking an accelerated course right now for native speakers who suck at speaking it + can't read nor write it. I am really excited about this one because I DO want to learn more than basic everyday conversation, and I would love love love to read some books in the original languages.
Speaking of books, I want to read the Tale of Genji. In Japanese. Not happening, so I'll settle for an english translation - I'll add that to my reading queue, after I finish my Dragonriders of pern trilogy,
i do believe this completes my alton collection!
