ceci n'est pas une pipe

so, my roomie priya is going to mauritania and morocco for work in february, and now she's learning french via this awesome program she downloaded, and i'm going to learn along with her. it's conversation-based - so it's based entirely on speech rather than writing. i think this will be good for me, because in my four years of spanish in high school, we spent most of our time learning rules of spelling and where to put the accent marks - so now my reading comprehension is pretty good but i can't hold even the most basic of conversations.

so anyway, i know how to say a bunch of stuff in french but i don't know how to spell any of it. i just ordered a french primer from amazon though, so hopefully i'll know how to spell soon.

i feel like 2006 will be the year of self-improvement. i'm tired of hating my job, and of not using my brain. i'm tired of feeling like i'm stuck. this year, i'm learning french, and applying to grad schools. and after my niece is born, i'm moving midwest-ward to be closer to my family, because being away from them is harder than i ever thought it would be.

i feel good.