» Stupid Tourists

High-class tastes
I was in a chocolaterie somewhere in France (I've now forgotten where), buying a box of fancy chocolates to give to friends, when a busload of New Yorkers arrived. They were annoyed by the fact that the chocolatier was serving us (since we were there first) and not jumping to help them. "Awwwww, the French are so rude!" one of them announced, "I don't even want any of this stuff. What I really want is, like, chocolate and a cookie. What I want is a Kit Kat."

Classy!
(Thu 7th Jul 2005, 18:22, More)

» Stupid Tourists

Strangely enough, people speak English all over the place these days!
There was also the time a couple of young men were talking about me (in English) on a bus and eventually approached me and asked (in French) where I was from. When I answered "Michigan" they were rather embarrassed to realize I'd understood everything they'd said earlier, too.
(Thu 7th Jul 2005, 18:24, More)

» Beautiful Moments

Alone but not lonely
One of my favorite memories was spending an unusually warm February day alone in the sunshine at the Pont du Gard in France. I probably should have felt lonely, but I just felt happy all day.
(Fri 11th Mar 2005, 21:12, More)

» Little things that turn you on

here are mine...
Soft, round earlobes with a sort of light furry fuzz of hair on them
Certain voices (celebrity examples: Alan Rickman, Jude Law)
Accents (need not be furren - just different from the local)
Crooked smiles
Subtle, wicked eyebrow-raising or winking
Naughty e-mails or anything in written form
Dark brown eyes (especially where the difference between iris and pupil are almost indistinguishable)
The way men smell
Short hair that gets wavy/curly as it gets longer (I think it's because I have straight hair and I'm jealous and subconsciously want my descendants to have curly hair)
(Sat 19th Feb 2005, 1:25, More)

» Job Interviews

Drinking problem
At my last job interview (for a summer work placement) I was asked if I drink. It seemed inappropriate for a job interview, but I was going to be working and living around a lot of college undergrads, so I thought that perhaps they just wanted me to be a good influence. I realized, though, that if I got the job, I didn't want to be found out. So I answered that I do drink sometimes, but not to excess and not with people I don't know well.

I got the job (even though I couldn't answer the "Tell us about a time you had to convince someone of something" question because I'd just broken up with my boyfriend and my brain was shouting "I FINALLY CONVINCED MY STUPID EX-BOYFRIEND THAT WE ARE, IN FACT, BROKEN UP" - which didn't seem interview-appropriate) and went off and worked for a while. Talking to some of my co-workers, I discovered that the correct answer was "yes" because they had a guy who didn't drink there once and the skeezy president of the company didn't like it when he flew over for his party weekends and someone didn't play along.
(Sat 22nd Jan 2005, 0:25, More)