viernes, 09 marzo 2007
What I should have said...
... instead of the polite message: "Agh... I'm too tired to come too work today too. I need to rest".
"My head is full of shit, I can't think, I don't know what I'm saying. I'm sick and tired of being sick."
This was my thought on Thursday before crashing on my bed for the whole day (and sleeping 14 hours that night).
My voice is slowly coming back now. :)
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miércoles, 07 febrero 2007
La Peste
Non, je ne parlerai pas du roman de Camus (que je n'ai jamais terminé d'ailleurs), mais de Lily-la-merveilleuse-lapinette que Don Quixote insiste à appeler la peste, je sais pas pourquoi! ;)
Elle n'a pas encore réussi à bouffer un câble d'ordinateur ou de lampe en entier, mais elle a essayé... En véritable gastronome, elle goûte un peu à tout: la peinture sèche sur les bordures des murs en bois, la peinture sèche sur les radiateurs, le tapis en caoutchouc où on met nos bottes recouvertes de sel et neige fondue, nos pantalons qu'elle lèche allègrement avant de tirer dessus avec ses petites dents. Elle aime bien se mettre entre mes deux pieds quand je fait la vaisselle, et je lui ai déjà marché dessus plusieurs fois sans que ça n'ai l'air de lui faire changer d'avis. J'ai pas comprit pourquoi mais elle aime bien renifler nos chaussettes aussi! Quel drôle d'animal!
Par contre, elle a réussi à manger une (vieille) carte de l'Argentine que je gardais pliée entre quelques livres dans l'étagère du bas de notre bibliothèque et elle a mordillé le coin de quelques feuilles de musique (seulement des photocopies illégales, heureusement)... Ça nous a "obligés" à aller acheter quelque chose chez les Suédois de plus pratique (et plus joli!) avec des portes, qui se referment sur les étagères du bas, pour protéger les bouquins de la peste sautillante! Ça donne ça:
Les deux petits moutons vous disent bonjour.
Pas mal, non!? Merci la peste! ;)
(moi je dis que Lily est quand même la plus belle du monde! héhé) :D
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miércoles, 24 enero 2007
A Star is Born!
Lily is on YouTube!
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jueves, 21 diciembre 2006
The Nation of Québec?
Here is a forward that I got from hubby who got it from a friend, who got it from... How the Quebecers are perceived by the rest of the Canada (and the world?).
In a busy Parisian cafe, a tourist is sitting alone, enjoying a crème caramel. Another tourist approaches:
- Me sit here?
- No problem...
- Thank you, very nice...
- Are you on vacation?
- Me, I arrive yesterday...
- What country are you from?
- Norway. You?
- From Quebec.
- Quebec? Me not know Quebec...
- Quebec ... near the Atlantic, next to Ontario, the Great Lakes...
- No, me not know these places.
- Never mind then, I'm from Canada...
- Ah! Canada! Canada I know! So why you tell me you come from Quebec?
- Because, my first country is Quebec!
- Oh, you were born in Quebec and immigrated to Canada....
- No, no, I was born in Quebec and I stay in Quebec...
- Oh, then your father is from Canada?
- No, no, my father, my mother, my wife, my dog, everybody, they come from Quebec....
- So why you say Canada?
- For Christ sake, because you say you don't know where is Quebec!
- OK, but if you say you not know Norway, me I not say that my country is Japan...
- Canada isn't Japan. Canada, it's my country.
- Oh, your country not Quebec anymore?...
- My country is Quebec. But my country, it can be Canada too, if the person I speak to not know where is Quebec, Tabarnak!
- Me not understand...
- Look, it's simple: I come from the Province of Quebec, in the country of Canada.
- Ok! But me not ask you what province you're from, I ask you what country.
Me, I come from Lofoten region in Norway, but I answer you Norway when you ask me what country I come from...
- I know, I'm not stupid, Câlisse! But me, when they ask me what country I come from, I answer Quebec. Even if it's the name of my province. For me, it s my country.
- Oh, now I understand. You are a separatist, you want your Quebec province to be your country...
- Are you crazy, Hostie? I don't want to know nothing from that!
- Me, I not understand anything anymore.
- I tell you before, it's simple! You ask me what country I come from, I answer Quebec because Quebec is my country, but I don't really want it to be my country, it would be too much trouble. I just want to say it. So, why don't you just let me say it?
- Me all mix up. You have passport from what country: Quebec or Canada?
- CANADA, Hostie!
- So why you not tell me Canada right away?
- Because it don't feel right. For me, Canada is Anne Murray, the Calgary Stampede, the Mounted Police, SARS, it's not my home all that. Home, it's La Famille Plouffe, Saraphin Poudrier, La P'tite Vie, Felix Leclerc, La Poutine, Les Canadiens de Montreal, Les Bougons... Do you understand???
- Less and less...
- Listen , forget all that shit. Ask me another question.
- Ok, what town you come from?
- Mmm..., I don't know anymore...
- You not know what town you come from?
- Yes, yes, I know what town I come from, but my town it merge with another town, but soon it is going to demerge from the town that was supposed to be my town...
- Oh, that very complicated! When you write your address, what do you write?
- I don't know anymore. Before, I used to write Hull, but Hull changed to Gatineau, but they tell us to wait 3 years before stopping to write Hull to not mix up the mailman. But now, the Liberals they pass a law that make it ok for Gatineau to be Hull again, but I don't know if we have to wait 3 years to be able to write Hull, or when the 3 years are passed, if we have to write Gatineau for 3 years, and after we write Hull. Unless, of course, the PQ come back in power and we remerge with Gatineau, then we'll have to write Gatineau for 3 years. I leave now; I have hurt in my head... It's so simple Tabarnak: My town is Hull, my country is Quebec. But if you prefer, my town is Gatineau and my country is Canada.
- OK, I think I understand!
- It's about time. Anyway, it was fun talking to you, if you come around where I live; maybe you come and see me...
- OK, but where? Hull in Quebec or Gatineau in Canada?
- You're a pain in the derriere. Forget the whole thing...
.... and so it goes, the portrait of Quebec!
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viernes, 08 diciembre 2006
Celebs look-alike
Ever wondered who looked like you? (and not "who you looked like" because if you read this blog, it means you are as much a celebrity as I am, eheh!) Anyhow, being famous is not important, right, but having fun is... fun! So, have a good laugh with that one:
On a similar note (since apparently the girl who plays Hermione in the movies looks like me O.o), I've just read (or should I say devoured?) Harry Potter n°6: ...and The Half-Blood Prince.
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miércoles, 01 noviembre 2006
Vengeance Belge
*Article bilingue, the français est plus bas*
Last week (or was it the week before?) I was reading this post from Sandrine. It made me think of the following email (forwarded from a French friend who lives in Spain) that I had read a while ago, which I translated in English - a good exercice for my language skills :) -
DID YOU KNOW HOW BELGIANS THINK OF THE FRENCH?
1. A Frenchman who has to pee washes his hands before or after?
- DURING.
2. How does a Frenchman commits suicide?
- He shoots himself a few inches above his head, right in the middle of his complex of superiority...
3. How do you call someone who speaks three languages?
- a trilingual
How do you call someone who speaks two languages?
- a bilingual
How do you call someone who speaks only one language?
- a French
(eheh, but I guess you could say that from anglophones as well!)
4. Why do French people enjoy so much Belgian stories?
- Because they make them laugh three times: the first time when they are told, the second when they are explained, and the third when they finally understand.
5. In France people say "Aller aux toilettes" (go to the bathroom - plural), while in Belgique -and Québec-, pleople say "Aller à la toilette"(go to the bathroom - singular). Why ?
- Because in France, one has to look at many before finding a clean one.
(Sorry, I think that one didn't translate well, but the truth is that public bathroom are generally waaay cleaner in America. I don't know for Belgium, I haven't been there for two decades)
6. After creating France, God thought it was the most beautiful country on earth. It would make some jealous... So, to reestablish equity, He created the French.
(Even my dad, a true French, thought that one funny!)
7. Why do French always choke with water when they swim?
- because even in the water they can't shut their big mouth!
8. Do you know how to save a French from drowning?
- No. All the better.
***
VOUS NE SAVIEZ PAS COMMENT LES SUISSES ET BELGES PERÇOIVENT LES FRANÇAIS?
1. Un Français qui va pisser se lave les mains avant ou après ?
- PENDANT.
2. Comment fait un Français pour se suicider ?
- Il se tire une balle à 15 centimètres au-dessus de la tête en plein dans son complexe de supériorité...
3. Comment appelle-t-on quelqu'un qui parle trois langues ?
- Un trilingue.
Comment appelle-t-on quelqu'un qui parle deux langues ?
- Un bilingue.
Comment appelle-t-on quelqu'un qui ne parle qu'une langue ?
- Un Français.
(on pourrais dire la même chose de la majorité des anglophones...)
4. Pourquoi les Français aiment-ils tant les histoires belges ?
- Parce qu'elles les font rire trois fois : La première quand on les leur raconte, La deuxième quand on les leur explique, et la troisième quand ils les comprennent.
5. Pourquoi en France, dit-on : "Aller aux toilettes", alors qu'en Belgique -et au Québec-, on dit : "Aller à la toilette" ?
- Parce qu'en France, il faut en faire plusieurs avant d'en trouver une propre.
6. Après avoir créé la France , Dieu trouva que c'était le plus beau pays du monde. Ça allait faire des jaloux... Alors, pour rétablir l'équilibre, il a créé les français. (celle-là mon père, qui est 'un vrai français de France', il l'a trouvée bien drôle!)
7. Pourquoi un français boit toujours la tasse quand il nage ?
- Parce que même dans l'eau ils sont obligés d'ouvrir leur grande gueule.
8. Vous savez comment on fait pour sauver un français de la noyade ?
- Non, ben tant mieux.
HAHAHA!
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