New Video of Moi & An Update :)

Hi all! Laura just finished making a video compilation of various pictures of me. I thought that I'd share it here, since the pictures *are* of me. It's pretty cute and set to one of favorite French songs, "Ma Jeunesse" by Carla Bruni (the French-Italian singer/songwriter who just happens to be France's First Lady!).

Anyway, let me know what you think, and if your owner/mother/big person has a Youtube account, go ahead and friend Laura's account (if they haven't already). 

Her link is here.

In other news, I took a trip to California last week! I went with Mrs. Jeanette and her friend Kathrine (from Denmark!) on their trip to AGPLA and other sites around Los Angeles. Kathrine and I had never visited California before, so it was a treat for both of us--and Kathrine got herself a new girl so I had someone to get to know on the trip back to Utah.  

OH and the best news is that I got to meet Mrs. Sheila and her girls (yup, including Bossy Amanda)  in Corona, CA as well--Laura's very, very jealous of that! She's been to California herself, but only once, despite having family in Ojai and a mother who grew up on the Central Coast. 

Pictures will be posted if/when Mrs. Jeanette posts them on AGFans. 

-Sophie

Click here to see the video!

La Jour de la Bastille :)

Well, not that I'm home to celebrate it, but...

JOYEUX LE JOUR DE LA BASTILLE! :) 

Usually my family likes to celebrate the holiday ensemble and sometimes we'll watch the fireworks like these done over La Tour Eiffel...

Meme from Kit

Since I *know* you guys miss my regular posts, I thought I'd fill out this meme that Kit has shared.

Hey, it's better than nothing, right? ;)

1. What time did you get up this morning? 

Pretty early. I'm an early bird unlike Laura and many of my classmates...

2. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? 

I'm not sure I remember. We had that showing of Chrissa Stands Strong at school, but yeah...I haven't been to the cinema in a while. 

3. What is your favorite TV show? 

Urgences!! (that'd be ER), Sophie, and Pushing Daisies...but all three are cancelled now :(

4. What is your favorite dessert? 

mousse au chocolat et crème brûlée

5. Favorite sandwich?

Un croque monsieur, je pense. 

6. Favorite item of clothing? 

my baby blue beret :)

7. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would
you go? 

PARIS! (Where else?!) But, if I had to choose somewhere other than my hometown, then anywhere in Italy, Greece, or England would be grand. 

8. Morning or night person? 

Night! 

9. Any Pets? 

None for me. Ma soeur est allergique.

10. Texting or IMing? 

Tous les deux. Both. 

11. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share with us? 

J'ai rencontré Violet!! I met Violet, but you knew that if you read my last post.

12. What did you want to be when you were little? 

A super hero, duh! ;) Now I just want to be Nancy Drew... 

13. How are you today? 

Bonne. Good.

14. What is your favorite candy? 

au chocolat noir! dark chocolate! 

15. What are you listening to right now? 

Mon nouvelle amie, Sofia. My new friend, Sofia. 

16. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? 

Blue-Violet! (I found my color, Zippy!)

17. Favorite restaurant? 

Umm, je ne sais pas...I don't know!

18. Summer or winter? 

Summer. My birthday is in the summer (August 9th). 

19. Hugs or Kisses? 

Tous les deux, both.

20. What is under your bed? 

Dust bunnies.

21. What are you afraid of? 

Embarrassing myself.

22. How many towns/cities have you lived in? 

Umm...3?

23. hearts or stars? 

les étoiles...stars

24. Most embarassing moment? 

Probably my first day of school in America when I wasn't feeling so confident about my English-speaking ability. Even though I speak English much better than Maura speaks French. (Désolée, Maura.)

25. Favorite genre of movies? 

les drames romantiques avec Audrey Tautou, Juliette Binoche, ou Marion Cotillard :)

...mais J'ADORE tous les films avec JOHNNY DEPP aussi! :D

~Sophie

Meeting Violet!

Salut mes amis,

If you've read Violet's latest blog entry, you'll know that Violet and I finally got to meet this past Saturday (6/27) at the annual Utah AGFans meet-up. :)

<--- Since coming to FHSG in December 2006, I've heard many good things about Violet. Of course, Lindsey never fails to remind me about how much more she liked Violet than me, but hey, after hearing so much about the girl who looked similar to me AND loved to travel just as much (or maybe more?) as I did, I wanted to meet her for myself.

When Mrs. Jeanette offered to host me, I knew that maybe I'd have the chance of seeing Violet. After all, Mrs. Jeanette's house is a heck of a lot closer to Violet's house than my school in Virginia! ;)

So Ruthie (she's traveling like me!) and I headed off to the meet-up on Saturday--both of us feeling nervous yet excited. My nervousness subsided though when I saw Violet, and we started talking. We chatted about Violet's adventures with her best friend Inky (okay, I'd love to meet Inky one day, too), about how much Violet wants to visit Paris (and me? go back!), etc.

Twins! Well, sort of. I now know why my classmate Isabel never wants to leave her best friend Susanna's side!

Group photo of us and some of the other girls in attendance:

(Pictures from LinneaAnne's album)

*sigh* That really was a great day. Maybe we can see each other again someday? :)

~Sophie