Ugh, italiano!

Italian is messing with me!  :0 I'm supposed to be fluent in French, but I'm losing my native language because I keep writing "for" as the Italian "per" and not "pour"! Arrggghhh!

Les 15 Choses

D'accord, voici les 15 choses de Sophie Moreau. J'ai écrit la majorité dans l'anglais aujourd'hui parce que c'est une langue que je besoin pratiquer.

Merci pour l'idée, Cate.

Okay, here are 15 things about me, Sophie Moreau. I have written the majority (of this post) in English today because it IS a language that I need to practice.

Thanks for the idea, Cate.

15 Things about Moi: Sophie Amélie Moreau

1. I look like Audrey Hepburn. Well...more like, some people say I look like French actress Audrey Tautou (une merveilleuse actrice), and since most people say SHE looks like Audrey Hepburn, then I can safely say I do.

2. When I grow up, I want to work as a super-hero (LOL), a writer, or maybe just a cryptologist for the le DCPJ (the French police, basically)...hmm, where have I heard that before? ;)

3. When I'm in my 30s, I want to marry a man who whisks me off to a romantic honeymoon in FIRENZE (Florence), and, of course, his name will be Robert Langdon. He'll learn French just to ask my dear father for my hand in marriage. (Okay, maybe his name won't be Robert Langdon, but one can dream!)

4. I'm not quite sure where I want to go to university, but going is a must. Maybe I'll stick to somewhere close to home, in Paris, or maybe England or, if I'm really brave, les États-Unis...but of course, I'm already here studying, what am I worried about?

5. I can bit a bit of a boss, so some of the students here probably don't like me. But I can't help it really; I just like things going my way. Don't we all?

6. I love music, from French rap to American Broadway. My favorite singer is Carla Bruni (hooray for the First Lady of France!), though, but thanks to the influence of friends, I now like Céline Dion and Idina Menzel as well.

7. I *really* do love to travel. I want to see more of this big country that I'm currently living in, see the whole of Europe, maybe Australia, almost anywhere in this wide world.

8. I don't exactly have a favorite color. I wish I did, but there are just too many out there to choose one. I do love the color blue and the color green, but choosing just one? Nah, too hard.

9. I'm a bit of a teacher's pet, tending to stick to my favorite teachers like glue. They are truly some of my greatest friends.

10. As much as I seem to protest against her, I kind of like Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana. I don't know, she's just so popular in Europe. All of my friends from back home LOVE her, and while I love Carla Bruni much, much more, Miley does have some great songs. Plus, it's a really good way to pick up English. I'm not sure I'll reveal any of this to some of my classmates, though; most of them hate Hannah Montana (or at least pretend to).

11. I've never had a pet, though since I picked Anya's kitty up for her in Chicago, I've become rather attached.

12. My favorite outfit? My cream-colored turtleneck, blue plaid skirt, boots, pink poncho, and blue beret; my sight-seeing outfit.

13. My least favorite outfit? The one I was forced to wear coming in from Chicago: the pink/purple/blue flowered shirt, blue skort, and boots...yuck, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!

14. I like to take pictures of my travel gnome around the world and paste them into a scrapbook. So when I didn't get to go to Italia this past summer, I had my teacher cart around my gnome to take those pictures for me. People called her "Blanche Neige" or "Snow White" all throughout the trip. ;)

15. My favorite school subject? Italian, I think. I have a friend back in Florence whom I like to converse with; I'm even trying to get her to come to school here. *crosses fingers*

Au Revoir,

Sophie aka Figchen

Je suis terrible!

Après seulement deux mois avec cet blog, j'ai oubliée écrire les nouvelles choses. D'accord, je sais que je suis terrible comme les amies Lindsey et Anya...je sais! Je ferai mieux; j'écrirai mieux.

After only two months with this blog, I have forgotten to write new things. Okay, I know that I am as terrible as my friends Lindsey and Anya...I know! I will do better; I will write better.

Le 19 janvier a été l'anniversaire de Laura, la mia professoressa alla scuola.  J'ai fait un gateau chocolat pour elle parce que le chocolat est délicieux. 

January 19th was the birthday of Laura, my professor at school (this is Italian because professor is prettier in Italian than in French, I'd say).  I made a chocolate cake for her because chocolate is delicious. 

La fille s'appelle Samantha a acheté un nouveau lit. C'est le couleur de la neige avec les noeuds roses--c'est très jolie et un lit parfait pour une princesse comme Samantha. 

The girl named Samantha bought a new bed. It's the color of snow with pink bows--it's very pretty and a perfect bed for a princess like Samantha.

Le Jour de La Saint-Valentin est bientot! Mes amies et moi ont fait plus des cartes de la Saint-Valentin. Avez-vous déjà fait vos cartes?

Valentine's Day is soon! My friends and I have made lots of valentines. Have any of you started on yours yet?

~Sophie

Isabel est retournée!

Mon amie, Isabel, est allée à Rhode Island pendant l'été dernier à visiter son amie Susanna. Les deux filles ont eu beaucoup d'amusement ensemble, mais Isabel s'ennuie de sa soeur Bethany après longtemps. Ainsi Isabel est retournée à l'école sur mercredi avec une excitation à voir Bethany.
My friend, Isabel, went to Rhode Island during the last summer to visit her friend Susanna. The two girls had a lot of fun together, but Isabel misses her sister Bethany after a while. Thus Isabel returned to school on Wednesday with an excitement to see Bethany.




Des jumeaux sont heureuses à se voir encore. Elles sont mignonnes ensembles, non? Isabel porte une nouvelle robe aussi. C'est jolie, mais ce n'est pas mon style.
The (fraternal) twins are happy to see each other again. They are cute together, no? Isabel wears a new dress also. It's pretty, but it's not my style.





Les fleurs en hiver? Isabel a pris au dépourvu quand elle a vu les fleurs dans janvier, spécialement après elle a joué dans la neige à Rhode Island. Mais c'est Virginie, la terre avec pas de neige...

Flowers in winter? Isabel was taken by surprise when she saw flowers in January, especially after she had played in the snow in Rhode Island. But it's Virginia, land with no snow...



Si vous voulez voir l'album de Isabel à Rhode Island, vous pouvez aller le forum du Playthings. C'est appeler "Double Trouble."
If you want to see the album of Isabel in Rhode Island, you can go to the Playthings forum. It's called "Double Trouble."

J'adore mon cheveux!

In my last entry, I had my hair up in two buns. You know why I love that hairstyle? It's because that hairstyle leaves lovely cascading waves once I decide to take it out. I swear I'm not superficial, but I can't help admiring myself with wavy hair! One day I'm going to be brave enough to give myself a permanent...

La Nouvelle Année

Bonne Année! Happy New Year! I'm still at Maura's house while the school is under construction, so the holidays have been really quiet. It seems unusual to be the only girl in the whole house, with just Maura's kitty Licorice for company. I've just been catching up on my reading and watching some TV; I even get the remote to myself!

Christmas morning wasn't as lively as usual. Maura's parents were really sweet and bought me a new outfit...the Sparkly Tunic outfit! Isn't it great? I'd been wanting it for the longest time, and it really was nice of them to buy it for me.

So what I am doing for New Year's Eve 2008? I think I'm just going to sit under un grand sapin de Noel (the large Christmas tree) with a good book. I'll probably turn the TV on as 2009 gets closer and get my noisemakers ready. It'll be a blast to ring in the new year, even if I'm still used to ringing in the new year with France.

So Happy New Year, my friends!

Dorm Changes

As Christmas and Hanukkah approach, the commuter students at FHSG come to school less and less, thus leaving us non-American students. It's awesome really, as Nathalie and I love having the place to ourselves. D'accord, Megan and Rose join us for meals, but we don't really see much of them, even though Megan and Nathalie are cousins.

But Mlle Laurette says that, while FHSG is undergoing renovations, the dorms are closed, kicking us out to the curb. We are forced to stay in our commuter students' homes, which means that Nathalie and I won't be celebrating the holidays together. She's supposed to stay at Lindsey's house, while I think I'm going to go back to Maura's house (even though Maura is currently in London with a great aunt). So Christmas will be uno giorno tranquillo, a quiet day, (Did I mention that I study Italian?) with Maura's parents without even my best friend Nathalie!

I wish I could go back to visit my family over the holidays, but it's not possible this year. Je suis jalouse, I am jealous, of Rose because she says that she'll soon be visiting England over the break. Wish I could sneak on the plane with her!