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Sometimes when I walk down the street, (probably more often when I walk around here in my suburban ‘hood actually), I really do believe that I’m walking through the opening scene of Team America. That’s the scary thing about this film - just far away enough to be a joke, just close enough to be almost [...] Sorry for the EXTREME Australian-isms today, but I’m feeling very homesick (it doesnt happen often) and having another round of culture shock (yes, it is still possible to suffer from culture shock a year and a half after arriving). I was so pathetic this morning that I texted my sister in law and asked her to [...] I wrote this on a meetup message board today in response to a question from an Aussie moving to Paris with his family. Buddha, it just brought me right back to the moment when I bought my own travel insurance back in December 2008, thinking “I’ll just get it for a year, because if I dont [...] “The dream isn’t over. It’s closer than ever. I just need to take one more step backwards before I can go forwards.” This is me in my most positive moments. The rest of the time, I feel like my heart has split open and blobbed on the ground in a big blubbery mess. I have found [...] My name is Kristie. Not only am I a baguette-a-holic, but I am also a market-a-holic. The first step to recovery is admitting that one cannot control one’s addiction or compulsion. I admit that I have a big, BIG problem with markets. Today, at the market, I cried over salad. Yes. Salad. M and I were at the Italian stand, [...] Hold onto your seats people, because there’s an announcement that will make you say “what the fuck??” at your desk in your open plan office space and make you spit coffee over your keyboard…. M asked me to marry him. And I said yes. Uh huh – you still said ‘what the fuck’, didnt you? In an unexpected [...] I’m sorry that this post has to be all in past tense. I was just so emotionally all over the place that I couldnt bring myself to post it at the time (even though I jotted down the draft). I need to post it though, because it is a turning point in my life in [...] When you’re unemployed, you have all the time in the world – but no money to do anything. When you’re employed you have money to do the fantastic things you’ve dreamed about – but no time to do them. People say “oh yes, but you’ve had a year off work, that’s a good enough holiday”. Well, yes and [...] People have told me just to go to Paris. They think that anything is possible in the City of Romance. Let me tell you, if you dont have a working visa, not much is possible work wise in Paris at the moment. Some people think that you can magically wish for a job and it will arrive. [...] I realised recently that I have barely talked about cheese. What is wrong with me?? Cheese is a major part of my life here, as it is for most French people (their daily dairy intake is just spectacular). I think this topic will need some proper investigation though, because my current approach to French cheeses is unsophisticated (this [...] |
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