concerts galore

Hey there everybody,
It is currently rainy and cold in Paris, although this morning we had some flurries, which made me oh so happy. I just finished another great weekend in Paris, exploring at random and hanging with friends. Friday, I did some work and watched a movie for class during the day, and then headed over to explore the Louvre for a bit. It’s so great, my student card gets me free entry, so I can basically just pop in and explore for a bit, one of the many things I love about being a student in Paris. That night, Kristin and I went to a poetry slam at one of her french friend’s apartment, which was pretty cool, although the french was a bit hard to understand. After the poetry slam, most people left, and a few of us stayed and hung out for a bit
(I started this post and didn’t finish it, so here we go I’m finishing it now-Tuesday night); one of the guys had a guitar so we sat around singing and listening, until it was time to leave and catch the metro. Saturday, I headed over to the Musée d’Orsay, as I had yet to visit it, again getting in for free with my nifty “history of art” student card that Sweet Briar gives us. For dinner, I met up with my friends Abby and Jen, who had just come from a wine testing, and befriended the waiter who had been running it! He and Abby hit it off, so the four of us went to dinner, followed by a cool bar in his neighborhood, and then a sort of club that has live music. It was a fun night, Jen and I had a good time dancing and enjoying the french rap, while Abby and her new french boy did there own thing. We stayed out pretty late, but made the metro, phew. Sunday, I got a call from Xavier, who wanted to hang out. We were going to go on a ride on his motorcycle, but then it started raining and getting really cold, so he picked me up (with his sister’s car, haha, oh Xavier)and we just went and hung out at his place for a bit. It was fun, he has a couple guitars-and he’s really good, so I made him give me a little concert, he even sang a bit-Hotel California, Sweet Home Alabama, Cendrillon (a famous french song), haha, it was great. Unfortunately, my guitar playing was really rusty, makes me sad I can’t play regularly here, but I managed to play some basic chords so we could play together, very cool.We then got a cheap bite to eat at a pannini/kebab place not far from his apartment, and sat and talked for a bit before I headed out to meet up with Alex for a concert. Me, Alex, and two french friends from her Russian concert went to the Frightened Rabbit and Death Cab for Cutie concert, which was realllly great. It was at a small venue, so nice, as in the states they fill up stadiums! I was so happy to see Frightened Rabbit (a Scottish alt rock band), I have been listening to the CD of theirs I have a lot this past month or so, and was so excited to hear they were coming to Paris. We all had a great time at the concert, and then I headed home, as I had class early the next morning (and by early I mean 10 o’clock, my life is pretty tough…). I spent Monday freaking out about the fact that I now have a deadline for the Compostela application, Dec. 1st, and re-emailing my professors, who hadn’t responded to my emails. I also was putting the finishing touches on my essay due Tuesday, and sent it off to my consultation guy so he could look it over via email. He said it was really good overall, which made me really happy, and gave me a couple suggestions for word choice; I think it’s pretty good, so we’ll see. That night I met up with Kristin at Bar Cristal as usual, to catch up on the events of the weekend. It was nice to talk to her, as always, although we found out that our favorite bartender, Dan, is leaving Bar Cristal at the end of the week! We were of course very upset, and he told us to come back this Sunday for his last night...pretty sad, sigh. In any case, it was still good to see Kristin, although we’re both starting to think about the end of this semester, and getting sad about leaving . Today, I turned in my paper and such, and then went to a Wolf Parade concert, which was absolutely AMAZING. It was another small, indie venue, and Alex and I got there early as there wasn’t assigned seating. We got to be right up against the stage, first row standing; it was such an amazing concert, the band members were like an arm’s length away, sooooo cool. And here we are, I’m taking some time to finally give an update on my life, haha. I’m doing really well, as you can probably tell I’ve been amazingly busy, especially since I’ve gone out every night for like the past two weeks, ack. As I said, I’m going to Amsterdam this weekend, from Thursday night to Sunday night, and am so so so excited to see my friends, it should be an amazing weekend. So yes, I love you all and sorry I’ve kind of dropped off the face of the earth, the lack of internet is a problem as usual. Hope everyone has fun at Thanksgiving, I’m superjealous-I’m guessing I wont be getting any turkey or pie this year , haha. Love you all, don’t have too much fun without me,
Brit