Clearly I am feeble in some way
Sep. 6th, 2005 07:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
korilianToday was my first lesson French. My first lesson advanced University level French.
As I was listening to the teacher blathering away (in French) what was expected of us for the next few weeks, I could just picture myself sitting in that English class I could have picked, instead.
Sure, I'll read a book in English and then write a single paged review on it in English. Can I? Can I? Can I?
Will Lord of the Rings do? Read that about a dozen times.
Hell! How about I do it in German! I speak German!
But nooo! I figured it would be cool to learn a new language! Challenge myself! Your going to the university! Be braniacy!
Which brings me back to that advanced University level French class... And the fact that I don't actually speak French...
Je suis une imbecile!
But enough about me. Here's something I've been wondering about all day; If New Orleans has finally been evacuated completely, then how come my local paper is still posting interviews with people who decided to stay because they couldn't take their pets with them? Am I the only one who keeps getting this image of city officials entering the city six months down the road, only to be confronted by the independent peoples republic of Nawlins? Could hardly fault them really.
As I was listening to the teacher blathering away (in French) what was expected of us for the next few weeks, I could just picture myself sitting in that English class I could have picked, instead.
Sure, I'll read a book in English and then write a single paged review on it in English. Can I? Can I? Can I?
Will Lord of the Rings do? Read that about a dozen times.
Hell! How about I do it in German! I speak German!
But nooo! I figured it would be cool to learn a new language! Challenge myself! Your going to the university! Be braniacy!
Which brings me back to that advanced University level French class... And the fact that I don't actually speak French...
Je suis une imbecile!
But enough about me. Here's something I've been wondering about all day; If New Orleans has finally been evacuated completely, then how come my local paper is still posting interviews with people who decided to stay because they couldn't take their pets with them? Am I the only one who keeps getting this image of city officials entering the city six months down the road, only to be confronted by the independent peoples republic of Nawlins? Could hardly fault them really.
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Date: 2005-09-07 09:33 pm (UTC)I was also shocked to hear that the national guard shot some looters crossing a bridge. From what I heard they started the fire fight too. I get that they have to stop the outbreaks of violence, cuz things were really out of control, but just killing people cuz they armed up (I'm big with the anti-gun, but I don't buy that only looters armed up after everything that went down).
As for the whole, 'We stopped the looting, pat our back' thing. Whoopee. Way to fricking prioritize! The handful of television sets that didn't short circuit because of the water, have been preserved for mankind. Maybe they'll still work by the time people can re-enter the city to reclaim their shops and houses.
Except for those who didn't get aid in time that is.