Now I am an otter named Olive

It is hard to type with my little otter paws, but I make it work.
Some of you may know I’m sort of anti-blog, but everyone can use a creative outlet sometimes.
The other day I was watching an episode of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (not by choice, I might add)  in which a chef [...]

Posted at 3:06 am on April 30, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized | read on

You speak good American.

At a party this weekend, a French boy said to me (in French),
“I don’t understand you and your friend when you talk, because you don’t speak American well.”
I have thought about this comment a lot. I have tried to put myself in this boy’s place.
If I was in America, and I couldn’t understand a [...]

Posted at 10:39 pm on April 20, 2008 | 3 comments | Filed Under: cultural differences, french, language, travel | Tagged: , , , , , | read on

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Hi, I’m Kristen.  (I’m the one on the right.)  I live in France–at least for the next month!  For my friends and family who’ve been wondering what I’m up to–this one’s for you!

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