Free write Friday:
-List memories/experiences starting as early as possible.
The earliest thing I can remember is walking around Saint-Foy les Lyon, back when I was in preschool, and seeing my school with the big blue bars all around it. I also remember from around that time going to my grandparents’ place, since they lived ten minutes away. Then I remember my second brother’s birth, though I mostly remember being in a hospital room and eric getting a stuffed animal... After that, I remember a birthday party in Chaponost, that lasted two days, one of which was for friends and the second was for family. I remember that day a bunch of us got into trouble. Same town, a few years later, My grandparents and my grandmother from my mother’s side all came to our house for Christmas and i was one of the worst years-weather wise- that we’d had in a long time so they ended up staying longer. I remember the countless hours of soccer practice in the heat, and one day playing hooky from one because I just wasnt interested anymore. I remember our very first computer for games downstairs, and how I got a bunch of star wars games that my baby brother decided to destroy within minutes of my having gotten them. I remember riding my dads motorcycle around that little village and I remember when dad got each and every single one of his cars. the Mehari he’d always had along with the deux-chevaux, then he got the d.s, and then the quatre-chevaux, and then he got a random tractor from a friend of his which he proceeded to take apart, clean, and paint. Then we got the land-rover, but that was when we had to leave for the U.S. The year before that, we went and visited some friends in Florida, and visited Disney world. Then we moved here to the U.S, and I remember Louis being born and how much bigger mom’s hospital room was in the U.S than in France. I remember learning English, countless hours of painful translating for which i now thank my mom. I remember our trips to the Grand canyon and beyond, and to the Blue ridge parkway when we went down south. then there was middle school, and then high school with all the dances, and then swing dance which brought about even more dancing and newer friends. I remember my group of five friends in middle school, we thought we were the invincible six... I remember my first date, and my last one and every one in between. I remember getting my license, being able to drive alone. I remember getting my first laptop ( with my own money, I’ve had many my dad gave me) I remember getting my swords, and enjoying putting them up on my wall. I remember junior prom, and senior prom, and the difference in the two, how I enjoyed senior prom so much more.
Free write Saturday:
-What things do you spend your time doing?
It seems I used to do so much more with my time. Or less... I remember there was a point in mt life where all i did was read. which was tons of fun, but I'd never do it now. If I look at all last week to see what I spent my time on, i skyped with friends and family in friends a lot. I went to class and studied a lot. I did a lot of last minute editing on my paper on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. I played lots of video games including star wars battlefront I, star wars battlefront II, and, surprise, Star wars Commando. I also did read, but only about half a book in a week which I think is a bit ridiculous... I watched a lot of TV, since I work at the library I can pick up whatever looks good everyday. speaking of the library, this week I spent a bit over 16 hours there, which for me is average. I do spend a lot of time cooking nowadays, but I'm sure that will go down drastically as soon as my parents come home. I hung out with friends, which basically takes up the rest of my time. On Friday night, I baked and watched harry potter with two of my friends until midnight, at which point my friend’s brother took me to my other friends house where we played such nerdy games as magic until 5 in the morning. then, Saturday, we went shopping for 6 hours for sword parts, and then spent 3 hours making half of a sword. That’s not really typical, but I do spend a lot of time on my swords. I have created many wooden swords, and am currently working on smoothing down and sharpening a 5 foot wooden sword to make it look nicer. I also spend a lot of time researching whatever comes to my mind from nano-technology (what a shocker eh?) to looking around for good laptop prices to learning a bit more about history and its impact on us.
Free write Sunday
-When was the last time you got upset or really happy? Why? (saw victoria’s video?)
I honestly can’t remember the last time I had either of these two reactions strongly enough to leave an impression. I guess I got rather upset a couple of weeks after I broke up with my girlfriend three year ago. She had taken the news terribly and I could understand why, but it had been two weeks so I thought she would have gotten over it by then. However, she just started screaming at myself and her friends one day, me for breaking up with her, and her friends for still hanging out with me. It was bad, and one of her friends ended up slapping her in front of everyone. I just tried to stay out of it at that point. Some would call that cowardly, since it was my fault all this was happening, but I couldn’t really side with her friends against her. Good emotions, however, I feel pretty regularly, but not in extremes. I was pretty happy to finally see my sister on skype after 4 weeks of separation yesterday. She seemed to recognize me (shes 1 year old) and she smiled a lot, so I was really happy then. I remember being extremely happy whenever I go to France, seeing the homeland and especially seeing all the friends and family I left behind.
-List memories/experiences starting as early as possible.
The earliest thing I can remember is walking around Saint-Foy les Lyon, back when I was in preschool, and seeing my school with the big blue bars all around it. I also remember from around that time going to my grandparents’ place, since they lived ten minutes away. Then I remember my second brother’s birth, though I mostly remember being in a hospital room and eric getting a stuffed animal... After that, I remember a birthday party in Chaponost, that lasted two days, one of which was for friends and the second was for family. I remember that day a bunch of us got into trouble. Same town, a few years later, My grandparents and my grandmother from my mother’s side all came to our house for Christmas and i was one of the worst years-weather wise- that we’d had in a long time so they ended up staying longer. I remember the countless hours of soccer practice in the heat, and one day playing hooky from one because I just wasnt interested anymore. I remember our very first computer for games downstairs, and how I got a bunch of star wars games that my baby brother decided to destroy within minutes of my having gotten them. I remember riding my dads motorcycle around that little village and I remember when dad got each and every single one of his cars. the Mehari he’d always had along with the deux-chevaux, then he got the d.s, and then the quatre-chevaux, and then he got a random tractor from a friend of his which he proceeded to take apart, clean, and paint. Then we got the land-rover, but that was when we had to leave for the U.S. The year before that, we went and visited some friends in Florida, and visited Disney world. Then we moved here to the U.S, and I remember Louis being born and how much bigger mom’s hospital room was in the U.S than in France. I remember learning English, countless hours of painful translating for which i now thank my mom. I remember our trips to the Grand canyon and beyond, and to the Blue ridge parkway when we went down south. then there was middle school, and then high school with all the dances, and then swing dance which brought about even more dancing and newer friends. I remember my group of five friends in middle school, we thought we were the invincible six... I remember my first date, and my last one and every one in between. I remember getting my license, being able to drive alone. I remember getting my first laptop ( with my own money, I’ve had many my dad gave me) I remember getting my swords, and enjoying putting them up on my wall. I remember junior prom, and senior prom, and the difference in the two, how I enjoyed senior prom so much more.
Free write Saturday:
-What things do you spend your time doing?
It seems I used to do so much more with my time. Or less... I remember there was a point in mt life where all i did was read. which was tons of fun, but I'd never do it now. If I look at all last week to see what I spent my time on, i skyped with friends and family in friends a lot. I went to class and studied a lot. I did a lot of last minute editing on my paper on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. I played lots of video games including star wars battlefront I, star wars battlefront II, and, surprise, Star wars Commando. I also did read, but only about half a book in a week which I think is a bit ridiculous... I watched a lot of TV, since I work at the library I can pick up whatever looks good everyday. speaking of the library, this week I spent a bit over 16 hours there, which for me is average. I do spend a lot of time cooking nowadays, but I'm sure that will go down drastically as soon as my parents come home. I hung out with friends, which basically takes up the rest of my time. On Friday night, I baked and watched harry potter with two of my friends until midnight, at which point my friend’s brother took me to my other friends house where we played such nerdy games as magic until 5 in the morning. then, Saturday, we went shopping for 6 hours for sword parts, and then spent 3 hours making half of a sword. That’s not really typical, but I do spend a lot of time on my swords. I have created many wooden swords, and am currently working on smoothing down and sharpening a 5 foot wooden sword to make it look nicer. I also spend a lot of time researching whatever comes to my mind from nano-technology (what a shocker eh?) to looking around for good laptop prices to learning a bit more about history and its impact on us.
Free write Sunday
-When was the last time you got upset or really happy? Why? (saw victoria’s video?)
I honestly can’t remember the last time I had either of these two reactions strongly enough to leave an impression. I guess I got rather upset a couple of weeks after I broke up with my girlfriend three year ago. She had taken the news terribly and I could understand why, but it had been two weeks so I thought she would have gotten over it by then. However, she just started screaming at myself and her friends one day, me for breaking up with her, and her friends for still hanging out with me. It was bad, and one of her friends ended up slapping her in front of everyone. I just tried to stay out of it at that point. Some would call that cowardly, since it was my fault all this was happening, but I couldn’t really side with her friends against her. Good emotions, however, I feel pretty regularly, but not in extremes. I was pretty happy to finally see my sister on skype after 4 weeks of separation yesterday. She seemed to recognize me (shes 1 year old) and she smiled a lot, so I was really happy then. I remember being extremely happy whenever I go to France, seeing the homeland and especially seeing all the friends and family I left behind.
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