A most peculiar mademoiselle

I just got out of my French oral final. Whew, what a load off. I don't think I did exceptionally well, but I think I did ok. I didn't majorly blank out, except for when I forgot how to say "We are going.." and other than that I managed to eek out ten minutes of a conversation entirely in French. My teacher is so nice, I wish i could have her for my remaining two semesters. I spent the last two days pounding french vocab and sentence structure into my brain. I was the last one to go in, which meant 50 minutes of waiting in the hallway. She asked about my family, what my parents do, how old my brother is and what he wants to do for a living, and what I'm going to be doing over christmas break. Luckily, I had prepared for all of the questions so I knew how to respond. I really do enjoy french. As much as I complain about it, I think it's a beautiful language that is wonderful when spoken well.

The final week of school! Now that my oral is over with, I am spending today concentrating on my big design critique. It's our last class and our postcard projects are due. It's definitely true when people say that the things you enjoy doing come out looking the best. My professor liked the progress on my postcards so all I have to worry about are a few minor adjustments. Since it's my teacher's last semester at USC (she's starting her own business and her dad is sick) we decided to get her an orchid plant in a nice pot and a new sketchbook that we are all going to sign. Hope she likes it. And I hope the kids in my class pay me back, that stuff was expensive. I got teased this weekend about going to USC, all in fun of course, but I hate when people joke around that I go to a school full of retards or that I'm not as smart because I'm doing design and art. So I'm not studying biomedical engineering, history, or political science. Those are all wonderful, but in the end it's not what I chose and I don't wanna be prodded because I'm not persuing those things. I feel happy for my major because it's something that I love and I'm happy I'm at USC. It's a great school for what I'm studying, it's providing me contact with great artists in the LA area, and I don't think a lot of people see that. All they see is the reputation.

This weekend is going to be excellent! Saturday is the UCLA vs USC football game which will be an all day event, then Sunday I'm going with my sorority to see Les Miserables. I grew up listening to the music and when we were little Matt and I might have acted it out a few times (we were strange children, musicals were very big in our house), but I've never actually seen it so this will be amazing. My mom recommended bringing a pack of tissues. I wish it was Sunday right now.