In the bookstore today: Should I buy a book? It is my birthday on Wednesday... No, I can't afford it... But but but... Artemis Fowl and Northanger Abbey! But but but... No Money! Dammit, why you gotta get all sensible, brain? Where's the love?

Had conversation class with Brigitte-the-bank-executive this afternoon. She was so funny, asking for anecdotes from the oral exams. Everytime I'd sift through and find one, she'd listen intently, her eyes widening at all the right times; and then, when I finished, she'd look at me in a childlike way and almost bounce up and down while saying, "Another, another!"