Boo! I'm back!

So, I haven't blogged in a while again. It doesn't seem like anybody is following it anymore, but I don't care. It's nice to blog.

Thanksgiving is this Thursday. France doesn't celebrate it. I got the chance to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving as a special Canadian guest about a month ago, but I think that Anne Thiel and I are going to hold the important one, the American one. I think we're planning on doing it on Saturday or Sunday night. Unfortunately, we don't get a break like in the US, so we can't do it on Thanksgiving. We're planning on feeding about 30 people, which means we have to buy a lot of turkey, green beans, carrots, cranberries, marshmallows, yams, potatoes, and gravy. :)

They're starting to put up Christmas lights downtown and they're installing the ice rink in the center. I do enjoy the early Christmas spirit, but it fucking makes me homesick.

On a happier note: I bought everything that I need for skiing. The ski season starts the 5th of december, so I'm pumped. I can't wait to get out there!

Okay, onto my "differences in France" rant:
What's really weird is that I can't find chicken at the supermarkets here. I can find, beef, pork, turkey, sheep, lamb, horse regularly, but I can't find chicken at all. It's so weird, coming from a nation dependent on chicken. Maybe I'll check out a charcuterie (butchery). Also, deodorant exists, but in liquid form? I can't seem to find it in the solid form. Weird. Those anti-sweat body sprays seem to be the in-thing. Pop selection is slim. It's coke, coke light, fanta, orangina, and sprite (if you're lucky). Pepsi doesn't really exist here. What does makes me happy is that Starbucks does not exist here. I think there's only a handful in all of France. It's all about the tiny, unique cafés. Also, the French subtitles suck when the French watch American shows, like Lost, How I Met Your Mother, Friends, Big Bang Theory, Gossip Girl, etc... I guess there isn't a translation to everything in English, but they lose so much meaning in each translation.

I promise, I'll post more. :)