You may have been wondering ...

No, I'm not dead. I've just been occupied with everything else but email and blog. I'm trying to catch up though ...

So here's what's been up lately ... well, the main thing anyway: After almost a year of work, my joint masters thesis is done. With tables and charts and whatnot, it comes to 90 pages single-spaced. It is, unfortunately, written in French but I'm committed to translating it into English (it's of no use to most people in French). More unfortunately is the intense disappointment of realizing that the guys grading you hadn't read it. At our (15 minute) thesis defense (such a pathetically short time) they asked one question, which was largely irrelevant given what we had written. We weren't the only ones they ignored, but we were still really pissed off. So I leave Sciences Po with a bitter taste in my mouth on academic matters, but with great memories of everything else.

Now that work and exams and everything are finished, I've been having a nice time relaxing. We've had a few dinner parties at my place in the last week, including, after my last exam, a baked chicken and champagne event that started at 2:30pm and lasted until 1:30am. Last night I made couscous and we played cards until 2:30am. Tonight we're going to the theater then catching a supposedly crazy Japanese jazz band called Soil and Pimp Sessions at my favorite club, La Fleche d'Or. Then there's 80s night tomorrow at the Piano Vache (Piano Cow), and surely other funness this weekend. Then, Claire, Olivier and I head to Greece in a week. We'll have a day in Venice then spend 36 hours on a ferry to Athens, followed by a trip to a distant island for some free camping.

Until next time ...