...this sentence may seem like a lifetime, a scream...

batus_a_go_go @ 2008-02-23T19:47:00

2008-02-23T18:52:45Z

EDIT
after visiting the chateau i went to a 'tex-mex' place for lunch.
honestly, there is nothing more hilarious as far as restaurants go than french people trying to make mexican food.
the chef comes out and teaches you how to make fajitas, and mixed in with the meat for the fajitas and tacos are peas and string beans.
i mean, wtf. that's just hilarious.
hahaha, and instead of chips and salsa, they give you a tiny basket of doritos.

batus_a_go_go @ 2008-02-21T14:35:00

2008-02-21T13:45:52Z

so i've been in paris for less than a week, and it feels like it's been forever.

so far i've learned:
    there isn't as much english speaking going on in paris as one would think
    coke and pepsi are really popular, but quite costly
    young parisian guys are scary
    old parisian men are dirty...well...some of them
    there are cops everywhere. (i saw a few on roller blades. yes, roller blades. gun and all on roller blades.)
    most visiting americans don't realize that they are really fricken loud compared to the french people around them, and they are in fact        embarrassing themselves.
   you're not allowed to walk on the grass. ever.


i can't wait for classes to start so the group tours can finally end. it is so embarrassing being paraded around, and even worse when there are morons in the group that refuse talk at an acceptable volume.

batus_a_go_go @ 2007-10-12T20:21:00

2007-10-13T01:24:18Z

i got to see some of Proust's correspondences today in my french lit class.
he had some fancy handwriting. even when he was 8.

i write like a coked-up chicken.

i'm gonna play some serious zelda tonight.

batus_a_go_go @ 2007-10-08T17:44:00

2007-10-09T00:49:30Z

my computer is ALIVE!!!!!

in addition...

the other day i was sitting in the foreign languages building before a class and this guy and girl come up to me and tell me that they are learning english and their teacher wants them to ask americans to teach them some slang....you'll never believe what came to my mind after a long pause thinking.....

..."foxy"... as in "woah, she's foxy"....

i am so ashamed of myself. but it's funny so i wanted to share.

the past 2 weeks in the life of a katie coughlin

2007-10-06T02:54:10Z

My computer crashed. That means hard drive erased. That means I lost all my everything.

I killed my third iPod...good thing i got that extended warranty thing. on to the fourth...

I got 108% on a french test (je suis chaude!)

I learned that eating straight up sugar (or smarties as i prefer) does not make kids wild, just gives them cavities.

I learned that i do not understand poems, especially if they are written by crazy french people.

I found that plain yogurt with pineapple "tidbits" is the best thing to eat...ever.

I still love my matthew. more every day. (il est chaud)

batus_a_go_go @ 2007-08-26T20:37:00

2007-08-27T01:38:00Z

zidane may be playing for an mls team in the near future.

i just peed my pants a little bit.

batus_a_go_go @ 2007-08-20T18:43:00

2007-08-20T23:44:50Z

has anyone else seen that commercial for some cereal, i think some sort of bran flakes, with the construction worker guy? he talks about being "regular" now that he eats this cereal, and in the background are trucks dumping stuff on the ground. dumping. that's pretty effing gross.

batus_a_go_go @ 2007-07-29T21:27:00

2007-07-30T02:29:42Z

mrs. weasley is the shit. oh my gosh, i can't even believe it! "Not my daughter, you bitch! Avada Kedavra!"

now you know

2007-05-03T00:36:02Z

i can't run very fast.
my legs are too short.

batus_a_go_go @ 2007-04-17T21:46:00

2007-04-18T03:03:31Z

mankind's desperation to set order and find reason has surfaced yet again.
constantly in search of physical proof through science, ease of mind through religion, or a culprit to blame for our sorrows, people cannot seem to accept that "why?" will not always be answered. you can go through old essays, you can find out their favorite music or video game, but it must be accepted that order may never come.

our universe is a system of chaos...of ever growing entropy.

i mean no disrespect to those who died, and i offer no sympathy to a mass murder, but we cannot pretend that we will ever really know why people do the things they do.

[p.s. there's nothing wrong with be a "loner".]

AMAZING! JUST WITH MY VOICE!

2007-03-28T12:59:58Z

the artwork for the cover of harry potter and the deathly hallows was revealed today. i was kind of fond of the all black cover used up until now, but the new cover does look pretty cool.

shit is going down, my friend. shit is going down.

batus_a_go_go @ 2007-03-13T14:36:00

2007-03-13T19:36:59Z

i was accepted into the teaching program for french.
i am so awesome.

unofficial

2007-03-02T18:57:13Z

i think for the first time ever i actually feel offended by other people's actions. not to mention embarrassed to be on this campus.
normally i just don't care what other people do.
i don't care that the student body at this university dedicates an entire day to drinking, i don't care if all those people are wearing green, and i don't care if they hurt themselves because they are drunken fools.

but to equate binge drinking and disruptive behavior to a single ethnic group is not acceptable.
some real classy bastards decided to make their unofficial t-shirts dedicated to the recently retired, and offensive, chief illiniwek. but those morons really put the pepper on the nacho, yes that's my little version of "icing on the cake", by combining 2 racially offensive images. it was the chief, head-dress and all, but with an orange beard, no shirt, and a clover tattoo on his arm with a little poem to effect of "the chief is dead, but honor our tradition with your liver and your brain". those witty bastards even made it rhyme.

if this day wasn't so racist, i would not care. if people just had "Wear a green shirt and get really drunk" day, that would be just fine with me. but that's not what this is. the university is too focused on arresting underage drinkers that they are overlooking a very common problem in this society. it's no more acceptable to say "drink 'til you're irish" than it is to say "eat fried chicken 'til you're black" or "have babies until you're mexican". just because drinking is seen as a fun thing to do does not make it any more okay to equate it with one single group of people. and just because irish people are mostly white does not make it any less offensive.

and to the girl that almost got run over by the bus this morning because you were drunk at 8:15, that is why you don't chase moving vehicles. moron.

batus_a_go_go @ 2007-02-28T08:06:00

2007-02-28T14:07:40Z

my high school pre-calc teacher was arrested for child porn yesterday...

snow day

2007-02-13T20:21:28Z

it's snowin' like crazy out there and has been since 9:30 last night.
the wind is blowin' it all madman like with some places nekid and some as deep as my thighs.
when i look out my window everything is white but some how the pictures don't really show that. anyways, matt and drew, here you go:

batus_a_go_go @ 2007-02-08T08:57:00

2007-02-08T14:59:20Z

if anyone ever tries to get me on the new, gigantic Airbus A380....I will kill them...or die from heart failure trying.

batus_a_go_go @ 2007-01-29T19:01:00

2007-01-30T01:02:09Z

hate college.

batus_a_go_go @ 2007-01-12T19:12:00

2007-01-13T01:15:21Z

i've been having a lot of dreams lately of my mom killing me.
last night she hit me on the head a lot with a horse shoe until i was unconscious. then once i came to she shot me a bunch of times.
it was the 7th shot to the throat that finally did me in.
it makes me wake up in a bad mood and i never feel really rested.

i can't wait to go back to school and not see her for a long time.

batus_a_go_go @ 2006-11-30T19:05:00

2006-12-01T00:05:30Z

does the maid of honor have to give a speech?

(please say no...please say no....please?)

i was such a different person

2006-11-07T03:04:04Z

batus_a_go_go @ 2006-10-22T21:41:00

2006-10-23T02:42:39Z

i've made a break through.
i have plans to skip classes.
not one, but two full days.
only good things can come from this.

batus_a_go_go @ 2006-09-30T20:53:00

2006-10-01T01:54:10Z

why do flaming hot cheetos still say "cheese flavored snack" on the bag when they are quite obviously "fire flavored" ?

un petit poeme de moi

2006-09-29T01:13:44Z

Le parc en automne

Je marche dans le parc tous les jours.
Je suis le même chemin chaque jour.
En été, je sens le soleil sur mon dos et je souris.
En automne, je vois les feuilles sur la terre et je les écoute pendant que je les traverse en marchant.
En hiver, je regarde les arbres dénudés et pense en les fleurs qui arriveront en printemps et la beauté elles vont apporter au monde, à ma vie.

Mais, aujourd'hui, quand même il fait beau et je sens le soleil et je vois les belles fleurs, tout n’est pas bien.
Je regarde deux amoureux qui marchent avec les mains ensembles.
Le bonheur me sort.
La nature, les fleurs, les animaux ne peuvent pas me consoler.
Je n'ai personne à côté de moi.
Je n'ai pas une main dans la mienne.
Je n'ai personne.

batus_a_go_go @ 2006-09-27T16:51:00

2006-09-27T21:57:22Z

i am always tired.
i always want pizza.

je suis toujours fatiguée.
je veux toujours de la pizza.

estoy siempre cansada.
quiero siempre de pizza.

batus_a_go_go @ 2006-09-19T15:58:00

2006-09-19T20:59:04Z

"ain't my desk be missing?"

i know it's english...but what the hell is this supposed to mean?