IT STAAAARTS!

Well the inevitable finally became the unavoidable. The immaterial materialized. And, the almighty feared and dreaded was no longer fantasy. School started. So, at 7:30 AM my ANNOYING-AS-HELL alarm clock started yelling. I didn't have class for another 3 hours so the decision was whether or not to get up, be a functioning individual, and go for a run. Meh, functioning is overrated. I shut off my phone, and set my alarms for 8:20 AM, and went back skiing in la la land. I finally rolled out of bed at 8:30, hopped in the true French shower (which actually requires a legitimate hop in and out), had a bowl of Kellogg's Miel Pops (French corn pops), and got on the 15 to Saint-Anne. At Saint-Anne I took the metro, packed full of students, to Universitaire-Villejean, where the Metro emptied.
At 10:25 AM I found myself back in a classroom, dreading the concept of a 2 hour class. Yes, 2 FREAKIN' HOURS. 2. DOS. 20 minutes longer than the longest lectures at Union. At promptly, 10:30 AM, the French version of Professor McGonagall (from Harry Potter), started class. She is quite possible the most articulate native speaker EVER. I like her class. The time passed and she handed out the small homework, which got a brief burst of muffled laughter from all the Union students in the room. It was the present tense conjugations of the verbs etre, avoir, faire, and aller. Thats 6th grade french. Took me exactly 5 minutes and 32 seconds to do.
After that, we went to lunch, and headed to the Carfourama (french Wal-Mart), to buy train tickets for frat-boy heaven......OKTOBERFEST. It was on ordeal, but the fellow-Union student I was purchasing the tickets with, still has my Mastercard, Eurail pass, and Passport, and hopefully my tickets for Beerfes...er...Oktoberfest, too.
At 3:15 when we still hadn't worked out our travel arrangements I had to RUN to the Metro, and try to get all the way to the other end of it in a matter of 10 minutes. I did it. I even beat the prof to class. So as I sat there schfitzing, bit by bit, we went through every single major print newspaper, TV show, and Radio station in France. Kill-me-with-a-spoon-please. Two hours passed nonetheless, and I don't have class on Friday...I think I can survive 12 more bore fests.
Quote of the day (I've been watching V for Vendetta): Vi Veri Veniversumn Vivus Vici- "By the power of truth, I, while living have conquered the universe." Cool to think about. A demain.