I have recently discovered the new greatest thing. Lady Gaga + The French Revolution. What could make me happier? Please watch this video! Alicia and I have been watching it non-stop, and will continue to do so until we have all the lyrics and dance mastered. Apparently this youtube user named historyteacher has been putting all of these history lessons to modern day songs. It reminds me of the days when I memorized the James K. Polk song for American History junior year of high school, except that these are all stories from European History! This video is exceptionally well done and successfully includes many important and often-left-out details. Of course all the references to Art History make me super excited. Death of Marat, Liberty Guiding the People, Tennis Court Oath, the list goes on. They even included the change in calendar! SABRINA: learn this song and you'll ace the EHAP exam! In case you're wondering, yes, I have been downloading all of these songs (all the other ones too!) from youtube and listening all the time! In fact, I think I prefer listening to the "Bad Romance" French Revolution version better than the real one! Nothing gives me a high like art and european history.
I'm kvelling right now because not only did I just watch the French Revolution video yet again, but Clare is playing the Nutcracker music while we do our homework because it just started snowing!
Not to toot my own horn or anything, but the last reason I am glowing is because I have been very worried about writing my paper on the Iconography of the Crucifixion in Byzantine Art for my class at the Sorbonne. The ways of writing essays are very different here, and the vocabulary is unlike anything I'm familiar with - its my hardest class by far to understand because I am ill-equipped in the subject matter even in English. Anyways, I booked it to the library this morning and spent all day there and I wrote 3/4 of it! 8 pages in and I think I have a good shot at finishing it tomorrow! I don't know when it happened that I could write serious research papers in French but its super exciting. On the topic of fluency, let me digress a little. My cab driver the other day asked me where in Switzerland I was from because I sounded like I had a Swiss accent - not an American one! LIFE COMPLETE!
In any case, I have more work right now that I can handle. Dare I say I actually miss my chemistry problem sets right now? Now you know how many papers I have to write....
Thank you to Pearsons for visiting me on Thanksgiving!!!! I had the best time with you :) Macaroon classes, letting me gush my way through the Opera Garnier, SO MUCH FOOD, best time! Nothing beat Sabrina staying with me for the week...if only EHAP wasn't giving her so much work. Oh the Fredericks of Prussia..
AH SWAN LAKE TOMORROW
Back to work!
Back to work!
Bisous!
I LOOOVE YOU. and im almost done with those stupid fredericks anyways. So, ive been listening to the gaga version too, even though we havent done the french rev yet. OH WELL.
ReplyDeleteI miss you so much already. thanks for letting me stay avec vous (sorry for being cold with you...!) i had so much fuuunnn!!! WOOHOO! :)
and by the way- i told you that you spoke european french also. but i guess thats not as cool as a cab driver telling you. YAY!!
get your repettos yet?
Thanks for the shout-out. I just found out our French Rev vid will be featured jeudi matin on "L'effet Papillon" on Canal +
ReplyDeleteMaybe you can check it out?
Merci,
Amy aka "Mrs. B" of historyteachers