this summer had me thinking a lot about the "box" that i live in. I very much like it there, I'm comfortable there, i have my family and my friends, places i know like home and grebel and things like the blanket I like to sleep with because I never get to hot under it and so on. I always have a hard time getting out of the box and adding new things to it. So coming to France was semi-out of my box yet i had been here before, can speak the language and have 30 english speakers here with me so i kind of had a pre_made french box. But i really wanted to get out of that box too so yesterday i did something odd, i went to a theatre class in a place i didn't know (not even on campus but at some random cultural center in Nantes) with people i didn't know (non-english people) trying something that i wasn't too sure what to expect (french theatre is a little crazy sometimes) and... it was fabulous. I had a lot of fun we just did some theatre games, getting to know you type things, i talked to french people who were my age and very friendly and curious about Canada and how to pernouce my last name. So I'm going to keep going and will see how it continues but i think i just made my box a little bigger, and maybe gave myself some courage to leave it again next time
JY
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janna,
way to go on pushing the sides of french box out a little!
here's some food for thought: is your french box different than your canadian box, or are these experiences just different objects in a "janna box" that's big enough to hold it all?
je t'aime,
ta colloque
(did i spell that right? wait, why am i asking you about spelling...j/k)
hey girl. way to GO! i am so proud of you. i would be so shy to do theatre games in french! you are amazing!!!!
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