Status Updates From Zjem to, co ma na sobie

finished: Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa (pages 192-200)

Page 200
"I have learned to take satisfaction in the life that Hugh has led. His stories have, over time, become my own. (...) I'm just a petty thief who lifts his memories the same way I'll take a handful of change left on his dresser. When my own experiences fall short of the mark, I just go out and spend some of his."

finished: Make That a Double (pages 187-191)

Quote Page 190 - French articles & their genders
"It's a pretty grim world when I can't even feel superior to a toddler. Tired of embarrassing myself in front of two-year-olds, I've started referring to everything in the plural, which can get expensive (...) A masculine kilo of feminine tomatoes presents a sexual problem easily solved by asking for two kilos of tomatoes."

finished: Jesus Shaves (pages 174-180)
- explaining Easter to a Muslim in French class
finished: The Tapeworm Is In (pages 184-186)
- audiobooks, strolling through France

Quote Page 184
"There were, I noticed, half a dozen other pasty, middle-aged men who liked to gather around the monkey bars, and together we formed a small but decidedly creepy community."

Caught up with class!