Something happened on this day in history...

...I just don't know what it is. In other news, whatever you think of the man, you'd have to be ignorant of French culture to blame Maxime for being paranoid. Observe the following:

They see plots everywhere : The French see a plot in everything and never believe what they are told ; for example, the ridiculous theory that no plane crashed on the Pentagon on 9-11 was successful in France and the book about it sold more than 100,000 copies. In front of a situation, they will always trys to find the most complicated and ambiguous explanation and, if possible, a plot. Conversely, Americans see everything black or white and trust what they are told : for example most people in America believed the " a sole killer and a magic ball " theory in Kennedy assassination or the story of massive destruction weapons in Iraq. The French think the Americans are very naive.

See! It's not just him, it's the entire French people!

Oh, and I found a quote that deserves to be repeated over and over again: "I threw a tomato at Ronald Reagan once. I threw a tomato at Reagan under the influence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau." Don't mess with the Rousseau! (BTW: the quotes from Great Books by David Denby.)

In other news, my cat caught a mouse, ate its leg and left the rest in the living room for Beverly to find. Lovely, n'est-ce pas?

And a found a translator that will translate this lovely Russian website that I had been dying to know the content of directly (ie: not having to copy and paste text). It is still a very crappy translation. But I guess you get what you pay for--in this case, nothing.

--Suzanne

The damn date-thing won't let me write the proper date: 1 Fructidor CCXIII

Ah mes amis! I have returned too soon perhaps. But I just have so much to say! (I do hope you'll forgive me.)

Just a couple of things:

Firstly, I think that Maxime would greatly dislike having his wax death-mask next to the following people:

Hebert (editer of Pere Duschesne), Marie Antoinette (ci-devant Queen of France, L'Autrichienne), Louis XVI (ci-devant King of France), Carrier (inventer of the noyades), (in the order they are lined up, Robespierre is here).

I would object, anyway.

Secondly, I have choir camp today (joy!), and school starts--at 7h30 no less--on Monday. You may appreciate why I might want to kill someone. Oh yes.

I think I shall not take dance this year, and take instead art and creative writing. I wanted to get it over with, but... Damned PE requirement!!!! $#@$%#^%$&^%!!!