Friday, 20 June 2008
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I Leave in Two Days...
...and I haven't packed yet.
Sound familiar?
That's right, any of you who were ever in any class with me know how this refrain goes:Me: "Hey, (insert name of classmate here), ask me if I've done (insert name of assignment here)!
Classmate: "Have you—"
Me: "NO!"Any teachers reading this will groan and shake their heads and wonder how I ever survived their class. My only answer is this (and somewhere out there, Dr. Loeb cringes because I have just used "this" without some sort of noun after it...): A love of the subject, O my esteemed instructors. A love of the subject.
In other news, my most pressing concern up to this point (other than getting my visa, thus making it legal for me to enter the country) has been what to wear. Oh, yes, underneath all of the silliness, I really am just your typical teenage girl.
But seriously, it is an issue. I mean, it's enough of a struggle to figure out what I would wear to my first day of work in the United States, my native country, where I know all of the fashions and connotations of certain styles and acceptable color combinations. But France? Seriously, this is the country that's produced some of the most revolutionary (and, I'll admit it, also hideous) fashions ever. According to my resident French expert (read: one of my best friend's moms) they are at least two years ahead of the U.S. in fashion.
My French correspondents (read: my boss and the lady that I'm staying with) have told me that I should look "professional without going too far to one extreme or the other." It's good, sound advice; however, I was perhaps looking for something a tad more specific. Something like, "You should go to Banana Republic and get a dark brown straight skirt. Do not get an A-line skirt. It is unprofessional and means, in French society, that you have a strange penchant for cheap, unripened cheese. Pinstripes are optional." You know, something to that effect. Obviously, nobody gets THAT specific when giving instructions, and frankly, who actually has the time?
...so I'm pretty much done for.
For the last week or so, I have been frantically running around clothing stores throughout the spectrum, from the J.C. Penney outlet store to Brooks Brothers, trying to find basic work clothing. You know, clothing that is classic and always in fashion. (For the record, yes, I do have a dark brown straight skirt from Banana Republic. I'm wearing it on my first day, along with a white short-sleeved button down blouse from Target and...but you really don't need to know all that.) Finally, I feel as if I have all of the basic items needed for a professional wardrobe. No, I won't bore you with all of the gory details (unless you email me and ask for the full list) but rest assured, dear readers, I am prepared. I am ready for the professional world! In stunning outfits!
Anyway, it's midnight now, and if I want to finish (start?) packing in the morning, I need my full eight hours. So with the Saga of What to Wear at its close, I shall leave you.
To be continued...
-Ailea
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