The long good night

[plural]

so
I had my first french class today
three hours of conjugating irregular verbs

it really gave me a new perspective
on the whole french problem

and some empathy besides

I mean
if you exposed the fragile and delicate mind of a young child to that hell
it is sure to warp them into
well
frenchmen ( or women)

of course
the professor steam rolled his way through it
I nearly thought he was going to make it through
the whole three hours block on one breath

and

I was a bit lost at first
as he kept talking about "whales"
and how "whales" helped us define
whether something was masculine or feminine

I could only think
if "whales" are where they set the bar
man
thats explains why french guys
have such serious inadequacy issues

well
turns out
what I heard as "whales"
was actually "Vowels"
and realizing this
made things a good bit clearer

then he starts into
identifying irregular verbs
you know the sneaky ones

he would run an irregular verb
through the conjugation of the regular verb
it was masquerading as
then
look at the class and smile

"See, you cant do that, it is just ridiculous"

a few little questions

like why?

and

how

is that supposed to sound
any different

anyway

it should be interesting

I picked up a cdrom language tutor
sort of thing in the discount bin at walmart
and got ripped off

I suppose I should have known
when they advertised "brazilian"
on the front cover

now to be honest
ripped off isnt exactly true

after all I definitely learned
CAD$ 9.97 worth of french
but
lets just say that I was significantly
less than I sort of expected
reading the box

I mean
I completed the program
learning all the french it had to teach me
in about two hours

it was basically composed of two sections

"first words" and "foods"

with some cheesy games and quizzes
to help brand it into your mind

anyway
so yeah
according to them
[and no one else]
I now speak french

*phhhhhbbbbbtttttttt*


ah fuck it

I am gonna go make dinner

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bon courage!