My scrap of dirt

I have my perfect schedule for next year! Of course, it needs to be validated by Paris III (by three people), and it depends on courses not changing their hours and seats being left. But unless something goes wrong (and rest assured, it will, I'm just hoping it'll be minor), here is what it looks like:

1st term
Canadian Society - Mondays & Wednesdays, 16:00-17:30
Social Inequality - Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30-11:00
Gender, Education and Popular Culture - Tuesdays, 14:00-17:00

2nd term
Canadian Society - Mondays & Wednesdays, 16:00-17:30
Sociology of sexualities - Tuesdays & Thursdays, 16:00-17:30
Socialization and education - Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 14:00-15:00

It all fits really well with the idea of researching what's being done to fight homophobia in schools, so not only do I love the prospect of all these classes, they could also be really helpful if I do write my research paper on actions in Canadian schools about homophobia. God, I so want to start going to school! I'm such a nerd! (And that's 4 classes out of 5 in the sociology department, that sets a pretty clear path towards Canadian grad school if that becomes a possibility...)

/nerd mode off

I'm just back from Quinceañera, neutrally translated into "Echo Park, L.A." in French. The movie's brilliant, partly because it's bilingual Spanish/English and seriously, I love that - languages mixing, not only in a conversation, but within a sentence. Also the male lead looks really good, especially when he's shirtless (sadly I haven't yet been able to find caps of him shirtless online).

It's still somewhat of a mystery to me, how close I feel to the characters and the setting, even though I spent barely one week in L.A. and know nothing about being a Mexican teenager there. It still... feels familiar. The whole American culture. The way teens speak, what girls talk about. I probably grew up in the US in another life, that's gotta be the reason.

Somewhat related, just watching the trailer for United 93, which comes out tomorrow here, is scaring me a bit. The potential for pain is, like, HUGE. Scar just waiting to be opened again, and overall it looks like the kind of movie that gets to me. I'm bracing myself for angst, big time.

Also, since this is sort of a geeky/nerdy post... I've started Brave New World, and so far it's not as good as I was hoping for. I should go back to a book for school afterwards, but I kinda want to start The evolution man. Also, I should read in bleedin' FRENCH at some point. Seriously.