Since I didn’t start posting entries here until November, I still have a lot of old pictures to show you guys, plus these were just mailed to me recently. These are from mine and Wes’s “Going Away Party,” thrown by my friend Matt, a.k.a. Hunnay. So all my girls…..oh, I mean boys, were present, and not many other people showed up for too long because it was a school night for those suckers who were in Atlanta this semester.

I wish I was doing something fun and exciting in Paris this week to take pictures of to post to my website, but I think the first day was the climax. I was invited to go to Versailles tomorrow with Andy and his friend Court, but I am going to be the suck up American student and be the only American in my sculpture class tomorrow. Besides, we are cutting class early to have a party, so ofcourse I wouldn’t miss that. Friday I am touring museums and getting ready to go to Vienna with Wes. We leave Saturday night. Then when I get back from the east my cute little scrawny boyfriend will be coming to see me! And hopefully he will be bringing my new laptop!!!!

This is a series of pictures from yesterday, my first official day of Chirstmas break and my first day being home alone. I almost decided to go to southern Italy with Casey and Jessica but I decided to have some Jodi time and save money instead. Plus, there are a lot of things that I want to do in Paris by myself. So here is what I did yesterday in chronological order, starting with shopping outside of Les Halles after I dropped Becky and her two ton suitcase off at the metro to go to the airport. There is a special Christmas market set up outside in the streets. People from all origins are here selling their stuff. I got some really cool gloves with no fingertips and detachable mitten-things. They are my new prized possession.
Next I walked towards the river and saw this old man painting on the side of a cafe and I decided to take a picture. Then I went to Notre Dame to take some pictures because the weather was so nice…you could even see a glimpse of the sun. After that I derived in the direction of my house, walked down Rue Cardinal Lemoine, the street Hemingway used to live on, and made my way to the Pantheon where they had these pitiful Christmas trees set up for decoration. There is also a good view of the Eiffel Tower in the distance from there.
Then I made my way back down Rue Mouffetard, the market street close to my apartment and did some wine tasting and shopping. The very last picture reminds me of my friend Catie because she loves this little white man that is painted all over Paris doing different activities. Becky has pictures of Catie chasing after pigeons, which really made the finding perfect.
So day two of JODI’S HOME ALONE PARTY is not quite as interesting. I will be cleaning up and working on projects that I have been wanting to do for awhile. It is one of those stay-in-your-pajamas-all-day days (I have been having quite a lot of those lately, but I leave the house anyway). Have a great lazy Sunday everyone.

I took this picture for a project for my visual arts class, and as you can see I was in the process of ripping it up when I noticed that it is the best picture of this type that I have ever taken. I have tons of ID’s with horrible pictures where I don’t know whether to smile or not and by the time the camera has flashed I was somewhere in-between. But when I run to the picture booth in the metro right before it closes to get this picture to do a last-minute project, it comes out really well. And then I have to rip it into pieces and glue fragments of it together to make it totally unrecognizable as a good picture….aaahh, oh well, at least the project is over and my semester is basically over and next semester will be easier. And then I have to enter the real world and get a job! NOOOOOOOOO! 19-year-olds aren’t supposed to get real jobs…..

So these pictures are the progression through , one of our cooking sessions for Thanksgiving dinner last week. Becky, Tim, and I are arguing about what ingredients do we need more of in the stuffing - more celery, more sage. We finally added too much of both; I was happy as long as I got to mix up the ingredients with my hands. I am so easily amused. I am taking my French final tomorrow morning from 9-12 a.m.; early mornings are not always my best thinking times. OK, enough procrastination for one day. Bye.

This is my finals week…sort of, at least everything is due this week. Thus, I will probably not be posting much until after next Tuesday, unless I decide to procrastinate more than usual, meaning that my room will be clean, the kitchen and bathroom clean, and i will have probably organize something useless alphabetically as well. Thanks for checking up on me though.
Have a great week!