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tayles:
You know how sometimes people on your friend's list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when are they working THERE? Since when are they dating HIM/HER? since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you *should* already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.
Please copy mine below, erase my answers, putting yours in their place, then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration! One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out :)
1. First Name: Marie-Adèle, but I often go by Adèle here because it's easier.
2. Age: 26. I'll be 27 in August, and I'm kind of looking forward to it because for some reason, I always prefer to be an odd-numbered age.
3. Location: Tokyo, Japan
4. Occupation: English teacher by day (in an English-language preschool), French teacher by night! (private lessons/tutoring) :D
5. Partner?: A soon-to-be-ex-husband with whom I haven't been living since February of last year.
6. Kids: None but those I teach. I suppose I'd like to have some one day, provided I find the right partner, but I don't think I'll be heartbroken if the stars never align just right.
7. Brothers/Sisters: Two younger brothers. B1 is 24 and still lives with our parents. He works for some sort of shady (just kidding!) go-between business that sources contracts for companies that don't have the time/know-how to find them on their own. He likes karate, playing Rock Band with his friends, Radiohead, calling me all sorts of weird names just to make me laugh, and now, Prince of Tennis. B2 is 21, a rock/jazz guitarist, and currently lives in Montreal with his girlfriend, but he's relocating to Toronto this summer in the hopes of pursuing a career in music. He likes music (obviously), designer clothes, In the Mood for Love, and dreaming about the day when he'll have enough money to come and visit his incredibly cool older sister.
8. Pets: I've always been a cat person and was ecstatic when my family took in two kittens in 1990. Stanley still lives with my parents, but we had to have Fluffy put to sleep in 2005, as she was very sick. The soon-to-be-ex-husband's two cats, Buji and Bujiong, are going back to Canada with him, but they'll always be my love-love kitty and my Jiong-jiong. My very own furball, Tabitha, will be living with me in my new apartment. She's a silver and black American shorthair and the most adorable thing you'll ever see.
9. List the 3-5 biggest things going on in your life: At the moment, the only really big thing going on is my move on Saturday. Other than that, my Prince of Tennis obsession has been going strong ever since it started in January, and shows no signs of abating anytime soon. After that, I guess I should list M-P's visit in August and our trip to Taiwan. Can't wait!
10. Where and for what did you go to school for?: I graduated magna cum laude from the University of Ottawa in 2001, with a B.A. in General Arts (languages and literature).
11. Parents?: My mother is a manager/supervisor/programme director at a language school in Ottawa that teaches French and English to unilingual civil servants; she started there as a French teacher. She likes crosswords, wine, music (especially jazz or classical but anything goes, including Metallica -- but only their album S&M), and going to dollar stores/hyaku-en shops with me or with her sister. My father works for the House of Commons and though I can't remember his official title, he's a senior editor of some sort, taking care of the indexing of transcripts from parliamentary sessions. He's also been an archaeologist and an English teacher, among other things. He likes BBC adaptations of Jane Austen's novels, calling me unfilial because I moved halfway around the world and so am not there to play Scrabble with him on a regular basis, Indian food, and reading.
12. Who are some of your closest friends?: M-P and A-L are the sisters I never had -- can you believe we've know each other for over half our lives?! Anna already has a sister, so she doesn't need another one, but she's my favourite duck in the whole wide world.
tayles:You know how sometimes people on your friend's list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when are they working THERE? Since when are they dating HIM/HER? since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you *should* already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.
Please copy mine below, erase my answers, putting yours in their place, then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration! One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out :)
1. First Name: Marie-Adèle, but I often go by Adèle here because it's easier.
2. Age: 26. I'll be 27 in August, and I'm kind of looking forward to it because for some reason, I always prefer to be an odd-numbered age.
3. Location: Tokyo, Japan
4. Occupation: English teacher by day (in an English-language preschool), French teacher by night! (private lessons/tutoring) :D
5. Partner?: A soon-to-be-ex-husband with whom I haven't been living since February of last year.
6. Kids: None but those I teach. I suppose I'd like to have some one day, provided I find the right partner, but I don't think I'll be heartbroken if the stars never align just right.
7. Brothers/Sisters: Two younger brothers. B1 is 24 and still lives with our parents. He works for some sort of shady (just kidding!) go-between business that sources contracts for companies that don't have the time/know-how to find them on their own. He likes karate, playing Rock Band with his friends, Radiohead, calling me all sorts of weird names just to make me laugh, and now, Prince of Tennis. B2 is 21, a rock/jazz guitarist, and currently lives in Montreal with his girlfriend, but he's relocating to Toronto this summer in the hopes of pursuing a career in music. He likes music (obviously), designer clothes, In the Mood for Love, and dreaming about the day when he'll have enough money to come and visit his incredibly cool older sister.
8. Pets: I've always been a cat person and was ecstatic when my family took in two kittens in 1990. Stanley still lives with my parents, but we had to have Fluffy put to sleep in 2005, as she was very sick. The soon-to-be-ex-husband's two cats, Buji and Bujiong, are going back to Canada with him, but they'll always be my love-love kitty and my Jiong-jiong. My very own furball, Tabitha, will be living with me in my new apartment. She's a silver and black American shorthair and the most adorable thing you'll ever see.
9. List the 3-5 biggest things going on in your life: At the moment, the only really big thing going on is my move on Saturday. Other than that, my Prince of Tennis obsession has been going strong ever since it started in January, and shows no signs of abating anytime soon. After that, I guess I should list M-P's visit in August and our trip to Taiwan. Can't wait!
10. Where and for what did you go to school for?: I graduated magna cum laude from the University of Ottawa in 2001, with a B.A. in General Arts (languages and literature).
11. Parents?: My mother is a manager/supervisor/programme director at a language school in Ottawa that teaches French and English to unilingual civil servants; she started there as a French teacher. She likes crosswords, wine, music (especially jazz or classical but anything goes, including Metallica -- but only their album S&M), and going to dollar stores/hyaku-en shops with me or with her sister. My father works for the House of Commons and though I can't remember his official title, he's a senior editor of some sort, taking care of the indexing of transcripts from parliamentary sessions. He's also been an archaeologist and an English teacher, among other things. He likes BBC adaptations of Jane Austen's novels, calling me unfilial because I moved halfway around the world and so am not there to play Scrabble with him on a regular basis, Indian food, and reading.
12. Who are some of your closest friends?: M-P and A-L are the sisters I never had -- can you believe we've know each other for over half our lives?! Anna already has a sister, so she doesn't need another one, but she's my favourite duck in the whole wide world.
