Song(s) of the day....French...

(My songs of the day will probably mostly consist of French songs because I don't listen to the radio so I'm way behind on popular US music...the radio is just too broad for me.)

Ok, the first one is a...you guessed it....Christophe Maé song. I've had it stuck in my head all day. So deal with it. But it's a really sweet song and he actually wrote it for his little boy, so the last few lines always make me think "awwwwwww." Well the whole song does really, but especially the last few lines.
I'll include the lyrics and a translation that makes sense (not google translate). I found this website where people who are fluent in different languages actually translate songs. You can post a song and request translations (with a free account) or just look up songs. They have a pretty big data base. It's called www.lyricstranslate.com. I highly recommend it. Ok, LYRICS:
French:
Mon P'tit Gars

J'ai pas vraiment le temps de jouer à la poupée
Alors mon enfant, ne m'en veux pas
Je rattraperai ce temps-là, je te promets
Mais en attendant, ouvre le tiroir du bas
Tu y trouveras au fond, bien cachés
Quelques-uns de mes vieux soldats
Mais attention, tu n'as pas le droit de les casser
Ces soldats veillent sur toi

(refrain)
Et je te vois comme un grand guerrier
Qui ne tire pas de peur de blesser
Et je te vois comme un grand guerrier
Qui rit aux éclats devant toute une armée

J'ai pas vraiment le temps de corriger tes cahiers
Mais mon enfant, ne t'en fais pas
Si ce n'est pas parfait, je serai là pour gommer
Mais en attendant, lis cette histoire-là
Tu découvriras la vie du Petit Poucet
Qui a peur de se perdre dans ses pas
Mais pour toi, pas la peine de semer
Je l'ai déjà fait, c'est comme ça

(refrain)

Pour demain je souhaiterais qu'une chose
Que tu laisse tomber les soldats
Finalement pas grand-chose
Que tu restes un bon p'tit gars

(refrain)

Et je te vois
Et je te vois comme un petit écolier
Qui ne se bat pas de peur de blesser
Et je te vois
Et je te vois, mon pote, mon enfant
Mon p'tit gars, mon confident
Je te vois mort de rire dans la cour de récré
Oh, et je te vois
Je te vois, bras dessus bras dessous
Auprès de celle qui t'éloignera certainement de moi
Et je te vois

English:
My Little Boy

I don't really have time to play with dolls
So my child, don't be mad at me
I will get that time back, I promise you
In the meantime, open the bottom drawer
You'll find in the back, well hidden
Some of my old soldiers
But be careful, you're not allowed to brake them
Those soldiers are watching over you

(chorus)
And I see you as a great warrior
Who doesn't shoot for fear of hurting
And I see you as a great warrior
Who roars of laughter in front of an entire army

I don't really have time to correct your homeworks
But my child, don't worry
If it's not perfect, I'll be there to erase
In the meantime, read this story
You'll discover the life of Tom Thumb
Who is afraid to get lost in his steps
But for you, there is no need to sow [basically "there's no need for you to worry about your future"]
I already did it, that's the way it is

(refrain)

For tomorrow I only wish for one thing
That you leave those soldiers
After all not that much
That you stay a good little boy

(refrain)

And I see you
And I see you as a schoolboy
Who doesn't fight for fear of hurting
And I see you
And I see you, my friend, my child
My little boy, my confidant
I see you dying of laughter in the playground
Oh, and I see you
I see you arm in arm
Near the girl who will probably take you away from me
And I see you

http://lyricstranslate.com

http://lyricstranslate.com

Ok. Next song. This song is by Captain Samouraï Flower aka Pascal Obispo. He is a pretty cool guy. When you see him he looks a little intimidating but then you hear him play the piano and sing these really sweet/melodious songs and it's like "hmmm...." But I really like this song. We've been working on translating and learning this song. It's pretty catchy. (I can't find the song on lyricstranslate so I'll translate from what we've learned in class. I'm pretty sure we learned the whole thing so...)
French:
Le Drapeau :

Sans étoile, ni couronne, ni fleur
Que dans l'air, flotte une même couleur
Couleur
Chants d'amour, chants de bataille

Il n'y a qu'une guerre à faire aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Tous le même drapeau (x 2)

Un signal, un emblème vainqueur
Sur nos dérives et nos erreurs
Prends le monde et prends tes armes
Prends soin du lendemain qui arrive
Qui arrive
Cherche pas d'autres batailles

Il n'y a qu'une guerre à faire aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Tous le même drapeau (x 4)

Avec moi et l'armée des fleurs
On rêve aussi du meilleur
Chants d'amour, chants de bataille

Il n'y a qu'une guerre à faire aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Tous le même drapeau (x 2)

Chants d'amour, chants de bataille

Il n'y a qu'une guerre à faire aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Tous le même drapeau (x 5)

Il n'y a qu'une guerre à faire aujourd'hui
Tous avec le Captain Samouraï Flower

English:
The Flag

Without stars, nor crown, nor flowers
That in the air, floats one same color [color here having the meaning of flag]
Color
Songs of love, songs of battle

There is only one war to do today
Today
All the same flag (x4)

A signal, an emblem of victory
On our drifts and our errors [drifts here meaning when you don't really know what you're supposed to be doing]
Take the world and take your arms [weapons, but not necessarily killing weapons]
Take care for the tomorrows that arrive
That arrive
Don't look for other battles

There is only one war to do today
Today
All the same flag (x4)

With me and the army of flowers
We dream also of better things
Songs of love, songs of battle

There is only one war to do today
Today
All the same flag (x2)


Songs of love, songs of battle

There is only one war to do today
Today
All the same flag (x5)

[This part is where the little kid sings]
There is only one war to do today
All with the Captain Samouraï Flower

The lyrics are a little weird if you just read them. But the video kind of explains it a bit more. It's basically saying that we need to come together as one world to protect our planet so it will survive for years to come.




Ok, these next ones won't have translations. I just like them. You might recognize a few people in them ;)

 

Ok, so those guys are Les Enfoirés. It's this huge group of musicians/actors/other people with influence in the entertainment industry who all come together each year and put on this fantastic show to raise money for this one charity. It's kind of like a bunch of live music videos. But they also make actual music videos for some of their songs. These songs are some of my favorites. Though in one or two, don't remember which ones, there are some voices that I don't really care for. But overall these guys are great!

http://lyricstranslate.com

-.-

SIGH. Don't you hate it when you find out that someone you...like...having in your life might be moving across the country?!?! Gahhhhhhhhh! :'( [Gracie, I haven't told you about this yet. So if you'd like more info....you know how to contact me]


Well, others than that it has been a good....how ever long ago I found this out. Oh, except for the freaking NRJs on Saturday. (NRJ music awards is a French music awards show.) Merwan Rim didn't win, even though he totally deserved it, and Christophe Maé didn't win, even though he also deserved it. Instead all of these people I don't care about won. Well, Adele (International Song of the Year for Someone like You) is pretty good...And Shakira (NRJ Award of Honor), too. But then they had to go and give the male Award of Honor to Justin Bieber. I mean really? In my opinion, he hasn't been in the business long enough! Sure it's nice to see newbies rise to the top...but he's just this little tween sensation. He should be getting Nickelodeon awards. Not and "Award of Honor."
HUFF. Well...that's my complaint for Saturday.

Hmmmm....Let's see....what else....Well I can't really complain much about today. Except that I have a math test tomorrow and have to have a scene memorized by Friday when I just got it today...Thanks Beets. Thanks.

I just can't wait for this week to be over. Actually, after tomorrow's test it shouldn't be too bad. Anything else that I've forgotten? Well if I think of it later I'll tell you.

Ugh...Why do they have to do this?

I hate it when you are listening to a song and it's really good and sounds great and then the singer hits a note that sounds awkward. It's like "la la la la la la lAa la." I always have a hard time deciding if I like the song or not afterwards.

That is all. For now.

Pinterest

So I'm trying out this new (to me) thing called Pinterest. It's kind of like flair boards were on facebook only you "pin" a picture to a board. As far as I know you aren't limited on boards and it's all free. So it's pretty cool. I haven't gotten much on it yet but I will include the link. It will also be located on the left hand side bar (<--) under the deviantart link.

WARNING: This might just be something that I use a few times and then never go back to, so sorry if you actually expect me to keep up with it haha. This is the longest I've ever kept up with any blog/journal thingy and I'm only at 70 posts (as of this one ^_^ yay me!), so....yeah.

ALP (French text speak equivalent of TTFN-- ta ta for now.)

PS. Speaking of ta ta for now...the other day in biology we learned about the TATA box. The A's aren't pronounced like the A's in "apple," they are pronounced like the A's in "ta ta." So it was kind of funny hearing our teacher say it...especially after someone had written "*Name of teacher* plays with boobies" (it was originally barbies). AAAAAAAANNYWAY.

ALP! ♥






EDIT: PPS. Haha, oops. Guess you need the link: http://pinterest.com/nikkylove/

Mmmmmm

You know what I want right now? Some simple yet authentic French food. There's this really great French bistro near where I live. And I'm craving their ham and swiss croissant. It's to die for. Can't wait til farmer's market this summer!!!!
Just looking at their menu online....you know how most places have "Soup of the Day"? Well they have that too, but for dinner they have "Poisson du Jour." That's right, I just said fish of the day. 
And I really want some orange juice. Fresh squeezed. That includes pulp. I'm tired of the pulp free stuff we buy...it has this almost grimy texture to it. If it didn't taste like orange juice I wouldn't drink it. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRACIE!

Happy happy birthday!!!!


And as a gift:

 

Tada!

Never thought I'd utter these words.

But what a sweet little freshman!! Ok so in the Dance I class (that I'm taking because I had an open and I've missed having dance) there are 7 students. And two of them are freshmen. One of them is a little...energetic/bubbly for my taste. Now there is nothing wrong with being bubbly but she annoyed me at homecoming so I'm still a little iffy about her. The other one is this sweet girl who was in my health class last semester and she was always pretty quiet. So needless to say she's on my "I Can Deal With These People" list. Well. Today she totally made it onto my "Awesome People" list. So we had just gotten done dancing with the guys and she and I are standing against the wall while everyone else takes their turn. And we were just chit chatting and she was talking about how it makes her really happy when she gets the moves down. And then she turned to me and said "You're really pretty by the way."
Best freshman. Ever. It completely made my day. I don't think she will ever annoy me. Ever.
It always feels good to hear things like that, but she's a really pretty girl herself so it makes it seem a bit better for some reason.


And then to add to my boosted confidence, (Note: Dance is first hour) as I was at my locker getting my coat to leave, another girl and I were chit chatting. And then she told me she loves my hair. Yeah, I'd say today definitely gave me a self esteem boost.

What class is this again?

Ok, first of all I'm going to clarify something.
I have three names in Spanish class.
Paige.
Página (My Spanish name which is pronounced Pah-hee-na).
Page (The French pronunciation of my name [Pah-ge]).

So I walk into Spanish class and my teacher says "Hola, Paige. Page. *insert show-off face here* Bonjour, Page. Ça va? Ça va."
Here's what I'm still trying to figure out, is this actually Spanish class? Because there's a lot of French that gets used in that class. And at very random moments. Like discussing ways to say hello and goodbye. In Spanish. And then it some how became ways to say hello in different languages.

But I have to keep reminding my teacher that every time he uses French in Spanish class it really screws me up. Though, because of that, I've gotten really good at speaking French in my head while writing the words in Spanish. Especially for "mais" (pero) and "alors" (asi que). And "il y a" (hay).

It's been a while...

Well, it's been a while. But not much has been going on. First week back to school was nice. Got to see those people I missed. Ummm...OH! Itunes US sucks. You wanna know why? Because Merwan Rim released a new song onto itunes and the US version DOESN'T HAVE IT. >:(
But that's ok. Actually, no it isn't. But I'm...*ahem* willing to look past it.
Umm what else...Oh, yeah, it's my birthday today (January 15). Another year...another...something or other. It wasn't that eventful. Except for the virus on my computer. But got that all cleared up. Stupid McAfee didn't pick up on it. But like I said, it's all better now. Golden Globes were pretty boring this year. But a HUGE congrats to Morgan Freeman. Love his work.
Let's see...what else...well I think that's it. You know, I did have another weird dream the other night. But I can't remember it. So that's not too important. *Crickets* Yup. I think that's it.

(Oh, by the way, this is Merwan Rim:) 

(And this is Morgan Freeman:) 

(And they both have great voices)

WOOO!!!

700 views!!! Yay!!!

*let the overly dramatic and tear-filled speech begin*
I'd like to thank all of those people who randomly come across my blog. And all of those people on the sims 3 site who clicked the pictures. And my loyal fans. And..and...and....THANK YOU WORLD!!! *sniff* *sob* *snot bubble*

Finally! (and some randomness)

After a nice long break I'm glad to be heading back to school tomorrow. This winter I learned a few things.
1. It's not winter without snow. It's just an extension of fall.
2. I need people. Like really need them. I got so bored not seeing people.
But hopefully tomorrow won't be too confusing with new schedules and all. I should only have one change. And unless the people who put schedules together decided to be mean and stick me in some useless class, I should just have an open period for 1A. But I will have to pick up my schedule tomorrow morning. Hopefully the lines aren't too long. Of course all of the info SHOULD have been on powerschool by now. But of couuuuurse not. >:(

Oh, and as of typing this post, I need one more visitor to hit the 700 views mark ^_^ I feel so accomplished!

Now I'd like to share a dream that I had the other night. It was interesting. And I really only remember a few tiny bits and pieces. It was at school. In a library. But definitely not my school's library. There was a celebrity interview going on. Christophe Maé was the celebrity. During the interview he didn't have much of an accent. But I remember it sounding more British than French. And I got really excited because...well...duh. Why do you think? ;) And I went to go get his autograph because I magically had a mini poster for him to sign. He seemed tired. Or annoyed. Or distracted. I'm not sure which really. It may have been a mixture of those three. But he gave me his autograph and I was all excited and then I noticed he had a tattoo on the inside of his wrist. It was like a small black loop shaped kind of like Ω but with the opening facing his fingers and the pieces on the bottom were a bit different. And in the middle it looked kind of like blue water... So I asked him what it stood for. And he said something about it representing how he allows his soul to be free and doesn't restrict himself or something like that. And then I felt really bad because in real life accents don't bother me and I would normally be able to instantly pick up what he was trying to say. But I guess the fact that he all of a sudden had an extreeeaaaamly thick French accent threw me off. So I like smiled at him for a second then said something to the effect of "ahhh." But unlike real life, I wasn't embarrassed for the rest of the dream. Though I was a bit right after that happened. And then I went and sat down and was all happy about getting his autograph. OH! I remember more. So then I was talking with these people and don't ask me who they were. But apparently the lady I was talking to was pretty important and was in a bit of danger. So she had to be taken to this special room upstairs and I was going with her and about 5 other people. These bad guys were looking for us or something. And we had to try and stay quiet but the other people would not shut up. And we were going to be stuck there for a few days.

And that is all I remember.

I love songs that...

Make me happy. This song makes me happy. It's just a happy sounding song.

Sa Danse Donne

Goodbye 2011!!

It has been a pretty non eventful (for me) yet good year. Of course there were a lot of things that happened all over the world, but I had a fun year.
Although, I would like to recognize all of those that died this year. Whether they gave their lives to help others, or they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Life is so fragile and we should be thankful every day that we wake up. You really never know when you're watching your last sunrise, or sharing a last laugh with friends. We should also be thankful that we have who we have in our lives. You never know when their time will come.

I'm sure next year will bring just as many ups and downs as this one did. But no matter what happens just remember that there will always be people by your side willing to help. And hopefully I can be that person for someone else this coming year.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!